Best Games for Mac of 2013 / Page 7

April 16, 2013

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player takes the role of a gardener tending to empty noise and space, filling them with colour. At the same time, they are a refugee building a...

Trichrome

Arcade, Puzzle

July 25, 2013

Trichrome is an arcade game with a dash of puzzle from the masters at Sean Puckett Studio. The game is published by Canadian Indie and Sean...

Hero of the Kingdom

Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Adventure

December 20, 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Hero of the Kingdom is an adventure strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view. The game tells the story of a young hero whose...

Incredipede

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Construction, Action, Simulation

October 25, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Incredipede is a physics-based puzzle game about Quozzle, a creature who can grow arms and legs wherever needed. By changing her body, she takes the...

Bridge to Another World: Burnt Dreams

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

December 8, 2013

Steam: 100/100

This hidden-object adventure follows a protagonist whose younger brother was taken by a monstrous mist twenty years earlier. When the mist returns...

Super Sanctum TD

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

May 9, 2013

Steam: 85/100

A retro-styled tower defense strategy game about protecting Cores from alien hordes. The player builds mazes and places towers to keep enemies from...

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Runner

February 26, 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A side-scrolling rhythm platformer where progress through each level is tied to music and the character’s actions. In Runner2: Future Legend of...

Bleed

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

December 12, 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This action platformer follows Wryn, a heroine who dreams of becoming the greatest videogame hero and sets out to challenge the heroes already...

Delver

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Dungeons, Role-playing game

April 20, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Delver is a first-person fantasy action RPG about exploring shifting dungeons in search of the Yithidian orb. The player fights monsters, uses wands...

Shattered Haven

Action, Adventure, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Indie

March 18, 2013

Steam: 38/100

This post-apocalyptic action puzzle game follows the Williams family as they struggle to survive in a world where animals turn into violent creatures...

Super Splatters

Action, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

June 26, 2013

Steam: 74/100

Super Splatters is an arcade puzzle game about launching elastic creatures through levels, with liquid physics affecting their movement. The player...

Avadon 2: The Corruption

Role-playing game, Indie, Isometric

October 30, 2013

Steam: 81/100

This is an isometric fantasy role-playing game about serving the fortress of Avadon as a spy and warrior defending the homeland from civil war and...

Hate Plus

Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga

August 19, 2013

Steam: 84/100

Hate Plus is a science-fiction visual novel and a sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story, centered on an investigation aboard a derelict generation ship...

Two Brothers

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Top-down view, Indie, Adventure

December 4, 2013

Steam: 31/100

An action-adventure game with role-playing elements and a classic Game Boy aesthetic, Two Brothers follows scientist and philosopher Roy Guarder on...

Bit.Trip Runner 2

Arcade, Platformer

February 26, 2013

Bit.Trip Runner 2 is an arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Gaijin Games studio. The game is published by Aksys Games...

Sims 3: Into the Future

Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Simulation

October 22, 2013

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An expansion for The Sims 3, it sends Sims through a time portal to a world hundreds of years in the future. There they can develop the Advanced...

Foul Play

Arcade, Action, Indie, Casual game

September 18, 2013

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This side-scrolling co-op action game unfolds entirely on a theatre stage, where daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth reenacts episodes from his life, from...

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Adventure

August 6, 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This musical adventure with arcade elements follows Beatbuddy, an ethereal creature who awakens and sets out to save his companions and his own...

Bad Bots

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie

May 17, 2013

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This 2D action platformer with shooter elements follows Sam McRae, the last surviving member of the Titan Hauler crew. Waking from cryostasis, he...

Inescapable

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

October 22, 2013

Steam: 39/100

Inescapable is a science-fiction action-adventure about a mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. The discovery may pose a...

Jack Lumber

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Casual game

August 16, 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade puzzle game follows Jack, a lumberjack seeking revenge on the tree that killed his granny. He hates trees but loves animals, so he must...

Finding Teddy

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click, Metroidvania, Action

February 8, 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This point-and-click adventure puzzle follows a little girl whose teddy bear is stolen by a monster emerging from her cupboard. She follows it into a...

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Simulation

November 18, 2013

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Crusader Kings 2: Sons of Abraham is an addition to the global real-time strategy game, where the gameplay is focused on the Abrahamic religions...

Jagged Alliance Online

Online, Strategy, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game, Tactics

September 15, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Jagged Alliance Online — you have to compete with other players and win in combat areas with allies. Lead your company to victories and great...

Clang

Arcade, Simulation, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Sports game

Q4 2013

Clang is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of simulation, hack and slash and sports game from Subutai Corporation. The game is published by...

Valley Without Wind 2

Arcade, Strategy, Platformer, Turn-based, Action, Indie

February 18, 2013

Steam: 48/100

This fantasy game combines platforming action with turn-based strategy. A mage who has infiltrated the circle of the evil Demonaica gains the same...

Chainsaw Warrior

Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Strategy

September 24, 2013

Players: 1/10

Steam: 64/100

A turn-based card strategy game based on a solo board game, set in Manhattan in 2032. A spatial rift unleashes hordes of creatures into New York, and...

Luxuria Superbia

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Music game, First-person view, Indie, Casual game

November 5, 2013

Steam: 87/100

A first-person musical arcade game in which touching stylized flowers fills them with color and transforms the surrounding garden. The player moves...

PixelJunk Shooter

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Logic, Action, Puzzle, Science fiction

December 10, 2009

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade action game with puzzle elements follows a piloted exploration craft sent into underground cave systems. The player searches for...

Hive (2015)

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Board / Group Game, Online, Fantasy, Top-down view

November 15, 2013

Steam: 83/100

Hive is a board-game strategy title played without a fixed board: players take turns placing pieces, which form the playing area as the game...

Monster Loves You!

Role-playing game, Adventure, Side view, Casual game, Indie, Simulation

March 18, 2013

Steam: 78/100

Monster Loves You! — a fun adventure with role-playing elements and a side view. Become a monster born in a slime-covered vat. Grow up and turn...

Bad Hotel

Indie, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 14, 2012

Steam: 33/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Hotel combines tower defense with procedurally generated music. The player is a budding entrepreneur whose hotel lies in the territory of...

Knytt Underground

Indie, Platformer, Adventure

October 25, 2013

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Knytt Underground is a platform game and a sequel to Knytt and Knytt Stories, centered on exploring its world. It continues the series’ focus on...

Dwarfs!?

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

May 4, 2011

Steam: 79/100

An arcade strategy game about overseeing an underground Dwarf colony and gathering as much gold as possible before the caves and their monsters bring...

Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

March 17, 2009

Set in America in 1933, after the end of Prohibition, this puzzle adventure follows private detective Jack Orlando, who becomes the prime suspect in...

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 2: The Wise Monkey

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

January 30, 2013

Metacritic: 72/100

This detective thriller follows Erica Reed as she investigates the kidnapping of someone close to her by a serial killer known as the Wise Monkey...

Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Adventure

July 9, 2013

Steam: 82/100

This puzzle-platform adventure follows two rookie treasure hunters on an expedition into an ancient Amazonian temple in search of a legendary idol...

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013)

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Adventure, Indie

July 30, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 55/100

This fantasy role-playing game takes place in Thorwal, one of Aventuria’s oldest cities, as an orcish threat emerges. The party must explore the city...

Bit.Trip Runner 2: Good Friends

Arcade, DLC, Platformer

July 11, 2013

Bit.Trip Runner 2: Good Friends is an arcade game with platformer elements from the masters from the Gaijin Games studio. The main publisher of the...

Anodyne

Arcade, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, Adventure

February 4, 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Anodyne is a 2D action-adventure set in the surreal dream world of a human named Young. The protagonist explores natural, urban, and abstract...