Best Games for Mac of 2012 / Page 3

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...

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...

Mysteryville 2

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

March 8, 2012

Mysteryville 2 is a first-person action game with a dash of strategy and puzzles from the developers at NevoSoft studio. The main publisher of the...

Brick-Force

Online, Action, Shooter, MMO, First-person view, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

July 12, 2012

Players: 10/10

Brick-Force — This project combines the building capabilities of Minecraft and the tactical shooting of Counter-Strike. Each player can show...

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...

Bluecoats: North vs South

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Side view

May 10, 2012

Bluecoats: North vs South is an arcade strategy game with action elements. You have to lead one of the armies in a civil war. Your goal is to conquer...

Football Manager 2013

Football, Business / Management, Sports game, Top-down view, In real time

November 1, 2012

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Football Manager 2013 — includes a faster version of the game called Football Manager Classic. The new mode allows players to complete the...

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...

Basement Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Adventure

August 31, 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

This collection of indie games by Edmund McMillen brings together projects across several genres, from an exploration adventure to platformers...

Check vs. Mate

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

May 11, 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

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...

Bad Piggies

Arcade, Puzzle, Side view

September 27, 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Piggies is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. The bad pigs are hunting for eggs again — but, as usual, nothing goes according to plan...

Cortex Command

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Tactics

September 28, 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 44/100

A tactical arcade game with strategy and platforming elements, Cortex Command centers on mining gold from deformable pixel terrain. The resources can...

Golden Axe 3

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

June 25, 1993

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Golden Axe 3 is a fantasy action game about four heroes who oppose the risen Prince of Darkness, intent on conquering the world. Their goal is to...

Streets of Rage 3

Arcade, Action, Anime / Manga, Side view, Beat them all

March 17, 1994

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Streets of Rage 3 — After Mr. X suffered two defeats, he founded the research company RoboCy Corporation to cover his illegal activities. Dr...

Governor of Poker

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Card game

October 3, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

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...

Iron Sky: Invasion

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Simulation

December 12, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This sci-fi space action game centers on an invasion of Earth by the Fourth Reich, launched from a lunar base in 2018. The player takes control of a...

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...

Space Pirates and Zombies

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Indie

June 19, 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This space action game with strategy and role-playing elements follows a pirate assembling a fleet and travelling towards the galactic core in search...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

December 12, 2011

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the...

Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Board / Group Game, Strategy, Casual game

May 24, 2012

Steam: 83/100

This railway strategy board game challenges players to connect cities with routes and reach designated destinations. Players build their networks...

Stacking

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

February 8, 2011

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person puzzle adventure takes place in a vintage world inhabited by living Russian nesting dolls. Charlie Blackmore, the smallest doll in...

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...

Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Historical

June 26, 2012

Steam: 61/100

An expansion for Crusader Kings 2, this medieval grand strategy game adds playable Muslim rulers to a world of fragmented feudal lands and struggles...

Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome

Adventure, Horror, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Hidden Objects

April 20, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

This hidden-object puzzle adventure with horror elements follows reporter Sam Wilde as he investigates the disappearances of young people. When a...

Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game

July 9, 2012

Steam: 65/100

Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre is the continuation of the furious third-person shooter Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood. Once again you have to...

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...

Hearts of Iron 3: Their Finest Hour

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Historical

September 27, 2012

Steam: 100/100

An expansion for Hearts of Iron, focused on commanding forces during World War II. Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour adds units, strategies and...

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...

Humble Bundle for Android™ 2

Collection

March 19, 2012

Humble Bundle for Android™ 2 is a game. The game is published by Humble Bundle...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Platformer

October 18, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This side-scrolling action platformer with puzzles is set in Albatropolis, a land ruled by a totalitarian penguin regime. Hardboiled Chicken sets out...

Shatter

Arcade, Action, Music game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Arkanoid, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

July 23, 2009

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Shatter is a top-down futuristic arkanoid game where you need to clear the playing field from colorful blocks using a ball and a moving...

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

June 25, 2012

Dungeons and Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action, massive multiplayer...

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...

Dream Mysteries: Case of the Red Fox

Adventure, First-person view

2011

Dream Mysteries: Case of the Red Fox is a first-person adventure from the masters of GameInvest, S.A.. The game is published by GameHouse...

Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium (Collector's Edition)

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

October 29, 2010

Steam: 95/100

This hidden-object adventure with puzzles takes place in a dilapidated psychiatric asylum. Tim goes there to investigate reports of wrongdoing, but...

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...

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...

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...