Indie for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre / Page 3

Tangerine Antarctic - a game in the Indie genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Detective

Game in development: Mac → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure role-playing game from the creators of Disco Elysium. The action takes place in 2086 in Antarctica. The player takes on the role of operative Dinora...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

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

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

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...

Limbo

Action, Horror, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 December 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A dark adventure platformer built on the atmosphere of silence, loneliness, and constant danger. The story tells about a boy who sets out to find his missing...

Lust for Darkness

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Adult game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 12 June 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 50/100

Lust for Darkness is an adventure horror game with a first-person view. Jonathan Moon receives a letter from his wife, who disappeared a year ago. Following the...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 15 July 2015; Game released: Mac → 5 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

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

Game released: Mac → 1 April 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Medieval era, Gothic

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

Two Point Campus

Business / Management, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Isometric, Construction

Game released: Mac → 9 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with everything that...

Go Ape Ship!

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

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2026

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Fostering Apocalypse

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Visual novel, Indie, Free game, Side view, Survival, Demons

Game released: Mac → 15 July 2021

Steam: 92/100

A short narrative game with survival elements and two endings. The world has already perished once in a demonic apocalypse, and now someone is trying to bring about...

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...

Gris

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Platformer

Game released: Mac → 13 December 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 February 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Dead Cells: The Bad Seed is a hardcore side-scrolling action slasher expansion inspired by the Dark Souls series. Two new locations await you, in which there will...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 January 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

Plague Inc: Evolved

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Indie, Business / Management, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Plague Inc: Evolved is an updated version of an unusual simulator with elements of management strategy for modern platforms. The game will give you the opportunity...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone where zombies live...

Nine Sols

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Adventure action-platformer from the creators of psychological horrors Detention and Devotion. The game tells the story of an awakened hero who must fight nine...

Necesse

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

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

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

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

To the Moon

Adventure, Top-down view, Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 7 September 2012

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

An indie adventure game created using the RPG Maker engine. The game tells the story of two young doctors, Eva and Neil, who give people another chance to live...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Mac → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Sandbox

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

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 54/100

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...

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...

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy, Adventure, DLC, Business / Management, Roguelike, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 1 June 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 80/100

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is an expansion to the side-scrolling management strategy adventure This War of Mine. The addition tells the story of young...

Rain World

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Side view, Survival, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Mac → 28 March 2017

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric hardcore platformer with survival elements. The story tells of a small creature named Slugcat, who was separated from his family in a world where...

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

Steam: 93/100

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...

Brawlhalla

Arcade, Action, Fighting, MMO, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Online

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2017

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Brawlhalla is a free-to-play side-scrolling multiplayer fighting platformer that supports up to 8 players. The game features a wide variety of heroes with unique...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s animation. The story...

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: 90/100

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...

Roots of Pacha

Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Farm Simulator, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sandbox with elements of a farmer simulator. The player is building a settlement in the Stone Age. You can grow plants to harvest crops, tame animals, and explore...

Fear & Hunger

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 21 January 2019; Early Access: Mac → 11 December 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 93/100

The game's action takes place in the gloomy and hopeless dungeons of an ancient fortress. Four unfortunate adventurers delve deeper into the darkness, uncovering...

Down in Bermuda

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 14 January 2021

Steam: 89/100

The main character is a pilot named Milton, who gets caught in a storm and finds himself trapped in the famous Bermuda Triangle. He explores the islands and solves...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Telling Lies

Interactive movie, Adventure, First-person view, Detective, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 August 2019

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Telling Lies is an interactive adventure from the creators of the Her Story series. The game tells the story of four characters, one of whom is hiding a big lie...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Early Access: Mac → 27 June 2023; Game released: Mac → 5 September 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Ghost in the SQL Data

Educational game (Education), Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Detective, Strategy, Simulation

Game in development: Mac → 2027

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

A detective game where players will investigate crimes using the SQL programming language. Instead of the usual search for clues in locations, players need to work...

Super Meat Boy

Action, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2014

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...

Horizon Chase Turbo

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Horizon Chase Turbo is an exciting third-person racing arcade game from the creators of the original Horizon Chase. The game features 73 tracks in 32 different...

Creepy Tale: Snow Child

Adventure, Horror, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 14 May 2026

Steam: 90/100

The game continues to develop the ideas of the Creepy Tale series, focusing on expanding the world, improving the visual component, and offering more diverse...

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