Indie 2024 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: 97/100

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...

Banquet for Fools

Role-playing game, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Game released: Mac → 5 March 2026; Early Access: Mac → 30 September 2024

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

The game takes place on a mysterious island where a civilization once perished. A lord settled in this place to grow a profitable spice that only grows here. But...

Thronefall

Isometric, Strategy, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), In real time, Indie, City Building

Game released: Mac → 11 October 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night. It is important...

An alt girl for skoof

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

The game, based on a popular meme, tells the story of the acquaintance of a pot-bellied and balding man with altushki from State Services. In the game you can start...

Banebush

Horror, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 25 December 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 94/100

A gloomy adventure made in black and red colors and inspired by fairy tales. The game has several endings, the receipt of which depends on the decisions made by the...

Caves of Qud

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 15 July 2015; Game released: Mac → 5 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A turn-based RPG from the minds of Sproggiwood. The game world is generated anew each time, offering unique adventures with each visit. The environment can be...

Nine Sols

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 29 May 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Adventure action-platformer from the creators of psychological horrors Detention and Devotion. The game tells the story of an awakened hero who must fight nine...

Neva

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Indie

Game released: Mac → 15 October 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The main character is the girl Alba, who, after meeting with dark forces, found herself connected with a curious wolf cub. Together they embark on a dangerous...

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Adventure, Detective, Indie, Point & Click, Historical

Game released: Mac → 19 September 2024

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A remaster of the original 1996 adventure Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars. The game received improved graphics and support for 4K resolution. The main...

Harold Halibut

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 16 April 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The events of the game take place on a large spaceship, which, after two hundred years of its journey, has managed to turn into a real retro-utopia. But after a...

REVEIL

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Exploration, Walking Simulator, Indie

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2024

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A narrative thriller about Walter Thompson and his dark past at the Nelson Brothers Circus. The main character sorts out fragments of memories, explores the...

Dungeons and Robots

Action, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2024

Steam: 40/100

This online action shooter RPG is set in a future where humanity has left an uninhabitable Earth and settled on the planet TSI-5. While exploring its dungeons...

Skillwood

Simulation, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Casual game, Exploration

Early Access: Mac → 20 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

A relaxing pixelated lumberjack game inspired by survival simulators. You need to chop wood, mine stones, discover new trees and locations. You will also have to...

Seablip

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 17 May 2024; Game in development: Mac → 2026

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

A colorful role-playing sandbox with an open world, ships and the romance of sea adventures. A long journey awaits the player, full of secrets and adventures. The...

Rusty's Retirement

Farm Simulator, Business / Management, Top-down view, Strategy, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 26 April 2024

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A colorful game about developing a farm on your own desktop. The player tries to help Rusty water and harvest crops, develop new crops, expand his farm, and even...

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kitten

Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons, Fantasy, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 19 February 2024; Early Access: Mac → 4 December 2020

Steam: 79/100

Hardcore indie platformer with roguelike elements and dungeons. The player takes on the role of a brave hero who, at the command of the eccentric Lady Tallowmere...

FaeVerse Alchemy

Casual game, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 11 September 2024

Steam: 57/100

FaeVerse Alchemy is an alchemy-themed puzzle game in which players combine three or more matching elements to create a single element of higher quality. Modes with...

Cart To The End

Free game, Online, Action, Indie, Casual game, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

Game released: Mac → 19 July 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

A multiplayer game in which you need to drive to the end of the railway, avoiding various obstacles and eluding other gamers in order to win. Among the traps there...

Star Command Galaxies

Isometric, Indie, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 28 August 2024

Steam: 41/100

A science-fiction strategy and adventure game with starship simulation elements, Star Command Galaxies follows a captain and crew exploring galaxies and carrying...

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania

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

Game released: Mac → 31 October 2024

Steam: 97/100

Addition for Vampire Survivors with characters from the Castlevania universe. The sun set again over Dracula's castle, and with the rising of the moon, terrible...

Firepower Forge

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Action

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2024

Steam: 91/100

A fast-paced multiplayer first-person shooter with customizable classes. Players can select weapons, passive and active abilities, creating their own gear setups...

Speedollama

Shooter, Platformer, Arcade, Side view, Adventure, Comedy, Indie

Game released: Mac → 21 October 2024

Steam: 95/100

A dynamic pixel game about a group of elite llama mercenaries who set out to destroy an army of alpacas. You can improve your skills and use different weapons. The...

Chef RPG

Role-playing game, Adventure, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: Mac → 12 September 2024; Game in development: Mac → 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

The main character is a young chef who is tasked with reviving a once famous restaurant in a beautiful seaside town that was once a thriving tourist destination...

Omega Crafter

Survival, Action, Third-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Indie, City Building

Early Access: Mac → 29 March 2024; Game released: Mac → 15 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

The events take place in a virtual gaming world that is under development and has been attacked by a mysterious malware. The player goes on an exciting adventure to...

Teeny Tiny Trains

Logic, Puzzle, Top-down view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Mac → 28 June 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

The player is creating his own miniature railway empire. You need to place tracks on the playing field, connecting them so that tiny trains can travel from one...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: Mac → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 78/100

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

Playing Kafka

Free game, Adventure, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 21 May 2024

Steam: 94/100

An adventure game set in a surreal world inspired by the works of Franz Kafka. The game offers a deep immersion into an atmosphere of absurdity and existential...

DREDGE - The Iron Rig

DLC, Indie, Hunting / Fishing, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Simulation, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2024

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 81/100

The add-on tells a completely new story related to the Iron Harbor company. Players deliver cargo to an oil platform containing a secret laboratory. By assisting...

Arco

Tactics, Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Top-down view, Adventure, Exploration, Indie, Role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2024

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A unique tactical action game where the plot is formed based on the player’s decisions. Four heroes must travel through dense forests, endless plains and scorching...

Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game, Fantasy

Game released: Mac → 20 June 2024

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A colorful visual novel in the spirit of tabletop fantasy adventures, where instead of playing the role of a hero with a sword, you become the owner of a magical...

#DRIVE Rally

Racing, Sports game, Indie, Old school, Arcade

Early Access: Mac → 25 September 2024; Game released: Mac → 16 April 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 57/100

A stylish racing game dedicated to the motorsport era of the 90s. Players can get behind the wheel of legendary rally cars including Das Holzwagen, The Doggo and...

Saviorless

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Indie, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 2 April 2024

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A dark action-platformer in which two main characters try to escape the cursed lands known as the Smiling Isles. The main characters realize that they are inside...

3 Minutes to Midnight

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

Game released: Mac → 22 August 2024

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Mexico, where the peace of people is disturbed by a huge explosion. At this moment, Betty Anderson wakes up and needs to regain her memory...

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

Steam: 80/100

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...

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...

Hands of Necromancy 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy, Demons, Old school, Indie

Game released: Mac → 16 September 2024

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Grim old-school shooter in the spirit of Heretic and DOOM (1995). The player takes on the role of a powerful necromancer, exploring various locations, fighting...

Helskate

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Skateboards, Indie

Early Access: Mac → 15 February 2024; Game released: Mac → 20 January 2025

Steam: 65/100

A dynamic game about a skateboarder. The main character trains, performs tricks and combos to strengthen his attacks and defeat all the monsters. You can combine...

NAIAD

Arcade, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Exploration, Puzzle

Game released: Mac → 10 December 2024

Steam: 95/100

A relaxing adventure with minimalistic graphics. The main character, named Naiad, floats down a mysterious river and interacts with animals and plants to get to the...

Mini Sports

Collection, Online, Arcade, Racing, Billiards, Golf, Indie, Casual game, Sports game

Game released: Mac → 7 February 2024

Steam: 63/100

A collection of multiplayer sports games in which two gamers fight one on one. There are classic billiards, arcade races with a view of the top, badminton, Curling...

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Action, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Adventure

Game released: Mac → 6 March 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Hardcore precision platformer in the spirit of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The player controls the climber's hands to ascend a massive, treacherous...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2024 for Mac