Post-apocalyptic game recommendations

Ruined cities, factions fighting over the scraps and the same old question: what would you do to survive? The post-apocalyptic setting produced some of the decade’s best games — from Fallout to The Last of Us — and the highest rated ones are here.

The 25 best post-apocalyptic games

1. 1

   The Walking Dead: Season 1 (2012)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   92
2. 2

   A Monster's Expedition (2020)

   PC — Steam ↗

   92
3. 3

   Dungeon Munchies (2019)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

   92
4. 4

   Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (2009)

   PlayStation · PC

   91
5. 5

   NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition (2019)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

   91
6. 6

   Fallout 3 (2008)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗

   91
7. 7

   BROK The InvestiGator (2022)

   PC — Steam ↗

   91
8. 8

   Leap of Faith (2022)

   PC

   91
9. 9

   Nuclear Throne (2015)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC

   91
10. 10

    Brotato (2022)

    PC

    91
11. 11

    Rusty's Retirement (2024)

    PC

    91
12. 12

    Athanasy (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    90
13. 13

    Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)

    PC

    90
14. 14

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    90
15. 15

    1000xResist (2024)

    Nintendo · PC — Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

    90
16. 16

    Super Kiwi 64 (2022)

    PC

    90
17. 17

    Cloud Gardens (2020)

    PC

    90
18. 18

    Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    89
19. 19

    Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

    PC

    89
20. 20

    Left 4 Dead (2008)

    PC

    89
21. 21

    Fallout (1997)

    PC

    89
22. 22

    Stellar Blade (2024)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    89
23. 23

    BlazBlue Entropy Effect (2023)

    PC

    89
24. 24

    Beton Brutal (2023)

    PC

    89
25. 25

    Project Zomboid (2013)

    PC

    89

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.