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: 8.9/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Wild Case

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 7 April 2021

Players: 8.3/10

The Wild Case is an indie point and click adventure puzzle game with supernatural elements. In this game, players meet a variety of colorful characters, experience...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Book of Travels

Role-playing game, MMO, Indie, Side view

Early Access: Mac → 11 October 2021; Game in development: Mac → 2026

Book of Travels is a unique side-scrolling multiplayer RPG. Inspired by classics of the genre, this serene adventure will transport you to a fairytale world. In the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Martial Law

Adventure, Side view, Visual novel, Free game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 December 2021

Martial Law is a free side-scrolling adventure with visual novel elements. Its main character is one of the inhabitants of communist Poland, abandoned to the mercy...

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...

Sumire

Adventure, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Mac → 27 May 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Sumire is a fantasy adventure visual novel with anime and supernatural elements. In this charming place, a sad girl named Sumire meets a mischievous spirit who...

Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad

Strategy, Historical, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: Mac → 10 September 2021

Cauldrons of War — Stalingrad — a global historical strategy with turn-based battles in the setting during the Great Patriotic War. In the game you will...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for Mac