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, 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...
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 caused strange, zombie-like creatures to appear. The survivors called them Husks. The last...
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 a signature game by Hideo Kojima: a realistic walking and logistics simulator with action, survival, and stealth elements, viewed...
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...
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...
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 28 August 2014
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
88/100
The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow’s residents, whose city was destroyed by a nuclear strike in 2013. The only refuge was the Metro, which...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Action, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Shooter
Game released: PC → 16 October 2020
Steam:
48/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Aquanox Deep Descent is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The plot of the game will tell about the period when...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Turn-based
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 27 September 2018
Steam:
72/100
Depth of Extinction is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in a bleak world of a...
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...