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Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

7 Games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game that you should try

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We filtered the 44 games similar to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game down to the 7 that fit the “Post-Apocalyptic” category. Fallout 2, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreIsometric ARPG
Tags
NarrativeHardcoreSolo
Year 1997Dev Black Isle Studios

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Within the “Post-Apocalyptic” category, the closest game to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is Fallout 2 — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel follow close behind.

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The best games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game. Each one has been evaluated across 16 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.

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Fallout 2

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Fallout 2
Closest overall match
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloStealthTacticalMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticSci-FiExplorationIsometric
Year 1998Dev Black Isle Studios · Interplay EntertainmentOn PC · Mac

The resemblance to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is about as close as this list gets: they line up on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: puzzle design.

Same studio: Black Isle Studios.

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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Closest on tone
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloTacticalStealthMeleeNarrativePost-ApocalypticSci-FiIsometric
Year 2018Dev The Bearded Ladies · FuncomOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

What brings it close to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is strong narrative focus, tactical combat and post-apocalyptic world, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is progression: skill tree progression.

Released 21 years after Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals90Tone75
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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloTacticalStealthMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticSci-FiExplorationIsometric
Year 2001Dev Micro Forte · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~1hOn PC

Of everything here, this is the nearest thing to Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game — the two agree on genre, combat and setting. The common ground extends to post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is game mode and tone: multiplayer gameplay.

Released 4 years after Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

Genre100Combat100Setting100World100Progression100Visuals90
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Breath of Fire III

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Breath of Fire III
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloMeleeSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric
Year 1997Dev Capcom

What carries over from Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on combat: this one brings magic-based combat.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals90Setting86Combat19
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Final Fantasy III

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Final Fantasy III
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationIsometric2D
Year 1994Dev Square

On paper it is what Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is — strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. The distance is in combat and setting — its own ground is a sandbox world and magic-based combat.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals83Tone67World63
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Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic

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Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic
Closest on visuals
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloMeleeNarrativeOpen WorldPost-ApocalypticExplorationIsometric
Year 1994Dev Adeline Software International · ActivisionOn Android · PC · iOS

If Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game worked for you because of strong narrative focus, open world exploration and melee combat, the same is here. The common ground extends to an isometric view and post-apocalyptic world. Where the two diverge is combat and tone: cozy, relaxing feel and magic-based combat.

Genre100Game mode100World100Progression100Visuals91Setting53
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Bastion

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Bastion
RPGAction RPGIsometric ARPG
SoloMeleeNarrativePost-ApocalypticIsometric
Year 2011Dev Supergiant Games · WB GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

Same family as Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game: strong narrative focus, melee combat and post-apocalyptic world. To that it adds single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on progression and combat: this one brings ranged combat and fantasy world.

Released 14 years after Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals90Tone74Setting62Combat31

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