Indie 2017 for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

Hollow Knight - a game in the Indie genre

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...

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...

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...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Mac → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Serial Cleaner

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 July 2017

Players: 5.1/10

Metacritic: 66/100

An interesting simulator with stealth elements and a view of the top, inspired by the atmosphere of Fargo and Crime Fix. The work is simple, but dangerous: to hide...

Brawlhalla

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

Game released: Mac → 17 October 2017

Players: 7.8/10

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...

PickCrafter

Free game, Arcade, Indie, Action

Game released: Mac → 14 December 2017

Players: 8.1/10

PickCrafter is a shareware arcade clicker with role-playing elements and crafting. In the game you have to look for jewelry, make pickaxes and find a lot of...

Cat Quest

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie

Game released: Mac → 8 August 2017

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Cat Quest is an unusual action RPG with an isometric camera view. The game invites you to get into the role of a cat who wanders around the world and fights...

Narcosis

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: Mac → 28 March 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Narcosis is a first-person horror adventure game that supports HTC Vive, OSVR and Oculus Rift virtual reality devices. The game takes place deep under the Pacific...

Strafe

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 May 2017

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Strafe is a bloody retro shooter with a first-person view. The game is a tribute to classic shooters and a subtle play on nostalgia at the same time. You will find...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Finding Paradise is an indie top-down adventure that is a direct sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story. Players will once again meet two doctors who travel through...

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

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...

Beat Cop

Adventure, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 30 March 2017

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Beat Cop is a side-scrolling adventure detective game with pixel graphics. The game takes place in New York in the 80s. Former detective Jack Kelly was framed for...

The First Tree

Adventure, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 September 2017

Players: 9.3/10

The First Tree is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The game intertwines two stories: a boy who is trying to find his father and a fox who goes in...

Battle Chef Brigade

Role-playing game, Action, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 20 November 2017

Metacritic: 82/100

Battle Chef Brigade is a fast-paced Japanese-style side-scrolling action RPG. You have to become a chef in the most extreme conditions. After all, in order to...

Immortal Redneck

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2017

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Immortal Redneck is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelike elements. You will find unique arenas that are generated randomly, a wide arsenal of weapons...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Mac → 15 December 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

88 Heroes

Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 24 March 2017

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Night in the Woods

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 21 February 2017

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...

Slash It 2

Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Action, Music game

Game released: Mac → 24 January 2017

Slash It 2 is an indie musical adventure game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and enter words at the right time and in the right...

Stories Untold

Adventure, Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 27 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Stories Untold is a text adventure with horror elements in the style of 80s films. The game is based on the series of the same name, which was never aired. You are...

Crawl

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: Mac → 11 April 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Crawl is a fast-paced action roguelike with side-scrolling RPG elements. The game features a variety of dungeons that are randomly generated. The game is designed...

Xenon Valkyrie

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

Game released: Mac → 3 February 2017

Players: 10/10

Xenon Valkyrie is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG with procedurally generated levels. You will travel to the deepest part of the moon to stop the evil witch...

Slash It Ultimate

Action, Music game, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Mac → 15 July 2017

Slash It Ultimate is an indie musical action game with arcade elements. The goal of the game is to play the rhythm of the song in various game modes and compete...

Overgrowth

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 October 2017

Players: 6.8/10

Overgrowth is a third-person action game about brave rabbits who master martial arts. There are other animals in the game that complement the medieval universe of...

Paradigm

Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 5 April 2017

Metacritic: 85/100

Paradigm is a surreal point and click adventure in which you take on the role of a handsome mutant named Paradigm. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic city...

Antihero

Strategy, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 10 July 2017

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Antihero is a turn-based strategy where we have to become the leader of a bandit group and engage in robbery activities. The game takes place in Victorian London...

Death Squared

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2017

Players: 7.9/10

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...

West of Loathing

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

Game released: Mac → 10 August 2017

Players: 10/10

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...

Nidhogg 2

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2017

Metacritic: 76/100

Nidhogg 2 is a sequel to the arcade side-scrolling indie fighting game. The sequel received completely new graphics and animation, characters stylistically similar...

Bad Dream: Coma

Adventure, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 9 March 2017

A dark quest with elements of a psychological thriller. The main character travels through a surreal and disturbing dream world, whose appearance adapts to the...

Tormentor X Punisher

Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Arcade, Cyberpunk, Music game

Game released: Mac → 2 June 2017

Tormentor X Punisher — a brutal shooter with a top-down view and controlled by two joysticks, the goal of which is to survive and score the maximum number of...

Black the Fall

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 July 2017

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Black the Fall is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer whose main goal is to tell the story of a hero escaping the communist system. Solve puzzles to avoid...

Cryptark

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 20 June 2017

Space arcade shooter with a side view. The player takes on the role of a futuristic mercenary who earns money from government contracts and attacks space stations...

Opus Magnum

Simulation, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 7 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Opus Magnum is an indie puzzle game with simulation elements in a medieval setting. You have to take on the role of a powerful alchemist. Unravel the mysterious...

Little Kite

Adventure, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 September 2017

Little Kite is an adventure quest where you will experience one day in the life of a dysfunctional family, where domestic violence and alcohol go hand in hand. The...

Doodle Devil

Logic, Puzzle, Simulation, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Mac → 25 May 2017

Players: 7/10

Doodle Devil — an arcade devil simulator that allows you to create your own universe with demons, monsters, and zombies. The game is a continuation of Doodle God...

Doodle Mafia

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 20 April 2017

Players: 6.5/10

A casual puzzle in the Doodle game series. In the game you can lead a gangster clan or help the police clear the city of crime. There are more than 500 elements...

Hyper Knights

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2017

Hyper Knights is a medieval arcade indie action game with adventure elements. You'll hack and break through hundreds of enemies in a fast-paced, skill-based game...

Everything

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2017

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Everything is an interactive and colorful “everything simulator” where you can explore a diverse world, travel between stars and planets, and explore a vast...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2017 for Mac (Game released)