Best Mac Games

Sportsfriends

Released: May 6, 2014

Critic rating: 81.4 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Fighting, Sport, Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Multiplayer

Sportsfriends is a collection of four local multiplayer games designed for social play.

The Sims: Vacation

Released: Mar 25, 2002

Critic rating: 80.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

The Sims: Vacation, known as The Sims: On Holiday in the Republic of Ireland, the UK, China and Scandinavia, is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims.

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Released: Dec 31, 1993

Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 24 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron is a platform video game, developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega originally in 1993.

Flight of the Amazon Queen

Released: Dec 31, 1995

Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 36 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga

Game modes: Single player

Flight of the Amazon Queen follows a pilot for hire named Joe King who is hired to fly a famous actress to her next job, but ends up in a lightning storm and crashes deep in the Amazon Jungle.

Pikuniku

Released: Jan 24, 2019

Critic rating: 74.8 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Pikuniku is a puzzle and adventure game set in a colorful world.

Armello

Released: Jan 22, 2015

Critic rating: 73.3 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play; The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.

Kingdom Rush Origins

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie

Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

The third installment in the popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

Released: Nov 14, 2017

Critic rating: 73.8 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Released: Feb 28, 1995

Critic rating: 66.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable

Game modes: Single player

The Empire stretches its evil clutches across the galaxy, consuming planets with devastating results.

Palworld

Released: Jul 10, 2026

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat.

SimCity

Released: Oct 3, 1989

Critic rating: 58.8 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Strategy

Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Acorn Electron, Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Amstrad CPC

Game modes: Single player

SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, first released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer.

Bad Piggies

Released: Sep 27, 2012

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player, Battle Royale

Bad Piggies is a puzzle video game and a spin-off to Angry Birds.

Everything

Released: Mar 21, 2017

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Everything is an interactive experience where everything you see is a thing you can be, from animals to planets to galaxies and beyond.

Obduction

Released: Aug 24, 2016

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.

while True: learn()

Released: Jan 17, 2019

Critic rating: 70.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

You're a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it.

Punch Club

Released: Jan 8, 2016

Critic rating: 68.2 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love.

Event[0]

Released: Sep 14, 2016

Critic rating: 75.1 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine.

Bloons TD 5

Released: Dec 14, 2011

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 55 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical

Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability.

Need for Speed: Carbon

Released: Oct 31, 2006

Critic rating: 70.5 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Racing, Simulator

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Need for Speed: Carbon is an arcade-style street racing game set in an open-world city.

A Bird Story

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing.

Hard West

Released: Nov 4, 2015

Critic rating: 70.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before.

Charlie Murder

Released: Aug 14, 2013

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the world from the apocalypse.

The Escapists 2

Released: Aug 22, 2017

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Released: Dec 4, 2013

Critic rating: 70.7 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure.

Dead Island 2

Released: Apr 21, 2023

Critic rating: 74.3 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Dead Island 2 is a survival horror first-person shooter set in a zombie apocalypse in Los Angeles.