# Best Modern TTRPGs

Modern games take place in contemporary or near-contemporary settings, using familiar institutions, technology, culture, and social assumptions. The category fits when present-day texture changes what characters can do.

## Guide

Modern games take place in contemporary or near-contemporary settings, using familiar institutions, technology, culture, and social assumptions. The category fits when present-day texture changes what characters can do.

## Games

- [Dead Reign](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/dead-reign) - Dead Reign is a post-apocalyptic horror RPG about surviving the zombie outbreak. Using a familiar d%/d20 Palladium chassis, it delivers fast, lethal fights, tense scavenging, and hard choices. Class-based, medium-prep, it focuses on teamwork, scarcity, and moral dilemmas. Ideal for campaign play and gritty one-shots.
- [Deathmatch Island](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/deathmatch-island) - Deathmatch Island is a reality-show survival RPG about contestants trapped inside a violent spectacle built on paranoia, performance, and control.
- [Fiasco](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/fiasco) - Fiasco is an immersive storytelling game where players create and unravel intricate tales of greed, betrayal, and misguided ambition in small-town America. With its cinematic style of play, the game fosters unpredictable narratives filled with twists and turns, making each session a unique and unforgettable experience. Fiasco's focus on character-driven drama and shared storytelling sets it apart as a game that thrives on the unexpected and the delightfully chaotic.
- [FIST: Ultra Edition](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/fist-ultra-edition) - FIST: Ultra Edition is a rules-lite Cold War-weird RPG about paranormal mercenaries on deniable ops. Built from World of Dungeons/Maze Rats DNA, it uses quick resolution, modular traits, and rulings-over-rules for explosive play. Classless, low-prep, ideal for one-shots or breezy campaigns.
- [Green Dawn Mall](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/green-dawn-mall) - Green Dawn Mall is a rules‑lite survival-horror about teens lost in an endless, uncanny shopping mall. Using simple d6 tests (5–6 = success), it emphasizes exploration, odd encounters, and resourceful problem‑solving over combat. Low‑prep and quick to run, it’s ideal for tense one‑shots or short campaigns focused on discovery.
- [iHunt](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/ihunt) - iHunt is a modern urban fantasy RPG about gig-economy monster hunting, rent pressure, and surviving a world that is happy to monetize your danger.
- [Mage: The Awakening](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/mage-the-awakening) - Mage: The Awakening is a modern occult RPG about willworkers, hidden orders, and dangerous magic that reshapes reality through knowledge and obsession.
- [Outgunned](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/outgunned) - Outgunned is a cinematic action RPG built to emulate stylish gunfights, wild stunts, and escalating set pieces in the mode of modern action movies.
- [SURVIVE THIS!! Zombies – Ultimate Edition](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/survive-this-zombies-ultimate-edition) - SURVIVE THIS!! Zombies is a rules‑lite OSR modern horror game using d20 tests and class‑based play. Low‑prep and modular, it focuses on tense resource management, scavenging, and desperate choices during outbreaks. Ideal for gritty one‑shots or ongoing campaigns about surviving the worst day of your life.
- [The End of the World: Wrath of the Gods](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/the-end-of-the-world-wrath-of-the-gods) - Wrath of the Gods is a rules‑lite modern‑day survival game using a simple positive/negative d6 pool. Classless and low‑prep, it focuses on crisis decisions, scarce resources, and moral tradeoffs as mythic cataclysms unravel society. Ideal for one‑shots or short arcs with story‑first play.
- [The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/the-end-of-the-world-zombie-apocalypse) - The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse is a rules‑lite modern survival RPG using simple dice pools and stress tracks. Classless and low‑prep, it centers on tense, cinematic decisions, scavenging, and group dynamics under pressure. Ideal for one‑shots or short arcs where danger escalates fast and hard choices define the story.
- [Triangle Agency](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/triangle-agency) - A satirical horror RPG about wielding reality-warping powers while navigating corporate bureaucracy. Winner of multiple ENNIE awards, it blends chilling horror with dark comedy as players investigate supernatural Anomalies for a mysterious Agency. Features 729 character combinations and unlockable 'Playwalled' secrets.
- [Zombie World](https://www.ttrpg-games.com/item/zombieworld) - Zombie World is a rules‑lite, card‑driven survival RPG about a community fighting to live through the zombie apocalypse. Classless and low‑prep, it emphasizes tough decisions, resource pressure, and messy relationships over build math. Ideal for one‑shots and ongoing survival drama where cooperation—and sacrifice—matter.