Top 15 best post-apocalyptic games

Post-apocalyptic is a genre that works in all media forms, whether it's books, movies or video games. Landscapes of destroyed worlds, apparently, still evoke a lot of emotions - fear, excitement, adrenaline rush. What is important, they can serve as decorations for a variety of stories. In theory, video games are the best way to immerse a person in a post-apocalyptic world, as the player not only watches the events, but also takes part in them directly.

Unfortunately, not all developers understand the potential of this setting and use it only as a backdrop for simple and even banal plots. But the 15 games on this list offer players something unique. It can be an exciting storyline, unique gameplay that fits into the gloomy realities of the world around you, or something else. In any case, the gamer will not regret getting acquainted with these projects.

Mad Max

Game "Crazy Max", released in 2015 is not directly related to the film of the same name that was in theaters shortly before its release. Someone, despite the hitness of the tape, was pleased with this alignment, because there is no need to explain what kind of reputation the games based on films have developed.

Loved the game more than "Road of Fury". Uncomplicated, she managed to impress critics and players with explosive action and a memorable world.

Death Stranding

Death Stranding became one of the most anticipated games as soon as production was announced. Hideo Kojima confused players with intriguing trailers and a description of the project in two words “a strange game”.
Most of the theories of the players did not materialize - few people expected a post-apocalyptic delivery simulator from Kojima. The community is divided. Someone found the gameplay boring, someone thought that it perfectly sets off the story being told. And almost everyone agrees that she came out worthy.

Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3 is out in August 2020 of the year. The game faced a difficult task - to sur its critically acclaimed predecessor, Wasteland 2. From it, the project inherited turn-based combat tactics, a la XCOM, but much more attention was paid to the role-playing component this time.

Project inXile Entertainment well received by fans and critics. This was confirmed by the nomination for TGA-2020.

Resistance: Fall of Man

Resistance: Fall of Man was supposed to show all the advantages of a new generation of consoles PlayStation. The PS3 started out with some serious problems and a price tag that was too high, so a selling exclusive was needed.

Resistance: Fall of Man managed to impress the community by using the full graphic and technical capabilities of the seventh generation. Well, the setting of the post-apocalypse in an alternative history, where instead of the revolution in Russia and the Second World War, humanity received hordes of incomprehensible creatures that appeared after the fall of the Tunguska meteorite.

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The sixth part of the cult series was released in 1994 year on SNES and is still considered one of the best RPGs of the 90s. Some even call it "the game of all time."

Final Fantasy VI stands out even against the background of the rest of the series with a memorable plot, charismatic characters and thoughtful combat.

Far Cry New Dawn

Sid's prophecy came true. The nuclear explosion turned out to be the true ending, and 17 years after the events of Far Cry 5, the player opens Hope Countysurvivor of the apocalypse.
New Dawn is a controversial spin-off. Even if you do not take into the outposts and microtransactions, he has enough cons. But there is something in the neon post-apocalypse from Ubisoft. At least the ability to put a bullet in the adventures Joseph Sid. More precisely, now a comma, given the announcement Far Cry 6 and his season .

STALKER: Call of Pripyat

The third part of the franchise shows the world of an alternative ChEZ from a new perspective - through the eyes of a military man. Together with him, the player can take a look at some of the legendary places of the Zone - "Jupiter", "Prometheus", the famous air defense systems.

Flavored with humor and realities familiar to the inhabitants of the CIS, "Call of Pripyat" reminds why they are waiting for STALKER 2.

SOMA

In a studio Frictional Games always had a knack for fear. But SOMA has become the crowning achievement of their creativity, with which most players agree. There are no destroyed cities, nuclear mushroom or terrible mutants. But the fact that in the world of this game there is no place left for the usual life is a fact.

This horror asks questions that can scare in any setting, but in the post-apocalypse - most of all. And the key one: “Until when can we consider ourselves to be ourselves?”

Metro: Exodus

Book series adaptation Dmitry Glukhovsky in her last, for the moment, part, she finally got out of the subway tunnels into fresh air. The creators' risky experiment was justified - the expanses of post-apocalyptic Russia did not deprive the series of zest, but only expanded the picture of the world.

Gamers appreciated not only unique locations, but also the plot. Already familiar heroes, once in the outside world, revealed themselves from new sides, and two DLCs Great addition to the main story.

Frost Punk

Against the background of the release of the sequel, it would be a sin not to this frosty hybrid of a survivalist and a city-building simulator. The project, no joke, makes you cringe - everything in it works to ensure that the cold from the dying alternative world controlled by the player slowly leaked out of the monitor.
It is surprising that not so many games make the cold and the troubles that it causes the main threat to humanity. Frostpunk took up this topic and firmly occupied the chosen niche.

Never: Automata

World of games Drakengard и NieR frightens many not with the post-apocalypse, but with the volumes of lore. Good, Never: Automata can give pleasure to neophytes who are unfamiliar with the brainchild of Yoko Taro and become the entry point to the series.

Fighting robots here are perfectly combined with aliens, side tasks help to slightly distract from the global (in every sense) plot, and platforming elements do not let the gameplay get bored. So, if you want to look at one of the most famous Japanese post-apocalyptic universes - Automata, then where to start.

Days Gone

At first, this project faced a very, very cold reception, and years later, the public, unexpectedly, recognized the merits Days Gone. And I began to regret the small chances of getting a sequel.

Brainchild Bend Studio shows a world facing a deadly epidemic. It is flavored with a biker entourage and the bewitching expanses of a deserted America.

The Last of Us 2

Neil Druckman You can love it or hate it, but it's hard to deny him the ability to create an emotional story and, like no one else, fit it into the chosen setting. The sequel to The Last of Us pleases with peppy gameplay, amazing landscapes and stories that leave few people indifferent.

Fallout 3

It could not do without franchises, which pleases players with a suitable retrofuturistic post-apocalypse with 1997 years. The third part came out 11 years later and justified all the hopes of the players.

An open world, the ability to create a character “for yourself” and stories that everyone loves. In Fallout 3, each player will find a favorite quest for himself.