The best 60 of 245 games
After the end of the world: games set among ruins and wasteland where you fight to survive in the remains of the old civilisation.
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#1
The Last of Us
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#2
Overwhelmingly positive · 95 % positive
Fallout: New Vegas
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#3
The Last of Us Part II
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#4
Very positive · 80 % positive
Fallout 3
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#5
Very positive · 81 % positive
Fallout 4
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Emotional impact
Open world
Emotional impact
Lavish presentation
Open world
Driving or flying
Lavish presentation
Open world
Strong soundtrack
Co-op or multiplayer
Emotional impact
Joel and Ellie cross a fungus-ravaged America in a tense survival adventure of scarce resources, brutal stealth-shooter encounters, and one of gaming's most affecting, character-driven stories.
Joel and Ellie cross a fungus-ravaged America in a tense survival adventure of scarce resources, brutal stealth-shooter encounters, and one of gaming's most affecting, character-driven stories.
The Last of Us
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Choices with consequences
A post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Mojave, where rival factions vie for control of Vegas and your choices, dialogue and skills decide the fate of the whole region. Sharp writing, dark humor and huge freedom in how quests unfold make it a genre classic.
A post-apocalyptic RPG set in the Mojave, where rival factions vie for control of Vegas and your choices, dialogue and skills decide the fate of the whole region. Sharp writing, dark humor and huge freedom in how quests unfold make it a genre classic.
Emotional impact
A brutal, emotionally harrowing revenge story in a ruined world that uses two perspectives to question the cycle of violence. Tense stealth-survival combat meets outstanding cinematic presentation and performances.
A brutal, emotionally harrowing revenge story in a ruined world that uses two perspectives to question the cycle of violence. Tense stealth-survival combat meets outstanding cinematic presentation and performances.
The Last of Us Part II
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Open world
A sprawling irradiated wasteland around Washington D.C. to roam freely, full of darkly funny stories and VATS-assisted gunfights. Moral choices shape towns, factions and the ending.
A sprawling irradiated wasteland around Washington D.C. to roam freely, full of darkly funny stories and VATS-assisted gunfights. Moral choices shape towns, factions and the ending.
Fallout 3
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Open world
As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you roam the irradiated ruins of Boston, blending gunplay with the slow-motion V.A.T.S. targeting system and building your own settlements. Faction choices and countless darkly funny side quests shape the fate of the Commonwealth.
As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you roam the irradiated ruins of Boston, blending gunplay with the slow-motion V.A.T.S. targeting system and building your own settlements. Faction choices and countless darkly funny side quests shape the fate of the Commonwealth.
Emotional impact
An episodic narrative adventure where Lee protects young Clementine through a zombie apocalypse, forced into agonizing timed moral decisions. The bond between the two makes it one of the most emotionally powerful games of its kind.
An episodic narrative adventure where Lee protects young Clementine through a zombie apocalypse, forced into agonizing timed moral decisions. The bond between the two makes it one of the most emotionally powerful games of its kind.
Open world
A punishing survival shooter set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where deadly anomalies, mutants and rival factions wait around every corner. You scavenge for gear, hunt rare artifacts and make decisions that shape the story, all wrapped in a thick, oppressive atmosphere.
7 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
A punishing survival shooter set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where deadly anomalies, mutants and rival factions wait around every corner. You scavenge for gear, hunt rare artifacts and make decisions that shape the story, all wrapped in a thick, oppressive atmosphere.
Emotional impact
Joel and Ellie's emotional survival story in a devastated world.
Joel and Ellie's emotional survival story in a devastated world.
Lavish presentation
Aloy heads into a breathtaking post-apocalyptic West to hunt colossal robotic beasts, using bows, traps and tactics to strip their components and exploit weak points. A lush open world full of secrets is tied to a gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world.
Aloy heads into a breathtaking post-apocalyptic West to hunt colossal robotic beasts, using bows, traps and tactics to strip their components and exploit weak points. A lush open world full of secrets is tied to a gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world.
Open world
As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.
10 Days Gone
As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.
Driving or flying
An open-world action game set in a sun-scorched wasteland where you hunt convoys, raid strongholds and brawl with Batman-style counter combat while endlessly upgrading your car, the Magnum Opus. Vehicular combat and the striking desert atmosphere are the highlights.
11 Mad Max
An open-world action game set in a sun-scorched wasteland where you hunt convoys, raid strongholds and brawl with Batman-style counter combat while endlessly upgrading your car, the Magnum Opus. Vehicular combat and the striking desert atmosphere are the highlights.
Lavish presentation
As hunter Aloy you roam a lush post-apocalyptic wilderness full of animal-like machines that you take apart with bows, traps and tactics. A gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world ties it all together.
As hunter Aloy you roam a lush post-apocalyptic wilderness full of animal-like machines that you take apart with bows, traps and tactics. A gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world ties it all together.
Horizon Zero Dawn
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Open world
An online Fallout set in the irradiated hills of Appalachia, where you explore a huge world solo or with friends, build camps, join public events and shape your character with perk cards. After a rocky launch, NPCs, factions and steady updates turned it into a lively post-apocalyptic sandbox.
13 Fallout 76
An online Fallout set in the irradiated hills of Appalachia, where you explore a huge world solo or with friends, build camps, join public events and shape your character with perk cards. After a rocky launch, NPCs, factions and steady updates turned it into a lively post-apocalyptic sandbox.
Strong soundtrack
Androids fight in an abandoned world, with stylish action and a story that unfolds over several playthroughs.
Androids fight in an abandoned world, with stylish action and a story that unfolds over several playthroughs.
NieR:Automata
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Co-op or multiplayer
Unforgiving multiplayer survival across a vast zombie-infested countryside where hunger, sickness and above all other players are the real threat. Every encounter can turn into an alliance or a betrayal, and death means starting over from nothing.
15 DayZ
Unforgiving multiplayer survival across a vast zombie-infested countryside where hunger, sickness and above all other players are the real threat. Every encounter can turn into an alliance or a betrayal, and death means starting over from nothing.
DayZ
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Interconnected level design
First-person parkour zombie survival where you free-run across Harran's rooftops by day, scavenging and crafting brutal weapons, then flee terrifying hunters at night. Fluid movement and gritty melee shine even more in co-op.
16 Dying Light
First-person parkour zombie survival where you free-run across Harran's rooftops by day, scavenging and crafting brutal weapons, then flee terrifying hunters at night. Fluid movement and gritty melee shine even more in co-op.
Turn-based combat
As a Desert Ranger you lead a squad through frozen, post-apocalyptic Colorado, fighting in turn-based tactical combat. Your choices between warring factions visibly reshape the world, and a streak of dark humor gives it its own voice. The whole campaign can also be played in co-op.
17 Wasteland 3
As a Desert Ranger you lead a squad through frozen, post-apocalyptic Colorado, fighting in turn-based tactical combat. Your choices between warring factions visibly reshape the world, and a streak of dark humor gives it its own voice. The whole campaign can also be played in co-op.
Wasteland 3
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Strong soundtrack
Hideo Kojima's singular courier odyssey turns traversal itself into the game: balancing cargo, planning routes across haunting terrain, and building roads and bridges with unseen fellow players. It wraps this in a surreal, melancholic story about death and human connection.
Hideo Kojima's singular courier odyssey turns traversal itself into the game: balancing cargo, planning routes across haunting terrain, and building roads and bridges with unseen fellow players. It wraps this in a surreal, melancholic story about death and human connection.
Death Stranding
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Melee combat with weapons or fists
Parkour across a zombie-infested city where daytime rooftop runs turn into tense nighttime survival against the infected. Brutal melee combat and faction choices that reshape whole districts define the experience.
Parkour across a zombie-infested city where daytime rooftop runs turn into tense nighttime survival against the infected. Brutal melee combat and faction choices that reshape whole districts define the experience.
Emotional impact
You play as Clementine, now forced to survive on her own in a brutal zombie apocalypse, and make tough moral calls that shape relationships and fates. It's a bleak, emotional narrative adventure with a comic-book look.
20 The Walking Dead: Season Two
You play as Clementine, now forced to survive on her own in a brutal zombie apocalypse, and make tough moral calls that shape relationships and fates. It's a bleak, emotional narrative adventure with a comic-book look.
Distinctive, stylised art style
An isometric action RPG where a gravelly narrator reacts to everything you do as you mix weapons and rebuild a refuge in a gorgeous hand-painted, shattered world. Its soundtrack and poignant ending choices make it unforgettable.
21 Bastion
An isometric action RPG where a gravelly narrator reacts to everything you do as you mix weapons and rebuild a refuge in a gorgeous hand-painted, shattered world. Its soundtrack and poignant ending choices make it unforgettable.
Bastion
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Shooting and gunplay
A claustrophobic first-person shooter set in the post-nuclear Moscow metro, where scarce ammo, gas mask filters and stealth turn every encounter into a fight for survival. Dense atmosphere and a grim story following Artyom drive the experience.
A claustrophobic first-person shooter set in the post-nuclear Moscow metro, where scarce ammo, gas mask filters and stealth turn every encounter into a fight for survival. Dense atmosphere and a grim story following Artyom drive the experience.
Metro: Last Light
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Resources and survival
A grim survival adventure set in a dust-shrouded ruined city where limited stamina, scarce resources and risky climbing define the experience. Instead of constant gunplay it relies on bluffing with an empty weapon and tension while searching for the hero's family.
23 I Am Alive
A grim survival adventure set in a dust-shrouded ruined city where limited stamina, scarce resources and risky climbing define the experience. Instead of constant gunplay it relies on bluffing with an empty weapon and tension while searching for the hero's family.
I Am Alive
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Turn-based combat
A classic turn-based party RPG set in a nuclear-ravaged desert, where you lead a squad of Desert Rangers and your decisions noticeably reshape the regions you visit. Tactical combat and a wide skill system give it depth.
24 Wasteland 2
A classic turn-based party RPG set in a nuclear-ravaged desert, where you lead a squad of Desert Rangers and your decisions noticeably reshape the regions you visit. Tactical combat and a wide skill system give it depth.
Wasteland 2
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Melee combat with weapons or fists
Game Freak's dark action RPG sends Emma and her dog Koo across a ruined, post-apocalyptic Japan. Its core is demanding, technical combat built around the two fighting as a duo.
Game Freak's dark action RPG sends Emma and her dog Koo across a ruined, post-apocalyptic Japan. Its core is demanding, technical combat built around the two fighting as a duo.
Lots to discover
A bleak survival shooter set in the irradiated Zone around Chernobyl, where anomalies, mutants and rival stalkers make every expedition a gamble. Its oppressive atmosphere and multiple endings have made it a cult classic.
26 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
A bleak survival shooter set in the irradiated Zone around Chernobyl, where anomalies, mutants and rival stalkers make every expedition a gamble. Its oppressive atmosphere and multiple endings have made it a cult classic.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
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Fantasy setting
As War, a Horseman of the Apocalypse, you carve through a ruined Earth caught between Heaven and Hell. Weighty hack-and-slash combat blends with Zelda-style dungeons, gadget puzzles and a bold comic-book art style.
27 Darksiders
As War, a Horseman of the Apocalypse, you carve through a ruined Earth caught between Heaven and Hell. Weighty hack-and-slash combat blends with Zelda-style dungeons, gadget puzzles and a bold comic-book art style.
Darksiders
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Economy and management
Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.
28 Frostpunk
Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.
Melee combat with weapons or fists
Kyle Crane returns to hunt for revenge across an open, zombie-infested valley, mixing fluid parkour, brutal melee combat and terrifying nights. His beast powers let him periodically unleash a savage, monstrous fighting mode.
Kyle Crane returns to hunt for revenge across an open, zombie-infested valley, mixing fluid parkour, brutal melee combat and terrifying nights. His beast powers let him periodically unleash a savage, monstrous fighting mode.
Dying Light: The Beast
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Strong, story-driven narrative
Telltale's third season follows Javier and his family while weaving in Clementine's story, carrying over choices from earlier seasons. It's a cinematic, dialogue-heavy zombie drama built on tough moral decisions and quick-time events.
30 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Telltale's third season follows Javier and his family while weaving in Clementine's story, carrying over choices from earlier seasons. It's a cinematic, dialogue-heavy zombie drama built on tough moral decisions and quick-time events.
Dark, serious atmosphere
An atmospheric story-driven shooter set in the ruined Moscow metro tunnels after nuclear apocalypse. Scarce ammo, gas mask management and stealth sections create a tense survival-horror mood.
An atmospheric story-driven shooter set in the ruined Moscow metro tunnels after nuclear apocalypse. Scarce ammo, gas mask management and stealth sections create a tense survival-horror mood.
Shooting and gunplay
id Software's wasteland shooter shines with punchy, precise gunplay, wingsticks and enemies that react spectacularly to every hit. Buggy races and vehicle combat break up the shooting, though the story and open world feel thin.
32 Rage
id Software's wasteland shooter shines with punchy, precise gunplay, wingsticks and enemies that react spectacularly to every hit. Buggy races and vehicle combat break up the shooting, though the story and open world feel thin.
Loot and gear
A cover-based looter shooter set in a meticulously recreated, collapsed Washington D.C., where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. Its endgame of raids, the Dark Zone and build crafting keeps players hooked.
33 Tom Clancy's The Division 2
A cover-based looter shooter set in a meticulously recreated, collapsed Washington D.C., where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. Its endgame of raids, the Dark Zone and build crafting keeps players hooked.
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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Shooting and gunplay
You roam the irradiated Russian wilderness as Artyom through vast, non-linear levels, following a story that spans a full year. Tense gunfights, stealth and survival horror moments combine with a bleak, immersive post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
34 Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition
You roam the irradiated Russian wilderness as Artyom through vast, non-linear levels, following a story that spans a full year. Tense gunfights, stealth and survival horror moments combine with a bleak, immersive post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition
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Lots to discover
An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.
35 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
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Strong, story-driven narrative
Clementine's story reaches a moving finale as she fights for a future at an isolated school while raising AJ, whose personality is shaped by your choices. It's an emotional, comic-styled narrative adventure with more hands-on action than earlier seasons.
36 The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Clementine's story reaches a moving finale as she fights for a future at an isolated school while raising AJ, whose personality is shaped by your choices. It's an emotional, comic-styled narrative adventure with more hands-on action than earlier seasons.
Open world
A vividly colorful post-apocalyptic shooter set in a rebuilt Hope County, where you craft scrap weapons, upgrade your Prosperity base and battle the Highwaymen twins. Light RPG touches like enemy tiers and outpost expeditions put a twist on the familiar Far Cry formula.
A vividly colorful post-apocalyptic shooter set in a rebuilt Hope County, where you craft scrap weapons, upgrade your Prosperity base and battle the Highwaymen twins. Light RPG touches like enemy tiers and outpost expeditions put a twist on the familiar Far Cry formula.
Action-packed real-time combat
A neon-soaked, chaotic open-world shooter set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, driven by punchy gunplay combined with flashy Nanotrite powers. The story is thin, but vehicle combat and over-the-top humor keep the mayhem going.
38 Rage 2
A neon-soaked, chaotic open-world shooter set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, driven by punchy gunplay combined with flashy Nanotrite powers. The story is thin, but vehicle combat and over-the-top humor keep the mayhem going.
Shooting and gunplay
A brutal, atmospheric shooter set in the Chernobyl Zone, where faction wars, deadly anomalies and blowouts make survival a constant struggle. This prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl leans harder into faction warfare and tough firefights.
A brutal, atmospheric shooter set in the Chernobyl Zone, where faction wars, deadly anomalies and blowouts make survival a constant struggle. This prequel to Shadow of Chernobyl leans harder into faction warfare and tough firefights.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
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Sandbox with your own goals
A zombie survival sandbox built on crafting, looting, base building and skill progression, where every seventh night a massive horde tests your fortifications. Played solo or in co-op, it blends first-person shooting with tower-defense tension.
A zombie survival sandbox built on crafting, looting, base building and skill progression, where every seventh night a massive horde tests your fortifications. Played solo or in co-op, it blends first-person shooting with tower-defense tension.
7 Days to Die
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Strong, story-driven narrative
A short three-episode Telltale mini-series focused on Michonne's grief, guilt and inner demons. You make dialogue-driven choices and handle quick-time-event fights in a bleak zombie apocalypse.
A short three-episode Telltale mini-series focused on Michonne's grief, guilt and inner demons. You make dialogue-driven choices and handle quick-time-event fights in a bleak zombie apocalypse.
Loot and gear
The cel-shaded looter shooter that started it all, sending you across the lawless wasteland of Pandora to collect a seemingly endless stream of procedurally generated guns. Its irreverent humor and four-player co-op make it a classic loot grind.
42 Borderlands
The cel-shaded looter shooter that started it all, sending you across the lawless wasteland of Pandora to collect a seemingly endless stream of procedurally generated guns. Its irreverent humor and four-player co-op make it a classic loot grind.
Borderlands
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Emotional impact
Left Behind is a quiet, emotional story about loss and connection in a collapsed world. This remastered expansion shows how tense survival fights and intimate character moments can blend into something memorable.
43 The Last of Us: Left Behind - Remastered
Left Behind is a quiet, emotional story about loss and connection in a collapsed world. This remastered expansion shows how tense survival fights and intimate character moments can blend into something memorable.
The Last of Us: Left Behind - Remastered
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Strong, story-driven narrative
A third-person cover shooter set in a sand-buried Dubai that gradually turns into a harrowing critique of war, guilt and the genre's own power fantasies. Its moral dilemmas and Captain Walker's psychological unraveling make it unforgettable.
A third-person cover shooter set in a sand-buried Dubai that gradually turns into a harrowing critique of war, guilt and the genre's own power fantasies. Its moral dilemmas and Captain Walker's psychological unraveling make it unforgettable.
Spec Ops: The Line
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Driving or flying
You drive a sail-powered land vessel across a dried-up seabed, keeping it running through upkeep, fuel and light puzzles. Without any dialogue, it tells a melancholic, atmospheric journey through the remains of a fallen civilization.
You drive a sail-powered land vessel across a dried-up seabed, keeping it running through upkeep, fuel and light puzzles. Without any dialogue, it tells a melancholic, atmospheric journey through the remains of a fallen civilization.
Far: Lone Sails
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Co-op or multiplayer
A co-op zombie shooter from the Left 4 Dead creators where four Cleaners blast through hordes of Ridden. A card-based deck system reshapes each run, adding build strategy and variety to the chaos.
46 Back 4 Blood
A co-op zombie shooter from the Left 4 Dead creators where four Cleaners blast through hordes of Ridden. A card-based deck system reshapes each run, adding build strategy and variety to the chaos.
Lavish presentation
Hideo Kojima's sequel sends Sam on grueling delivery routes across Mexico and Australia, centered on route planning, infrastructure building and asynchronous cooperation with other players. It pairs this with a bizarre, lavishly cinematic story and more combat options than the original.
47 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Hideo Kojima's sequel sends Sam on grueling delivery routes across Mexico and Australia, centered on route planning, infrastructure building and asynchronous cooperation with other players. It pairs this with a bizarre, lavishly cinematic story and more combat options than the original.
Open world
A colorful open-world action RPG where you play a customizable mutant kung-fu critter roaming a post-apocalyptic land, mixing melee, guns and mutant powers. Your dealings with the warring tribes decide whether the Tree of Life is saved or the world falls further into ruin.
48 Biomutant
A colorful open-world action RPG where you play a customizable mutant kung-fu critter roaming a post-apocalyptic land, mixing melee, guns and mutant powers. Your dealings with the warring tribes decide whether the Tree of Life is saved or the world falls further into ruin.
Resources and survival
Guide a band of survivors through a zombie-ravaged 1980s Texas city, scavenging, crafting and sneaking from refuge to refuge. Resource management and decisions about your group keep the pressure constant.
49 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Guide a band of survivors through a zombie-ravaged 1980s Texas city, scavenging, crafting and sneaking from refuge to refuge. Resource management and decisions about your group keep the pressure constant.
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
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Economy and management
A demanding post-nuclear city builder where you manage resources, research and settlers while fending off radiation, drought and sandstorms.
A demanding post-nuclear city builder where you manage resources, research and settlers while fending off radiation, drought and sandstorms.
Endzone: A World Apart
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Loot and gear
A cover-based looter shooter set in a snowbound, pandemic-ravaged Manhattan, where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. The PvPvE Dark Zone adds tension, since any other agent might turn rogue at any moment.
A cover-based looter shooter set in a snowbound, pandemic-ravaged Manhattan, where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. The PvPvE Dark Zone adds tension, since any other agent might turn rogue at any moment.
Turn-based combat
A tactical blend of XCOM-style turn-based combat and real-time stealth exploration in a nature-reclaimed post-apocalyptic world. You guide a squad of mutant animal-people, picking off enemies quietly before positioning carefully when fights break out.
52 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
A tactical blend of XCOM-style turn-based combat and real-time stealth exploration in a nature-reclaimed post-apocalyptic world. You guide a squad of mutant animal-people, picking off enemies quietly before positioning carefully when fights break out.
Pixel art
A blisteringly fast top-down roguelike shooter where you blast through an irradiated wasteland with random weapons and mutations on your way to the throne. Runs are short, frantic and unforgiving, yet endlessly replayable.
A blisteringly fast top-down roguelike shooter where you blast through an irradiated wasteland with random weapons and mutations on your way to the throne. Runs are short, frantic and unforgiving, yet endlessly replayable.
Nuclear Throne
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Melee combat with weapons or fists
Gory first-person melee mayhem across a sun-soaked, zombie-infested Los Angeles, built around a remarkably detailed dismemberment system and crafted weapon mods. Its tone leans toward tongue-in-cheek B-movie satire rather than true horror.
Gory first-person melee mayhem across a sun-soaked, zombie-infested Los Angeles, built around a remarkably detailed dismemberment system and crafted weapon mods. Its tone leans toward tongue-in-cheek B-movie satire rather than true horror.
Playing together in co-op
A multiplayer extraction shooter set in a zombie-overrun post-apocalyptic city, where you scavenge and try to survive. It is best known for its long troubled development, rocky early access launch and the controversy over its legitimacy.
A multiplayer extraction shooter set in a zombie-overrun post-apocalyptic city, where you scavenge and try to survive. It is best known for its long troubled development, rocky early access launch and the controversy over its legitimacy.
The Day Before
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Challenging difficulty
You play a small slugcat in a decaying, unforgiving ecosystem, hunting for food and evading predators before the deadly rain arrives. The simulated wildlife, enigmatic world and steep difficulty make every escape feel unique.
56 Rain World
You play a small slugcat in a decaying, unforgiving ecosystem, hunting for food and evading predators before the deadly rain arrives. The simulated wildlife, enigmatic world and steep difficulty make every escape feel unique.
Co-op or multiplayer
An open-world survival game set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world where you gather resources, build bases and shoot mutated monsters, solo or with friends. It stands out for blending base building, loot-shooter style progression and surreal apocalyptic horror.
57 Once Human
An open-world survival game set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world where you gather resources, build bases and shoot mutated monsters, solo or with friends. It stands out for blending base building, loot-shooter style progression and surreal apocalyptic horror.
Once Human
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Melee combat with weapons or fists
A challenging sci-fi action RPG in the Soulslike mold, where you play the immortal blade-wielder Arrisa exploring the ruins of a post-apocalyptic city. Combat emphasizes precise parrying and dodging.
58 AI Limit
A challenging sci-fi action RPG in the Soulslike mold, where you play the immortal blade-wielder Arrisa exploring the ruins of a post-apocalyptic city. Combat emphasizes precise parrying and dodging.
Dread and tension
The survival horror classic sends Leon and Claire through zombie-infested Raccoon City, where scarce ammo, inventory management, puzzles and fixed camera angles keep tension high. Two intertwined scenarios reward multiple playthroughs.
The survival horror classic sends Leon and Claire through zombie-infested Raccoon City, where scarce ammo, inventory management, puzzles and fixed camera angles keep tension high. Two intertwined scenarios reward multiple playthroughs.
Dread and tension
This remake sends Jill Valentine through zombie-infested Raccoon City in a short, intense third-person action horror, relentlessly hunted by Nemesis. It emphasizes fast-paced shooting, scarce ammo and cinematic set pieces.
This remake sends Jill Valentine through zombie-infested Raccoon City in a short, intense third-person action horror, relentlessly hunted by Nemesis. It emphasizes fast-paced shooting, scarce ammo and cinematic set pieces.
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Post-apocalyptic games come in a few distinct flavours, so it helps to decide what you want from the ruins. Some are tightly scripted stories about survival and loss, others are open worlds where you pick your own route through the wasteland and shape events with your choices. On PlayStation the list covers both ends well, and several entries are tagged as story rich.
If you want a focused, cinematic experience with stealth and survival tension, start with The Last of Us. The Last of Us Part II follows the same stealth and survival approach and carries a horror tag. If you prefer to roam and make decisions, Fallout: New Vegas is tagged Choices Matter and has a Western flavour, while Fallout 4 is the one to pick for first-person shooting and a sci-fi setting.
For open-world exploration with a different mood, Horizon Zero Dawn pairs a sci-fi world with an action RPG structure, and Days Gone mixes survival, shooting and horror. If you want mostly dialogue and consequences rather than combat, The Walking Dead is tagged Emotional and Choices Matter. Check the tags for horror if you are sensitive to tension, and expect the open-world games to ask for much more time than the linear ones.
The Last of Us is the top pick on this list for a story-driven, cinematic experience. The Last of Us Part II and The Walking Dead are also tagged Story Rich, and The Walking Dead is tagged Emotional and Choices Matter.
Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, Days Gone, Mad Max and Horizon Zero Dawn are all tagged Open World. Horizon Forbidden West and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl carry the same tag.
Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 3 and The Walking Dead are all tagged Choices Matter. New Vegas and Fallout 3 are action RPGs, while The Walking Dead is more about story and dialogue.
Give us a few favourite games and we’ll work out what really suits you. Not what everyone else is playing.
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