Indie for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

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

Захватывающая песочница с акцентом на свободе действий и исследовании практически бесконечного открытого мира. Созданный процедурной генерацией, он наполнен...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 31 October 2018; Game released: Mac → 4 June 2025

Players: 8.9/10

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Project Zomboid

Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: Mac → 8 November 2013

Players: 8.5/10

A zombie apocalypse is about to occur in the world of Project Zomboid. So far, humanity has not understood what happened, but the houses still have water and...

Tiny Bunny

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 5 December 2025

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.8/10

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

WorldBox - God Simulator

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.4/10

WorldBox — God Simulator is a real-time god simulator with indie strategy elements and an isometric view. You can create sheep, wolves, orcs, elves, gnomes...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 7 February 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

Escape Simulator 2

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A sequel to the co-op puzzle game Escape Simulator. One to eight players explore three large levels, each consisting of four rooms: Dracula's gloomy fortress, an...

Graveyard Keeper

Simulation, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Graveyard Keeper is a simulator of a true medieval cemetery manager. In the game world, heroes await death in coffins and entire tombs of your cemetery. Each new...

Five Dates

Interactive movie, First-person view, Adventure, Indie, Adult game

Game released: Mac → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Five Dates is a dating simulator with elements of an interactive adult adventure and a dash of romantic comedy. Unlike most similar projects, the game offers to...

Forgotten Hill Tales

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror

Game released: Mac → 27 April 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Forgotten Hill Tales is an arcade puzzle horror game with a first-person view. The game will delight you with a series of exciting and atmospheric stories with many...

Slay the Spire 2

Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation, Collectible card game (CCG)

Early Access: Mac → 5 March 2026; Game in development: Mac → 2027

Players: 4.3/10

The sequel returns in a new form — the Spire awakens after a millennium of oblivion, hiding even more dangers, secrets, and challenges in its depths. Its halls are...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings that arise...

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 4 November 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...

Human Resource Machine

Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 October 2015

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Human Resource Machine is an indie puzzle game from the developer World of Goo. We have to use office workers to solve the next puzzle and get promoted to the next...

Paralives

Arcade, Simulation, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 25 May 2026; Game in development: Mac → 2028

Players: 8.5/10

A vibrant life simulator that emphasizes creativity and freedom. You can build houses of any complexity, experimenting with shapes and scales using a flexible...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Ravenfield

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 18 May 2017

Players: 8/10

Ravenfield is a tactical shooter with a first-person view for single player play. Together with the blue men you have to destroy those annoying red men using...

The White Door

Adventure, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 January 2020

Players: 9.2/10

Detective game from the creators of Cube Escape and Rusty Lake Paradise, which tells the story of Robert Hill, undergoing treatment in a clinic and suffering...

Hollow Knight

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 24 February 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An atmospheric action-platformer about a journey through the dying underground kingdom of Hallownest, inhabited by mysterious insects and strange creatures. A dark...

Soulstone Survivors

Role-playing game, Indie, Top-down view, Fantasy, Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 17 June 2025

Players: 9.5/10

An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 September 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

An RPG with a unique combat system, where each battle can be completed without a single blow. Instead of the usual violence, there are conversations, mercy, and...

Hidden Folks

Hidden Objects, Casual game, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Mac → 15 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The player tries to find all the hidden people or other objects in hand-drawn interactive pictures. There are 32 areas and more than 300 hidden objects available...

Wasteland 2

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 September 2014

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Wasteland 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat that inspired the Fallout series. Just like in the original...

Souper Game

Business / Management, Adult game, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 6 February 2026

Players: 9.3/10

The spiritual heiress of the Leisure Suit Larry series, telling how the magic borsch is trying to seduce the elf Silvi. To prepare the perfect soup, players need to...

Vampirium: 1997

Adventure, Horror, Sandbox, Indie, Point & Click, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Fantasy

Game in development: Mac → 2026

The events unfold in an alternative 1997, where Dracula has become the king of England and built his own vampire empire. Players will take on the role of one of his...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 October 2024

Players: 7.6/10

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

Pilgrims

Adventure, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 7 October 2019

Players: 9.1/10

Pilgrims — an atmospheric side-view adventure from the creators of Machinarium and Samorost 3. The game will delight you with the absence of a rigid script...

Helltaker

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: Mac → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Helltaker is a free-to-play adventure puzzle game. The game tells the story of a hero who suddenly opens a portal to hell, in which, oddly enough, a whole harem of...

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Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Heave Ho

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

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2019

Players: 7.2/10

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...

MadOut

Arcade, Action, Racing, Indie, Third-person view

Game released: Mac → 6 June 2015

Players: 8.2/10

MadOut is an arcade racing action game with a third-person view. Unlike other games where you can only knock your opponent off the track, this game will allow you...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

This War of Mine

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 November 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Early Access: Mac → 20 March 2020; Game released: Mac → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Divinity: Original Sin

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Hack and slash, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 November 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Divinity: Original Sin is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a fantasy setting. The game is a true sequel, the plot of which will begin immediately...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

Banner Saga

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

Game released: Mac → 14 January 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Firewatch

Adventure, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 February 2016

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Firewatch is an indie adventure with a first-person view, developed by former developers of The Walking Dead and BioShock 2. The action takes place in the forests...

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Best Games in the Indie genre for Mac