Best Games for Mac of 2012 / Page 4

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...

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...

Oil Rush

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

January 25, 2012

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This real-time naval strategy game is set in a world reshaped by nuclear war, which melted the ice caps. The player captures, upgrades, and defends floating...

Auditorium

Strategy, Music game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

February 4, 2009

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Auditorium is a puzzle game centered on a stream of moving particles of light and sound that must be guided into audio containers. The player manipulates different...

BasketBelle

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sports game, Indie, Adventure

July 6, 2012

Steam: 80/100

An experimental 2D basketball platformer about a heroine who must save her sister. Set on improvised courts across Paris, the game gives the mechanics and ideas of...

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...

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...

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...

Fate of the World: Tipping Point

Simulation, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Collection

January 27, 2012

Fate of the World: Tipping Point is a simulator with elements of a business simulator and educational game from developers from the Red Redemption Ltd. studio. The...

Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium

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

November 28, 2010

Steam: 95/100

This first-person adventure horror game combines puzzles and hidden-object searches in a dilapidated mental asylum. Tim goes there to investigate reports of...

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...

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 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...

Sid Meier's Civilization 5: Gods and Kings

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Turn-based

June 19, 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 5, adding systems for religion, diplomacy, and espionage to the turn-based strategy game. Players can found a...

Unmanned

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

February 15, 2012

Unmanned is a first-person simulator with a dash of action and history from the developers of Molleindustria and No Media Kings. The main publisher of the game is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Dream Machine

Adventure, Horror, Side view, Point & Click, Puzzle

December 14, 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Dream Machine is a plasticine point and click adventure with horror elements and a side view. The game tells the story of a certain Victor Neff, who one day...

Spirits (2010)

Indie, Strategy, Action

November 11, 2010

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-puzzle game follows spirits of fallen leaves as they set out for home in autumn. The player guides them toward their destination by changing the wind...

Sims 3: Master Suite Stuff

DLC, God Simulator, Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation

January 24, 2012

Steam: 75/100

An add-on for The Sims 3 that introduces bedroom and bathroom furnishings, clothing, and hairstyles. Players can furnish a bedroom with a canopied bed and a...

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...

Humble Indie Bundle 5

Collection

May 31, 2012

Humble Indie Bundle 5 is a game. The game is published by Humble Bundle...

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...

Tropico 3 (Gold Edition)

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Sandbox, Simulation, City Building

September 23, 2010

Steam: 90/100

This city-building strategy with economic simulation elements is set on a tropical island during the Cold War, where the player takes the role of a dictator trying...

EVE Online: Retribution

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, DLC, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

December 4, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

EVE Online: Retribution is the perfect continuation of our recent series of well-received expansions, where we put even more control of the game universe into the...

Governor of Poker

Strategy, Simulation, Online, Card game

October 3, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 64/100

Probability 0

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Roguelike

October 1, 2012

Steam: 80/100

This downward-scrolling infinite platformer with roguelike elements revolves around descending into a dangerous pit: survival is impossible, but each attempt can...

Revenge of Shinobi

Arcade, Action, Platformer

November 19, 2002

Steam: 71/100

An arcade platformer about the ninja Joe Musashi, who sets out to take revenge on the criminal syndicate Neo Zeed. The revived organization has killed his teacher...

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 be spent on...

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...

Sims 3: Showtime

Strategy, Simulation

March 6, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 67/100

An expansion for The Sims 3 that introduces the new town of Starlight Shores and lets Sims pursue careers as singers, acrobats, magicians, or DJs. They perform...

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 game modes...

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 pilot and...

Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp

Action, DLC, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

April 21, 2012

Steam: 61/100

Blades of Time: Dismal Swamp is a third-person action game with a dash of fantasy from the developers at Gaijin Entertainment Corporation. The main publisher of the...

Book of Unwritten Tales: Die Vieh Chroniken

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

October 6, 2011

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This point-and-click adventure in the fantasy world of Aventasia tells the story of how adventurer Nate Bonnett first met Critter, his hairy sidekick. The events...

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...

Humble Bundle Mojam

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Trains

February 19, 2012

Humble Bundle Mojam is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter, strategy, fighting and railway simulator from Mojang AB studio. The game is published...

Sleepless Night

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Visual novel

March 31, 2012

Sleepless Night is a first-person adventure with a mix of horror and visual...