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Dorfromantik - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based, Puzzle, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

Growbot

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 21 October 2021

Steam: 88/100

A point-and-click adventure about a girl robot trying to save her home from a dark crystalline force. The story unfolds on a biopunk space station filled with...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space

Game released: Mac → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

REVEIL

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2024

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A narrative thriller about Walter Thompson and his dark past at the Nelson Brothers Circus. The main character sorts out fragments of memories, explores the...

An alt girl for skoof

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

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked

Action, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Survival, Indie

Game released: Mac → 1 December 2015

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Don't Starve: Shipwrecked is an add-on for the isometric survival action game Don't Starve. It adds new characters and creatures, several locations and seasonal...

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 June 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is an add-on for a unique party-based side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The add-on introduces a new campaign, the action...

Echo Weaver

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: Mac → 8 October 2026

Steam: 96/100

The main character should save people who find themselves in a time loop. It is necessary to collect echoes and use them as your most valuable resource. The secrets...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Bastion

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 August 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Bastion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. You will go to a fairy-tale world, which, by the will of fate, is gradually...

Banner Saga 2

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

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...

Reus

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 May 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Reus is a side-scrolling real-time management strategy game set in a fantasy setting. You have to take control of the universe as mighty titans, possessing all...

Dex

Role-playing game, Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Action

Game released: Mac → 7 May 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Dex is a 2D open-world cyberpunk RPG that focuses on exploration and non-linear...

Dead Horizon: Origin

Indie, Action, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 11 August 2017

Steam: 95/100

A mouse-controlled western adventure follows Bonnie Starr, a former farmgirl turned infamous gunslinger who seeks redemption at the end of a gun. In Dead Horizon...

Beyond Blue

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 17 April 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Beyond Blue is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Never Alone. Beyond Blue takes place in the near future...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

Spark in the Dark

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons

Early Access: Mac → 7 April 2026; Game in development: Mac → 2029

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 87/100

A dark role-playing action game with an isometric camera, immersing players in the depths of a sinister dungeon full of mysteries and dangers. The atmosphere is...

Quiplash

Arcade, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Online, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2015

Steam: 93/100

Quiplash is a fun quiz for a group of 3 to 8 people, in which participants must give the funniest answer to a given question. The player who scores the most points...

Dungeon Munchies

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: Mac → 5 June 2019; Game released: Mac → 27 July 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

Perfect Crime

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 1 October 2020

Steam: 67/100

This detective game with strategy and role-playing elements centers on planning a murder and dealing with the ensuing investigation. The player chooses the method...

Close Me

Indie, Adventure, Horror

Game released: Mac → 9 August 2017

Steam: 78/100

This adventure horror game centers on a person who wakes up unable to remember the previous night’s dream. The player moves through everyday activities: going...

Goat Simulator

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Comedy, Open world

Game released: Mac → 27 June 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Goat Simulator is an unusual goat simulator with a third-person view. You have to control such extraordinary characters in the world of computer games as a goat...

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

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

Game released: Mac → 30 October 2015

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 10 February 2025; Early Access: Mac → 4 November 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

A top-down tactical real-time strategy game about special forces conducting operations against terrorists in the Middle East. The game offers full squad deployment...

STAY

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 16 May 2018

Steam: 67/100

STAY is an unusual adventure with a side view and horror elements. Quinn woke up in a closed room, where there is only a computer connected to the chat you are in...

Mad Tower Tycoon

Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Business / Management, Side view

Game released: Mac → 14 January 2020

Steam: 77/100

Mad Tower Tycoon is a side-view strategy game where you can build your own skyscraper with over 100 floors. Rent out offices, apartments and shops to make your...

Melvor Idle

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie, Casual game, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 19 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Casual game in the style of RuneScape. The gamer creates a character and levels up their skills by completing quests, exploring the world, and battling monsters...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

Haque

Role-playing game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 23 November 2017

Steam: 82/100

This turn-based roguelike takes place in a pixelated fantasy world falling apart at the seams. At the request of an old man, the hero sets out to rid the land of...

Legend of Grimrock 2

Role-playing game, Hack and slash, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: Mac → 18 March 2015

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This dungeon-crawling role-playing game follows four prisoners shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex, where they must find a way to survive and escape. The...

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Music game, Tactics, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 April 2015

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...

Tesla vs Lovecraft

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 26 January 2018

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fast-paced top-down shooter that combines the dark horror of Lovecraft and the sci-fi inventions of Tesla. The events of the game will tell...

Death Squared

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Death Squared is an arcade puzzle game from the developers of SMG Studio. The game has a cooperative mode in which you can solve various problems together with...

Stoneshard

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: Mac → 6 February 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 74/100

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Reigns: Game of Thrones

Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Visual novel, Logic, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Reigns: Game of Thrones is a unique card board game in the Game of Thrones universe. As in the original game, the heads of the kingdoms will have to solve problems...

Rebel Cops

Strategy, Tactics, Stealth, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Mac → 17 September 2019

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Rebel Cops is a tactical strategy with step-by-step battles and isometric type of camera, which is the spin-off of the This Is the Police series. In the game, you...

OMORI

Horror, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 25 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...

Detention

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 12 January 2017

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Detention is an indie puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. At Greenwood High School, located in a remote mountainous area, two students are trapped...

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