Post-apocalyptic
The gaming setting of post-apocalypse transports players to a world that has experienced a global or local (if the place is isolated) catastrophe. During this event, nearly all of the world's population or a specific location perished. The survivors establish their new orders and laws. The entire world is hostile to the player: among the survivors, there are hostile factions, locations are filled with monsters, and the Earth itself has changed and become filled with natural traps (predatory plants, radiation, energy emissions, acid rains, etc.). Such a world is depicted in action games, shooters, role-playing games, and their hybrids.
Years
Platforms
All platformsPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo SwitchiOSAndroidMacLinuxStadia
Statuses
Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2020 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Mac, Linux → 15 February 2019
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Continuation of the Metro shooter series. This time, the events will go beyond the familiar Moscow metro and allow you to explore the world of post-apocalyptic...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 2 November 2017
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Post-apocalyptic action adventure with first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of pilot Will McKennzie, who caught his plane in a...
Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 30 June 2020
Players:
6.2/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Most of the planet was destroyed by a cataclysm that brought strange zombie-like creatures into existence. The survivors call them Husks. The last remnants of...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Walking Simulator
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 8 November 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Death Stranding is Hideo Kojima’s original game, a realistic walking and logistics simulator with action, survival, and stealth elements, viewed from a third-person...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 1 March 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Metacritic:
89/100
Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in the world of a futuristic post-apocalypse. The game is dedicated to the confrontation...
Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Adventure
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 5 December 2017
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Complete Edition Horizon Zero Dawn, which includes the original game and the expansion The Frozen Wilds. You will have to immerse yourself in a world where you...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 March 2019
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game continues the storyline related to the spread of the "dollar flu" virus. It turned out that the quarantine zone in New York did not hold, and the disease...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia → 5 December 2019
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Action-slasher with RPG elements, Darksiders Genesis is a prequel to the Darksiders trilogy. The events start decades before the first game, and the main character...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Sports game
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2010
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...
Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Online, Horror, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
Game released: PC, Xbox One → 13 March 2020
Players:
8.1/10
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — the complete edition of the popular third-person zombie action game with survival elements State of Decay 2. The game...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 28 May 2019
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
70/100
A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 20 December 2016
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
69/100
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is the third season of an episodic third-person adventure set in the Walking Dead universe. The game's plot is connected to...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac → 17 May 2018
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
81/100
FAR: Lone Sails is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character will have to cross the dry ocean in an amazing...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 26 August 2014
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
83/100
Metro Redux is a collection of great first-person shooters Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux, with better graphics and the latest fixes. The updated...
Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2019
Steam:
95/100
An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux → 12 November 2020
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and hostile players...
Game released: Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC → 19 August 2019
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
44/100
Metacritic:
61/100
A free multiplayer shooter in a post-apocalyptic world from the creators of the Arma series. The game takes players to an alternate world in 1991, where humanity is...
Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 20 August 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Remnant: From the Ashes — Subject 2923 — an expansion for the cooperative role-playing action game Remnant: From The Ashes. The new storyline continues the...
Strategy, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Old school, Space
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 19 January 2023
Steam:
87/100
A science fiction tower defense in the spirit of old-school strategies. The action takes place in a retro-futuristic world where a colony is under threat from...
DLC, Action, Shooter, Post-apocalyptic, Third-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia → 3 March 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
78/100
The first expansion for Tom Clancy's The Division 2, which will send players straight to New York. According to the plot, New York is under the threat of a...
Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), DLC, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC → 4 June 2020
Players:
8/10
Steam:
52/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Remnant: From the Ashes - Swamps of Corsus - an expansion for the cooperative action RPG Remnant: From The Ashes. Players received the rogue-like mode "Survival...
Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 30 July 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
92/100
A vibrant game in a post-apocalyptic setting, in which the gamer controls a car making its way through crowds of zombies and various obstacles. A large selection of...
