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The best post-apocalyptic indie games, ranked by reviews

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

indielist tracks 31 post-apocalyptic indie games on Steam, holding 3,199,499 reviews at an average of 89% 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 1,140,437 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,140,437 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  3. Project Zomboid · 343,212 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  4. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 175,066 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  5. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  6. Frostpunk · 112,340 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  7. The Long Dark · 110,190 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  8. Kenshi · 95,289 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  9. This War of Mine · 88,714 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  10. Plague Inc: Evolved · 56,119 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  11. The Long Drive · 48,763 reviews · 89% positive · 2019
  12. They Are Billions · 45,754 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  13. Rain World · 42,258 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  14. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  15. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 29,466 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  16. My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  17. SurrounDead · 22,653 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  18. AI LIMIT · 21,959 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  19. Roboquest · 18,833 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  20. Hyper Light Drifter · 18,724 reviews · 93% positive · 2016

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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