Post-apocalyptic
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Statuses
Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre for PC
Role-playing game, Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure
Game released: PC → 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...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click
Game released: PC → 24 April 2012
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
83/100
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival
Game canceled: PC → summer 2024
Anticipation Rating:
9.5/10
The game takes place in the distant future, when AI has gone out of control and started a nuclear war against humanity. After this, there was nothing left in the...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Indie
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
Atmospheric action focused on exploration and storyline, set on the abandoned surface of Earth a century after humanity left for megacity towers above toxic clouds...
Action, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Third-person view, Zombies, Crafting, Free game, Online
Game released: PC → 24 April 2025
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
49/100
The events of the game unfold in a large open world with desert villages, snowy islands and resort cities that suffered from a sudden outbreak of a zombie virus...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Game in development: PC → 9 November 2026
Anticipation Rating:
9.7/10
An atmospheric Lovecraftian fishing adventure set in a post-nuclear apocalypse world. The player takes on the role of a sailor who goes on a fishing trawler to a...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Players:
7.1/10
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...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 14 January 2023; Game released: PC → 27 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
64/100
The player, in single or co-op mode, survives in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies and other dangers. The extracted resources and materials can be spent on...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world
Game released: PC → 20 May 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
65/100
An improved version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the developers have updated the graphics and visual effects. The plot tells about a character...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Open world, Exploration
Game released: PC → 1 March 2022
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
67/100
ELEX 2 is a continuation of the role-playing action game with a third-person view in a science fiction setting from the creators of Risen and Gothic. In the...
Action, Online, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies
Game released: PC → 15 October 2026
Steam:
61/100
The expansion takes players to the vast expanses of Nasdara, a sun-baked province with cracked plains, shifting sands, and mountains on the horizon. There are few...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Open world
Game released: PC → 3 October 2011
VGTimes:
7.4/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
80/100
This post-apocalyptic action game combines shooting with driving across a devastated landscape. Players explore the surroundings and engage in...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 24 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2029
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...
Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting
Game released: PC → 23 October 2013
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
58/100
This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Online, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 18 November 2016
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Killing Floor 2 is a cooperative zombie shooter with a first-person view. The action takes place in Europe after the appearance of zombie-like creatures. Up to six...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, DLC, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival horror
Game in development: PC → 3 December 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
An expansion for Cronos: The New Dawn, revealing the past of one of the key characters from the main game. The events unfold in the merciless wastelands, where a...
Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 17 July 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
6.1/10
Steam:
51/100
Events move to 2030, when the destructive Zeno-29 virus spread throughout the world and almost destroyed humanity, turning people into mutants. Players find...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Role-playing game, Online
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
9.7/10
A dynamic online shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting, similar to Tom Clancy's The Division. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic Seoul...
Action, Online, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Procedural generation, Survival horror, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 27 October 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
78/100
A dark story about survival in a world where humanity faces an inexplicable nightmare. It all started with the rain - an incessant downpour that changes people...