The Best Linear Games for Mac OS

Update : SHADOW added at rank #7.
1

HOOK 2 (2022)

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Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone PC Windows

Get Hook’d on unhooking the hooks again.

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  • linear
  • relaxing
  • 3d
  • puzzle
  • minimalist
  • casual
  • logic
  • abstract
  • family-friendly

2

Smile For Me (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Android

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.

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  • horror
  • lgbtq
  • fmv
  • point-and-click
  • conversation
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • linear
  • hand-drawn
  • multiple-endings
  • cute
  • cartoony
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • comedy

3

Cleo - a pirate's tale (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.


  • investigation
  • pirates
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • linear
  • narration
  • top-down
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • funny
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • retro

4

Discolored (2019)

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Mac OS xbla Xbox 360 Xbox One Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows

Discolored is a strange and surreal puzzle adventure, taking place over two-or-so hours in a single desolate location. Your mission: restore the color to this once-vibrant world. What caused the colors to disappear? How can they be brought back? As you explore, you'll solve an array of inventive puzzles and uncover a selection of clues - leading you to discover the deeper secrets of this strange place at the end of an abandoned highway.Features:

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  • walking-simulator
  • surreal
  • conspiracy
  • linear
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • minimalist
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • first-person
  • story
  • detective
  • mystery

5

Shatter Remastered Deluxe (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Mac OS Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X

Relive the award-winning classic that redefined the brick-breaking genre. Shatter returns in stunning 4K resolution running at 120fps, with a modernised UI, and multiple visual improvements. Re-experience the highly acclaimed original soundtrack, remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround sound.

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  • destruction
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • attack
  • score
  • local
  • physics
  • linear
  • colourful
  • futuristic
  • space
  • pvp

6

Classic Marathon (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

From the team that brought you Aleph One, the classic sci-fi FPS Marathon from Bungie on Mac revived for modern hardware by the fan community.

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  • first-person
  • pve
  • 2.5d
  • pvp
  • shooter
  • fps
  • linear
  • space
  • lan
  • 3d
  • aliens
  • story
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • pulse-pounding

7

SHADOW (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

In SHADOW, expect the unexpected. Every shadow conceals danger, every sound fuels your dread. Dare to survive a night of terror where the darkness is your enemy, and the unknown waits at every turn.


  • survival-horror
  • linear
  • adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • horror
  • rpgmaker
  • tps
  • single-player
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • choices

8

The Multi-Medium (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The Multi-Medium is a visually unique 2D puzzle platform adventure in which you play as an interdimensional explorer lost in the multiverse. Travel to diverse worlds, each drawn or painted by hand in a different medium and style, in search of your place in the cosmos.

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  • platform
  • science
  • 2d
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • stylized
  • linear
  • colourful
  • puzzle
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • fantasy
  • funny

9

Slide!! (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Slide is a Puzzle Game where you control both the protagonist and his enemy, in it you are tasked with finding ways to defeat your enemy Angry Man, be it with a sword or using the environment, every level features multiple ways to beat them and the game features over 20 of them!

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  • casual
  • linear
  • top-down
  • relaxing
  • puzzle
  • futuristic
  • cute
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • controller-support
  • retro
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • two-player
  • single-player

10

Snapshot (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Magic and science. Past and future. But what of the present?


  • platform
  • linear
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • puzzle
  • interactive
  • text
  • casual
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • casually-paced
  • abstract
  • philosophical
  • action-adventure

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