Indie 2021 for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

WorldBox - God Simulator - a game in the Indie genre

Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Isometric, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.4/10

WorldBox — God Simulator is a real-time god simulator with indie strategy elements and an isometric view. You can create sheep, wolves, orcs, elves, gnomes...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

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

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker

Game released: Mac → 1 September 2021

Players: 7.9/10

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Simulation, Action, Fighting, Business / Management, Indie, Medieval era, Sandbox, Comedy

Early Access: Mac → 1 April 2019; Game released: Mac → 1 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...

Len's Island

Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Simulation

Early Access: Mac → 26 November 2021; Game released: Mac → 19 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A top-down action adventure game combining survival, construction and exploration. A new resident arrives on a picturesque island with a minimal set of tools and a...

Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery

Puzzle, Detective, Hidden Objects, Exploration, Indie

Game released: Mac → 26 February 2021

Players: 9.7/10

The main character of the game is a private detective who went to a small town at the request of his father. All the residents of the city have disappeared, and...

ENEMIES

First-person view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 30 August 2021

The game takes place in a video game development corporation looking to take video games to the next level through immersive technology. But everything starts to go...

Voxel Tycoon

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 15 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Voxel Tycoon is a management simulator with an isometric camera view, set in an endless world of voxels. As you progress, you will have to mine resources...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Samorost is an unusual side-scrolling indie adventure game that follows the exciting journey of a dwarf in...

Wildermyth

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy

Early Access: Mac → 13 November 2019; Game released: Mac → 15 June 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...

Chicory: A Colorful Tale

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

Game released: Mac → 10 June 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Chicory: A Colorful Tale is an adventure puzzle game with RPG elements and a top-down view. The game is about a dog who wields a magic brush. You'll use the power...

Spellcaster University

Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Card game, In real time

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2021

Players: 8/10

Spellcaster University is a real-time strategy game with simulation and management elements. In this game you take on the role of the director of a magical...

Idol Manager

Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Music game

Game released: Mac → 27 July 2021

Players: 9.8/10

Idol Manager is a cute management simulator with visual novel elements in anime style. You will take on the role of manager in a small (but growing) talent agency...

Survival Z

Adventure, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Casual game, Zombies, Indie

Game released: Mac → 26 April 2021

Players: 7/10

Adventure action, whose events unfold in a world where zombies captured the planet after a global catastrophe. The main character, one of the few survivors, goes in...

Down in Bermuda

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Hidden Objects

Game released: Mac → 14 January 2021

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...

War on the Sea

Action, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines, Historical, Strategy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 2 February 2021

Players: 8.6/10

War on the Sea is a massive tactical strategy game in which you travel to the historic battlefields of World War II and lead your fleet to victory. The game offers...

Tavern Master

Strategy, Business / Management, Simulation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Isometric, In real time

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Tavern Master is a fun real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. In the game you will try on the role of a tavern owner who starts his...

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk

Horror, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 December 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk is a visual novel in the horror genre with point and click elements. A psychedelic narrative full of pyramidal word...

Genesis Noir

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: Mac → 26 March 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Genesis Noir is a third-person noir adventure where you have to save humanity from destruction. The event itself will tell the secrets of the universal Big Bang and...

Milo and the Magpies

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 7 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Milo and the Magpies is a point and click adventure with indie elements. Milo, a curious and adventurous cat, must find his way home after an encounter with pesky...

Fearmonium

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Fearmonium is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with Metroidvania elements. The game takes place in the mind of a boy named Max, who once saw several clowns...

Bad End Theater

Indie, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 26 October 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Bad End Theater is a pixelated puzzle adventure with visual novel elements in which you explore the creepy stories of a cast of characters. The decisions made...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie

Game released: Mac → 3 November 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle between famous...

To the Rescue!

Simulation, Business / Management, Casual game, Top-down view, Indie, Construction

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2021

Players: 7/10

A colorful simulator of a dog shelter, where the lives of dozens of homeless tailed dogs depend on care and organization. Together with the cute furry charges, the...

Destructive Physics - Destruction Simulator

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Indie, God Simulator

Early Access: Mac → 2 April 2020; Game released: Mac → 20 August 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Destructive Physics — Destruction Simulator is a full-fledged destruction simulator with a first-person view. In the game you can slow down time, cause an...

Weaving Tides

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 27 May 2021

Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Minute of Islands

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 18 March 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Minute of Islands is a side-scrolling adventure puzzle platformer set in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game, you will take on the role of an experienced...

Mini Motorways

Indie, Business / Management, Strategy, Logic, Top-down view

Game released: Mac → 20 July 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Mini Metro is an engaging top-down indie management strategy game from the creators of Mini Metro. In the game, you will start developing the road network of a...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 July 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will be able to...

Melvor Idle

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

Game released: Mac → 19 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Cyber Manhunt

Simulation, Indie, Role-playing game, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Horror

Game released: Mac → 3 February 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Cyber Manhunt is an adventure simulator with role-playing elements in a cyberpunk setting, in which you can try yourself as a hacker. You have to monitor the...

Perfect Gold

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Adult game

Game released: Mac → 19 April 2021

Perfect Gold is a Japanese-style visual novel for adults. The plot centers on two anime girls from the magical city of Castlecoast. Alchemy student Audrey Clery and...

Indicted

Adventure, Action, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 29 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Indicted is an action-horror adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. Seeking redemption, Detective Arthur decides to take on his latest case...

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

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...

Despot's Game

Indie, Strategy, In real time, Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Roguelike

Early Access: Mac → 14 October 2021; Game released: Mac → 29 September 2022

A futuristic post -apocalyptic strategy, where a group of survivors needs to get out of a gloomy labyrinth. The path is full of dangers, but the weapon and...

Teamfight Manager

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Sports game, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 2 March 2021

Teamfight Manager is a tactical management strategy with turn-based battles and auto-battler elements in a pixel style. In the game you will try on the role of a...

Rain on Your Parade

Action, Isometric, Comedy, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 15 April 2021

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Rogue Star Rescue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Mac → 4 February 2021

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced, cooperative top-down roguelike shooter with tower defense elements set in a sci-fi setting. A massive Rogue Star formed from...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for Mac