This is part of a series. Showcasing popular and intriguing games from the past 12 years or so. Based on my own idiosyncratic curation. A few remasters included. Most early access games excluded. Games only appear in one category (I tried my best). Mishmash is primarily about suggesting games with good potential for Mac users. Everything here works on macOS silicon.
Categories:
2D Action – 2D Platformer – 3D Action part 1 – 3D Action part 2 – Adventure part 1 – Adventure part 2 – Adventure part 3 – Arcade – Building and Management – Cards – Dating Sim – Driving and Racing – Metroidvania – Multiplayer – Physics – Puzzle part 1 – Puzzle part 2 – Rhythm – RPG part 1 – RPG part 2 – Roguelike and Roguelite – Sandbox – Simulation – Sports – Strategy part 1 – Strategy part 2 – Survival – Visual Novel
Hot Lava (2019)
“The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.”
macOS • Windows • iOS • tvOS
Available from Apple Arcade, and Steam.
LEGO Star Wars: Castaways (2021)
“Explore a mysterious new planet and meet new friends along the way in LEGO Star Wars: Castaways. By customizing their character, fans can live out their Star Wars fantasies in the first social, action-adventure LEGO Star Wars game, available only on Apple Arcade.”
macOS • iOS • tvOS
Available from Apple Arcade.
Metro Exodus (2019)
“Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, App Store, and console stores.
Paint the Town Red (2021)
“Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn’t nailed down.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, and console stores.
Populus Run (2020)
“Populus Run is the unconventional running game where you control a crowd of people.”
macOS • iOS • tvOS
Available from Apple Arcade.
Prodeus (2022)
“Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, and console stores.
Psychonauts 2 (2021)
“Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, App Store, and console stores.
Resident Evil Village (2021)
“Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise – Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.”
macOS • Windows • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, App Store, and console stores.
Sanctum 2 (2013)
“Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, and console stores.
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell (2016)
“Like a bastard child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reaction.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, and console stores.
Sky Rogue (2017)
“Sky Rogue is a fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator! Blow things up over land, sea, and air, on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers, but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you’re dead.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • Xbox
Available from Steam, Itch, and console stores.
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (2014)
“The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.”
macOS • Windows • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, App Store, and console stores.
SUPERHOT (2016)
“SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It’s you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, and console stores.
Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers (2012)
“You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession – Grandpa’s underpants!”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from GOG, Steam, and Itch.
Tomb Raider (2013)
“Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, App Store, and console stores.
Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)
“Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, Epic, App Store, and console stores.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (2018)
“As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from Steam, Epic, App Store, and console stores.
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