The Best Adventure exploration Games for Mac OS - Page 4

Update : STARDROP added at rank #11.
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The First Tree (2017)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a young couple dealing with a tragedy in their own. Uncover artifacts from the young couple’s life as they too become intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.


  • third-person
  • walking-simulator
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • short
  • exploration
  • orchestral
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • nature
  • single-player
  • platform
  • narration
  • mech

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Monument Valley (2014)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Android

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

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  • puzzle
  • surreal
  • escher
  • illustration
  • design
  • mind-bending
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • relaxing
  • adventure
  • emotional
  • platform
  • narrative
  • text-driven

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Firewatch (2016)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.


  • mystery
  • walking-simulator
  • narrative
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • story
  • park
  • adventure
  • boss
  • thriller

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SUNLESS SEA (2015)

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Linux PC Windows Mac OS

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.


  • rogue-like
  • sailing
  • exploration
  • story
  • pirates
  • narrative
  • horror
  • adventure
  • discovery
  • combat
  • lovecraftian
  • fiction
  • interactive
  • naval

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The Plague Doctor of Wippra (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

The plague spreads agony and fear in the small town of Wippra. As a plague doctor, you bring healing and relief wherever you can. But ignorance, superstition, and religious zeal make for a deadly threat in this retro medieval medical adventure!


  • point-and-click
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • historical
  • noir
  • story
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • conversation
  • adventure
  • narrative

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Sagebrush (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS Xbox One PC Windows

A first-person narrative adventure game about exploring a cult compound in the remote New Mexico desert. Discover the lives of the former inhabitants -- what brought them together, what they believed, and why they ended it all.

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  • cult
  • first-person
  • short-form
  • walking-simulator
  • adventure
  • psychological
  • exploration
  • narrative
  • walking
  • horror
  • story
  • surreal
  • mature

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Lara Croft GO (2015)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Windows Phone / Windows 10 Mobile Mac OS Linux vita Playstation 4 Xbox 360

Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.


  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • stealth
  • exploration
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • combat
  • action
  • underwater
  • narrative
  • survival
  • cover
  • turn-based
  • shooter

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OPUS: The Day We Found Earth (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone

Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

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  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • cute
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • space
  • narration
  • nature
  • free-play
  • puzzle
  • robots
  • relaxing

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Chasm (2018)

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vita Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Embark on an epic adventure in Chasm, the action-adventure game that puts you in the shoes of a new knight recruit. With hand-designed rooms and procedurally-assembled areas, each playthrough is unique. Enjoy challenging retro gameplay with authentic pixel art and customize your character with armor, weapons, and spells. Are you ready to restore peace to the kingdom?


What we like:
  • Well-realized Metroidvania gameplay
  • Good controls and combat
  • Beautiful pixel art
  • Good music
  • Decent story
What could be improved:
  • Lacks originality and mystique
  • Procedural generation leads to repetitive environments
  • Limited shop selection

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • rogue-like
  • retro
  • combat
  • rpg
  • procedural
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • dungeon

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Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)

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Xbox One Xbox 360 PC Windows Playstation 4 stadia Mac OS Linux HTC Vive Oculus Rift

Platforming is back in this new iconic iteration of the famous action adventure franchise. The new combat system offers more stealth and sneak attack options and you can now explore underwater. Young lara is still battleling for survival and will be able to make her way using improvised weapons and crafting upgrades for them.

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  • stealth
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • card
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • supernatural
  • adventure
  • survival
  • combat
  • open-world
  • platform
  • quick-time-event
  • narrative
  • cover

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