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The best post-apocalyptic indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-06-13. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 71 post-apocalyptic indie games on Steam, holding 5,106,103 reviews at an average of 86% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Rust with 1,142,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,142,741 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Unturned · 563,341 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  3. Project Zomboid · 344,149 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  4. Fallout 4 · 287,429 reviews · 81% positive · 2015
  5. Fallout: New Vegas · 208,574 reviews · 96% positive · 2010
  6. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,532 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,718 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  8. NieR:Automata™ · 113,353 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  9. Frostpunk · 112,553 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  10. The Long Dark · 110,320 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  11. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl · 102,172 reviews · 80% positive · 2024
  12. Kenshi · 95,600 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  13. Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition · 95,464 reviews · 88% positive · 2020
  14. Grim Dawn · 89,553 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  15. This War of Mine · 88,747 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  16. XCOM® 2 · 78,860 reviews · 85% positive · 2016
  17. Fallout 76 · 77,087 reviews · 72% positive · 2020
  18. Tom Clancy’s The Division™ · 76,601 reviews · 71% positive · 2016
  19. State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition · 57,706 reviews · 83% positive · 2020
  20. Mad Max · 56,749 reviews · 92% positive · 2015

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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