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.
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Statuses
Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2021 (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...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, Survival
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 26 April 2019
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Single-player adventure action game Days Gone in the genres of survival, stealth, and action, with a third-person view, in an open world was released in April 2019...
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, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 → 27 January 2015
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...
Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 20 August 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Cooperative game from the creators of Darksiders 3, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth. The world has been taken over by terrifying monsters from another dimension...
Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Horror, Survival
Game released: Android, iOS, PC → 20 September 2018
Players:
5.8/10
Steam:
59/100
Free multiplayer shooter in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. Players try to survive in a world of the living dead, using rifles, grenades, shotguns and...
Game released: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 25 May 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Open world action RPG. The player takes on the role of a mutant who goes on a journey to save the world from a threat. The main character can mix up melee attacks...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 10 December 2019
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
54/100
Terminator: Resistance — a first-person shooter from the creators of Rambo: The Video Game, based on the plot of the first two parts of "The Terminator". You will...
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...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2021
Players:
7/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 12 October 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Back 4 Blood is an exciting co-op first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. In the game you will find yourself in...
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
65/100
Darksiders 3 is an action-adventure hack-and-slash game set in a post-apocalyptic world from a third-person perspective. In this new installment of the saga...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Metacritic:
77/100
Crysis Remastered Trilogy — a remaster of the popular first-person shooter series in a science fiction setting, which includes enhanced versions of Crysis...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Hunting / Fishing, Slasher, Crafting
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 September 2019
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
18/100
Metacritic:
78/100
Dauntless is a free-to-play cooperative action RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You will be able to play as the so-called killers traveling...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 21 September 2021
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
80/100
World War Z: Aftermath is a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, Simulation
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2021
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
71/100
Surviving the Aftermath — a real-time management strategy game from the creators of Surviving Mars. The game allows you to build a colony of people who survived a...
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 22 June 2021
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom of Outland...
Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, DLC, Open world, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4 → 13 September 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
ATOM RPG Trudograd — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Shooter, Stealth, Open world, Walking Simulator, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PlayStation 5, PC, Mac, iOS, Xbox Series X/S → 24 September 2021
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
An expanded and updated version of Death Stranding. The game features even more storylines, new missions, and expanded locations. As you progress, you will be...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival
Game released: PC → 3 June 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
63/100
Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 9 October 2016
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
65/100
Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, DLC, Indie, Simulation
Game released: PC → 21 October 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
80/100
Endzone — A World Apart: Prosperity — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. The life of the survivors is...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...
