Post-apocalyptic for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Post-apocalyptic genre

The Long Dark - a game in the Post-apocalyptic genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Fortnite

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 June 2018

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Most of the planet was destroyed by a catastrophe, which caused strange creatures, similar to zombies, to appear. The survivors called them brain-eaters. The last...

Dying Light

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

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...

Frostpunk

Strategy, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Frostpunk is a management strategy game from the creators of This War of Mine. The game tells the story of people surviving in a snowy world and using steam...

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival

Arcade, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Zombies

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2026

An arcade beat 'em up in the universe of "The Walking Dead," based on the events of the storyline "All-Out War." The game brings familiar heroes into a brutal...

ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 September 2020

Players: 8.7/10

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...

Biomutant

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Remnant: From The Ashes

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 March 2023

Players: 7.9/10

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...

35MM

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 March 2022

Players: 8.4/10

35MM is a post-apocalyptic adventure with a first-person view from domestic developer Sergei Noskov. The game takes place in Russia, where a mysterious epidemic has...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

Darksiders 3

Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 September 2021

Players: 7/10

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...

Fallout Shelter

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 June 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play side-view management strategy game set in the Fallout universe. In the game you have to build your own shelter and take care of...

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 July 2019

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is an adventure tactical strategy with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting. In the game you have to control a team of mutants...

Sheltered

Role-playing game, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 December 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...

World War Z

Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 70/100

World War Z — a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, created based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed for...

Metro 2033 Redux

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Players: 8.2/10

The Metro universe tells the story of the inhabitants of Moscow, whose city was destroyed by a nuclear strike in 2013. The only salvation turned out to be the...

NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHA Edition

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 October 2022

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHA Edition — a complete third-person action RPG edition NieR Automata. The events revolve around an alien invasion on Earth. Due to...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Darksiders Genesis

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 February 2020

Players: 8.5/10

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...

Zombie Driver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2019

Players: 6.7/10

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...

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

The Walking Dead: The Final Season is the final season of an episodic third-person adventure set in the Walking Dead universe. In the new game in the series, major...

I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival

Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 January 2026

Players: 8.9/10

The game takes place in a destroyed and flooded post-apocalyptic city. The main character builds a shelter on the roof of a skyscraper. You can explore nearby...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Open world

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 October 2024

Players: 6.8/10

Trilogy of the legendary series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for PlayStation and Xbox One consoles. The collection includes “Shadow of Chernobyl”, “Clear Sky” and “Call of...

Metro: Last Light Redux

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Players: 8/10

Metro: Last Light Redux is an improved version of the post-apocalyptic shooter with a first-person view. The Metro universe tells the story of Moscow residents...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Dauntless

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2019

Players: 7.2/10

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...

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Walking Dead: The Telltale Series Collection is a game collection that brings together all nineteen episodes of Telltale's Walking Dead series with enhanced...

Death Trash

Role-playing game, Horror, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 10/10

Death Trash is a post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game with horror elements in a futuristic setting. You'll be sent into a world filled with large creatures...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2024

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

1971 Project Helios

Strategy, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

1971 Project Helios is a turn-based tactical strategy game. In the world of the game, firearms and vehicles are very rare. The battle for resources does not stop...

Vigor

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 July 2020

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Gearshifters

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Gearshifters is a whirlwind racing action arcade game with bagel elements and a top-down view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will set out to conquer...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

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...

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2020

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Metro Redux

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

Into the Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 October 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Into the Dead 2 — continuation of the zombie shooter with a first-person view and horror elements for mobile platforms. The sequel focuses on telling the...

Ghost Song

Arcade, Side view, Metroidvania, Science fiction, Action, Platformer, Indie, Adventure, Horror, Combat robots, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Ghost Song is an action-adventure platformer in the metroidvania genre with a side view in a dark post-apocalyptic setting. On the desert moon of Lorian, the...

Surviving the Aftermath

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Post-apocalyptic

Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre for Nintendo Switch