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I'm on Observation Duty - a game in the Indie genre

Game released: Mac → 14 December 2018

Atmospheric horror built around the search for anomalies on surveillance cameras. Several screens show empty rooms where small changes gradually appear: paintings...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

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...

Paratopic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school

Game released: Mac → 6 September 2018

Atmospheric first-person horror with a surreal story and intentionally low-polygon graphics. The plot connects the fates of three strangers, whose stories gradually...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. It adds over 100 hours of content, including the new...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Mac → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation

Early Access: Mac → 12 December 2019; Game released: Mac → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.8/10

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Go Ape Ship!

Third-person view, Indie, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Comedy, Space, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2026

Players: 10/10

A multiplayer game where the team must complete tasks and respond to emergencies on a spaceship. You will need to adjust the engines, activate shields, prepare...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 28 January 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

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...

Cozy Caravan

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Mac → 8 January 2026

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Players set off on a journey in an old caravan, completing tasks for the residents of Harvestville and preparing for the annual Whistlebark fair. During the...

FUNGI

Strategy, Online, Top-down view, Indie, In real time

Game released: Mac → 27 December 2019

FUNGI — minimalistic top-down real-time multiplayer strategy game. In the game you have to grow a multicellular organism by absorbing other players. As you...

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...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a large number of...

We Were Here Together

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

Game released: Mac → 10 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Rusty Lake Hotel

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Side view, Horror

Game released: Mac → 29 January 2016

Players: 10/10

Rusty Lake Hotel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure game with horror elements inspired by the cult TV series Twin Peaks by David Lynch. The plot centers on...

Risk of Rain

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

Game released: Mac → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

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...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 11 March 2023

Players: 8.7/10

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for development and...

Liftoff

Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Flight Simulator

Early Access: Mac → 9 November 2015; Game released: Mac → 13 September 2018

Players: 7.1/10

Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is a quadcopter racing simulator that you can not only control, but also create from scratch. Players will be able to design their own...

For the King

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

For the King is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view and random level generation. You have to travel through an endless fantasy world. You can play...

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...

Starbound

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

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

Hyper Light Drifter

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

Game released: Mac → 31 March 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Hyper Light Drifter is a top-down action-adventure RPG. The main character of the game suffers from a strange disease and goes to amazing countries to find a...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

GRIS is an atmospheric adventure puzzle game with a side view. The game will tell the sad story of the main character named Gris. The girl is locked in her own...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2023

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

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...

Crying Suns

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 19 September 2019

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Crying Suns is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Super Meat Boy is a hardcore 2D side-scrolling platformer. You have to help the meat cube save his beloved, who was kidnapped by the evil scientist Dr. Fitus. The...

Ten Dates

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 14 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of the interactive game Five Dates. The main heroine and her best friend go on speed dates to find their love. The gamer's choices in dialogues...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 10 March 2015

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

The Past Within

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The Past Within — an engaging cooperative puzzle game from the creators of Rusty Lake Hotel. In the game, you and a friend will solve puzzles together, but one...

Mercenary Kings

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

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

SUPERHOT

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Mac → 25 February 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SUPERHOT is a first-person shooter-puzzle game from the Polish studio SUPERHOT Team. The main feature of the game mechanics is the passage of time — only...

Dreamfall Chapters

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 27 July 2014

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic adventure set in the universe of The Longest Journey. The game will continue the story of Zoë Castillo and will be the conclusion...

Bulb Boy

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 29 October 2015

Metacritic: 75/100

Bulb Boy is an indie horror adventure with point and click elements. The main character of Bulb Boy is a boy with a glowing head. You have to overcome your fear and...

Everspace

Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 26 May 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Everspace is a space simulator created on the basis of the Unreal Engine 4. You can expect randomly generated levels, a non-linear plot, advanced upgrade and...

This Is the Police 2

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Mac → 31 July 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This Is the Police 2 is a continuation of the adventure strategy with elements of a management game and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the small...

Taxi Simulator

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.8/10

Taxi Simulator is a taxi driver management simulator with a first-person view. You might think that driving a taxi is a boring and monotonous job. But you are still...

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