Best Games for Mac of 2012 / Page 3

Online, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Tactics, Free game

July 20, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 39/100

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances - The main goal of this game is to control the center of the world. Each player chooses a sector on the World Map and begins...

King's Bounty: The Legend (Special Edition)

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

October 31, 2008

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy role-playing strategy game about a royal treasure hunter exploring the lands of Endoria and carrying out quests for the king. The journey leads through...

Phantasy Star 4

Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Science fiction

December 17, 1993

Steam: 100/100

In 2284, the planet Motavia is attacked by evil creatures, and they are opposed by warriors from the hunters' guild. The story follows Chaz Ashley, who has just...

Super Hexagon

Arcade, Music game, Indie

August 31, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Super Hexagon is an indie music arcade game. This is one of the most difficult games you will ever play. A pulsating soundtrack underscores the danger as swirling...

Beyond Oasis

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

December 9, 1994

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 100/100

This top-down action-adventure with role-playing elements follows Prince Ali, who uncovers a gold armlet once belonging to a powerful sorcerer. When Ali puts it on...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

August 3, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist explores...

Primordia

Adventure, Cyberpunk, Point & Click, Post-apocalyptic

December 5, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Primordia is a point and click adventure in cyberpunk style from the creators of Gemini Rue. The events of the game take place in the distant future, when people...

Journey Down: Chapter One

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

May 18, 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows Bwana and his sidekick Kito as they struggle to make ends meet at a run-down gas station in Kingsport Bay, on...

Thirty Flights of Loving

Arcade, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

August 20, 2012

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A short first-person story about a heist gone wrong, involving schemers and criminals entangled in romance. The player explores the world and encounters its...

The Sims 3: Supernatural

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 4, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Sims 3: Supernatural is an addition to the real-time management simulator of life Sims 3. The addition adds werewolves, zombies and other “spawn of darkness...

Cubemen

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

March 16, 2012

Steam: 73/100

Cubemen is a third-person strategy game from the developers of 3 Sprockets Pty Ltd. The main publisher of the game is 3 Sprockets Pty Ltd.Cubemen is definitely not...

Receiver

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Simulation, Indie, Roguelike

June 18, 2012

Steam: 86/100

A first-person shooter with roguelike elements, Receiver follows a player exploring a building complex overrun by automated turrets and hovering shock drones while...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

November 20, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

Pickers

Adventure, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

February 22, 2012

Steam: 84/100

This casual adventure combines hidden-object searches with treasure hunting and trading. The player explores farms, antique shops, and abandoned storage units to...

Chaos on Deponia

Adventure, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

November 6, 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Chaos on Deponia is a continuation of the point and click adventure. Rufus could have come to his senses, become friendly and considerate, and it would not have...

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Role-playing game, Online, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

September 25, 2012

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

An expansion for World of Warcraft set on the new continent of Pandaria. After stopping Deathwing's destructive rampage and saving the dragonflights, heroes explore...

Dark Legends

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Hack and slash

April 12, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Dark Legends is an online, massively multiplayer, and hack-and-slash RPG from the developers at Spacetime Studios. The game is published by Spacetime...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

February 21, 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Dynamite Headdy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

August 5, 1994

Steam: 100/100

A platform action game about Dynamite Headdy, a puppet caught up in a plot unfolding in the puppet world. His stage rival, Trouble Bruin, and the evil doll Dark...

Resonance (2012)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

June 19, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows four ordinary people whose lives become entangled after the unexpected death of a particle physicist. They race...

Wurm Online

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game, Sandbox

December 12, 2012

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 61/100

A sandbox MMORPG in which players settle untamed lands and reshape the world around them. Wurm Online offers PvE and PvP servers: exploration and crafting take...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

May 11, 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Dustforce

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox, Indie

January 17, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

Blackwell Deception

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Indie

January 13, 2012

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This point-and-click adventure follows Rosa, a genuine psychic, and Joey, her wayward spirit guide, as they investigate the deaths of clients targeted by street...

Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle

October 20, 2000

Egypt 2: The Heliopolis Prophecy is a first-person adventure with educational game and puzzle elements from Cryo Interactive Entertainment. The main publisher of...

Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

May 8, 2012

Steam: 86/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure sends Nancy Drew into an ancient Egyptian tomb, where a university archaeology team has been left isolated after a...

Unstoppable Gorg

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

January 19, 2012

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This space-based tower defense strategy game is about protecting the solar system from an alien invasion. The player places satellites in orbit around planets...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 8, 2012

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and solves more than...

Uprising 44

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Tactics

September 14, 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 22/100

This third-person action game with real-time strategy elements is set during the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation. Its story follows the Silent Shadows...

Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition

Strategy, In real time

March 1, 2012

Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition is a strategy from developers from the studios Aspyr Media and Relic Entertainment. The game is published by THQ. But...

Postal 2: Complete

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Open world, Comedy

May 7, 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

This first-person shooter with dark humor follows a week in the life of The Dude, an ordinary man trying to complete everyday errands: buying milk, returning an...

Puddle (2012)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

January 25, 2012

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This physics-based puzzle platformer challenges the player to guide a puddle of fluid to its destination by tilting the game world. Friction, momentum, and the...

Snuggle Truck

Arcade, Action, Racing, Casual game, Indie

April 27, 2011

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Snuggle Truck is an arcade driving game about delivering a load of quirky animals to the zoo without letting them fall out or get hurt. The player steers a truck...

Governor of Poker

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Card game

October 3, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

Kairo

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

February 6, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Juniper's Knot

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

April 13, 2012

Steam: 95/100

This short kinetic novel follows a demon and a boy who meet in a silent town on an autumn afternoon. Its story unfolds through text, illustrations, and sound, with...

Northland

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building

September 23, 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A real-time strategy game with city-building and adventure elements, Northland is set in a world drawn from Norse mythology. Banished from Asgard by Odin, Loki...

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Indie

October 16, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

An expansion for Serious Sam Collection, set during the events of Serious Sam 3: BFE. Sam and his team head to the Temple of Isis on the island of Philae, where...

Cargo Commander

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Procedural generation

November 1, 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a new Cargo Corps recruit sent into dangerous sectors of space to salvage valuable cargo from containers filled with...

Sims 3: Lunar Lakes

DLC, God Simulator, Business / Management, Isometric

February 16, 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Sims 3: Lunar Lakes is an isometric view with business simulator elements from The Sims Studio. The game is published by Electronic Arts. The Sims 3: Lunar Lakes is...