7 Games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Deadside that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 49 games similar to Deadside down to the 7 that fit the “Post-Apocalyptic” category. World War Z, Rust and Fallout 76 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Deadside.

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The best games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Deadside

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Deadside. Each one has been evaluated across 18 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1World War ZClosest overall match

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MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleePost-ApocalypticThird PersonFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 31KIGDB74· 12OC71· 129

Year 2019Dev Saber Interactive · Focus EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping open world exploration

A co-op horde shooter whose swarm tech is the draw: hundreds of zombies climb over each other into structures, and the class system rewards coordinating rather than scattering. Levels are short and replayable. The shooting itself is functional but unremarkable, and the campaign chapters are thin connective tissue between the set-piece swarm moments.

Where it drifts furthest from Deadside: progression.

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#2RustClosest on game mode

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MultiplayerCo-opOnlinePvPMeleeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticCraftingExplorationBase BuildingFirst Person

Steam👍 87%· 1.4MRAWG👍 52%· 864MC66IGDB78· 4OC67· 29

Year 2018Dev Facepunch StudiosPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings deep RPG systems, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping third-person shooting

To survive is the main task in the game Rust. It is necessary to survive in the area, which is now wholly wild but was recently inhabited. At the beginning of the game, there is only a rock and a torch. The rest will have to be found or stolen.

Where it drifts furthest from Deadside: world.

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#3Fallout 76Closest on world

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MultiplayerCo-opOnlineOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationBase BuildingFirst PersonThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 138KIGDB51· 14OC54· 149

Year 2018Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping adventure storytelling

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleePost-ApocalypticFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 67KRAWG👍 87%· 1.7KMC89IGDB85· 7

Year 2008Dev Valve Software · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping adventure storytelling

The AI Director is the whole design: it places hordes and items based on how well you are doing, so no two runs of a campaign play the same and tension stays authored without being scripted. Four campaigns only, which is thin, and the sequel superseded it so completely that finding populated servers now takes patience.

It predates Deadside by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPS

Co-opMultiplayerOnlineMeleePost-ApocalypticFirst Person

Steam👍 95%· 69KRAWG👍 59%· 856MC72IGDB68· 5

Year 2009Dev Tripwire InteractivePlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and strong narrative focus, while skipping adventure storytelling

Wave-based co-op against slow, heavy specimens, built around a between-round shop and perks that level by playstyle rather than by menu. Weapon feedback is meaty. It shows its origins as a mod — level design is functional rather than crafted, and later waves come down to holding one corridor while a friend welds the door behind you.

Where it drifts furthest from Deadside: progression and combat.

It predates Deadside by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Red Faction IIClosest on combat

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