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

Hotline Miami - a game in the Arcade genre

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...

Home - A Unique Horror Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 7 August 2013

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

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...

Sandbox

Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic, Sandbox, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies, composing your...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Mac → 22 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

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...

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...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Mac → 13 December 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

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...

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...

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...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Space

Game released: Mac → 30 May 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Sparkle 2

Arcade, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 June 2013

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Sparkle 2 is the continuation of the exciting arcade puzzle game in the “three in a row” genre. Long ago, five enchanted keys were created. They are scattered all...

Monster Truck Destruction

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Stunts, Action, Sports game

Game released: Mac → 30 November 2013

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 62/100

Monster Truck Destruction is an arcade racing game about driving monster trucks, smashing obstacles, and performing stunts. Events include timed runs, head-to-head...

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...

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...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

The Cave

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...

Awesomenauts

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

Game released: Mac → 14 June 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a great...

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...

Castle Story

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Strategy, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 55/100

A strategy sandbox set among floating fantasy islands, Castle Story puts the player in command of creatures called Bricktrons, who build castles and settlements...

Nimble Quest

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 28 March 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade action game with role-playing elements centers on a party of heroes that moves constantly through stages while fighting enemy hordes. The player steers...

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 27 June 2013

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded is a modern reimagining of the popular game Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards...

Midnight

Arcade, Indie, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2013

Steam: 74/100

Midnight is a unique interactive arcade game that allows you to control a colorful laser show on your monitor screen with your fingertips. The game is designed for...

Lilly Looking Through

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 1 November 2013

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This animated point-and-click adventure follows Lilly as she travels through a variety of magical environments. Along the way, she seeks to rewrite the past, change...

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2013

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst is a first-person arcade game with adventure elements from developers from the studios Big Fish Games, Inc and Engine...

Beast Boxing Turbo

Arcade, Boxing, First-person view, Sports game, Action

Game released: Mac → 5 February 2013

Steam: 89/100

This first-person arcade boxing game follows a secret human boxer fighting her way through leagues in a world inhabited by monsters. Outmatched in strength and...

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...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 30 January 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 18 September 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from the deserts of...

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Adventure, Action, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 25 September 2013

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This puzzle-focused action adventure takes place in the DC Comics universe, where Maxwell teams up with Batman, Superman and the Justice League to restore order and...

Skulls of the Shogun

Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Mac → 29 July 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This turn-based strategy game with an arcade pace follows samurai warriors in the afterlife, where General Akamoto assembles an army for battle. His forces include...

Cloudberry Kingdom

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 31 July 2013

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Cloudberry Kingdom is an arcade platformer about Bob, a hero who sets out to reclaim what he lost and save the princess. Players jump over obstacles and dodge them...

Chaos Engine

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 40/100

Chaos Engine is a steampunk top-down shooter with cooperative play, originally developed for the Amiga by The Bitmap Brothers. Abstraction Games restored the game...

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...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: Mac → 8 November 2013

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Stealth Bastard

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 29 April 2013

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stealth platformer sends an unarmed, unarmoured hero into a deadly facility, where the goal is to reach the exit without being caught by its security...

Mini Golf Mundo

Arcade, Golf, Third-person view, Sports game, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 4 December 2013

Steam: 60/100

Mini Golf Mundo — an arcade golf game with a third-person view. It's a fun casual game suitable for players of all ages and skill levels. Your task is to sink the...

Arcade

Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2013 for Mac (Game released)