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
60 Seconds! Reatomized (2019)
“The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back – remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches… and maybe survive. Or not.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS
Available from Steam, Epic, App Store, console and mobile stores.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (2020)
“Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • iOS • tvOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Apple Arcade, and console stores.
Before Your Eyes (2021)
“Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.”
macOS • Windows • PlayStation • Android • iOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, console and mobile stores.
Beholder (2016)
“You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Itch, App Store, console and mobile stores.
Birth (2023)
“Birth is an adventure puzzle game about constructing a creature from spare bones & organs found around the city in order to quell your loneliness. Solve physics-based puzzles & discover secrets in lovingly hand-drawn museums, bakeries, bookstores and more.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
BROK the InvestiGator (2022)
“The very first PUNCH & CLICK! Brok is an innovative adventure mixed with beat ’em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?”
macOS • Windows • Linux • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, and console stores.
Card Shark (2022)
“Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.”
macOS • Windows • Switch
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, and console stores.
Carto (2020)
“Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, and console stores.
The Case of the Golden Idol (2022)
“A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.”
macOS • Windows • Switch
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, and console stores.
Chicory: A Colorful Tale (2021)
“A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation
Available from Steam, Epic, Itch, and console stores.
Contradiction: Spot The Liar (2015)
“Spot the lie and beat the liars in ‘Contradiction’ – the all-video murder mystery adventure!”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
Creaks (2020)
“The ground starts shaking, light bulbs are breaking – and something rather unusual is happening right behind the walls of your very room. Equipped with nothing but wit and courage, you slowly descend into a world inhabited by avian folk and seemingly deadly furniture monsters.”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • iOS • tvOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Itch, Apple Arcade, and console stores.
The Darkside Detective (2017)
“Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Atari VCS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, and console stores.
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark (2021)
“Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes – America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 6 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Atari VCS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, Itch, and console stores.
Death and Taxes (2020)
“In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper… on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch
Available from GOG, Steam, Itch, and console stores.
Deponia: The Complete Journey (2014)
“Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS
Available from Steam, Epic, and App Store.
The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow (2022)
“The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob’s Barrow. The answers lie in the soil…”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch
Available from GOG, Steam, and console stores.
FAR: Lone Sails (2018)
“Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?”
macOS • Windows • Switch • PlayStation • Xbox • Android • iOS
Available from GOG, Steam, Epic, console and mobile stores.
Finding Paradise (2017)
“A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man’s memories to fulfill his last wish.”
macOS • Windows • Linux • SteamOS • Switch • Android • iOS
Available from GOG, Steam, console and mobile stores.
Frog Detective Trilogy (2018-2022)
“You’re a detective, and a frog, and it’s time to solve a mystery.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam, and Itch.
The Henry Stickmin Collection (2020)
“A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.”
macOS • Windows
Available from Steam.
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