Survival becomes key as the player tries to navigate the harsh environment and becomes caught in the crossfire between various competing factions. Gamers explore a strange alternate history involving a second disaster that has resulted in strange anomalies, mutant creatures, and most importantly, extremely valuable "artifacts" with unique properties. For players who are less immersed in the outdated 90's graphics, there is also the option of playing the fan remake Black Mesa, which retains a lot of the same concepts while improving on some parts.Īnother survival game set in Chernobyl, this one throws the player headfirst into the wasteland. It influenced a lot of later games, including some on this list. Though it may show its age today, Half-Lifewas a game-changer for first-person shooters when it released in 1998. Even the title "Half-Life" itself and the recurring lambda symbol come from terms used in nuclear science. The marines who arrive are trained for fighting in hazardous environments. The sounds of Gordon's geiger counter and the images of glowing green liquid waste certainly brings out feelings of being in a radioactive space. Still, the subject of nuclear physics is a prominent theme and motif throughout Valve's 1998 science fiction adventure. The game doesn't strictly feature a nuclear disaster - more like a dimensional collapse that breaks reality and causes an alien invasion that in turn causes a second alien invasion.
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