Post-apocalyptic tag
Tag created in June 2017
Post-apocalyptic's popularity amongst developers
This graph shows games released over the years with the Post-apocalyptic tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Post-apocalyptic tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart can let us know if this trend is a positive thing (i.e. players interest for the tag is growing) or a negative one (the tag is overcrowded).
The Post-apocalyptic game tag peaked in 2021 with 354 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.11% in 2010 and 0.29% in 2023.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Post-apocalyptic's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Post-apocalyptic tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. If the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Post-apocalyptic tag games.
A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 137 (2010) and 2191 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Post-apocalyptic tag received between 272% (2022) and 502% (2017) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Post-apocalyptic
This graph displays the evolution of the Post-apocalyptic tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median price for Post-apocalyptic games peaked in 2012 at 13.99$, and bottomed in 2021 at 7.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2012 at 17%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Post-apocalyptic, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Post-apocalyptic tag, separated by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The highest rating for Post-apocalyptic is 94% for the Romanian language, and the lowest is 80% for the Japanese language.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,... | 9.99 | 79.8% | Aug 19, 2009 |
  | Hard Truck Apocalypse / Ex Machina | In a post-apocalyptic wasteland of diesel and dust, bandits and mobsters rule the last remaining cities, controlling all vital trade routes and destroying any hope of a return to a lawful world. | 7.99 | 83.1% | Mar 14, 2014 |
  | Metro 2033 Redux | In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033. | 19.99 | 89.4% | Aug 25, 2014 |
  | Metro: Last Light Redux | It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above. | 19.99 | 89.6% | Aug 25, 2014 |
  | Metro Exodus | Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet. | 29.99 | 89.2% | Feb 14, 2020 |
  | Dustwind | ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign, fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor! | 24.99 | 74% | Aug 15, 2018 |
  | Chernobylite Enhanced Edition | Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past. | 29.99 | 83% | Jul 28, 2021 |
  | Beyond Mankind: The Awakening | Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an indie old school type RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world. The game sports a mature and deep narrative, rich exploration, tense combat, and immersive RPG mechanics. | 19.99 | 45.1% | Aug 31, 2021 |
  | 亡命尸潮惊魂夜 Escape Zombies At Night | This is a doomsday survival escape game. | 0.99 | N/A | Sep 5, 2020 |
  | Alien AI | An Alien AI came to Earth 20 years ago. We believed it was the greatest event in human history. The Alien AI offered us all the knowledge and technology it had. All we had to do was to help it recover and give it resources. We did.. It took over the world and enslaved us. Help us shut it down. | 9.99 | 52.9% | Feb 19, 2021 |
  | 末日竟在我身边 - Zombies Everywhere | When you are holed up alone in a room for 100 days, your food and strength are running out. Outside the corridor, the Walking Dead are walking around. From time to time, there are screams of pain and terror. If there is a future at the end of the world, what will you do on the 101st day? | 0.99 | 83.3% | Jan 25, 2021 |
  | World for Two | Traverse stunning pixel landscapes, collect resources, and solve genetic puzzles to bring life back to a desolate planet. Play as an android created by the last human in existence to retrace evolution and save the world from mass extinction, while discovering the true weight of the human condition. | 13.99 | 86.2% | Jul 16, 2021 |
  | Quarantine Run | Quarantine Run is an cinematic story based, endless runner game with multiplayer, where you try to survive the pandemic by running and keeping up to date with the interesting news via Pandemi Radio. The multiplayer game mode is currently a beta, your support will help in the completion of this Game. | 4.99 | N/A | May 31, 2021 |
  | Coldage | Coldage is a narrative-driven adventure game about choices and consequences. Following a group of five Protectors sent on a quest to investigate the Refinery. You decide which characters respond to the events and how the story progresses as a consequence. | 13.99 | N/A | Jul 1, 2022 |
  | DESTRUCTURE: Among Debris | DESTRUCTURE: Among Debris is an intense mix of brick breaker, air hockey and bullet hell set in a post apocalyptic world. Destroy structures, dodge bullets, fire guns and buy perks to lay even more waste! | 9.99 | 96.1% | Feb 27, 2023 |
  | Apocalyptic Vibes | A vintage immersive first-person shooter on GZDoom. With an atmosphere of a cold and melancholic postapocalypse, elements of dieselpunk, mix of a retro-style and realism and romantic shoegaze as a soundtrack. | 19.99 | 83.7% | Mar 1, 2023 |
  | Anthropocene Epoch | A dark atmospheric scifi First Person Shooter. Encounter characters including Jade An A.I implanted in your head, do missions to help others and get you off Earth before the Mantis destroy it. | 4.99 | N/A | Jan 13, 2022 |
  | B-1LL1 | B-1LL1 is a post-apocalyptic platformer for hardcore gamers. Play as B-1LL1 in the hunt for energy orbs scattered all around you and get through a world destroyed by a catastrophy that you will learn about. | 1.99 | N/A | Mar 19, 2022 |
  | Santo Island Incident | MYSTERY - EXPLORING - PUZZLE - Overgrowth took over the whole Santo Island and facility as a result of an unknown incident. Your mission is to find out the source of the incident and solve what's happened at Santo Island. | 4.99 | N/A | Jun 22, 2022 |
  | Carpe Diem Project | You will find yourselves in an apocalyptic world full of enemies, which was created after an unsuccessful fight against a contagion that changed mankind out of all recognition. The streets are full of walking zombies that are hungry for your blood only. You have only one choice - TO SURVIVE! | 0.99 | 70% | Nov 17, 2022 |
  | Ninety-Six | Leaving something behind is a hard task, Niles knows it all too well. When a stranger disturbs his peaceful everyday life and routine, he has no choice but to face the past and make some life-changing decisions. | 0.99 | N/A | Dec 23, 2022 |
  | Homeseek | Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a dystopian, resource-strapped Earth at the beginning of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice becomes life or death. With your guidance, survival just might be within reach. | 24.99 | 68% | Jul 20, 2023 |
  | After The End: The Harvest | The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans in whatever order you choose. | 4.99 | 75% | Jun 2, 2017 |
  | The Azmodeus Project | Venture to the Azmodeus Island and try to survive in a post apocalyptic world riddled with zombies and other dangers. | 10.99 | N/A | Mar 7, 2023 |
  | 末日血战 | 《末日血战》是一款免费的放置策略游戏，在这里，指挥官，您将率领您的英雄小队，在危机四伏的末世之中，搜索物资，探索秘境，抗击外敌，打造专属于您的英雄基地。 | Free | 42.3% | Mar 31, 2021 |