Indie 2022 for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

Vampire Survivors - a game in the Indie genre

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Gothic

Game released: Mac → 20 October 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A gothic action roguelike about vampires where players fight off hordes of monsters. All that is required of the player is to move around the arena and collect...

Stray

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

Game released: Mac → 19 July 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Post-apocalyptic cyberpunk of a distant future. A suffocating city with a stale atmosphere, inhabited by robots. A lost lonely cat that wants to return home. The...

Forgotten Hill Tales

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Horror, Adventure, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 27 April 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Forgotten Hill Tales is an arcade puzzle horror game with a first-person view. The game will delight you with a series of exciting and atmospheric stories with many...

Space Menace

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 11 November 2022

Steam: 58/100

A science fiction real-time strategy game with tactical space battles. Starting with a single ship, the player gradually transforms a small team into a full-fledged...

Choo-Choo Charles

Adventure, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie, Survival horror, Open world

Game released: Mac → 9 December 2022

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Choo-Choo Charles is a psychological horror shooter with a first-person view in an open world, in which you have to run away from a monster engine that resembles a...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Comedy, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 27 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 90/100

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an improved version of the office adventure with a first-person view. You will play the role of office plankton Stanley, who...

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Arcade, Action, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Online

Game released: Mac → 30 June 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course — an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-platformer, designed in the style of classic 1930s animation. The story...

Isonzo

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Historical, Simulation, Indie, MMO

Game released: Mac → 13 September 2022

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Isonzo is a multiplayer first-person shooter from the creators of Tannenberg and Verdun. The game takes place in the Alps during World War I. You will head to...

Chained Echoes

Role-playing game, Side view, Turn-based, Indie, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Mac → 8 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Old school RPG with turn-based combat. Events take place in a colorful fantasy world on the continent of Valandis. A group of heroes embark on a dangerous journey...

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 26 August 2021; Game released: Mac → 17 March 2022

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness is a classic party RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. The world of Ismerald was struck by the curse of the...

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Chess game, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 12 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

A strategy game with roguelike elements that reimagines chess. The player takes control of a black king with a shotgun, who must defeat an army of white pieces and...

Tunic

Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 16 March 2022

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tunic is an action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. The main character is a cute red fox who must go through a lot of tests, defeat a large number of...

Jotunn - Day of Judgement

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Exploration, Fantasy, Casual game, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 28 October 2022

Steam: 86/100

Jotunn — Day of Judgment is a free first-person horror game with exploration elements, in which the goal is to escape from the mysterious Scandinavian forest...

Little Witch in the Woods

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game, Simulation, Puzzle

Early Access: Mac → 17 May 2022; Game released: Mac → 15 September 2025

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 90/100

The game tells the story of Ellie, a young witch apprentice who goes to the old Witch House to learn the secrets of magic and discover an amazing world. Everyday...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based, Puzzle, City Building, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

The Past Within

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 68/100

The Past Within — an engaging cooperative puzzle game from the creators of Rusty Lake Hotel. In the game, you and a friend will solve puzzles together, but one...

The Iron Oath

Role-playing game, Indie, Tactics, Turn-based, Adventure, Fantasy, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 2 November 2023; Early Access: Mac → 19 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Players lead a group of mercenaries, making key decisions that affect the fate of their...

Two Point Campus

Business / Management, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Isometric, Construction

Game released: Mac → 9 August 2022

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Two Point Campus is a real-time strategy game with management and simulation elements. In this game you have to build an entire university with everything that...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike, Replayability

Early Access: Mac → 15 August 2022; Game released: Mac → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Prodeus

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Early Access: Mac → 9 November 2020; Game released: Mac → 23 September 2022

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Prodeus is a fast-paced first-person shooter set in a sci-fi setting, inspired by the DOOM 64 and Quake series. You can expect realistic blood, modern...

Immortality

Adventure, Indie, Horror, Visual novel, Hidden Objects, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 30 August 2022

Players: 6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Adventure interactive FMV thriller from the creator of indie hit Her Story. This time, the plot revolves around the missing actress Marissa Marcel, whose fate the...

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea

Arcade, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, DLC, Action, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 January 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Dead Cells: The Queen and the Sea is an expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action-slasher inspired by the Dark Souls series. In the expansion, you will...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Heart of Russia

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, DLC, Indie

Game canceled: Mac → 30 May 2022

Anticipation Rating: 8.9/10

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — Heart of Russia — an add-on for a truck driver simulator with a first- and third-person view. In it you have to conquer the...

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 23 March 2022

Steam: 92/100

A classic turn-based roguelike where each run offers a new challenge. Randomly generated dungeons, enemies, items, and events make every expedition different from...

Card Shark

Adventure, Board / Group Game, Side view, Indie, Stealth, Historical, Card game

Game released: Mac → 2 June 2022

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Card Shark is an adventure game about tricks, intrigue and subtle cheating. In the game you have to become a skilled card sharper, finding yourself in the society...

Dark Light

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 29 September 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

A sci-fi metroidvania in a cyberpunk setting, where the world is experiencing an apocalypse after an invasion of supernatural creatures. The player must make his...

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

Interactive movie, Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, , Casual game

Game released: Mac → 19 March 2022

Steam: 71/100

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? — an adventure interactive movie in the puzzle genre with point and click elements. Every year, Abby's mom hosts a family...

Coromon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Indie, Exploration, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 1 April 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The main character travels through a colorful world and tames various creatures in order to get them into his squad of coromons. In total, there are about a hundred...

We Are OFK

Adventure, Indie, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Anime / Manga

Game released: Mac → 18 August 2022

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

We Are OFK is an adventure visual novel with a deep plot. Itsumi Saito has just moved to Downtown and broken up with her longtime girlfriend. Trying to realize...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

Indie, Side view, Platformer, Comedy, Space, Old school

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2022

Players: 10/10

A hamster named Pompom goes into space to save the boy Hoshi and stop the gang of space cat pirates Captain Murmyous. The main feature of the game is that you need...

Army of Ruin

Top-down view, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Fantasy, Indie, Exploration, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 8 June 2023; Early Access: Mac → 27 October 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 88/100

A dynamic action game in which players lead legendary heroes on a campaign against the hordes of evil. As you progress, you can collect a deadly arsenal, capable of...

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok

Action, Roguelike, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Fantasy, Exploration, Role-playing game

Early Access: Mac → 15 December 2022; Game released: Mac → 26 April 2024

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 88/100

After Ragnarok, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, lost almost all of its energy needed to support the Nine Realms. Only a few heroes survived the End of the World...

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell

Action, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 15 December 2022

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell is an expansion for the popular roguelike game Vampire Survivors. The events of the expansion take place in the eastern...

AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Mac → 22 April 2022

Steam: 96/100

AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss is a real-time strategy game in the sci-fi genre with an isometric view. A new optional way to complete the entire game. Instead of...

Stacklands

Strategy, Business / Management, Card game, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Casual game, Fantasy, Survival

Game released: Mac → 8 April 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Stacklands is a minimalist card roguelike with elements of tactical strategy in a fantasy setting. In the game you will become the head of your own village and with...

Despot's Game

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

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

Steam: 82/100

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...

The House of Da Vinci 3

Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Exploration, Hidden Objects, First-person view, Logic, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 23 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

The House of Da Vinci 3 is an indie adventure puzzle game with elements of exploration and a first-person view. The time for the finale has come: for the last time...

Dungeon Munchies

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

Early Access: Mac → 5 June 2019; Game released: Mac → 27 July 2022

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 54/100

Dungeon Munchies is a side-scrolling adventure role-playing action platformer in a fantasy setting. The game will tell a story about a necromancer cook who hunts...

Black Book - Endless Battles

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, DLC, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Roguelike, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 18 February 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 51/100

Black Book — Endless Battles — an expansion for the adventure game and card RPG set in the decorations of Russian fairy tales Black Book. It adds a mode with...

Stay Out of the House

Survival horror, Indie, First-person view, Old school, Stealth, Horror

Game released: Mac → 14 October 2022

Steam: 94/100

A dark game with VHS video style graphics. The main character finds himself in the lair of a maniac and must get out in three days. You'll have to quietly explore...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2022 for Mac