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{{Infobox video game
| title = Apocalypse Max:<br />Better Dead Than Undead
| image = Apocalypse Max.jpg
| caption =  
| developer = [[Wandake]]
| publisher = 
| engine =
| released = September 14, 2012
| genre = platform/shooting game
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
}}
'''''Apocalypse Max: Better Dead Than Undead''''' is a 2D [[Shoot 'em up|platform/shooting]] [[mobile game]] developed by American game studio [[Wandake]] for [[iOS]] on September 14, 2012 and for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] on August 31, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sowden |first=Emily |date=2016-08-26 |title=Intense hack-and-slash Apocalypse Max hits Google Play next week at last |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/intense-hack-and-slash-apocalypse-max-hits-google-play-next-week-at-last/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.pocketgamer.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612225411/https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/intense-hack-and-slash-apocalypse-max-hits-google-play-next-week-at-last/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Apocalypse Max'' is an old school side-scrolling platform shooter set in a [[Zombie apocalypse|zombie]] wasteland. Its lead designer is Safal Kapoor, who later joined [[EA Games]] and is currently working with Miniclip Games as Head of design. The visual design and art was done by Alessandro Marroni, the developer of Undead End series. The game studio Wandake, which also developed the ''Robokill'' series, was part of the Indian tech company [[Sourcebits Digital]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2011-02-01 |title=Wandake Game Studios Brings Survival Mode and More in Robokill Update |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/01/wandake-game-studios-brings-survival-mode-and-more-in-robokill-update |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> and was acquired by the American company [[Ascendum]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Jimmy |title=Ascendum Acquires Sourcebits In A Bid To Boost Its Digital Design Capabilities {{!}} CRN |url=https://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/300083773/ascendum-acquires-sourcebits-in-a-bid-to-boost-its-digital-design-capabilities |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.crn.com |archive-date=2025-08-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250807165457/https://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/300083773/ascendum-acquires-sourcebits-in-a-bid-to-boost-its-digital-design-capabilities |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the game's inspirations is the ''[[Metal Slug]]'' series, with similarities in its setting, combat style, and controls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem |url=https://www.techinasia.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.techinasia.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2012-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925020909/http://www.techinasia.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Apocalypse Max |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/apocalypse-max/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.pocketgamer.com |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209144034/https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/apocalypse-max/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
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| MC = 84/100<ref name=MC>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/apocalypse-max--better-dead-than-undead/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|title=Apocalypse Max: Better Dead Than Undead for iPhone/iPad Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[Red Ventures]]|access-date=2023-11-01|archive-date=2025-08-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250807161901/https://www.metacritic.com/game/apocalypse-max--better-dead-than-undead/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|url-status=live}}</ref>
| PG = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Harry|date=October 5, 2012|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/apocalypse-max/|title=Apocalypse Max [Better Dead Than Undead]|website=[[Pocket Gamer]]|publisher=Steel Media Ltd|access-date=June 28, 2022|archive-date=December 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209144034/https://www.pocketgamer.com/apocalypse-max-better-dead-than-undead/apocalypse-max/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| TA = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Ford|first=Eric|date=September 26, 2012|url=https://toucharcade.com/2012/09/26/apocalypse-max-review/|title='Apocalypse Max' Review – A Zombie Killing Delight|website=[[TouchArcade]]|publisher=TouchArcade.com, LLC|access-date=June 28, 2022|archive-date=June 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628223639/https://toucharcade.com/2012/09/26/apocalypse-max-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The game received "favorable" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC/>

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[[Category:2012 video games]]
[[Category:Android (operating system) games]]
[[Category:IOS games]]
[[Category:Run and gun games]]
[[Category:Side-scrolling video games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games about zombies]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]

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