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: 8.5/10

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...

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...

Dysmantle

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

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.9/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: Mac → 22 April 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is an adventure RPG puzzle game with horror elements and an isometric view. You are a nice baby turnip who was declared an enemy of...

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...

Samorost

Adventure, Free game, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 20 May 2021

Players: 9.6/10

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Rewinder

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

Game released: Mac → 10 September 2021

An adventure based on Chinese mythology. The main character's name is Yun, he is the last known "Rewinder" who can communicate with spirits and examine other...

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...

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...

RavenWeald

Free game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Isometric, Procedural generation

Early Access: Mac → 13 January 2021; Game released: Mac → 8 September 2022

A free strategy game with turn-based combat and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The main action takes place in a magical forest filled with deadly...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 26 January 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A desperate cry for help...

NUTS

First-person view, Adventure, Action, Simulation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 4 February 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

NUTS is an indie action adventure game with simulation elements and a first-person view. Your mission briefing will give you a starting point, but it will be up to...

Plague Inc: The Cure

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

Game released: Mac → 28 January 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Plague Inc: The Cure is a free expansion for the unique simulator with elements of a management strategy for modern platforms. You will lead several research teams...

NoseBound

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 19 January 2021

NoseBound is a classic point and click side-scrolling adventure with a noir style. The game tells the story of private detective Ray Hammond, who is trying to catch...

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

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

Early Access: Mac → 18 October 2021

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game is an unusual turn-based role-playing game that will take you back to the ancient times of Caledonia. Events will tell about...

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...

The Fox in the Forest

Online, Board / Group Game, Card game, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 19 October 2021

The Fox in the Forest is a tactical board card game. The queen decreed that whoever defeats the monsters will receive half the kingdom as a reward. With the help of...

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...

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...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for Mac