Indie 2025 for Mac — top best games in the Indie genre

Hollow Knight: Silksong - a game in the Indie genre

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

Game released: Mac → 4 September 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Hades 2

Action, Hack and slash, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Replayability, Slasher

Game released: Mac → 25 September 2025

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 94/100

A continuation of the roguelike Hades, taking players into even deeper and darker layers of ancient Greek mythology. This time the story revolves around Melinoe...

Escape Simulator 2

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: Mac → 27 October 2025

Players: 9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A sequel to the co-op puzzle game Escape Simulator. One to eight players explore three large levels, each consisting of four rooms: Dracula's gloomy fortress, an...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy, Fantasy

Early Access: Mac → 31 October 2018; Game released: Mac → 4 June 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 98/100

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Tiny Bunny

Adventure, Horror, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 5 December 2025

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 81/100

An adventurous visual novel with horror elements. Looking out of the window of an old house, the boy Anton sees a fading village, huge snowdrifts, and a frozen...

Slender Threads

Adventure, Horror, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Comedy, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 7 February 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Atmospheric quest, where reality is intertwined with nightmares. Harvey, a wandering salesman, is in a small town of Villa Ventat. Its days are filled with...

Soulstone Survivors

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

Game released: Mac → 17 June 2025

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

An action RPG with roguelike elements, where the fantasy world is filled with hordes of monsters and giant bosses. The player becomes a Void Hunter, destroying...

Bridge Constructor Studio

Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Simulation, Construction, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 17 July 2025

Steam: 90/100

A game from the Bridge Constructor series that supports both regular and virtual reality glasses modes. The gamer builds structures from various elements that must...

Cast n Chill

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Clicker

Game released: Mac → 16 June 2025

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A relaxing fishing game in the background where you can explore calm lakes, rivers and oceans at your own pace. The game requires you to catch fish, sell them for a...

Bongo Cat

Free game, Comedy, Clicker, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 5 March 2025

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 96/100

A mini-game that adds a cheerful cat to your desktop taskbar. When you press keys, the cute character taps his paws. Earn points to unlock various hats that change...

Dungeon Warfare 3

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school, Simulation

Game released: Mac → 29 August 2025

Steam: 78/100

A tower defense strategy game about creating deadly dungeons, where every piece of territory turns into part of an impregnable fortress. The new installment expands...

Beholder: Conductor

Simulation, Business / Management, Comedy, Side view, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: Mac → 23 April 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Spin-off of the Beholder series. The main character is a train conductor who is tasked with monitoring passengers, reporting incidents and carrying out important...

Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Medieval era, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Side view

Game released: Mac → 8 May 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 76/100

A continuation of the royal strategy, in which it is again necessary to manage the destinies of people, making difficult decisions in the face of political...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online

Early Access: Mac → 12 December 2019; Game released: Mac → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 94/100

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

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...

Dead Reset

Adventure, Horror, Interactive movie, Visual novel, Casual game, Indie

Game released: Mac → 11 September 2025

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The main character, surgeon Cole Mason, was kidnapped and forced to perform an operation to remove a parasite from a patient in an underwater complex. At the same...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Mac → 25 March 2025

Steam: 85/100

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: Mac → 10 February 2025; Early Access: Mac → 4 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 96/100

A top-down tactical real-time strategy game about special forces conducting operations against terrorists in the Middle East. The game offers full squad deployment...

OFF

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Mac → 15 August 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player plays the role of a certain Puppeteer, who is helped by an entity named Butter. Together they will try to cleanse the eerie and hopeless world inhabited...

Dark Quest 4

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Dungeons, Exploration, Fantasy, Board / Group Game

Game released: Mac → 5 November 2025

Steam: 76/100

Step-by-step adventure in the spirit of classic tabletop games like Hero Quest, where a party of heroes descends into dark dungeons filled with traps, monsters...

Monster Train 2

Roguelike, Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Fantasy, Online, Indie, Procedural generation, Card game, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 21 May 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Sequel to Monster Train, in which the player confronts the titans who have seized power over the heavens. Angels and demons have united to fight a formidable enemy...

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Casual game, Comedy, Detective

Game released: Mac → 22 May 2025

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

A bright adventure about a duck detective, set in a campsite where ghosts may have appeared. You need to examine evidence, question suspects, and analyze the data...

The Roottrees are Dead

Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Point & Click, Detective

Game released: Mac → 15 January 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A detective adventure in the spirit of Return of the Obra Dinn, but set in the 90s. The main character is a young investigative journalist trying to establish the...

#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...

Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama

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

Game released: Mac → 10 April 2025

Steam: 96/100

An add-on in which more than 12 unique characters from SaGa: Emerald Beyond entered the world of Vampire Survivors. There are also new weapons, attack methods, and...

Arctic Awakening

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: Mac → 18 September 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 61/100

The game takes place in the harsh Arctic of 2062. The main character is an airplane pilot who suffered a disaster and was left alone with his drone. He is trying to...

ISLANDERS: New Shores

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Procedural generation, Casual game, City Building

Game released: Mac → 10 July 2025

Steam: 96/100

The player creates a dream city on a small island. Locations feature different biomes, each with its unique abilities. There are 44 types of buildings and various...

Len's Island

Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Construction, Dungeons

Early Access: Mac → 26 November 2021; Game released: Mac → 19 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Visual novel

Game released: Mac → 9 December 2025

Steam: 92/100

A pixel adventure in the spirit of 90s quests about a young writer named William, who is searching for inspiration. He goes to an abbey where the monks have taken a...

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: 77/100

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...

Lost Twins 2

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Logic

Game released: Mac → 14 August 2025

Steam: 86/100

A colorful puzzle-platformer about a brother and sister lost in a magical world. Abi and Ben are trying to find their way home, passing through unusual spaces full...

Party Club

Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Action, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie, Online

Game released: Mac → 17 March 2025

Steam: 71/100

Cooperative culinary game in the spirit overcooook, where one must manage a bar alone or, together with three friends. As you pass, players meet guests with...

Pairs & Perils

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Tactics, Turn-based, Casual game, Fantasy, Indie, Dungeons, Card game

Game released: Mac → 20 January 2025

Steam: 76/100

The player explores dungeons where he fights opponents. In battles, you need to memorize and combine creature and weapon cards for attacks. During breaks, you can...

WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Open world, Exploration

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2025; Early Access: Mac → 26 July 2019

Steam: 97/100

A realistic wolf life simulator set in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park. The game allows you to experience the journey of a lone gray wolf who leaves...

Reviver

Puzzle, Visual novel, Indie

Game released: Mac → 9 January 2025

Steam: 91/100

A narrative game about two main characters, revealing the interweaving of their lives for a long time. Gamer affects their fate through interactions and elections...

Альтушка для скуфа: Третий Шанс

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

Game released: Mac → 24 April 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A new addition to the visual short story Altushka for Skuf, which expands the plot with new characters and forks. The players are waiting for a meeting with...

Time Flies

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Open world, Survival

Game released: Mac → 31 July 2025

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A minimalist adventure about a fly with a huge list of wishes and a very short life to realize them. In the game, she can learn to play an instrument, read a book...

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...

Asylum

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

Game released: Mac → 13 March 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

The main character once ended up in a psychiatric hospital-a place full of pain and suffering. He dreamed of forgetting this horror, but the memories did not let...

Кризис в Кремле: Холодная война

Simulation, Strategy, Historical, Indie, Grand strategy

Game released: Mac → 11 July 2025

Players: 9.9/10

A global political strategy in real time, dedicated to the last decade of the USSR. As you progress, you must manage the economy, domestic politics and foreign...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2025 for Mac