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6 Games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Oil Rush that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Oil Rush down to the 6 that fit the “Post-Apocalyptic” category. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Dune 2000 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Oil Rush.

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Year 2012Dev Unigine
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Within the “Post-Apocalyptic” category, the closest game to Oil Rush is Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Dune 2000 follow close behind.

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The best games with a post-apocalyptic setting like Oil Rush

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Oil Rush. Each one has been evaluated across 7 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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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Closest overall match
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric
Year 2007Dev Electronic Arts Los Angeles · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

With Oil Rush it shares a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. What it adds of its own: deep simulation and strong narrative focus.

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Closest on setting
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric
Year 1999Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

It meets Oil Rush on real-time strategy, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on genre: this one brings tactical combat.

It predates Oil Rush by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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Dune 2000

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Dune 2000
StrategyRTS
SoloMultiplayerSci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric
Year 1998Dev Westwood Studios · Electronic ArtsOn PC

It meets Oil Rush on real-time strategy, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on genre.

It predates Oil Rush by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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Fallout Shelter

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Fallout Shelter
StrategyColony Sim
SoloMultiplayerPost-ApocalypticSci-FiCasual
Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · Android · PC

With Oil Rush it shares post-apocalyptic world and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and genre: deep simulation and 2D presentation.

Released 3 years after Oil Rush.

Game mode100Setting100Genre50Visuals0
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Atom Zombie Smasher

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Atom Zombie Smasher
StrategyTower Defense
SoloMultiplayerPost-ApocalypticIsometricCo-op
Year 2011Dev Blendo GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

Genre puts it alongside Oil Rush, and so does post-apocalyptic world, single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on setting and visuals: this one brings horror setting and co-op play.

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7 Days to Die

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7 Days to Die
StrategyTower Defense
MultiplayerSoloPost-ApocalypticCo-opOffline
Year 2013Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

The genre is the same as Oil Rush’s, and with it post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals and game mode — its own ground is horror setting and co-op play.

Genre100Setting53Game mode42Visuals0

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