Action 2013 for Mac — top best games in the Action genre

7 Days to Die - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: Mac → 13 December 2013; Game released: Mac → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...

Total War: Rome 2

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: Mac → 2 September 2013

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Total War: Rome 2 is a continuation of one of the best global historical strategy games, released in 2004. Expect the largest turn-based campaign, as well as the...

Rayman Origins

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Action

Game released: Mac → 17 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Call of Duty 2

Action, Shooter, Online

Game released: Mac → 7 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A first-person shooter set during World War II follows ordinary Allied soldiers through major battles across the European theater. The campaign spans varied...

ArmA 3

Action, Shooter, Combat robots, Tactics, Online

Game released: Mac → 12 September 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

ArmA 3 is a continuation of the series of military-tactical simulator with a first-person view. Europe, scorched by the war between NATO and Iran, is practically...

Batman: Arkham City

Action, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Comics, Adventure, Open world

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2013

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 94/100

Batman: Arkham City is a continuation of the adventure stealth action game with a third-person view, dedicated to Batman. Who is behind the creation of Arkham City...

BioShock Infinite

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2013

VGTimes: 9.8/10

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 94/100

BioShock Infinite is a continuation of the atmospheric first-person shooter, which tells the story of events before the first BioShock. The game will take you to...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Outlast

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Survival horror

Game released: Mac → 4 September 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Outlast is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. The events of the game take place in the Mount Massive Asylum, which for a long time served as a home...

Max Payne 3

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

Game released: Mac → 20 June 2013

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Max Payne 3 is a continuation of the legendary action game with a third-person view. Max Payne, the famous fighter for justice, returns after several years. The...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A first-person shooter with tower defense elements, Sanctum 2 centers on protecting oxygen-producing Cores from alien creatures on the planet LOEK III. During the...

System Shock 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 10 May 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 92/100

This science-fiction horror shooter with role-playing elements unfolds aboard the derelict starship Von Braun. The protagonist awakens from cryogenic sleep with...

The Wolf Among Us

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Point & Click, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Mac → 14 October 2013

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A detective thriller with adventure elements based on the Fables comics, The Wolf Among Us takes place in Fabletown, where characters from fairy tales, legends, and...

Hotline Miami

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

Game released: Mac → 20 March 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Shadow Warrior

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Comedy

Game released: Mac → 26 September 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Shadow Warrior is a dynamic shooter with fighting game elements and a first-person view, which is a restart of the 1997 game of the same name. You will see the...

Brutal Legend

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Third-person view, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 26 February 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure set in a world blending fantasy with heavy metal, where demons seek to enslave humanity and bands perform imitation covers. The...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Steampunk

Game released: Mac → 5 December 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...

Fez

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 September 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Fez is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. The action takes place in a 3D world, allowing the player to explore and traverse colorful worlds by rotating...

The Stanley Parable

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 88/100

The Stanley Parable is an indie project with a first-person view. The player plays the role of office plankton Stanley, who has spent his whole life pressing keys...

Shank 2

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

Game released: Mac → 20 February 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D side-scrolling action platformer follows Shank, a former mob hitman drawn back into a fight when people close to him are threatened. He uses an arsenal of...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

Ravensword: Shadowlands

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Ravensword: Shadowlands is an action role-playing game with a first-person view in the fantasy style. After the fall of Ravengard, the world plunged into chaos. The...

Volgarr the Viking

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Volgarr the Viking is a hardcore arcade platformer in which the Viking hero fights enemies and navigates deadly traps across a series of dangerous worlds. The game...

King's Bounty: Legions

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game

Game released: Mac → 10 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 53/100

King’s Bounty: Legions is an online fantasy strategy game built around turn-based battles in a world of magic, creatures, and monsters. Players assemble an army of...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 17 December 2013

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 21 February 2013

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game is based on the film adaptations...

Velvet Assassin

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Mac → 30 January 2013

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Velvet Assassin is a stealth action adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the game will take you back to the Second World War, where you will try...

Gunpoint

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Indie, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 3 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game about a freelance spy who takes jobs infiltrating secure buildings to steal sensitive data. Across 20 missions, a story of murder...

Divinity: Dragon Commander

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 6 August 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A fantasy strategy game with role-playing and action elements, centered on a Dragon Knight seeking to reunite a fractured empire and become its new emperor. The...

Defense Technica

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 October 2013

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 63/100

A futuristic tower defense strategy game about protecting a core from biomechanical attackers. The defense includes eight classes of towers with different weapons...

Stick it to the Man

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 December 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

Amnesia: Collection

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

Game released: Mac → 10 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Amnesia: Collection is a collection of first-person horror adventures that includes Amnesia: The Dark Descent, an indirect sequel to Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs...

Haunted Memories

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Mac → 30 September 2013

Players: 10/10

Haunted Memories is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and horror from the MadMan Theory Games studio. The main publisher of the game is MadMan...

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: Mac → 4 April 2013

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a historical shooter with a first-person view. The game features more than a dozen maps designed to recreate the battles of World...

Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 20 August 2013

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bureau: XCOM Declassified is a tactical action game with a third-person view in the XCOM universe. The plot of the game will tell you how the Federal Bureau of...

Trine 2: Complete Story

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 6 June 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Trine 2: Complete Story is a complete edition of the atmospheric action platformer with a side view in the fantasy setting of Trine 2, which contains all previously...

Shadow Warrior Classic Redux

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Hack and slash, First-person view, Old school

Game released: Mac → 8 July 2013

Players: 4.4/10

Steam: 88/100

This first-person shooter is set in a near-future Japan where corporations control everyday life and employ Shadow Warriors to eliminate opposition. Lo Wang, the...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2013 for Mac