Games Like Mad Max

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Open World 19.8%, Automobile Sim 12%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Another wasteland power fantasy with driving, convoy fights, scrap-strewn exploration, and faction-infested outposts to dismantle.

Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.

Why similar: Open World 53.9%, Third Person 14.6%, Action 12.6%, Adventure 4.4%, Story Rich 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its free-flow brawling, open-world pursuit, and upgrade-heavy Batmobile make it the closest mechanical cousin to Mad Max even without the wasteland setting.

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Open World 36.6%, Post-apocalyptic 29%, Survival 12.4%, Third Person 5.3%, Third-Person Shooter 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Swap the Magnum Opus for a motorcycle and you get the same lonely, maintenance-heavy trek through a hostile open world full of camps and ambushes.

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland of diesel and dust, bandits and mobsters rule the last remaining cities, controlling all vital trade routes and destroying any hope of a return to a lawful world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.8%, Automobile Sim 19.2%, Open World 18.8%, Driving 9.5%, Racing 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Few games hit the same post-apocalyptic road-warrior fantasy so directly, with armed vehicles, trade-and-scavenge loops, and dusty free-roaming combat.

With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.

Why similar: Open World 47.6%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Third Person 8.5%, Action 8.2%, Sandbox 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Mad Max's Avalanche-developed open-world DNA, especially in the way vehicle hijacks, explosive outpost clearing, and traversal feed constant chaos.

SAND LAND is an action RPG where you become the main character as Beelzebub, a Fiend Prince. Lead your company of heroic misfits and explore the legendary world of SAND LAND created by Akira Toriyama.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 52.2%, Open World 26.7%, Action 5.6%, Third-Person Shooter 5.6%, Exploration 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs a desert frontier with constant vehicle traversal, vehicle customization, and bandit-clearing in a very Mad Max-friendly sandbox.

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 48.4%, Open World 23.8%, Action 6.7%, Racing 6.6%, Shooter 4%

Why You'll Like It: While more shooter-focused, it still delivers wasteland driving, vehicular combat, scavenger towns, and a gritty post-collapse vibe.

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 33.8%, Open World 31.4%, Survival 4.7%, Exploration 4.5%, Third Person 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you liked scavenging scrap, roaming a ruined world, and slowly turning junk into power, Fallout 4 scratches that post-apocalyptic progression itch.

Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player / online co-op car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Driving 14%, Open World 11.6%, Automobile Sim 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the movie-side of Mad Max into frantic wasteland driving, vehicle-mounted firepower, and scrappy FPS combat.

Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.

Why similar: Open World 48.5%, Third-Person Shooter 14.9%, Third Person 10.1%, Action 7.3%, Sandbox 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its rugged frontier setting, vehicle use, and systematic destruction create a similarly raw sandbox of roaming, raiding, and blowing up enemy strongholds.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.5%, Open World 26.7%, Survival 10.2%, Action 4.8%, Story Rich 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its harsh survival tone, improvised gear, and long stretches of dangerous travel through ruined landscapes echo Mad Max's lonely journey feel.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.7%, Open World 34.2%, Survival 4.8%, RPG 3.9%, Exploration 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more RPG than action, but its desert wasteland factions and survivalist atmosphere capture the same scavenger-western mood.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Driving 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Survival 14.9%, Exploration 5.4%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: For players who loved nursing a vehicle through danger, this nails the bond-with-your-car loop in a tense scavenging road-trip format.

Crossout - the postapocalyptic MMO action game where you can create a unique design for an armoured vehicle from dozens of parts and then drive it into multiplayer battles raging on land and in the skies alike.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 49.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Third Person 9.4%, Action 5.3%, Sandbox 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: If the car-building and vehicular warfare were the real draw, Crossout turns that part into the whole game with custom death machines.

Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.

Why similar: Open World 40.3%, Post-apocalyptic 33.3%, Action 6.4%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Survival 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This bright-but-brutal post-apocalypse revolves around roaming hostile territory, raiding outposts, upgrading home turf, and cobbling gear from scrap.

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Open World 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 20.4%, Third Person 5.2%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on scavenging runs, hostile open-world travel, and fragile survival systems makes it a strong match for Mad Max's harsher side.

Road Redemption lets you lead a biker gang on an epic journey across the country in this driving combat road rage adventure. Huge campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op splitscreen.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 69.5%, Racing 14.7%, Third Person 5.8%, Action 5.4%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: The bike-mounted melee, highway ambushes, and outlaw road-warrior attitude make it a great pick if chases and moving combat were your favorite parts.

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Why similar: Open World 41.5%, Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Third Person 6.5%, RPG 5.2%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its rough-edged post-apocalyptic world, faction politics, and constant scavenging fit the same survivor-carving-through-ruins appeal.

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

Why similar: Open World 44.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Third Person 7.8%, Action 7%, RPG 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world post-civilization action RPG offers scrapy melee combat, mutant wastelands, and exploration through a world rebuilt from ruins.

Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Why similar: Driving 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Open World 18.3%, Automobile Sim 13.5%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the empty-road, keep-your-car-alive, survive-the-wasteland part of Mad Max better than almost anything, even if it's much slower and stranger.

Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.

Why similar: Open World 55.3%, Third Person 14.2%, Action 11.3%, Adventure 4.7%, RPG 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: The desert is missing, but its brutal third-person combat loop and roaming camp-clearing structure feel surprisingly close on foot.

First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

Why similar: Open World 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 34%, Survival 15.3%, Action 6.6%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It's more parkour and zombies, but the scavenging, improvised brutality, and day-to-day survival in a collapsed world are very adjacent.

CARMAGEDDON: MAX DAMAGE is HERE! And it's the antidote to Racing Games.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 42.4%, Racing 17.2%, Automobile Sim 12%, Driving 11.9%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the pure arcade version of Mad Max's vehicular savagery, built around smashing rivals in ultra-violent road combat.

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Why similar: Open World 41.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Third Person 7.2%, Action 5.6%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world tribal post-apocalypse, machine scavenging, and lone-hunter feel line up well even without the vehicular combat.

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

Why similar: Open World 56.5%, Third Person 10.4%, Action 8.7%, War 5.4%, RPG 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Shadow of Mordor, it echoes Mad Max through melee-heavy roaming, fortress assaults, and a world built around clearing enemy-held zones.

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a fast, furious, armed-to-the-teeth, trigger-happy shooter, shifted into top gear! Take a white knuckle ride in this crazily addictive combat racing game.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 55.9%, Automobile Sim 18.5%, Racing 12.6%, Driving 4%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It leans racing, but the spiked-car combat and wasteland-style aggression make it an easy fit for vehicle-combat fans.

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Open World 34%, Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Third Person 7.6%, Story Rich 5.7%, Atmospheric 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the lonely trek, harsh-environment traversal, and gear-and-vehicle management appeal, just in a far more meditative form.

Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.

Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.5%, Driving 28.3%, Racing 26.2%, Action 4.7%, Multiplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: If you mainly want dirty metal-on-metal crashes and improvised-looking vehicles, Wreckfest delivers the same crunchy destructive energy.

Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Driving 20.1%, Open World 17.3%, Automobile Sim 13.9%, Survival 8.8%

Sunset Overdrive transforms an open-world apocalypse into your tactical playground. Zip, grind and wall-run across Sunset City with an unconventional arsenal. Hyper-agility, unique weapons, and customizable abilities deliver an explosive and irreverent adventure in the end times.

Why similar: Open World 42.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Third-Person Shooter 11.9%, Action 9.1%, Third Person 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful tone is very different, yet its open-world movement, scavenger-trash aesthetic, and nonstop combat chaos scratch a similar sandbox itch.

Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.

Why similar: Open World 49.8%, Third-Person Shooter 9.2%, Shooter 7.3%, Survival 6.6%, Third Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Though it's military rather than post-apocalyptic, the loop of driving across huge hostile terrain and dismantling outposts maps well to Mad Max.

Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 35.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Driving 14.6%, Open World 14.2%, Third Person 4.1%

Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

Why similar: Open World 48%, Action 12.5%, Survival 9%, Shooter 7.1%, War 7.1%

A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.

Why similar: Open World 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Survival 8.5%, Third Person 5.1%

You. Your car. And world under the sand.

Why similar: Driving 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Open World 14.4%, Automobile Sim 14%, Racing 9.5%

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Open World 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Survival 18.7%, Third Person 5.7%, Action 4.5%

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

Why similar: Open World 49.8%, Third Person 10.1%, Action 9.1%, Third-Person Shooter 7.9%, Sandbox 6.6%

No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 23.1%, Action 20.2%, Third Person 15.3%, Open World 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Ready to own the streets? Get behind the wheel of iconic cars and floor it through Ventura Bay, a sprawling urban playground. Explore overlapping stories as you build your reputation – and your dream car – and become the ultimate racing icon.

Why similar: Driving 26.4%, Open World 23.2%, Racing 17.4%, Automobile Sim 14.9%, Third Person 5.4%

Survive the apocalypse behind the wheel. Drive endless Highways, scavenge parts to build and arm your vehicle, and plow through massive zombie hordes. Mount turrets, fortify your ride, and outlast the dead - Solo or Up to 4 Player Multiplayer co-op

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 27.9%, Driving 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Open World 13.1%, Automobile Sim 11.2%

Raise hell in this post-apocalyptic action RPG that mixes rotatable dungeon exploration and top-down racing mechanics. You’re Claire, a mercenary who survives by executing sabotage, delivery and murder contracts in The Dead Zone. Work for hire, thrash rival gangs and race for glory!

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Open World 16.8%, Driving 16.2%, Racing 7.1%

You're being chased... clearly; For what reason? none; Escape into the vast 400km² world, using over 30 customizable vehicles, while blasting guns and music... It's a difficult feat, but maybe you can succeed.

Why similar: Open World 25.7%, Driving 24.6%, Racing 17.7%, Vehicular Combat 12.2%, Action 9.5%

The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.

Why similar: Driving 24.4%, Open World 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Automobile Sim 19%, Survival 7.8%

Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

Why similar: Open World 46.8%, Third Person 11.8%, Action 9%, Third-Person Shooter 7.1%, Story Rich 6%

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

Why similar: Driving 34.1%, Automobile Sim 25.3%, Open World 20.4%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Racing 4.1%

Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Driving 18.8%, Open World 17.6%, Automobile Sim 11.2%, Survival 7.6%

Your world...Your rules!

Why similar: Open World 51.2%, Action 12.2%, Third Person 10.6%, Third-Person Shooter 7%, Sandbox 5.6%

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Open World 38.6%, Survival 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Third Person 4.4%

The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

Why similar: Open World 53.4%, Survival 22.6%, Action 7.6%, Exploration 4.2%, Adventure 4.1%

Next Day is a multi-player SURVIVAL game with elements of RPG, in an imaginary country in Eastern Europe. Carry out an array of tasks, learn skills, and develop your character. Have shootouts with opponents and earn a reputation.

Why similar: Open World 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Survival 19.3%, Multiplayer 4.7%, Action 2.9%

Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

Why similar: Driving 32.5%, Automobile Sim 23.5%, Open World 21.1%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 2.7%

Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 39.1%, Open World 23.4%, Racing 12.4%, Third Person 7.9%, Sandbox 5.4%

Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.

Why similar: Action 26.2%, Shooter 17.6%, Story Rich 15.1%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Singleplayer 10.1%

Fight to liberate a war-torn Himalayan region in this open world FPS. Wield a deadly arsenal, dominate land and sky with gyrocopters and war elephants, and take on enemy territory solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Open World 54.1%, Action 8.9%, Survival 8.6%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Shooter 5.4%

A high-octane road trip through a besieged world during a demon-infested zombie apocalypse. Rescue survivors, form a caravan, call in various support drops or air strikes, loot random structures for supplies or craft them yourself, modify common vehicles into post-apocalyptic machines of war.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 38.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Driving 20.2%, Third-Person Shooter 7%, Third Person 6.2%

Sam – with companions by his side – sets out on a new journey to save humanity from extinction. Join them as they traverse a world beset by otherworldly enemies, obstacles and a haunting question: should we have connected?

Why similar: Open World 33.2%, Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Third Person 9%, Third-Person Shooter 8.7%, Exploration 6.5%

Poly Roam is a survival, driving road-trip game featuring a large, explorable environment that is procedurally generated. Loot, gather, and drive as much as you can.

Why similar: Driving 26.2%, Open World 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Survival 11.6%, Action 4.9%