The Best Post-apocalyptic Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Control Resonant added at rank #8.
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Broken Roads (2024)

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Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.


  • rpg
  • post-apocalyptic
  • turn-based
  • classic
  • old-school
  • isometric
  • combat
  • philosophical

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Horror Tales: The Beggar (2024)

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Control space-time to fight an evil monster in this terror and science fiction journey set in a shattered but beautiful world. Bend physics, the sky and the earth itself in engaging boss-fight encounters with the full power of Unreal Engine 5 and Nvidia DLSS.


  • horror
  • manipulation
  • time
  • survival-horror
  • immersive
  • post-apocalyptic
  • blood
  • psychological
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • surreal
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • realistic
  • sci-fi

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Survivalist: Invisible Strain (2025)

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It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.


  • open-world
  • survival
  • crafting
  • colony
  • conversation
  • hunting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • base-building
  • stealth
  • simulation
  • character
  • procedural
  • choices
  • zombies
  • customization

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Metro Exodus (2019)

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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.


  • shooter
  • post-apocalyptic
  • first-person
  • fps
  • stealth
  • survival
  • open-world
  • survival-horror
  • story
  • novel

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TACTICAL BANDITS (2024)

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Dive headfirst into the chaos of a ravaged world, where survival means mastering the art of combat and outsmarting your foes. In this hardcore arcade action game, TACTICAL BANDITS, the remnants of civilization teeter on the brink, and it's up to you to chart a path through the desolation.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • blood
  • 4-player
  • bullet
  • destruction
  • arcade
  • zombies
  • time
  • isometric
  • tactical
  • survival
  • stylized
  • pvp
  • gore
  • violent

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Super Brawl Rush (2023)

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Super Brawl Rush is a boss rush beat'em up set in the scorched post-apocalyptic lands of the near future. Choose your champion and fight your way between swarms of bloodthirsty thugs, mutants and cultists.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • 2d
  • beat-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • boss-fight
  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • cooperative
  • shooter
  • action

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Endzone - A World Apart (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Endzone - A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic city-building game that challenges you to rebuild society in a radioactive wasteland. With an extensive tutorial, you'll navigate challenging environmental effects, manage resources, and make meaningful decisions to ensure the survival of your people. The game will test your survival skills and requires strategic placement of buildings and resource monitoring. While a steep learning curve may hinder some players, the game offers hours of enjoyable content and a great sense of accomplishment when your settlement begins to thrive.


What we like:
  • Extensive tutorial for in-depth guidance
  • Challenging environmental effects add immersive gameplay
  • Visually appealing with a trippy soundtrack
  • Trading system sets an example
  • Game mechanics are solid
What could be improved:
  • Poor AI pathing and priorities
  • Unbalanced raiders quickly disrupt game enjoyment
  • Updates are slow with frequent patches needed
  • Building alerts are not prominent

  • city-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • building
  • management
  • simulated
  • resource

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Mystic Pathways (2025)

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Survive in a retro-futuristic world filled with Jinns, animals, and other spiritual entities based on eastern fantasies in the spirit of Arabian Nights and middle-eastern history. Gather, craft, evade and ultimately fight your way to an epic battle between Man vs Jinn.


  • parkour
  • nonlinear
  • lore
  • building
  • stealth
  • post-apocalyptic
  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • historical
  • alternate
  • third-person
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • fantasy

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Fallout 76 (2018)

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Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Join millions of players as you explore, build, quest, and triumph in a massive open-world multiplayer adventure.

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  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • shooter
  • crafting
  • first-person
  • robots
  • combat
  • survival
  • inventory
  • war
  • exploration
  • multiplayer
  • fps
  • fight

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Prison City (2023)

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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