Action 2014 for Mac — top best games in the Action genre / Page 4

Meltdown (2014)

Game released: Mac → 5 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

This tactical arcade shooter is set in a sci-fi world and follows Zed as he tries to escape a remote space station after a system malfunction. Enemies have distinct...

Stunt Runner

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → Q2 2014

Stunt Runner is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, puzzle and indie game from developers from Kermdinger Studios. The main publisher of the game...

Hack 'n' Slash

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 9 September 2014

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Hack 'n' Slash is a fantasy puzzle adventure about a hero who defies a wizard’s restrictions and sets out to discover why the kingdom has fallen into disarray...

Defense Grid 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2014

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...

Elliot Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: Mac → 10 November 2014

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 76/100

An adventure platformer with role-playing elements follows Elliot, who has been cursed with immortality and is slowly turning into a demon. After his wife...

Thief Town

Action, Indie, Stealth

Game released: Mac → 4 December 2014

Steam: 78/100

A local multiplayer stealth action game set in a pixel-art version of the Wild West, where players compete in an arena filled with identical characters. Each player...

Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Platformer, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 3 January 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Infested Planet

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2014

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This tactical real-time strategy game pits a squad of five soldiers against a swarm of 100,000 aliens. To hold back the enemy, players use weapons, buildings and...

ArmA 3: Zeus

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

Game released: Mac → 10 April 2014

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An expansion for ArmA 3, adding a multiplayer format in which one participant directs battles in real time while others fight on the ground. Inspired by tabletop...

Ascendant

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

Ascendant is an arcade role-playing action platformer with roguelike elements and a side view. You become a demigod who invades the dimension and must defeat hordes...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 3 June 2014

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

So Many Me

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Logic, Indie, Action, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 17 July 2014

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

So Many Me is a puzzle platformer about a creature who can control many clones of himself, joining forces to save a world threatened by an ancient evil. The hero...

Lovely Planet

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Mac → 31 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Lovely Planet is a first-person shooter set in a colorful abstract world, where the player fights through five enemy-filled worlds on the way to a distant...

Fotonica

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 November 2014

Steam: 87/100

FOTONICA is a first-person arcade platformer about running, jumping, and moving at high speed through abstract environments. Its mostly two-color vector visuals use...

Other Brothers

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Adventure

Game released: Mac → Q1 2014

Metacritic: 57/100

This retro-styled platformer follows mechanics Joe and Jim as they set out to find Tavy, a red-haired woman in distress. Their journey takes them through junkyards...

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 2 May 2014

Tom Sparks And The Quakes Of Ruin is a top-down arcade game with a mix of action, shooter, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie game from Tasty Poison Games. The...

Dead Bits

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 7 June 2014

Players: 2/10

Steam: 50/100

Dead Bits is a dynamic first-person shooter made in a cubic style. You have been kidnapped by evil aliens and now you have to fight for your freedom. Armed with...

Space Run

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Space

Game released: Mac → 13 June 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Space Run is an exciting tower defense strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a space courier and transport various cargo from one...

Q*bert: Rebooted

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

Game released: Mac → 8 July 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This arcade puzzle game centers on jumping across a pyramid of blocks, combining the classic 2D Q*bert mode with a 3D reimagining called Rebooted. In both versions...

Zoo Rampage

Arcade, Action, Horror, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 9 July 2014

Steam: 62/100

This arcade action game with horror elements casts players as animals breaking free from captivity and rampaging through a zoo. Players choose from several angry...

Sproggiwood

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Adventure, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 24 October 2014

Steam: 79/100

Sproggiwood is an arcade RPG with action and roguelike elements with an isometric view. You are a simple farmer from the peaceful island of Clog. One moment you are...

World 2

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 5 November 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 43/100

World 2 is a fantasy-style action role-playing game with a third-person perspective. Your team is penniless and only one hero is part of it. You'll start from the...

The Witcher Adventure Game

Action, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Strategy, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 27 November 2014

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This digital adaptation of a board game takes place in the fantasy world of The Witcher, where players hunt monsters, uncover ancient mysteries, and complete...

Turbo Dismount

Simulation, Action, Logic, Indie, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 21 May 2014

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A physics-based sandbox about high-speed crashes featuring Mr. Dismount and the cars that love him. Points are awarded for damage, with outcomes shaped by...

Ziggurat

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ziggurat is a first-person shooter with roguelike elements, inspired by the Hexen and Painkiller series. You have to put on the skin of a sorcerer and go...

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, DLC, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 13 November 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

An expansion for World of Warcraft in which players gather forces for the war on Draenor and build a fortress of their own. The garrison serves as a permanent base...

Home Sheep Home 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 17 February 2014

Home Sheep Home 2 is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer, puzzle and indie game from the developers of Aardman Animations. The game is published by...

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 5 May 2014

Steam: 75/100

This top-down science-fiction shooter follows a mercenary of the future piloting the Raptor on interplanetary missions against MegaCorp’s competitors. The player...

Anomaly Defenders

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2014

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A futuristic tower defense game in the Anomaly series, where aliens repel a human counterattack and protect their homeworld. Unlike earlier entries, attacking...

Flashout 2

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 June 2014

Steam: 56/100

Flashout 2 is a third-person racing action game set in a fantasy world. This game offers a new look at racing thanks to a modernized career mode, major changes to...

Beyond Space

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2014

Steam: 31/100

This 3D space shooter follows Max Walker, a pilot-for-hire who is drawn into a galaxy-spanning conflict after taking a contract with the Alliance of Planets. During...

Nightmare Cooperative

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 16 July 2014

Steam: 63/100

A turn-based strategic roguelike about a band of unlikely companions seeking gold to help their village through hard times. Each character brings a different...

Fifth Day

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Open world, Online

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 36/100

This first-person post-apocalyptic survival shooter is set after humanity has been wiped out by the machines it created. Playing as one of these machines, the...

Perpetuum

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, MMO, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2014

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 72/100

This science-fiction MMORPG sandbox centers on piloting combat robots across an alien planet and exploiting its resources. Perpetuum has a persistent world where...

Cypress Inheritance: The Beginning

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Stealth

Game released: Mac → 10 March 2014

Steam: 13/100

This adventure game blends action, role-playing and stealth as Lorna Ritten learns she has inherited something from Alfred Cypress, the grandfather she never knew...

Contact Vector

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics

Game released: Mac → 18 June 2014

Contact Vector is an isometric action game with elements of strategy and tactical game from developers from Magnosphere studio. The game is published by...

You Have to Win the Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania, Free game

Game released: Mac → 6 May 2014

Steam: 92/100

An exploration platformer with the look and sound of 1980s PC games, set among the ruins of a lost world. The player runs and jumps past deadly pitfalls while...

Shiny The Firefly

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 May 2014

Steam: 76/100

A platform adventure about Shiny, a firefly searching for his children, scattered across a mysterious garden after an accident. The garden is home to dangerous...

Mega Coin Squad

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This 2D platformer with arcade action centers on collecting Mega Coins across a single-player campaign. Procedurally generated levels change as the game progresses...

The Marvellous Miss Take

Action, Stealth, Indie, Isometric

Game released: Mac → 20 November 2014

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Marvellous Miss Take is a fun stealth action game with an isometric camera view. In the game you have to try on the role of Sofia Teik — the true owner of...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2014 for Mac (Game released)