Games Like Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game

Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

Why similar: Classic 25.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, RPG 12.4%, Isometric 9.5%, Turn-Based 8%

Why You'll Like It: It directly expands Fallout’s formula with a bigger world, deeper quest reactivity, and the same SPECIAL-driven isometric turn-based design.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Isometric 13.4%, CRPG 12.5%, RPG 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the clearest modern spiritual successors, pairing Soviet-flavored post-apocalypse with turn-based combat, open-ended questing, and stat-based solutions.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, RPG 16.8%, Isometric 14.4%, Turn-Based 14%, CRPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal isometric turn-based combat, heavy skill checks, and oppressive underground setting make it feel like a harsher descendant of classic Fallout.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Turn-Based 21.2%, RPG 18.5%, Isometric 9.2%, CRPG 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It channels Fallout’s wasteland roots into squad-based tactical combat, faction politics, and choice-heavy post-apocalyptic roleplaying.

Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Classic 20% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, RPG 10.7%, Isometric 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Fallout’s setting, interface, and character progression, even if it leans more toward combat missions than open-ended roleplaying.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, CRPG 13%, RPG 11.7%, Isometric 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric sci-fi CRPG emphasizes character builds, turn-based encounters, and branching quest outcomes in a closed-world apocalypse.

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Turn-Based 12.8%, CRPG 12.1%, Isometric 11.8%, Open World 11%

Why You'll Like It: Trudograd keeps ATOM RPG’s classic Fallout structure but adds a denser city hub, more polished systems, and more reactive quest design.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.5%, Open World 22.4%, RPG 21.5%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Exploration 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades turn-based combat for first/third-person action, but its writing, factions, and quest reactivity make it the closest 3D Fallout to the originals.

The biggest little RPG in the world. Post-apocalyptic retro space adventure with an extreme focus on role-playing and replayability. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29%, Isometric 16.5%, CRPG 13.9%, RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Built specifically in the classic Fallout mold, it focuses on isometric exploration, skill-based quest resolution, and multiple ways through problems.

The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.

Why similar: RPG 43.1%, Post-apocalyptic 42.9%, CRPG 9%, Retro 5%

Why You'll Like It: As the series that inspired Fallout, it offers old-school party-based post-apocalyptic exploration and turn-based encounters with a similarly unforgiving edge.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Isometric 13.4%, CRPG 12.9%, RPG 11%

Why You'll Like It: It is more tactical and party-driven, but its snowy wasteland, moral choices, and reactive faction play are a strong fit for Fallout fans.

Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.5%, Open World 22.2%, RPG 20.8%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Atmospheric 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though it shifts to 3D real-time combat, it preserves Fallout’s wasteland exploration, dark humor, and choice-led questing better than most modern RPGs.

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.1%, Isometric 18.7%, CRPG 16.8%, RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: From the Age of Decadence team, it delivers tough turn-based combat, intricate skill checks, and non-linear sci-fi roleplaying with classic CRPG DNA.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Why similar: Isometric 23.1%, CRPG 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, RPG 14.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its isometric turn-based battles, ruthless world, and quest solutions driven by build choices strongly echo Fallout’s old-school design philosophy.

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Isometric 16.6%, Turn-Based 14%, RPG 13.9%, CRPG 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This modern Australian post-apocalyptic CRPG goes hard on dialogue choices, moral systems, and isometric exploration in a ruined world.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.6%, Turn-Based 23.6%, RPG 15.3%, Open World 8.2%, Difficult 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is leaner and more survival-focused, but the lonely scavenging, turn-based systems, and post-collapse atmosphere hit a similar nerve.

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Why similar: Classic 34.7% ★, RPG 18.8%, Isometric 15.1%, CRPG 11%, Open World 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a classic isometric CRPG with exceptional reactivity, unusual character builds, and the same willingness to let roleplaying steer the whole game.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.3%, Open World 23.2%, RPG 14.9%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Exploration 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more action-focused, yet the open-world scavenging, factions, and ruined Americana still scratch part of the Fallout itch.

Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

Why similar: Classic 32.1% ★, Isometric 19.8%, RPG 19.7%, CRPG 16.6%, Retro 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: If you love classic isometric RPG writing and build-defined roleplaying, this is one of the strongest non-post-apocalyptic alternatives.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.6%, Open World 22.5%, RPG 22.5%, Sandbox 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox RPG captures Fallout’s harsh survivalism and freedom, dropping you into a lawless post-apocalyptic world that rarely holds your hand.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.6%, RPG 26.4%, Isometric 18.2%, CRPG 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its cyberpunk-fantasy setting is different, but the isometric turn-based combat, tight writing, and consequential choices make it a great mechanical cousin.

For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.

Why similar: Classic 31.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, RPG 16.7%, Turn-Based 11.7%, CRPG 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Historically crucial because Fallout grew out of its template, though its age and rough edges make it more for curious purists than most players.

A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.8%, RPG 18.9%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Tactical 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more tactical than traditional CRPG, but its mutated post-apocalypse, stealthy battles, and exploration make it adjacent.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, RPG 26.7%, Isometric 18.6%, CRPG 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers another polished turn-based Shadowrun campaign with strong party building and plenty of branching mission outcomes.

Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.2%, Isometric 18.4%, CRPG 12.7%, RPG 12.5%, Open World 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Still in Early Access, but its grotesque post-apocalyptic world and open-ended character progression clearly chase the weirdness of classic Fallout.

The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Why similar: RPG 31.5%, Turn-Based 31.3%, Isometric 18.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%, CRPG 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This first Shadowrun campaign is smaller and rougher than the sequels, but its turn-based isometric RPG structure still fits classic Fallout tastes.

A tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG set on an off-world grindhouse jungle colony. Skulk through the shadows or charge in guns blazing. Recruit a unique party for large squad-based assaults as your adventure plunges you deep into the city’s secrets.

Why similar: Turn-Based 16.9%, Open World 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, CRPG 13.7%, RPG 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: This grim tactical RPG wears its classic Fallout inspiration openly, emphasizing squad combat, scarcity, and a nasty dystopian sci-fi world.

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49%, Open World 24.5%, RPG 21.6%, Exploration 2%, Atmospheric 1.8%

THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS

Why similar: Classic 44.9% ★, RPG 24.6%, Open World 15.2%, CRPG 5.5%, Retro 4.5%

Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 77%, RPG 10.6%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Sandbox 2.9%, 2D 2.6%

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Why similar: RPG 32.6%, Isometric 24.6%, CRPG 15.3%, Turn-Based 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its strengths are narrative choice and party-based CRPG structure rather than wasteland theming, making it a softer but still relevant match.

Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.4%, Open World 22.7%, RPG 18.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Exploration 2.6%

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.

Why similar: Classic 44.1% ★, RPG 25.4%, Open World 22.2%, Atmospheric 2.4%, Exploration 1.8%

THE LEGEND BEGINS

Why similar: Classic 43.8% ★, RPG 28.2%, Open World 9.1%, 1990's 5.8%, Retro 5.2%

"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.5%, RPG 31.1%, Sci-fi 7%, CRPG 6.2%, Multiple Endings 5.5%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, CRPG 15.5%, Isometric 15.2%, RPG 11.6%, Open World 9.6%

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 34%, Isometric 27.2%, CRPG 17%, Open World 10.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.

Why similar: Classic 37.6% ★, RPG 27.5%, Isometric 18%, Open World 7.5%, CRPG 5.4%

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Open World 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, CRPG 11.4%, RPG 11%

Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.3%, Open World 24.5%, RPG 20.2%, Atmospheric 2.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...

Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Isometric 26.8%, Turn-Based 25%, CRPG 7.4%, 2D 1.3%

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Why similar: RPG 32.7%, Open World 30.8%, Classic 25.3% ★, Exploration 3%, Atmospheric 2.4%

Experience a true classic! This Gold edition includes the original Jagged Alliance plus the add-on Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Take a trip into retro land and learn why this is considered to be one the best turn-based games of all times.

Why similar: Classic 52.9% ★, Turn-Based 19.7%, RPG 18.9%, Tactical 4%, Retro 3.4%

The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.1%, RPG 24.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Sandbox 5.9%, Exploration 4.7%

The year is 2052. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.

Why similar: Classic 63.4% ★, RPG 23.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Atmospheric 2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.6%, CRPG 16.5%, Open World 15.5%, RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%

OUTTA GAS is a post-apocalyptic RPG featuring a turn-based SHOOTING GALLERY combat mechanic where blasting away body tiles damages monster health and decreases their combat stats. Explore four unique acts to find gas and get back on the road to the Party at the End of the World!

Why similar: RPG 45%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Turn-Based 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%, CRPG 6.5%

Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Why similar: RPG 35%, Isometric 24.8%, CRPG 16.7%, Classic 13% ★, Open World 5.3%

This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.

Why similar: Classic 54.4% ★, RPG 33.8%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Open World 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Turn-Based 22.6%, RPG 15.3%, Isometric 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%

Nuclear Day is a story-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore the secrets of this world. Fight monsters. Pass tests and solve puzzles. Become your own in this tragic world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.6%, RPG 19.1%, Open World 17.9%, CRPG 14.9%, Exploration 3.6%

Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.1%, Open World 24.4%, RPG 12.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.6%

A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

Why similar: Classic 38.4% ★, RPG 22%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based 11.3%, CRPG 8.3%

Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come....

Why similar: Classic 59.5% ★, RPG 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%, 1990's 6.6%, Retro 4.1%

The classic returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition restores the full original adventure and Tales of the Sword Coast, now polished with quality‑of‑life upgrades for a smoother timeless Dungeons & Dragons journey.

Why similar: Isometric 36.8%, CRPG 29.3%, RPG 26.6%, Atmospheric 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Isometric 15.7%, RPG 14.6%, Open World 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%