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?
Glowgrass, by Nate Cull 4 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
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) ( ![]() | |
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) ( ![]() | |
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) ( ![]() | |
Gun Mute, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --strivenword... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
El Día Después, by José Vicente Ruiz 1 vote "Castilian Spanish - Zombies" [+]"Castilian Spanish - Zombies" --IFforL2... ![]() | |
Roofed, by Jim Munroe 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... ![]() | |
City of Dead Leaves, by Felix Pleșoianu 1 vote "If you'll..." [+]"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... ![]() | |
LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup, by Paul O'Brian 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ![]() | |
Dead Hotel, by Comazombie 1 vote "I would assume..." [+]"I would assume most zombie games would count for the pole." --strivenword... ![]() | |
Forrajeo, by Incanus 1 vote "Castilan Spanish - Zombies" [+]"Castilan Spanish - Zombies" ( ![]() | |
Poll created on January 2, 2012