This is a word list of Apocalypse and post-Apocalypse story elements, capturing the struggle for survival that is characteristic of those tales.
This is a word list of Apocalypse and post-Apocalypse story elements, capturing the struggle for survival that is characteristic of those tales.
A
Abandoned Cities
Agricultural Collapse
AI Rebellion
Alien Invasion
Anarchy
Apocalypse
Armageddon
Ashen Landscapes
B
Bandit Raids
Barter Economy
Biological Warfare
Black Market
Broken Infrastructure
Bunkers
Burnt Out Buildings
C
Cannibalism
Cataclysm
Chemical Spills
Civil Unrest
Climate Collapse
Collapsed Governments
Communication Breakdowns
Contaminated Water
Corrupt Leaders
Cults
Cybernetically Enhanced Enemies
D
Darkened Skies
Death
Decaying Landmarks
Dehydration
Desperation
Devastation Zones
Disaster
Disease Outbreaks
Disillusioned Survivors
Dwindling Faith
Dystopia
E
Eerie Silence
Electrical Blackouts
EMP
Empty Stores
End Times Prophecies
Environmental Disaster
Evacuation Centers
F
Fallout
Fallout Shelters
Famine
Food Rationing
Foraging for Food
Forest Fires
G
Gas Masks
Genetic Mutations
Grimy Clothing
Guns and Ammo Shortages
H
Hazardous Weather
High Radiation Zones
Homelessness
Hostile Takeovers
I
Infected Survivors
Infections
Isolation
L
Lawlessness
Long-Forgotten Technologies
Looted Supplies
M
Makeshift Medicine
Makeshift Weapons
Martial Law
Mass Graves
Medical Shortages
Mercenaries
Military Outposts
Mutated Wildlife
Mysterious Ruins
N
National Emergency Broadcasts
Natural Disasters
Nuclear Bombs
Nuclear Fallout
Nuclear Winter
O
Off-Grid Living
Overgrown Cities
P
Pandemic
Paranoia
Patchwork Communities
Pestilence
Poisoned Air
Polluted Water
Population Decline
Power Outages
Q
Quarantine Zones
R
Radiation Poisoning
Radio Silence
Radioactive Rain
Radioactive Wastelands
Refugee Camps
Religious Extremism
Resource Wars
Revolts
Ruined Skyscrapers
Rumors of Salvation
S
Safe Havens
Salvage Operations
Scarcity
Scavengers
Secret Bunkers
Severed Communities
Shelters
Shifting Alliances
Sickness
Silent Cities
Solar Flares
Spoiled Food
Starvation
Stray Animals
Struggle for Survival
Subsistence Farming
Suspicion
T
Technological Breakdown
Tribalism
Trust Issues
U
Underground Communities
Unknown Viruses
Unpredictable Storms
Untrustworthy Leaders
Urban Decay
V
Vacant Roads
Vigilante Justice
Virulent Pathogens
W
Wandering Nomads
War
Water Scarcity
Weaponized Drones
Weapons
Weather Extremes
Wilderness Survival
Wounded Survivors
Wrecked Vehicles
Y
Yellowed Maps
Z
Zero Communication
Zombie Infestation