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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 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 60 post-apocalyptic indie games on Steam, holding 2,853,702 reviews at an average of 88% 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 1,165,850 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Rust · 1,165,850 reviews · 87% positive · 2018
  2. Project Zomboid · 362,878 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · 178,402 reviews · 95% positive · 2025
  4. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  5. The Long Dark · 111,621 reviews · 89% positive · 2017
  6. Kenshi · 98,181 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  7. Grim Dawn · 92,619 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  8. This War of Mine · 89,170 reviews · 94% positive · 2014
  9. Plague Inc: Evolved · 59,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  10. The Long Drive · 50,127 reviews · 88% positive · 2019
  11. Rain World · 46,557 reviews · 94% positive · 2017
  12. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  13. My Time at Portia · 34,824 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  14. BlazBlue Entropy Effect · 30,361 reviews · 94% positive · 2024
  15. The Talos Principle · 29,216 reviews · 95% positive · 2014
  16. My Time at Sandrock · 29,004 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  17. SurrounDead · 26,706 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  18. Roboquest · 24,378 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  19. AI LIMIT · 22,694 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  20. IXION · 17,692 reviews · 79% positive · 2022

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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