Zombies, Mutants, Cyborgs, and of course, Demon Hitler.
In the post-apocalyptic genre, there is no shortage of enemies who are hell-bent on your destruction.
Fans of survival games from Resident Evil to Fallout know the score: the end of the world is nigh and there's only one option: find a weapon, and get to survivin' it.
While there are many to choose from in the post-apocalyptic genre, each game offers it's own unique twist, charm, and something to come away with that will stick with you passed the end credits.
15. Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
Enter the world of The Dome, where humanity seeks to use ancient artifacts to achieve new heights...or so they'd have you believe.
Outside is an apocalyptic wasteland filled with deadly anomalies, zombie-like mutants, and warring factions.
Encased is a narrative-driven RPG influenced partially by the Fallout series, where the faction you choose will give you access to unique dialogue choices and ultimately, how you play.
14. Remnant: From the Ashes (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Forget zombies. In this third-person action/adventure shooter, your world has been invaded by an ancient race of other-worldly creatures called The Root, who are bent on humanity's destruction.
Scavenge, upgrade, and enhance your character while fighting your way through randomly generated maps.
With RPG elements, gameplay, and difficulty akin to the Soulsbourne series, you and up to 2 other players must try and carve out a foot-hold for humanity to rebuild their lost civilization.
13. Dying Light 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Think it’s tough to survive in a giant zombie playground? Try doing it at night when they can really get the jump on you!
An open-world action RPG, Dying Light 2 seeks to improve upon its predecessor with new sandbox narrative properties, making your choices really count.
Players of the first Dying Light will enjoy the parkour-style combat mechanics being improved upon with new dodge mechanics and gliding capabilities.
12. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Rainbow Six has been a staple of first-person shooters for years, and its latest incarnation merges its tactical fps core with an undead nightmare.
While not much has been revealed about Rainbow Six Quarantine, the lead game designer teases the experience of Siege with the added thrill of survival horror.
Whether you’re a fan of Rainbow Six, or just a fan of blowing the brains out of the living dead, Quarantine looks to be a stunning piece of zombie-hunting gameplay.
11. The Last of Us Part II (PS4)
Fans of survival horror, action/adventures, and cinematic storytelling should not miss out on The Last of Us Part II.
If you’re new to the series, humanity lies on the brink of extinction as a fast-spreading fungus turns humans into mindless, cannibalistic monstrosities.
Play as Joel and Ellie as they work together to survive the elements, mutated humans, and a mysterious and bloodthirsty cult.
10. Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged
A post-apocalyptic zombie survival game like you may have never seen... if you’ve never played the first one. Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged is a story-driven and dialogue-heavy game that puts you in the role of Hank, a retired salesrabbit, and Larry, his old canine buddy.
Using their combined influence, guile, and persuasion techniques, you must convince others to do the scavenging for you; getting the goods, without risking your own fur.
This game takes on a very different angle of the survival horror genre with its own twist of wit, vulgarity and dark humor.
9. GTFO | PC
Think you have a tough job? Try joining the members of GTFO. In this squad-based fps, you are a prisoner tasked with the extraction of various valuables from an underground complex.
You must work together with other prisoners to survive hordes of enemies, to solve the puzzles of the complex and of your own past.
8. Zombie Army 4: Dead War - Feb 2020 | PS4,PC,XBOX ONE
What happens when the Axis powers of WWII lose the war but refuse to die? They become Nazi zombies of course!
If you’re new to the series, Hitler turns to the occult to raise zombies to fight his war and inadvertently turned Europe into a Nazi-zombie nightmare.
In the 4th part to the Zombie Army Trilogy, Zombie Hitler has finally been defeated but the horde continues its rampage.
Continue in this alternate history to defeat the Nazis once and for all!
7. Project Resistance PS4, PC, XBOX ONE (Included with Resident Evil 3)
Set in Racoon City, Project Resistance merges multiplayer gaming with escape-room horror.
In this Resident Evil spin-off, play as one of four survivors to navigate a booby-trapped and zombie-infested area and find the way out.
Or, play as the fifth character, the insidious mastermind who tries to prevent the survivors from escaping by placing traps, weaponized cameras, and taking direct control of zombies! Who will survive in this deadly game?
6. Back 4 Blood - TBA 2020 | PS4,PC,XBOX ONE
Ever since the infamous Left 4 Dead dropped over a decade ago, new zombie games have been spawning faster than...well, zombies.
I’d say this one is no different, but the fact that it’s from the same developers behind Left 4 Dead, it might just be.
With a release date slated for late 2020, possibly 2021, Back 4 Blood is teased to be the spiritual successor of Left 4 Dead with all the co-op zombie-horde blasting you have come to expect, plus new features to improve upon the already great original.
5. Synced: Off-Planet - 2020 | PC
Taking a new twist on Survival horror, Synced: Off-Planet isn’t PVE or PVP, it’s both.
Turning to technology for survival as humans have always done, in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi shooter, technology has gone horribly wrong and humans have become cybernetic zombie-like monsters.
In order to survive, you must work together with a band of fellow humans to gather parts, repair your ship, and escape planet earth.
But there are only enough resources for one group to escape...and you’re not the only one who wants out.
4. The Black Masses - TBA | PC
Another twist in the guns-V-zombie universe is The Black Masses: an open world co-op RPG set in a fantasy world. A medieval population on an island has had their minds usurped by a mysterious force called the “black mass”.
Use swords, spells, crossbows, and anything else you can get your hands on, be prepared to run, jump, and fight your way through hundreds of thousands of enemies as you discover the source of the curse.
Clever wordplay aside “The Black Masses” looks to be a fun and unique take on the zombie apocalypse genre.
3. BEYOND DEATH - 2020 | PC
Scavenge, build, survive, repeat. In what looks to be one of the most massively open-world survival-horrors to date, you must learn to survive in a world of living dead while discovering not just what happened to the rest of humanity, but if there is any cure.
This sandbox RPG not only lets you explore a massive open world, but also use anything and everything to put together new tools to survive, fix existing equipment, even build your own shelter.
Will you have what it takes to put your knowledge and tools to work and survive long enough to discover the cause of the outbreak?
2. Undying - TBA 2020 | PC
Other than the usual undead threat, Undying shows you that there’s more to survival than aiming for the head.
In this indie adventure game from Vanimals, you control Anling, a mother trying to survive long enough to teach her son everything he needs to survive himself.
As you improve do what is needed to survive, her son will learn to acquire the same skill sets.
Level him up quickly and pass on your skills to survive, because Anling herself is infected… and time is running out.
1. Resident Evil 3- April 2020 | PS4, PC, Xbox One
One of the forerunners of the zombie-apocalypse survival horrors, Resident Evil makes its remake return with the reimagined Resident Evil 3 in 2020.
As Jill Valentine, police agent of the specialist squad S.T.A.R.S., you are trapped in the T-Virus infected Racoon city with few remaining survivors of your company.
Relive this 1999 classic with updated graphics, cinematics, and gameplay and see how Resident Evil has solidified itself in the annals of video game legends.
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