Post-apocalyptic games: equal parts cliche and fun. Authors are free to dispense with pesky NPCs, complicated modern technology, and implementing working everyday items. Players can have no inhibitions about acting like murderous kleptomaniacs. What are your favorite (and least favorite) games that take place after the end?
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Glowgrass, by Nate Cull 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
Scavenger, by Quintin Stone 4 votes "Not NPC-free, but..." [+]"Not NPC-free, but more of an explanation of how things would be out in the wild lands Afterward." --Emily Short... "Strong setting,..." [+]"Strong setting, good prose, slighty varying course of the game, depending on what items you buy during the opening scene." --Michael Baltes... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
Calm, by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy 3 votes "An unusual sort of apocalypse." [+]"An unusual sort of apocalypse.: The concept and game mechanic are novel, and it looks like there's been a rerelease to address some implementation frustrations in the comp version." --Emily Short... "Perfectly Lonely" [+]"Perfectly Lonely: Largely solitary and atmospheric, this game is the perfect apocalyptic story in my mind." --bluevelvetwings... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --katz... Vote for this game | |
Purple, by Stefan Blixt 2 votes "Avoiding the..." [+]"Avoiding the apocalypse with cryogenic suspension. Waking up is fairly creepy. Buggy, but worth trying." --Thrax... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game | |
Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
El Día Después, by José Vicente Ruiz 1 vote "Castilian Spanish - Zombies" [+]"Castilian Spanish - Zombies" --IFforL2... Vote for this game | |
Roofed, by Jim Munroe 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game | |
City of Dead Leaves, by Felix Pleșoianu 1 vote "If you'll forgive..." [+]"If you'll forgive the shameless plug, mine is very much a post-apoc game, though not exactly the usual kind, and that's more of a metaphor anyway." --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
Dead Hotel, by Comazombie 1 vote "I would assume..." [+]"I would assume most zombie games would count for the pole." --strivenword... Vote for this game | |
Forrajeo, by Incanus 1 vote "Castilan Spanish - Zombies" [+]"Castilan Spanish - Zombies" ( - Full review) --IFforL2... Vote for this game | |
Poll created on January 2, 2012