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...

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...

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: 8.2/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Snake Force

Free game, Shooter, Top-down view, Action, Tactics, Indie

Game released: Mac → 19 November 2021

Players: 10/10

Snake Force is a free-to-play top-down shooter inspired by the classic Snake. Over the course of five levels, the main character kills bad soldiers and frees good...

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...

Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

Adventure, Role-playing game, Isometric, Indie, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Mac → 31 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Nanotale — Typing Chronicles is a fantasy adventure RPG with puzzle elements. You will follow Rosalind, a novice chronicler, on her journey of knowledge...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Say No! More

Indie, Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 10 April 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

Say No! More is an unusual explosive action game with a third-person view. In the game you will find yourself in a world where the word “No!” is forbidden. Your...

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...

Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki

Arcade, Steampunk, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 4 October 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki is an exciting arcade puzzle game with a third-person view in a steampunk setting. In the game you will find the surroundings of the Soviet...

Before Your Eyes

Adventure, Indie, First-person view

Game released: Mac → 28 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An emotional adventure about the soul's journey to the afterlife using a new innovative form of gaming interaction — the gamer's real blinks, which are read...

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...

Impostor Factory

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Impostor Factory is a new adventure from the creators of Finding Paradise and To the Moon. The main characters of the series, Dr. Rosalyn and Dr. Watts, will go to...

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...

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...

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...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

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...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bloons TD Battles 2

Online, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Free game, Top-down view, Tactics, In real time, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 November 2021

Bloons TD Battles 2 is a continuation of the shareware arcade puzzle game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre. In the game, you will engage in a...

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...

Shelter 3

Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 30 March 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Shelter 3 is the continuation of a mesmerizing adventure from a third-person perspective, in which you will learn about the difficulties of survival in the wild...

Papetura

Adventure, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 7 May 2021

Metacritic: 60/100

Papetura is an atmospheric adventure with a side view. The game will tell the story of a cute paper creature named Pape, who ended up in a flower prison. However...

Garden Story

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

Game released: Mac → 11 August 2021

Metacritic: 72/100

Garden Story is a bright adventure role-playing action game with management elements and a top-down view. The game tells the story of a guardian who must unite a...

Bonfire Peaks

Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: Mac → 30 September 2021

The main character explores a voxel island with over 200 puzzles available. The locations are multi-level and consist of cubes. Some items can be moved to go higher...

Astalon: Tears of the Earth

Action, Indie, Platformer, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga

Game released: Mac → 3 June 2021

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Astalon: Tears of the Earth is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer in a fantasy setting. The game follows three heroic explorers who travel through a...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for Mac