Best Games for Mac of 2012 / Page 3

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game

April 19, 2012

Steam: 91/100

This hidden-object adventure puzzle follows a museum owner who sets out after an undead pirate has kidnapped her daughter. The pirate plans to resurrect his beloved...

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...

Stop That Hero!

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 16, 2011

Stop That Hero! is a top-down strategy game with a dash of fantasy from the masters at GBGames. The game is published by...

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes

Adventure, Third-person view

October 16, 2012

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes is a cartoon adventure whose main character is a little girl Lilly. She has to find her missing friend Edna, who disappeared under...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

April 27, 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

Wonder Boy in Monster World

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Metroidvania, Side view, Role-playing game

October 25, 1991

Steam: 100/100

Monsters have overrun a fantasy land, leaving its citizens afraid for their lives as they wait for a hero to restore peace. Wonder Boy in Monster World is an action...

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...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

August 30, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade, Flight Simulator, Action, Simulation

September 21, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

This arcade flight simulator focuses on aerial battles of the Pacific War. Players take part in historical engagements and fly aircraft recreated in detail. The...

Blackwell Legacy

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

December 23, 2006

Steam: 89/100

A point-and-click adventure about Rosa Blackwell, a fledgling medium, and Joey Mallone, a ghost who becomes her spirit guide. After the death of her only relative...

Cut the Rope

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 5, 2010

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 93/100

Cut the Rope is a physics-based puzzle game about Om Nom, a creature inside a mysterious package who wants candy. The player cuts ropes to guide the sweet to him...

Paranormal Crime Investigations: Brotherhood of the Crescent Snake

Adventure, First-person view

2011

Paranormal Crime Investigations: Brotherhood of the Crescent Snake is a first-person adventure from the developers of GameInvest, S.A.. The game is published by Big...

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...

Book of Unwritten Tales

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Comedy

April 2, 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Book of Unwritten Tales is a point-and-click fantasy adventure with fun humor and fun puzzles. The events of the game tell the story of the halfling Wilbur, the elf...

Faerie Solitaire

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Casual game, Board / Group Game

June 30, 2009

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

This solitaire card game is set in the fantasy land of Avalon, where the goal is to restore Faerie Land and repopulate it with Faeries. The player clears levels to...

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...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast (Collector's Edition)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Star Wars, Science fiction, Online

March 27, 2002

Steam: 90/100

This science-fiction action game set in the Star Wars universe follows Kyle Katarn, an agent of the New Republic fighting a new threat to the galaxy. Combat...

They Bleed Pixels

Arcade, Platformer, Slasher, Action

August 29, 2012

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action platformer with slasher elements, inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft and classic horror. A young girl arrives at Lafcadio Academy for Troubled Young...

Tiny Troopers

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Warships / Submarines, Strategy

June 7, 2012

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Tiny Troopers is an arcade indie action game with tactical elements and an isometric view. This game puts you in charge of a team of little soldiers. You must guide...

Dark Scavenger

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

July 12, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Dark Scavenger is a point-and-click role-playing adventure blending science fiction and dark comedy. A powerful space traveler is stranded on a mysterious alien...

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...

Not Tetris 2

Arcade, Puzzle

2011

Not Tetris 2 is an arcade game with a hint of puzzle from the developers from the Stabyourself.net studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Lone Survivor

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Survival horror

April 23, 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This psychological survival horror follows a masked man trying to escape a city ravaged by disease as he questions whether what he sees is real. Hunger and...

Motorbike

Third-person view, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Sandbox, Online, Racing, Sports game, Action

January 9, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 59/100

Motorbike — motorcycle racing with a third-person view. This game will test your skills and is full of action and real physics. You will find 100 original...

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...

Super Crate Box

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Indie

October 22, 2010

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An arcade platform action game inspired by classic games, built around chasing a high score while fighting endless hordes of enemies. The player collects weapon...

Xenonauts

Strategy, Indie, Grand strategy, Business / Management

August 3, 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy game about an international military organisation defending Cold War-era Earth from an alien invasion. Persistent soldiers fight in small...

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...

Bit.Trip Core

Action, Music game, Top-down view, Indie

July 6, 2009

Players: 5/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A retro arcade action-rhythm game inspired by 1980s games, with a modern twist. In Bit.Trip Core, players control two axes, unlike the single-axis controls of its...

Cthulhu Saves the World

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Comedy

December 30, 2010

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 92/100

This turn-based parody RPG takes place in a fantasy world where Cthulhu must become a true hero after a mysterious sorcerer seals his powers. Lifting the curse...

DLC Quest

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

November 2, 2011

Players: 3.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This humorous platform action game satirizes downloadable-content practices and other quirks of the gaming industry. The hero collects coins to buy content packs...

Paranormal Crime Investigations: Brotherhood of the Crescent Snake (Collector's Edition)

Adventure, First-person view

2011

Paranormal Crime Investigations: Brotherhood of the Crescent Snake (Collector's Edition) is a first-person adventure from the studio GameInvest, S.A.. The main...

Check vs. Mate

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

May 11, 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

New Beginning

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Point & Click, Indie

October 8, 2010

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This graphic-novel-style adventure thriller follows a looming climate catastrophe that threatens humanity with extinction. Former bioengineer Bent Svensson lives in...

Dynamite Jack

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

May 10, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This top-down action-adventure follows Jack, a space marine trying to escape the Anathema Mines. He can sneak past guards or use bombs to eliminate enemies, while a...

Gemini Wars

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Grand strategy, Space

June 8, 2012

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 53/100

A real-time strategy game set in space, focused on large-scale fleet battles. In the campaign, players command groups of ships and take part in clashes among the...

iBomber Defense Pacific

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

February 29, 2012

Steam: 85/100

This tower defense strategy game is set in the Pacific, where the player faces enemy forces and fights to regain freedom. Across the campaign maps, turrets must be...

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...

Phantasy Star 3: Generations of Doom

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

April 21, 1990

Steam: 66/100

Right at the wedding, the protagonist's bride is kidnapped by a dragon and he goes in search of her. The player will fight monsters in turn-based battles and...

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...