Best Post-Apocalyptic Games

Every Post-Apocalyptic game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Post-Apocalyptic setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Post-Apocalyptic theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Post-Apocalyptic world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Post-Apocalyptic-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Post-Apocalyptic Games rankings

9.9

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Action-Adventure · RPG · Sandbox

Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo Switch 2

Post-ApocalypticFantasyNature / Wilderness

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.8

Community

8.6

1 rating

Dark Souls

Action RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters+1

MysteriousDarkChallenging+3

9.8

Fallout: New Vegas

Action · RPG · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Xbox Cloud Gaming

Post-ApocalypticDystopianWestern+1

AdventurousOpen-EndedImmersive+2

9.8

Community

8.9

1 rating

DARK SOULS III

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

Dark FantasyPost-ApocalypticMonsters

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.7

Project Zomboid

Survival · RPG · Simulation · Strategy

PC · macOS · Linux

Post-ApocalypticZombiesModern+1

ImmersiveTenseHigh-Stakes+3

9.7

LISA: The Painful

RPG · Adventure

PC · Mac · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Android

Post-ApocalypticDark / GrimPsychological+1

DarkBleakUnsettling+3

9.7

Left 4 Dead 2

FPS · Survival · Horror

PC · Xbox 360 · macOS · Linux

Post-ApocalypticZombiesMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedFrantic+3

9.7

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action · Adventure · Horror

PlayStation · PC · Nintendo 64 · Dreamcast · GameCube · PSP · PlayStation 3 · PS Vita

ZombiesPost-ApocalypticPsychological+1

CreepyTenseAtmospheric+3

9.6

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

Action · RPG · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyPsychological

EmotionalMelancholicThought-Provoking+3

9.6

Community

9.4

2 ratings

ULTRAKILL

FPS · Action · Shooter

Microsoft Windows

Post-ApocalypticRobots / MechsDark / Grim+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.6

Caves of Qud

RPG · Simulation · Sandbox

PC · Mac · Linux · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticFantasy+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.5

DEATH STRANDING

Action-Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · PC · Xbox Series X/S

Post-ApocalypticSupernaturalPsychological+1

AtmosphericSlow-BurnLonely+3

9.5

Rain World

Action · Adventure · Platformer

Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

Post-ApocalypticNature / WildernessDark / Grim

AtmosphericBrutalUnforgiving+3

9.4

Kenshi

RPG · Strategy · Simulation

Windows

Post-ApocalypticDark / GrimNature / Wilderness

Open-EndedChallengingBrutal+3

9.4

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

FPS · Survival · Horror

PC

Post-ApocalypticSci-FiMonsters+1

AtmosphericGrittyTense+3

9.4

Shin Megami Tensei IV

RPG

Nintendo 3DS

Post-ApocalypticDark FantasyMythology+1

DarkBleakChallenging+3

9.4

God Hand

Action

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3

Post-ApocalypticComedyMartial Arts

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

RPG

PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Microsoft Windows

Post-ApocalypticMythologySupernatural+1

DarkBleakAtmospheric+3

9.4

Decaying Winter

Shooter · Survival

Roblox

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticDark / Grim+1

TenseIntenseChallenging+3

9.4

GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

Fighting · Action

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 3 · PC · Arcade

Martial ArtsPost-ApocalypticFantasy

IntenseFast-PacedCompetitive+3

9.4

Metro Exodus

FPS · Action · Adventure

Windows · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Stadia · Linux · macOS

Post-ApocalypticNature / WildernessDark / Grim

AdventurousImmersiveAtmospheric+3

9.3

DOOM II: HELL ON EARTH

FPS · Shooter · Horror

MS-DOS · Mac OS · PC-98 · Game Boy Advance · Tapwave Zodiac · Xbox · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Android · iOS

Sci-FiPost-ApocalypticMonsters

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.3

Panzer Dragoon Saga

RPG · Action RPG

Sega Saturn

Post-ApocalypticFantasyMythology

AtmosphericDreamlikeEpic+3

9.3

The End Is Nigh

Platformer · Adventure

PC · macOS · Linux · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4

Post-ApocalypticDark / GrimPsychological

ChallengingBrutalPrecision-Focused+3