Post-apocalyptic 2026 for PC — top best games in the Post-apocalyptic genre

HumanitZ - a game in the Post-apocalyptic genre

Action, Online, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 18 September 2023; Game released: PC → 6 February 2026

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 73/100

The main action takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting in which zombies have destroyed most of the planet's population. Hordes of bloodthirsty...

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Exploration, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 March 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A sequel to the cult action game from Hideo Kojima, which once again intertwines philosophy, science fiction, and an unconventional approach to...

Replaced

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 14 April 2026

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game transports you to a dark cyberpunk metropolis, where neon reflects in puddles and human organs have become currency. The world is controlled...

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Construction, Zombies

Game released: PC → 12 January 2026

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A game in the style of Papers, Please, set in a post-apocalyptic world. The protagonist works at a checkpoint and protects the quarantine zone. You...

Road to Vostok

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Early Access: PC → 7 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2029

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 84/100

A hardcore sandbox with realistic weapon mechanics, advanced survival systems and hostile NPCs. Including various medical conditions, tactical weapon...

Beast of Reincarnation

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

Game released: PC → 4 August 2026

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The game from the developers of Pokemon takes place in post-apocalyptic Japan. The player takes on the role of the outcast Emma, nicknamed the...

Anthem

Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 22 February 2019; The project is closed: PC → 12 January 2026

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Multiplayer futuristic action game with a third-person view in a post-apocalyptic futuristic world from BioWare. By gathering a team of four, you can...

Red Rain

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 25 October 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 85/100

An adventure RPG set in post-apocalyptic North America after the Yellowstone supervolcanic eruption. The world has become a ruin, the land is...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope

Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 August 2026

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The expansion continues the story of the Skif, unfolding parallel to the events of the main game and offering a new perspective on the Zone. The...

DREADMOOR

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...

Memory Wastes

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Exploration, Old school, Survival

Game released: PC → 30 September 2026

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Steam: 40/100

A post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat, set in a world that has lost all memory of its own past. The protagonist wakes up with...

MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Fantasy, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 31 October 2023; Game released: PC → 28 April 2026

Steam: 75/100

The game takes place during a medieval apocalypse. A terrible epidemic turns ordinary residents into disgusting human-insect hybrids. To survive in...

Complete Horror

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival horror, Horror, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 May 2026

Steam: 68/100

The game tells the story of an unnamed girl who has lost her memory. In the plot of the game, the main character wakes up in the subway, which is...

No More Room in Hell 2

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

Early Access: PC → 22 October 2024; Game released: PC → 11 August 2026

Players: 1/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A cooperative game where up to 8 people survive the zombie apocalypse. All gamers appear in different parts of the map. You need to collect resources...

Cronos: Lazarus

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...

Going Medieval

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Medieval era, City Building, Survival

Early Access: PC → 1 June 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2026

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A simulator of building and managing a medieval settlement, unfolding after a devastating plague that left only a small part of the population alive...

Into the Radius 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Early Access: PC → 24 July 2024; Game released: PC → 23 April 2026

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

An atmospheric VR survival game set in a world of surreal landscapes and deadly creatures known as the Pechorsk Anomaly. Play solo or in co-op to...

Urban Strife

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Strategy, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 10 December 2024; Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 69/100

A mixture of turn-based old-school strategy and role-playing game with survival elements in a post-apocalyptic setting. The main character of the...

Tides of Tomorrow

Online, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Exploration, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 22 April 2026

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A game from the creators of the adventure Road 96, the action of which takes place on the planet Elind, where a great flood occurred. You can...

Ozersk Protocol PVE: Founders Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 25 July 2024; Game released: PC → 23 June 2026

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 46/100

Evacuation shooter in the spirit of Escape from Tarkov. The events of the game unfold in a fictional world inspired by European countries. As a...

DayZ Badlands

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...

Ground Zero

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 16 April 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A devastating meteorite has wiped out South Korea. Two months later, as the dust and thunderstorms begin to fade and the air becomes breathable, an...

Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust

Strategy, Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building

Game released: PC → 23 June 2026

Steam: 44/100

The events of the expansion unfold in the city of New Edinburgh, built near a volcano. The plot tells about the consequences of reckless use of...

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 63/100

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...

Nested Lands

Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Construction, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 25 February 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 73/100

The events of the game unfold in the gloomy world, tormented by plague and bandits. Players need to develop a settlement and manage its inhabitants...

Sancticide

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 12 February 2025; Game released: PC → 11 March 2026

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 60/100

The main character is the publican (collector of taxes and duties) Ezekiel, who is trying to eradicate sin and vice for the glory of the Creator. The...

Dreadline Express

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Detective

Game released: PC → 16 October 2026

Steam: 98/100

Psychological horror set aboard the last train racing through the ruins of a fallen world. The few survivors continue their journey into the unknown...

After Inc: Revival

Strategy, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, City Building, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 17 June 2025; Game released: PC → 11 August 2026

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Continuation of the biological simulator Plague Inc, only this time players will not infect the planet, but save humanity after the zombie...

The Left Behind

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 27 July 2026

Steam: 23/100

Post-apocalyptic survival action game with single-player and cooperative modes, set in an open world inspired by Dutch landscapes. During the day...

Survival Log

Simulation, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Crafting, Zombies

Game released: PC → 12 August 2026

Steam: 84/100

A survival game set during the impending zombie apocalypse, where preparation before the disaster is just as important as the fight for survival...

Convrgence

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival

Early Access: PC → 22 April 2024; Game released: PC → 17 September 2026

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 88/100

The main character, together with his dog, explores the post-apocalyptic exclusion zone in search of valuable artifacts. On his way, the character...

ALL WILL FALL

Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting

Game released: PC → 3 April 2026

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator in which any building can collapse. As the leader of a small group of survivors, you will have to build a...

Quarantine Zombies: Contamination

Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Zombies, Action

Game released: PC → 20 January 2026

Steam: 47/100

The action takes place at a checkpoint in post-apocalyptic Chicago. The player must hold the defense for thirty days until the army arrives. The...

Vultures - Scavengers of Death

Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 13 May 2026

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A grim turn-based tactics game about survival after a biological disaster that has engulfed the Salento valley. As operatives of the VULTURES squad...

The Walking Trade

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Comedy, Crafting, Zombies

Game released: PC → 5 March 2026

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

An unusual shop management simulator set during a zombie apocalypse. Amid chaos and constant danger, a small trading business develops: shelves are...

Scavland

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 4 September 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028

Steam: 83/100

The action takes place in Zalessye — a land ravaged by war and the mysterious Mist. The player takes on the role of a Scavenger, a person who...

The Midnight Walkers

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

Early Access: PC → 29 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2026

Steam: 54/100

A dark multiplayer game in PvPvE format with solo and trio modes, set in a huge complex of buildings. For example, there is a hospital, a shopping...

GRAIN ROT

Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Procedural generation, Survival horror, Construction

Game released: PC → 7 August 2026

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Action-horror game where players, in the role of fragile wooden vessels, attempt to explore procedurally generated dungeons of the scorched...

Iron Blight

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror, Horror

Game released: PC → 24 August 2026

Steam: 93/100

Atmospheric survival horror set in a cold city of the Eastern Bloc, engulfed in fear and despair. Trapped among the ruins and surrounded by monsters...

Codename CURE 2

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: PC → 24 July 2026

Steam: 77/100

A free cooperative first-person shooter set after a zombie apocalypse. A squad of five fighters must complete various missions on dynamic maps...

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Best Games in the Post-apocalyptic genre of 2026 for PC