Action 2009 for Mac — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Steampunk, Horror

Game released: Mac → 10 October 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

BioShock is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a steampunk style. The game takes place in 1960. The main character, a young man named Jack, as a...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, which tells the story of...

Torchlight

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Dungeons

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2009

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Torchlight is an action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The city of Torchlight sits on a mountain that is the source of a magical resource...

Diablo 2

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Diablo 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in the fantasy world of Diablo. At the end of the first part, the...

Spore

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, God Simulator, Open world

Game released: Mac → 3 June 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This evolution and civilization simulation follows a species from a single cell to spacefaring exploration. Progression spans five stages—Cell, Creature, Tribe...

Prince of Persia (2008)

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set in a fantasy version of ancient Persia, this action-adventure follows a wandering warrior who joins forces with Elika to confront Ahriman’s lieutenants and...

Guitar Hero: World Tour

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → July 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

A music game about performing rock songs combines guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. Players can choose a single instrument or play as part of a band, while the...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Zuma's Revenge

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 15 September 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This overhead puzzle-action game sends a fearless frog to an island ruled by evil spirits and tiki bosses. To stop the advancing stream of balls, the hero fires...

LEGO Batman: The Videogame (2009)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 9 April 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This action-adventure platformer set in the world of LEGO and Batman follows the escape of Arkham Asylum’s villains and the effort to save Gotham City. In LEGO...

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Hack and slash, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction is an add-on for an action role-playing game with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The expansion includes a new act, new...

Alien Shooter: Vengeance

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac → 24 July 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Alien Shooter: Vengeance — in 2030, the MAGMA Energy Corporation sends its mercenaries to a top-secret facility. Horrible and dangerous experiments were...

Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity

Action, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 23 February 2009

Steam: 87/100

Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity is a first-person game of spatial navigation and quick reflexes, set in surreal tubular passages. The player moves forward, dodges...

Caster

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 7 January 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

A third-person action shooter in which the player races through scenic locations and fights bug-like creatures called the Flanx. Combat offers six attacks...

X3: Terran Conflict

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 17 November 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

X3: Terran Conflict is a continuation of the global management strategy in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place back in 2938, where the greatest...

Qwak

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade

Game released: Mac → April 2009

Qwak is an action game with a mixture of platformer and puzzle from developers from the Team17 Software Limited studio. The game is published by Team17 Software...

Jumpman (2010)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 19 February 2009

Jumpman (2010) is a third-person action game with platformer and sandbox elements. iJumpman is an alternate title for Jumpman...

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Mac → 20 March 2009

Metacritic: 71/100

This music game follows Aerosmith’s career, from the band’s first gig to its rise to rock fame. Players perform as guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford and...

And Yet It Moves

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 2 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

Kung Fu Panda (2009)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Mac → 18 March 2009

Metacritic: 73/100

This action-adventure game based on Kung Fu Panda follows Po the Panda as he seeks to become the Dragon Warrior and defeat Tai Lung. Players control Po, his teacher...

The Bard's Tale

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 11 December 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...

Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → May 2009

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from InterAction studios. The game is published by...

Nation Red

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Mac → 3 September 2009

Players: 4.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Nation Red is a top-down arena shooter about fighting hordes of zombies and their bosses. After a long lull, the undead return to the Arizona desert, and some are...

Hammerfight

Action, Fighting, Side view, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Mac → 28 October 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 74/100

Hammerfight is a 2D game about fighting between flying machines equipped with various types of cutting, piercing and crushing weapons. The unique combat system is...

Earthworm Jim 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 4 November 2009

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 45/100

This side-scrolling platformer follows the intergalactic chase of Earthworm Jim, whose route leads from Evil the Cat’s Circus of the Scars to the planet of Meat...

Loco

Arcade, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle, Trains

Game released: Mac → 28 May 2009

Players: 10/10

Loco is a dynamic arcade puzzle game in the "three in a row" genre, where you have to help the teddy bear driver sort out the trailers with...

Open Sonic

Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Side view

Game released: Mac → 23 July 2009

Players: 10/10

Open Sonic is a shareware fan editor for the open source version of the Sonic game. The main feature is that it is free and has a cooperative mode with the ability...

Hotel Dash: Suite Success

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 22 November 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

A casual arcade game about Flo working in DinerTown’s hotels, where she helps Quinn get a travel business back on track by serving guests and restoring the...

BOH

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: Mac → 4 May 2009

BOH is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements. The game is published by EDITEL...

Luxor 3

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Mac → 1 May 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

This Egyptian-themed arcade puzzle follows a young Pharaoh who dies in a sandstorm and is embodied by the gods as a skilled scarab. He must face Set, the god of...

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock / Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Dual Pack

Simulation, Action, Music game, Third-person view, Collection

Game released: Mac → 14 May 2009

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock / Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Dual Pack is a third-person simulator with a touch of action and music game from developers from the studio...

Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave Christmas Edition

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac → 19 May 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave Christmas Edition is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from InterAction studios. The main publisher of the...

Captain 'S': The Remake

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics

Game released: Mac → 28 February 2009

Captain 'S': The Remake is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the developers of Computer Emuzone Games Studio. The game is...

Penumbra Collection

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 17 July 2009

Penumbra Collection is a first-person action game with a mixture of adventure, horror, stealth and puzzle game from Frictional Games. The game's publishers are...

Mars Explorer

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac → 6 October 2009

Mars Explorer is a first-person action game with shooter...

Osmos

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 10 December 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This physics-based arcade game blends strategy and puzzles in an abstract world of particles. The goal is to grow by absorbing other motes while avoiding larger...

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Online, Action

Game released: Mac → 5 March 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest is a real-time strategy game with arcade elements, set in a digital world where tribes fight over Darwinia’s resources. Once...

Altitude

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Online, Side view, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 4 December 2009

Steam: 91/100

Altitude is a multiplayer aerial-combat action game set in a cartoon world. Players pilot planes and battle in several modes, including team matches, free-for-all...

Star Trek: D-A-C

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac → 18 December 2009

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 52/100

An arcade space shooter about battles between Starfleet and the Romulan Empire. Star Trek: D-A-C offers single-player, online multiplayer and co-op, with matches in...

City of Heroes: Mac Special Edition

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Comics

Game released: Mac → 9 February 2009

City of Heroes: Mac Special Edition is a first-person role-playing game with a dash of action from the developers of Cryptic Studios, Inc.. The game is published by...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2009 for Mac