Old school for Mac — top best games in the Old school genre

Songs of Conquest - a game in the Old school genre

Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Old school

Early Access: Mac → 10 May 2022; Game released: Mac → 20 May 2024

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Turn-based adventure strategy in the spirit of “Heroes of Might and Magic”. The goal of the game is to gather a powerful army, master magic and conquer distant...

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

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...

The Last Gas Station

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Casual game, Old school

Game released: Mac → 28 April 2026

An atmospheric simulator for managing an old gas station, where the familiar routine gradually intertwines with the unsettling mystery of the previous owner's...

Dome Keeper

Business / Management, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Action, Roguelike, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 27 September 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Dome Keeper is an exciting post-apocalyptic survival game with roguelike elements, a side view and resource management. As you progress, you will have to mine...

Shovel Knight Dig

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Procedural generation

Game released: Mac → 23 September 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A fast-paced action platformer with roguelike elements set in the Shovel Knight universe. Shovel Knight embarks on a new adventure, digging ever deeper in search of...

Scritchy Scratchy

Casual game, Old school, Clicker

Game released: Mac → 18 March 2026

Players: 10/10

A light and engaging clicker built around scratching off lottery tickets and hunting for luck. Each ticket hides its surprises: rare symbols, unexpected effects...

Necrosmith 2

Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, In real time, Top-down view, Old school, Roguelike

Game released: Mac → 27 March 2024

Players: 10/10

The main character is a necromancer who finds himself in an unknown world with his cat. The character creates monsters from various corpses and animates them for...

Huntdown: Overtime

Action, Shooter, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Old school

Early Access: Mac → 7 May 2026; Game in development: Mac → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Prequel to the action-platformer Huntdown. The events unfold in futuristic New Detroit in the year 2084 — a grim metropolis where corporations have replaced...

Anima Flux

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

Game released: Mac → 7 October 2024

Players: 8.9/10

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

Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out

Medieval era, Text quest, Old school, Strategy

Game released: Mac → 21 August 2023

Sequel to Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind, which is a collection of survival stories combining interactive fiction and turn-based strategy. The world is ending, and...

#DRIVE Rally

Racing, Sports game, Indie, Old school

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

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 63/100

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...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Mac → 15 December 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

Demonic Supremacy

Shooter, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Demons

Game released: Mac → 28 July 2023

A whirlwind old-school shooter set in the year 3481. An infernal tower arose on the surface of the planet, and with it hordes of bloodthirsty demons and monsters...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

Game released: Mac → 28 September 2022

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

Beyond Sunset

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Cyberpunk, Old school

Early Access: Mac → 8 November 2023; Game released: Mac → 12 September 2025

The plot follows a samurai girl, Lucy, who wants to regain her memory and find out where she got her skills as a professional killer. One day she meets a mysterious...

Minishoot' Adventures

Shooter, Casual game, Top-down view, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 2 April 2024

Metacritic: 87/100

A colorful metroidvania about flying on a spaceship. The game's story revolves around a certain Exile who came to the surface, destroyed the protagonist's village...

ChainStaff

Action, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Mac → 8 April 2026

A hardcore action-platformer with an unusual spear-hook, powerful weapon upgrades, and a cool soundtrack. The events of the game take place on Earth, which has been...

Fragile Reflection

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Mac → 2 September 2025

Players: 9.9/10

The old Japanese town of Nankofuraku is shrouded in a haze of memories and pain. When Karyo Ito returns there to her family, she discovers not a cozy village, but a...

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Action, Simulation, Beat them all, Side view, Old school

Game released: Mac → 17 May 2018

Metacritic: 64/100

A stylish mix of action in the "beat 'em up" genre and a life simulator, immersing you in the atmosphere of a school bully's last autumn. The plot centers around...

Jackal

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Procedural generation, Indie

Game released: Mac → 5 February 2026

The game tells the story of a Las Vegas hitman who challenged the crime bosses. The player moves through procedurally generated levels, where the location of...

Tiny Life

Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Casual game, Old school

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

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...

Caveman Caravan

Strategy, Puzzle, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Mac → 6 October 2025

Free roguelike strategy game where the player leads a caravan of primitive people to a new land. The gameplay revolves around combining tile cards and tools that...

Fear the Spotlight

Adventure, Survival horror, Third-person view, Stealth, Exploration, Action, Old school

Game released: Mac → 22 October 2024

Metacritic: 78/100

The main character Vivian, together with her friend Amy, decides to have a seance at Sunnyside School, but the situation gets out of control. Vivian finds herself...

Cthulhu Keeper

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Fantasy, Old school, Construction

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Tactical strategy in real time, based on Howard's novels Phillips Lovecraft. The main action unfolds in the 1920s. The player controls the leader of the ominous...

Old Skies

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Science fiction, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Mac → 23 April 2025

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character works as a temporary tourist agent in the near future: for a substantial fee, wealthy clients book excursions to their own past or to historical...

Raw Nerve

Free game, Racing, Casual game, Sandbox, Old school

Game released: Mac → 23 June 2023

A free, psychedelic race with jumps and twisty climbs. The main task is to find the fastest path to the finish line in order to take a higher place on the...

Justin Wack's Big Time Hack

Side view, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Comedy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 24 August 2022

A multi-protagonist adventure where you need to help the characters solve their problems. You will have to solve puzzles and communicate a lot with local residents...

Blobun Mini

Casual game, Puzzle, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Old school

Game released: Mac → 7 July 2025

A free puzzle game with nice pixel graphics. The rules are simple - the player needs to touch every tile on the map, but can only step on a tile...

Castle on the Coast

Platformer, Adventure, Parkour, Comedy, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Mac → 3 December 2021

Castle on the Coast is a retro adventure platformer with elements of action and humor. The friendly giraffe George will have to use parkour to overcome various...

Postal 2 Redux

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Exploration, Old school

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remaster of the controversial shooter Postal 2 from 2003. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his problems in the most...

Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok

Adventure, Indie, Free game, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 20 March 2014

A hybrid of an adventure game and RPG, inspired by Norse mythology. The story begins with the summoning of the heroine by the earl Yarnvidr, who is desperately...

Kung Fury - Street Rage Ultimate Edition

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

Game released: Mac → 15 March 2023

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...

Mina the Hollower

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformer, Top-down view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Fantasy, Old school

Game in development: Mac → 29 May 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game takes you to a dark gothic world where a cursed island hides behind a thick curtain of darkness. The main character is the agile and fearless Mina, who is...

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game, Comedy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 21 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An eminent physicist goes crazy when the scientific community ridicules his life's work — a shower-shaped time machine. Seeking to leave his mark on history...

The Haunted House: Dark Island

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Free game, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: Mac → 10 April 2026

A free role-playing game with roguelike elements, based on the South Korean animated series "The Haunted House". In the game's plot, the main characters of the show...

Pompom the Great Space Rescue

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

Game released: Mac → 14 March 2022

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...

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess

Shooter, Arcade, Top-down view, Old school

Game released: Mac → 21 June 2024

An old-school shooter in the spirit of the classic retro Strike series. The player completes different types of missions, from searching and destroying the enemy to...

The Puzzle Maker: Cebba's Odyssey

Strategy, Puzzle, Top-down view, Fantasy, Old school, Indie

Game released: Mac → 24 September 2024

Players: 10/10

An adventure game that takes players on an epic journey through a magical world filled with mysteries and challenges. The main character is an inventive craftswoman...

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Doom of Icewind Dale

DLC, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Action

Game released: Mac → 21 February 2025

Events of additions unfold in the Arctic wilderness of the infamous valley of the icy wind, which is inhabited by snow goblins, ice trolls, Yeti and not only. The...

Tearstone: Thieves of the Heart - CE

Casual game, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Hidden Objects, Comedy, Old school

Game released: Mac → 6 May 2022

The main character and a group of friends set out to explore the magical world to help solve the mystery of the disappearance of an artifact and save the...

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Best Games in the Old school genre for Mac