Indie 2023 for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

Shogun Showdown - a game in the Indie genre

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game, Replayability

Early Access: Mac → 27 June 2023; Game released: Mac → 5 September 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Brotato

Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival

Game released: Mac → 23 June 2023

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an alien planet...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

Roots of Pacha

Top-down view, Action, Role-playing game, Simulation, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Farm Simulator, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 25 April 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sandbox with elements of a farmer simulator. The player is building a settlement in the Stone Age. You can grow plants to harvest crops, tame animals, and explore...

Sun Haven

Indie, Farm Simulator, Online, Adventure, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 11 March 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

A fantasy farm simulator with dragons, magic, an interesting story and a final boss. The game offers a huge world full of opportunities for development and...

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania

DLC, Action, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania, Roguelike, Platformer, Gothic

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2023

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 88/100

An expansion for the hardcore side-scrolling action roguelike Dead Cells, which brings original content inspired by Castlevania to the game. The main character...

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...

Astral Ascent

Action, Roguelike, Side view, Slasher, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Fantasy, Replayability

Game released: Mac → 14 November 2023

Players: 7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Four heroes with unique personalities try to escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 godlike and treacherous Zodiacs. The game has dozens of unique...

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...

Gravity Circuit

Action, Platformer, Combat robots, Beat them all, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Mac → 13 July 2023

Steam: 95/100

The game takes place in a future world where intelligent robots face an old enemy — the Virus Army. Many years ago the villains were defeated, but now they...

Tiny Life

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game, Old school, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 3 May 2023; Game in development: Mac → 2027

Steam: 88/100

Isometric life simulator with a pronounced retro aesthetic reminiscent of the early parts of The Sims. The action is centered around one large house, where the...

Mineko's Night Market

Adventure, Side view, Simulation, Indie, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 26 September 2023

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The main character is an inquisitive girl named Mineko, who has just moved to a new home on a hapless Japanese island at the foot of Mount Fugu. Superstitious...

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...

Ten Dates

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 14 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of the interactive game Five Dates. The main heroine and her best friend go on speed dates to find their love. The gamer's choices in dialogues...

Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Simulation, Comedy, Science fiction, Strategy, Business / Management

Game released: Mac → 25 May 2023

Steam: 68/100

Continuation of the unusual simulator Do Not Feed the Monkeys. The events of the game unfold in the year 2099, when alien knowledge triggered a rapid...

Fly Corp

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

Game released: Mac → 18 May 2023

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 86/100

A minimalist strategy game for managing an air network. The main objective is to develop air routes between real cities with populations corresponding to real data...

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - The Lord of Nothing

DLC, Role-playing game, Isometric, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 21 November 2023

Steam: 72/100

The expansion takes place in the icy lands, where players will try to uncover the secrets of the mysterious wizard's tower, help the Kellid tribe in the flowering...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2023

Steam: 91/100

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

Golf It!

Arcade, Sports game, Online, Golf, Indie, Simulation, Virtual Reality (VR), Casual game

Early Access: Mac → 17 February 2017; Game released: Mac → 18 August 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Golf It! is a fun multiplayer sports arcade game with support for virtual reality devices, dedicated to mini-golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for...

Gatewalkers

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Isometric, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 13 January 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 66/100

A cooperative dynamic game with survival elements in a fantasy setting. Gamers go on an amazing journey through different worlds to save their own. Vast locations...

Brave's Rage

Roguelike, Card game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, In real time, Indie

Game released: Mac → 1 February 2023

Players: 3/10

Steam: 80/100

Brave's Rage is a tactical card action game with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. The game features a unique system of card battles in active mode, which...

A Highland Song

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 5 December 2023

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Moira McKinnon goes on an exciting adventure. To reach the sea, Moira must first cross the Scottish Highlands — a wilderness full of paths, peaks, shortcuts...

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Fantasy, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 20 April 2023

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The second episode returns to a cozy night café, where the fates of people and fantastic beings intersect amidst the rain and neon lights. Quiet conversations about...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action, Strategy, Sandbox

Game released: Mac → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 75/100

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - West Balkans

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

Game released: Mac → 19 October 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Euro Truck Simulator 2 — West Balkans — an expansion for the truck driving simulator with first-person and third-person views. As part of the expansion, you will be...

Kung Fury - Street Rage Ultimate Edition

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 March 2023

Steam: 89/100

A co-op game based on the short film Kung Fury. Gamers control one of five characters with unique abilities and make their way through crowds of opponents. In...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 23 October 2023

Steam: 63/100

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

Fireball Wizard

Fantasy, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Game released: Mac → 20 June 2023

Steam: 90/100

A pixel game in which the gamer explores a magical world in the role of a powerful sorcerer. The main character can use various fire spells to defeat ordinary...

Death or Treat

Side view, Roguelike, Action, Slasher, Fantasy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 May 2023

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 57/100

The main character is Zhutik, the owner of PrizraMart, the main enterprise for the production of Halloween sweets. After the mysterious disappearance of the...

Vampire Survivors: Emergency Meeting

Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Arcade, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 18 December 2023

Steam: 93/100

Add-on for Vampire Survivors with characters from Among Us. New location "Pole Replica" is a copy of the scientific base from the Polus map, divided into several...

Duru - About Mole Rats and Depression

Side view, Platformer, Puzzle, Educational game (Education), Adventure, Indie

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2023

Steam: 86/100

Tuli lives in a rodent colony and is a forager. One day, Bel appears at a party, the personification of the main character’s growing depression. You need to explore...

Super Catboy

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Indie, Side view, Shooter

Game released: Mac → 24 July 2023

Steam: 77/100

Super Catboy is not just an ordinary cat. Together with his crazy partner, a charming young lady armed from head to toe, he leaves nothing but chaos as he tries to...

Mile High Taxi

Arcade, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Cyberpunk, Racing

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2023

Steam: 63/100

A game inspired by the film The Fifth Element, in which the gamer controls a futuristic flying taxi and delivers customers. Events take place in the 24th century in...

Flutter Away

Exploration, Adventure, Walking Simulator, First-person view, Casual game, Indie, Hidden Objects

Game released: Mac → 3 August 2023

Steam: 87/100

An atmospheric adventure through the Amazon rainforest. The player takes on the role of a butterfly researcher who goes on a five-day hike. As you progress, you can...

Long Gone Days

Japanese role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Role-playing game, Indie, Turn-based

Game released: Mac → 10 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 87/100

The main character is a young sniper named Rourke. He was raised underground as a soldier his entire adult life. One day, Rourke receives his first assignment, in...

Life of Delta

Adventure, Side view, Indie, Logic, Puzzle, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 13 March 2023

Steam: 67/100

Life of Delta is a Point and Click indie adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world of destroyed Japan. After a nuclear war, all people died, only robots and...

Nobodies: After Death

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 20 April 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

The main character is a cleaner for a secret government intelligence organization. Only he can carefully dispose of bodies, brilliantly destroy evidence and leave...

Full Void

Puzzle, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: Mac → 18 July 2023

Steam: 91/100

The game takes place in a dystopian future. The main character is a frightened and lonely teenager who is trying to free humanity from the oppression of evil...

The Godfeather: A Mafia Pigeon Saga

Arcade, Action, Roguelike, Comedy, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 October 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 100/100

A bright game about the pigeon mafia. The main character flies over the city and drops “bombs” on the heads of local residents. You need to search trash containers...

The Wreck

Visual novel, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural, Indie

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2023

Steam: 90/100

The story of a failed screenwriter, Junon, who faces many problems at work and in her personal life. The player travels through the girl's memories to try to fix...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2023 for Mac