Arcade 2019 for Mac — top best games in the Arcade genre

A Short Hike - a game in the Arcade genre

Adventure, Indie, Logic, Arcade, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 30 July 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 99/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A Short Hike is an adventure arcade game with a top-down view. The game will take you to the expanses of the colorful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park. You...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: Mac → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes through the gloomy...

Heave Ho

Arcade, Online, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Indie, Platformer

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Heave Ho is a side-scrolling co-op arcade puzzle platformer. In the game you can gather a friendly team of up to 4 people to go on a dangerous journey, where the...

Muse Dash

Arcade, Music game, Anime / Manga, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 20 June 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Muse Dash is a musical arcade game with a side view in anime style. The game is an exciting platformer where, to the beat of the music, you need to collect various...

Data Defense

Indie, Arcade, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Mac → 22 June 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Data Defense is a minimalist top-down arcade strategy game with tower defense elements in a cyberpunk setting. In the game you have to protect the server from the...

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Arcade, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 10 December 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final standalone campaign for the side-scrolling arcade action platformer Shovel Knight. You have to get used to the role of the...

Nova Drift

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 12 August 2024; Early Access: Mac → 27 March 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Nova Drift — an arcade action RPG with a top-down view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Last Horizon. You will have to fend off alien adversaries and...

Zombotron

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: Mac → 22 April 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Zombotron is a driving role-playing shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the future on an unknown mysterious planet...

Lovecraft's Untold Stories

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game, Horror

Game released: Mac → 31 January 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Lovecraft's Untold Stories is a top-down pixel action RPG with roguelike elements, inspired by the stories of Howard Lovecraft. As one of five heroes, players will...

Eagle Island

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Roguelike, Side view, Exploration, Mini-game / browser-based

Game released: Mac → 11 July 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Eagle Island is a hardcore side-scrolling action platformer. Discover the birdlife of Eagle Island with Quil and his faithful owl companion Koji. You'll explore...

Feudal Alloy

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Side view, Medieval era, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 17 January 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Feudal Alloy is a fun side-scrolling action RPG in which the main character is an aquarium fish dressed in medieval armor. Bandits attacked the protagonist’s home...

Summer Catchers

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Runner, Side view, Racing

Game released: Mac → 16 July 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Summer Catchers is a cute racing arcade game with a side view, made in pixel style. The game tells the story of a young girl from the north who has never seen...

Little Misfortune

Adventure, Side view, Arcade, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 18 September 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Little Misfortune is an exciting side-scrolling interactive adventure. In the game you will try on the role of the little girl Ramirez Hernandez, who goes on a...

Lonely Mountains: Downhill

Arcade, Isometric, Bicycles, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2019

Players: 7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Lonely Mountains: Downhill is a dynamic mountain bike simulator with a sophisticated physics engine. Armed with a two-wheeled iron friend, you will conquer the...

Dicey Dungeons

Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Card game, Role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: Mac → 13 August 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...

Ratropolis

Card game, Strategy, Indie, Arcade, Tactics, In real time, Simulation

Early Access: Mac → 1 November 2019; Game released: Mac → 22 December 2020

Steam: 85/100

Ratropolis is a real-time tactical strategy card game with a side view. In the game you will become the head of a settlement of tiny but valiant rats. You have to...

Islanders

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, City Building, Construction

Game released: Mac → 4 April 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Islanders is a minimalistic turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. Do you want to build beautiful cities without spending long hours on resource...

What the Golf?

Arcade, Indie, Sports game, Golf, Action, Comedy, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 22 October 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 82/100

What the Golf? is a fun arcade golf game where you can use literally everything around as a ball, and all this according to the laws of realistic physics. You will...

Space Grunts 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Card game, Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Futurism (Future), Roguelike

Early Access: Mac → 24 September 2019; Game released: Mac → 27 May 2020

Steam: 66/100

Space Grunts 2 is a continuation of the card role-playing game with strategy elements and turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. You will once again take on the...

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Shantae and the Seven Sirens is an anime-style side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game is a continuation of the series of tropical adventures of the...

A.N.N.E.

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

Early Access: Mac → 26 June 2019; Game in development: Mac → 2027

Steam: 50/100

A.N.N.E. is an adventure platformer with RPG elements and a side view. The game tells the story of robot Number25, accused of loving another robot A.N.N.E. Love...

Urban Trial Playground

Arcade, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Side view, Racing, Sports game, Action

Game released: Mac → 5 April 2019

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Urban Trial Playground is a side-view arcade racing game where you have to do various stunts on a motorcycle. The game takes you to the sunny beaches of California...

Stone Story RPG

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Early Access: Mac → 8 August 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Stone Story RPG is an unusual adventure role-playing game with a side view and ASCII animation. The game takes place in a dark world where monsters and sinister...

Hell is Other Demons

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

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2019

Steam: 92/100

Hell is Other Demons is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game has you exploring a vast, hand-crafted world filled with...

Bombfest

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Mac → 31 January 2019

Steam: 100/100

Bombfest is a fast-paced arcade action game with an isometric camera view for multiple players. Along with your friends, you'll battle through wooden forts, folding...

Stranger Things 3: The Game

Arcade, Isometric, Puzzle, Action, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 4 July 2019

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Stranger Things 3: The Game is the third part of the action-adventure game with an isometric camera view, based on the third season of the series Stranger Things...

Garfield Kart - Furious Racing

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie, Sports game

Game released: Mac → 7 November 2019

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Garfield Kart — Furious Racing is a fun arcade racing game with a third-person view, which is based on the popular comic book "Garfield". There are eight...

Shotgun Farmers

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Mac → 8 March 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Shotgun Farmers is a fun multiplayer first-person shooter where you use weapons that sprout from the ground. All battles take place on farmland, where the amount of...

Exocraft

Arcade, Online, MMO, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Construction

Game released: Mac → 12 March 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 52/100

Exocraft is a free-to-play top-down multiplayer action game in a sci-fi setting. You will control an interstellar ship that plows through endless space in search of...

Sky Racket

Indie, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 22 October 2019

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Sky Racket is an adventure arcade shooter with a side view in a sci-fi setting. The game features a unique combination of genres that mixes classic shoot'em up and...

EarthNight

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 3 December 2019

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

EarthNight is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer with roguelike elements. The game will tell about the dragon apocalypse, which forced people to leave...

Snakeybus

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

Game released: Mac → 10 May 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Snakeybus is a unique and crazy arcade simulator in which you control an ever-expanding bus. In the game, you will drive a bus and pick up people from stops, but...

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Text quest, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 31 October 2019

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature is a watercolor adventure with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of the Creature — a kind...

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

Arcade, Sports game, Snowboard, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Construction

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2019

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a physics sandbox that turns the classic bridge-building genre upside down. You will face hours of new challenges where you need to...

Biotope

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Indie, Casual game, Sandbox

Early Access: Mac → 23 July 2019

Steam: 42/100

Biotope is an unusual management simulator where you have to manage your own aquarium — breed fish, install new equipment, and decorate the artificial aquatic...

Newt One

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Puzzle, Music game, Casual game, Action

Game released: Mac → 7 September 2019

Steam: 77/100

Newt One — adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person view. The land of Groovy Hue was once filled with music and bright colors before the Great Sleep...

JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 24 January 2019

Steam: 72/100

JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword is a side-scrolling action-adventure game in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell the story of young Jack and the...

Feather

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 5 April 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Feather is a cozy game about exploring and immersing yourself in a beautiful landscape. You will become a bird and feel the flight, dissolving in a Zen flow and...

Bomb Chicken

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 16 April 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Bomb Chicken is a side-view pixel arcade puzzle platformer where you take on the role of a chicken that lays bombs instead of eggs. Together with them you will have...

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Stealth, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 6 August 2019

Steam: 60/100

Gunslugs: Rogue Tactics is a side-scrolling tactical arcade action game where you take control of an elite squad of soldiers trying to destroy the Black Duck army...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2019 for Mac