Top-Rated Free Post-apocalyptic Games on Steam

70 free Post-apocalyptic games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Codename CURE II - Players say: Lead a five-person military squad—or deploy with bots—through zombie missions, scavenging gear before planting bombs and escaping. Players like: Fun With Friends · Chaotic Horde Fights · Distinct Squad Classes ·
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Codename CURE II is a co-operative first person shooter set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Create an elite military squad with up to five players and fight your way through hordes of zombies in a variety of dynamic objective missions.

Chrono CCG - Players say: Build a deck of evolving agents, trade card plays with rivals, and shift persistent timelines to reshape turn-based battles. Players like: Strategic Card Combat · Timeline Shifts · Agent Transformations ·
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Chrono CCG is an indie game from genre veterans where time-traveling agents battle for control of history. Timelines shift mid-match, agents evolve, and deep strategy meets accessible play. For the community, by the community.

Zenless Zone Zero - Players say: As a Proxy in New Eridu, guide Agents into monster-filled Hollows, take commissions, and fight with dodges, parries, and team combos. Players like: Responsive Action Combat · Expressive Character Animation · Distinctive Urban Style ·
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Zenless Zone Zero is HoYoverse’s brand-new urban fantasy ARPG. Players act as "Proxies" who explore Hollows alongside a wide range of unique Agents, fighting enemies, and completing commissions on their journey to unveil the mysteries behind New Eridu.

Punishing: Gray Raven - Players say: Lead a squad of combat androids through missions to reclaim Earth, chaining orb skills, dodges, and team swaps in real time. Players like: Fast, Stylish Combat · Electronic Soundtrack · Dark Story Payoff ·
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As the commandant of the Gray Raven squad, you must assemble the most powerful Construct soldiers ever created and lead them into battle. Uncover the dark truths behind the Punishing Virus, push back the Corrupted, and reclaim Earth in this stylish, high-octane action RPG.

Operation: Outbreak - Players say: After a patrol crash leaves him alone, a soldier fights through a zombie-infested city, rationing supplies to reach extraction. Players like: Eerie Atmosphere · Quick Horror Experience · Tense Ammo Scarcity ·
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Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.

Wires And Whiskers - Players say: Two players guide a lab-made gerbil and magnetic exosuit through a ruined world, combining combat, platforming, and puzzles. Players like: Enjoyable Co-op Sessions · Teamwork-Based Combat · Charming Visual Design ·
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Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

Fallen Arena - Players say: Fight in post-apocalyptic arenas for dropped crystals: score points, grow larger and gain reach, but move more slowly. Players like: Hero Ability Variety · Power-Mobility Tradeoff · Quick Arena Matches ·
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This is a leisure competitive game, fighting for crystals in the arena, getting bigger, defeating opponents. New heroes, new skills and new weapons, call your friends to fight together~

A Simple job - Players say: Take a job with one rule—don’t press the red button—and see how your choices and a taunting narrator change the ending. Players like: Narrator's Humor · Multiple Endings · Achievement Hunting ·
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💼 A simple task: Don’t press the red button. Sounds easy? 😏 Featuring an annoying voice, absurd endings, and too many achievements. Free. Pointless. Glorious. 🤡🔴

Sirocco - Players say: Command a ship in 5v5 naval arena battles, combining auto-firing weapons and skill-shot abilities to destroy the enemy base. Players like: Fun Naval Combat · Distinctive Ship Classes · Flexible Ship Builds ·
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Sirocco is an infinitely replayable 5v5 arena. Rally your team as you swap abilities mid-match, craft unique builds and load up auto-firing weapons as you craft strategies on the fly. No rules — just fun.

Wuthering Waves - Players say: Awaken as memory-lost Rover in a post-apocalyptic world, exploring freely and fighting alongside a squad of Resonators. Players like: Responsive Combat · Open-World Exploration · Cinematic Storytelling ·
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Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.

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Apr 28, 2025
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Pawns of War - Players say: Build and equip a squad of armed Pawns, then defend a base through auto-battles and grid-based tactical missions. Players like: Detailed Pixel Art · Weapon Customization · Squad and Weapon Variety ·
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Dark parallel world in which humanity has destroyed itself. And only small colonies have survived the last centuries holding on to power at the expense of the totalitarian regime of government. You were thrown here after your death, is this how you were given a second chance?

The Walking Dead: No Man's Land - Players say: Lead survivors through turn-based walker missions, strengthen your team, and keep a resource-gathering camp running. Players like: Tactical Turn-Based Combat · Walking Dead Characters · Camp and Team Growth ·
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Step into the dangerous world of The Walking Dead: No Man's Land. Lead survivors in turn-based strategy battles, manage resources, and make tough choices to ensure their survival. Fight walkers, build your base, and face endless dangers.

Once Human - Players say: Explore a Stardust-tainted wasteland, craft and customize guns, fight monsters, and build a relocatable base alone or with others. Players like: Creative Base Building · Atmospheric World · Solo-Co-op Flexibility ·
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Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

FIND KITTENS: The last of cats - Players say: Search a hand-drawn post-apocalyptic city for 101 hidden kittens, coloring each monochrome section as you clear it. Players like: Coloring Completed Areas · Hand-Drawn Artwork · Relaxing Music ·
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Explore this mysterious post-apocalyptic world by finding cute cats and this black and white world will be colore.

Age of Water: The First Voyage - Players say: On a flooded post-apocalyptic Earth, captain a boat, explore settlements, trade and salvage, and fight or capture rival vessels. Players like: Dynamic Ocean Conditions · Relaxed, Enjoyable Feel ·
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Embark on your first adventure on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean, reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.

Sheepy: A Short Adventure - Players say: Guide a living plush sheep through a ruined facility, gaining movement abilities to platform, face threats, and uncover its past. Players like: Soundtrack and Sound · Pixel-Art Atmosphere · Smooth Platforming ·
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A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Frostrain - Players say: Lead a passenger train across a frozen wasteland, choosing and combining cars while balancing morale, speed, and the storm. Players like: Train-Car Synergies · Frozen-World Atmosphere · Strategic Route Planning ·
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Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.

Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG - - Players say: Possess corpses, choose routes through dangerous dungeons, and build a turn-based fighter from skills, runes, and gear. Players like: Deep Build Variety · Addictive Dungeon Runs · Dark Art Style ·
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"The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!

Taora : Beginning - Players say: Scavenge a zombie-infested island, build a base, craft and upgrade gear and vehicles, and develop skills to survive. Players like: Relaxed Survival Play · Island Scavenging · Vehicle Customization ·
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Taora : Beginning offers the limited introduction experience to Taora : Survival, an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse!

Milthm - Players say: Follow a rain-and-dream story through rhythm charts, tapping moving notes and using optional modifiers to change each song. Players like: Memorable Music · Expressive Chart Design · Rainy Visual Style ·
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Rhythm in rains. Realization in dreams. "All the words, belong to a melody of rain. Resonating within ripples, dreams of human remain. Wading through unknown dreams, our understanding shall be gained..."

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Nov 16, 2023
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Farlight 84 - Players say: In a sci-fi battle royale, squads loot weapons, use hero abilities and tactical pets, and fight across vertical urban maps. Players like: Jetpack Mobility · Distinctive Vehicles · Casual Squad Play ·
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Hey Lightcatchers! Are you ready for massive 60-player shootouts? Enjoy fast-paced hero shooter action in Farlight 84!

Pixel Starships - Players say: Design a pixel-art starship, assign its crew and AI, then upgrade, explore, and battle other players in a persistent universe. Players like: Ship-Building Depth · Customizable Crew AI · Strategic Combat ·
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Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Zumbi Blocks 2 Open Alpha - Players say: Stranded on a zombie-filled island, scavenge a changing city, craft supplies, battle bosses, and fight to reach extraction. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Replayable Survival Runs · Weapon Variety ·
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Loot. Kill. Survive. Can you escape ? (probably not) Zumbi Blocks 2 is the official sequel to the 2013 free browser zombie game. Stuck on an island, cut off from the rest of humanity, you wake up. The secret to breaking free from this place lies asleep, underground. From the soil, zumbies emerge.

Postmouse - Players say: As a first-time mouse mail carrier, cross an overgrown mansion world, platform through hazards, solve puzzles, and deliver letters. Players like: Cute Animal Characters · Beautiful Environments · Sweet Mail Story ·
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Join Postmouse on their very first journey to deliver mail in a treacherous world unfit for a tiny mouse. Explore the ruins, meet charming characters and solve puzzles on your way through an abandoned mansion in this free, student-made adventure - all in one small mouse-sized package! 

Buriedbornes - Dungeon RPG - Players say: Choose a class, navigate dungeon rooms, and combine skills and equipment in a punishing turn-based crawl. Players like: Build Variety · High Replayability · Absorbing Runs ·
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The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever.

STALZONE - Players say: Explore a faction-divided Chernobyl Zone, fight mutants and rival players, and extract loot while building lasting gear. Players like: Distinctive MMO Shooter · Zone Atmosphere · Early Story Quests ·
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STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

Oxygen: First Breath - Players say: Build around the Oxygen Center, manage workers and supplies, and protect a settlement from deadly weather and toxic cracks. Players like: Distinct Oxygen Premise · Tense Survival Management · Atmospheric Setting ·
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This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

CounterSide - Players say: Lead a company of Counters against Corrupted Objects, deploying squads in real-time side-view battles amid an urban sci-fi story. Players like: Story and Worldbuilding · Character Writing · Art and Soundtrack ·
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Everything has another side Urban Graphic Novel RPG "CounterSide" A world where conflict never ends between Counters and Corrupted Objects after the Administration Failure We invite you to a journey to save the Reality.

Half-Earth Socialism - Players say: As humanity’s global planner from 2023, choose policies and projects to balance climate, resources, food, and political support. Players like: Thought-Provoking Ideas · Challenging Strategy · Engaging Resource Planning ·
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Try your hand as a global planner of a future society. Play with a wide range of technologies and policies spanning different fields and ideologies. Will you lead the world to ecological utopia or planetary ruin?

Kemono Friends Cellien May Cry - Players say: As Serval, battle Celliens across Japari Park, rescue animal Friends, and summon them to fight alongside you in 3D action combat. Players like: Fun Action Combat · Cute Cartoon Visuals · Familiar Friends Cast ·
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A fanfic game of "Kemono Friends". Hack and slash action RPG. You can summon Friends and fight together. There are more than 30 Friends. There are more than 60 types of enemies. There are 4 levels of difficulty, so even people who are not good at action games can enjoy it.

You Will (Not) Remain - Players say: Shelter in an apartment as an eldritch disaster engulfs the city, keeping up daily routines and caring for a strange dog. Players like: Melancholic Atmosphere · Pixel Art Style · Relatable Themes ·
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You must stay in your apartment as the city around you falls to an Eldritch horror.

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami — Dojo - Players say: As blind cyber-samurai Yami, sense a machine-filled Edo through damaged sensors and fight robots with a katana and finishers. Players like: Challenging Combat · Cyber-Edo Atmosphere · Sensor-Based Awareness ·
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Dive into a world that mixes Sci-Fi and ancient tradition. Slash through robots with a trusty katana, use hi-tech implants to navigate the surroundings, dodge enemy attacks, and land devastating finishers. Reclaim the past following the way of the Japanese samurai in the fantastic period of New Edo.

I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 - Players say: A top-down twin-stick arcade shooter where you dodge enemy waves, grab weapon drops, and survive a run set to one song. Players like: Catchy Soundtrack · Xbox 360 Nostalgia · Quick Arcade Action ·
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A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

Anarchy: Wolf's law : Prologue - Players say: In a lawless open world, fight for territory, gather resources, build production, and face dangerous creatures after dark. Players like: Atmospheric Setting · Shooter-Survival Mix · Weapon Feel ·
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Anarchy: Wolf's Law – Action, fun, and total control! Capture territories, grow your business, and spread chaos throughout the world of Anarchy. Strengthen your grip on the regions, develop and establish production, crushing all those who stand in your way. A dynamic shooter with elements of RPG, survival, and management.

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Aug 26, 2021
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Reminiscence - Players say: Search a missing family’s home across its 1950s past and ruined present, using time shifts and object rewinds to solve puzzles. Players like: Eerie House Atmosphere · Effective Jump Scares · Time-Shift Mechanic ·
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You've only precious moments before time collapses onto itself to save your family. Warp, jump and rewind through time and space - and pray that whatever lives between it doesn't notice you.

Frog Fighters - Players say: Play a frog on a flying lily pad, firing laser-leaves and using special abilities in free-for-all and team battles. Players like: Playful Frog Battles · Smooth, Responsive Combat · Colorful Visuals ·
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Frog Fighters is a light-hearted, fast-paced, third-person-shooter where you become a frog on a lily pad with an ability to shoot other flying frogs with different types of laser-leafs.

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May 30, 2021
94% 👍
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cyberpunkdreams - Players say: Arrive in 2090s Cincinnati as an amnesiac wanderer, then use text-based choices, risky card draws, and limited daily actions to survive. Players like: Writing and Worldbuilding · Character Customization · Consequential Choices ·
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2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?

Soulworker - Players say: Choose an anime-styled SoulWorker, chain attacks through demon-filled missions, and build your fighter in solo or co-op. Players like: Fast Combo Combat · Distinct Character Styles · Anime Art Style ·
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Fierce emotions help fuel SoulWorkers to save the world from the devastated scene of a post-apocalyptic world. In a world where only dark devastation reigns – you are the only SoulWorker to come to the rescue.

Cloud Climber - Players say: As a lone climber in a water-starved world, explore towering ruins, uncover their history, and keep ascending toward the clouds. Players like: Distinctive Visual Style · Melancholy Atmosphere · Intriguing Premise ·
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A surreal first person walking sim about the end of humanity. Explore magnificent sky-bound ruins, and learn why they were built.

Propagation VR - Players say: Defend an abandoned subway in VR, holding off zombie and mutant waves with a handgun, shotgun, and close-range fists. Players like: VR Horror Atmosphere · Punchy Gunplay · Strong Visuals and Sound ·
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Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

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Sep 25, 2020
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Scrapnaut: Prologue - Players say: In this free demo, farm, craft and build a base, then prepare your gear and defenses for enemy raids across distinct biomes. Players like: ·
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Scrapnaut: Prologue is a free demo version of the game Scrapnaut. Try it yourself for free!

Beneath a Steel Sky (1994) - Players say: After escaping an abduction, Robert Foster explores a dystopian city, solving point-and-click puzzles with his robot companion. Players like: Story And Worldbuilding · Distinctive Artwork · Joey's Witty Banter ·
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After being abducted by brutal soldiers and his kinfolk butchered, Robert Foster finds himself in Union City - a vast metropolis under the tyranny of a fascist AI. Alone, save for the circuit board of his best friend, Foster must discover the sinister truth - and why they specifically came for him.

DEATH STRANDING - Players say: As porter Sam Bridges, haul cargo across a ruined America, dodge supernatural threats, and reconnect isolated settlements. Players like: Asynchronous Cooperation · Strange Sci-Fi Story · Atmosphere and Music ·
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From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new, genre-defying experience. Sam Bridges must brave a world utterly transformed by the Death Stranding. Carrying the disconnected remnants of our future in his hands, he embarks on a journey to reconnect the shattered world one step at a time.

Crysis® 3 - Players say: In overgrown New York, Prophet hunts the Alpha Ceph and C.E.L.L., using his Nanosuit, guns, and stealth to fight through enemy territory. Players like: Impressive Visuals · Nanosuit Combat · Predator Bow ·
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The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.

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Jun 4, 2020
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Warzone 2100 - Players say: After nuclear strikes devastate civilization, lead The Project in an RTS campaign to rebuild, research technology, and design combat vehicles. Players like: Custom Unit Design · Deep Research Tree · Classic RTS Nostalgia ·
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In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.

Walking Zombie 2 - Players say: A survivor in a zombie-ravaged world takes on first-person missions, fights hordes, and grows stronger through RPG-style upgrades. Players like: Story And Humor · Simple Zombie Shooting · Stylized Visuals ·
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Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Deuterium Wars - Players say: Pilot a customizable combat craft on post-apocalyptic Altanar, fighting in fast 2D battles and upgrading your gear. Players like: Deep Craft Customization · Quick Matches · Varied Battle Modes ·
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Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.

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Oct 10, 2019
78% 👍
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Dead Frontier 2 - Players say: Scavenge sprawling buildings for supplies, fight the infected, and develop a survivor in a co-op horror MMO with player trading. Players like: Survival-Horror Atmosphere · Scavenging and Loot · Co-op With Friends ·
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Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

Heavy Metal Machines - Players say: In 4v4 post-apocalyptic arena matches, drive weaponized vehicles, battle rival teams, and score goals with a car-bound ball. Players like: Fun Vehicle Combat · Car-Ball Scoring · Rock Soundtrack ·
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Heavy Metal Machines is a one of a kind Free-to-Play Multiplayer Vehicular Combat game where players engage in 4v4 intense battles, controlling lethal vehicles in post-apocalyptic arenas.

Dead Maze - Players say: Explore a zombie-ravaged modern world, scavenge and craft supplies, and team up with other survivors to rebuild your camp. Players like: Cooperative Teamwork · Atmospheric World · Story and Quests ·
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Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.