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Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ - a game in the Indie genre

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

Game released: Mac → 3 January 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is an addition to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The addition has expanded possibilities for creating...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

88 Heroes is an indie platformer with side-scrolling action elements, made in a retro style. The game offers a non-standard approach to gameplay, because with each...

39 Days to Mars

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

39 Days to Mars is a side-scrolling co-op steampunk puzzle adventure. The game will tell the story of Sir Albert Weeks and his pilot Clarence Baxter, who decided to...

Beholder: Blissful Sleep

Adventure, Stealth, In real time, Side view, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 May 2017

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Beholder: Blissful Sleep is an add-on for a side-scrolling adventure game where you have to follow people. The add-on will tell the backstory of the events...

West of Loathing

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Side view, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 86/100

West of Loathing is an unusual adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat. You have to go to the minimalistic world of the city of Boring Springs, where you...

Subsurface Circular

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Detective, Text quest

Game released: Mac → 17 August 2017

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Subsurface Circular is an unusual adventure with elements of a visual novel and a text game from the creator of Thomas Was Alone. You take on the role of a robot...

Zombies on a Plane

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Zombies, Survival

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2016

Steam: 43/100

Zombies on a Plane is a meat shooter where you need to clean a falling airplane from hordes of zombies and save the aircraft from crashing. You will take on the...

RPGolf

Role-playing game, Golf, Top-down view, Sports game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 10 May 2018

Steam: 52/100

RPGolf is an amazing top-down action RPG with a golf theme for mobile platforms. On a far, far away island, people knew no troubles, so they were constantly having...

The Station

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction, Puzzle, Horror, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 7 March 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is a unique puzzle adventure where you have to solve many puzzles and try to escape from a mysterious place. The main feature of the...

Without Escape

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 24 April 2018

Steam: 50/100

Without Escape is an exciting point and click adventure with first-person horror elements. The main character will have to face the horrors of his home. As you...

Still There

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Space

Game released: Mac → 20 November 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Still There is a sci-fi adventure in which you become the keepers of the Bento space lighthouse, located in the poorly explored sector D42-W81. You will perform...

Rain on Your Parade

Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle, Stealth

Game released: Mac → 15 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A fun arcade game with an isometric camera view. A mischievous cloud wants to ruin the lives of absolutely everyone on the planet. She travels the world inventing...

Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag

Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Action, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2021

Steam: 87/100

Clan O'Conall and the Crown of the Stag is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer with puzzle elements in a fantasy setting. The Mother of Demons, Kaoranach...

Steel Assault

Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Mac → 28 September 2021

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Steel Assault is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the near future of post-apocalyptic America. You...

Gladiator Guild Manager

Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Turn-based, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Role-playing game

Early Access: Mac → 14 October 2021; Game released: Mac → 22 June 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

A managerial simulator with elements of tactics in which the player needs to develop his own guild of fighters and lead them to glory. Recruiting warriors...

Enemy Remains

Arcade, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival horror, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 6 February 2022

Steam: 66/100

Enemy Remains is a dynamic shooter with horror elements and an isometric camera view in a post-apocalyptic...

Home Wind

Arcade, Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, City Building, Sandbox

Early Access: Mac → 10 March 2022; Game in development: Mac → 2026

Steam: 90/100

Home Wind is a free city-planning simulator without complex mechanics with a top-down view in a medieval setting. A beautiful and minimalistic game awaits you with...

Haiku, the Robot

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Indie, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

This adventure platformer with Metroidvania elements takes place in Arcadia, a mechanical world inhabited by corrupted robots and machinery. The player explores...

Arctic Awakening

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 18 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The game takes place in the harsh Arctic of 2062. The main character is an airplane pilot who suffered a disaster and was left alone with his drone. He is trying to...

The Gallery

Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Detective, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 1 August 2022

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 70/100

The Gallery is an interactive psychological thriller with elements of social drama. An art curator is being held hostage by a portrait artist who threatens to...

Kraken Academy!!

Simulation, Top-down view, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 10 September 2021

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in an unusual educational institution — the Kraken School. The main character finds himself in a time loop, where he must find a...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2023

Steam: 90/100

The story of a failed screenwriter, Junon, who faces many problems at work and in her personal life. The player travels through the girl's memories to try to fix...

Repair this!

Casual game, Simulation, Comedy, Indie, Business / Management, Exploration, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2024

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Phone repair master simulator in the spirit of Papers, Please. As the game progresses, the player tinkers with electronics and helps customers, but also comes...

Skillwood

Simulation, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Casual game, Exploration

Early Access: Mac → 20 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A relaxing pixelated lumberjack game inspired by survival simulators. You need to chop wood, mine stones, discover new trees and locations. You will also have to...

Jackal

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Procedural generation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 5 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

The game tells the story of a Las Vegas hitman who challenged the crime bosses. The player moves through procedurally generated levels, where the location of...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie, Dungeons, Card game

Game released: Mac → 20 January 2025

Steam: 75/100

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

Hidden in My Paradise

Casual game, Hidden Objects, Indie, Puzzle, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 10 October 2024

Steam: 90/100

The main character is an aspiring photographer named Lali, who travels through picturesque places with the fairy Coronia. The girl completes tasks and collects...

Tempopo

Puzzle, Music game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: Mac → 17 April 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A bright game, the action of which unfolds on the islands located among the clouds, where flowers from the garden of the khan turned out. The player controls the...

Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Medieval era, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

A continuation of the royal strategy, in which it is again necessary to manage the destinies of people, making difficult decisions in the face of political...

Midnight Riff

Roguelike, Side view, Music game, Fantasy, Indie, Casual game, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 21 June 2025

Steam: 93/100

A rhythm adventure where you place your own notes on a chart to fight your enemies. You can collect powerful relics that will help you become stronger and turn the...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy, Strategy, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2019

Steam: 95/100

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

SinaRun

Indie, Racing

Game released: Mac → 3 November 2025

Steam: 77/100

SinaRun is a momentum-based platformer focused on speedrunning. The goal is to set the best time by choosing among multiple routes and refining jumps and turns...

Soul Searching

Indie, Survival, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 15 February 2017

Steam: 90/100

A narrative survival game about growing up and leaving home, Soul Searching follows a character sailing away in a small boat through a world of islands, dragons...

World of Goo

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 11 December 2008

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...

Stacking

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2012

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person puzzle adventure takes place in a vintage world inhabited by living Russian nesting dolls. Charlie Blackmore, the smallest doll in the world, sets...

And Yet It Moves

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 2 April 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

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...

Super Crate Box

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...

DEFCON

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2007

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

DEFCON is a real-time strategy game simulating global nuclear war during the Cold War. From an underground bunker, a general must destroy the enemy population while...

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