Action 2011 for Mac — top best games in the Action genre

Arcade, Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 26 May 2011

Players: 6.9/10

Roblox is a huge online sandbox for creativity. Its toys are mini-games of all kinds of genres, with arcade-style gameplay and visuals that aren’t weighed down by...

Minecraft

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

Game released: Mac → 16 May 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

Game released: Mac → 1 September 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a continuation of the popular series of games with endless possibilities of interaction in a large open world. Five years ago, Carl...

Portal 2

Action, Online, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2011

VGTimes: 9.4/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 95/100

The game takes place several years after Portal. The main character Chell wakes up after a long sleep to find that the Aperture Science complex is now in ruins...

The Binding of Isaac

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

Game released: Mac → 28 September 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Binding of Isaac is a hardcore action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The plot is based on one of the biblical stories. She will tell the...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 12 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Mac → 3 November 2011

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

This third-person action game follows Batman inside Arkham Asylum and across the surrounding island, where the Joker sets a trap after being taken into custody...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 December 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Assassin's Creed 2

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical, Open world, Parkour

Game released: Mac → 6 January 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Assassin's Creed 2 is a stealth action game with a third-person view. The game will take you to Florence during the Renaissance. Your hero, the assassin Ezio...

Trine 2

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 7 December 2011

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Trine 2 — is a 2D platformer in which the player controls three playable characters (the thief Zoe, the wizard Amadeus and the knight Pontius), solving...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 August 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Duke Nukem Forever

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

Game released: Mac → 18 August 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Duke Nukem Forever is a continuation of the legendary first-person shooter in the sci-fi series of games about Duke Nukem. Bloodthirsty aliens are stealing every...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Cars 2: The Video Game

Racing, Adventure, Action

Game released: Mac → 21 June 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 79/100

A racing adventure based on the Disney•Pixar animated film Cars 2 takes characters from the series to CHROME, an international training center where they prepare to...

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 13 April 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 29 September 2011

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Arma: Cold War Assault

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics, Simulation, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 8 August 2011

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Arma: Cold War Assault is a tactical military shooter with a first-person view. The campaign's plot was based on a fictional conflict between NATO and the USSR...

Mafia 2: Director's Cut

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 1 December 2011

Players: 9.7/10

Mafia 2: Director's Cut is a complete edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view and an open world. The publication includes all previously...

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Online

Game released: Mac → 19 August 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. You will go on...

LEGO Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Online

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This action-adventure platformer retells stories from Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the LEGO universe, bringing together characters from the animated series and the...

Galaxy on Fire 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 24 August 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Galaxy on Fire 2 - The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell as he is sent forward in time after his hyperdrive malfunctions due to damage from a skirmish...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 8 September 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

Disney Universe

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

Game released: Mac → 25 October 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

Super Mega Worm

Arcade, Action, Horror

Game released: Mac → 19 January 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade action game with horror elements follows Wojira, a giant worm and Earth’s last line of defense as the planet faces extinction. Sent by Mother Earth to...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 3 August 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tanks, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 May 2011

Steam: 75/100

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a top-down arcade action game in a sci-fi setting. The setting is an alternative world in which you have to control a tank on an...

Beat Hazard

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Music game, Space, Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 October 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Beat Hazard is a musical arcade shooter with a top-down view and elements of a rhythm game. In the game, you will control a spaceship to upbeat music. Each track in...

Air Attack (2011)

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Top-down view

Game released: Mac → 14 December 2011

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Air Attack (2011) is a top-down action game with a mixture of shooter and flight simulator from the studio Art In Games Ltd.. The game is published by Art In Games...

Legendo's The Three Musketeers: One for All!

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 4 May 2011

Metacritic: 53/100

This platform adventure inspired by the classic novel follows Porthos as he sets out to free the Musketeers from the treacherous Count Xavier and his lieutenant...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 August 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Rochard

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 December 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Rochard is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting, filled to the brim with physics-based puzzles. You will play as John Roshard, the...

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online

Action, Fighting, Isometric, Comics

Game released: Mac → 29 April 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online — selected characters could fly by pressing blue circles on the ground. If a character couldn't fly, that character could have...

Medieval

Action, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 5 February 2011

Steam: 86/100

Medieval is an action game with elements of strategy and a fantasy game from developers from the Brisk Mobile Inc. studio. The game is published by Brisk Mobile...

Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Arcade, Steampunk

Game released: Mac → 8 June 2011

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This arcade-style top-down shooter is set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. Players fight enemies alone or in local co-op for up to four...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2011

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Nuclear Dawn

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Online

Game released: Mac → 26 September 2011

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Nuclear Dawn is a multiplayer game that combines first-person shooting with real-time strategy in a post-apocalyptic setting of war-torn cities. As infantry...

Krypton Egg

Action, Arkanoid

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2011

Players: 10/10

Krypton Egg is an action game with a touch of arkanoid from the HitSoft studio. The game is published by...

Capsized

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 29 April 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This 2D platformer with shooter elements follows a space traveler whose ship crash-lands on a mysterious planet. To survive, the protagonist explores hazardous...

No Time To Explain

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2011

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 53/100

No Time To Explain is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer in a sci-fi setting. One day, he himself breaks into the main character’s house, only from the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2011 for Mac (Game released)