The Best Nostalgia Games for Mac OS

Update : Drive Rally added at rank #5.
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Lucy Dreaming (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Mac OS Linux Xbox One

Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.

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  • nostalgia
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • old-school
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • funny
  • dark
  • retro
  • story

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A Perfect Day (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Revisit the final moments of 1999 for an eternity. Come face to face with your dreams and regrets. Explore a deep and interwoven narrative, solve perplexing riddles, and even play a few nostalgic minigames. Immerse yourself in happiness and sorrow with friends of ages past in your Perfect Day.

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  • fiction
  • nostalgia
  • travel
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • story
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • emotional
  • time
  • multiple-endings
  • 1990s
  • narrative
  • choices
  • time-management

3

Hot Lava (2019)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Xbox 360 apple arcade

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.

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  • precision
  • parkour
  • platform
  • nostalgia
  • time
  • attack
  • pvp
  • 1990s
  • kinect
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • racing
  • family
  • first-person
  • fast-paced

4

SANYA (2024)

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

A playful narrative adventure about the warmth of fleeting childhood memories: about a little boy named Sanya, rescuing a stray puppy, making true friends, and engaging in many exciting adventures in a small town set in the achingly strange and nostalgic period of the 90s.

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  • nostalgia
  • dog
  • 1990s
  • 2.5d
  • narration
  • emotional
  • point-and-click
  • linear
  • narrative
  • hand-drawn
  • adventure
  • choices
  • family-friendly
  • exploration
  • atmospheric

5

Drive Rally (2024)

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early access Linux PC Windows Mac OS

#DRIVE Rally is an arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s. Grab your co-driver and burn some rubber on iconic race-winning cars across a variety of terrains in some of the most iconic rallying locations in the world!


  • racing
  • nostalgia
  • auto
  • off-road
  • 1990s
  • character
  • driving
  • stylized
  • parody
  • customization
  • physics
  • sport
  • 1980s
  • retro
  • controller-support

6

Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (2023)

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wii u Nintendo Switch Mac OS dos PC Windows Linux

Commander Keen is back. In the modernised Definitive Edition of the lost episode "Keen Dream". The game structure has been reworked to make the game a more modern experience without sacrificing any of the original charm!

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  • nostalgia
  • retro
  • side-scrolling
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • casual
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • compilation
  • non-linear
  • subscription
  • tile

7

Blacken Slash (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A tactical roguelite RPG where the items you choose define your character. Create powerful builds from an abundance of loot as you try to save a corrupted retro computer system in byte-sized tactical puzzles.

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  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • nostalgia
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • hack-and-slash
  • minimalist
  • rpg
  • isometric
  • perma-death
  • retro
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • pve

8

Rustystreet (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Every day, tens of thousands of dreams are born, destroyed and reborn

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  • nostalgia
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • stylized

9

Ragnarok: The Lost Memories (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Experience a storyline never before seen in the Ragnarok series. Choose your own path as you unlock the story and truth in Ragnarok: The Lost Memories. A free to play adventure strategy game with a card battle system and character collection system!

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  • japanese
  • rpg
  • nostalgia
  • jrpg
  • automation
  • 3d
  • deckbuilder
  • pvp
  • collector
  • creature
  • card
  • farming

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Kind Heart Defenders (2022)

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Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows Android l Nintendo Switch

Kind Heart Defenders is an experience that brings the best of Space Shooter with the best of Tower Defense. Have fun building towers, trying different ships, laughing at the characters' jokes, and battling through intergalactic scenarios and gigantic bosses.

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  • tower-defense
  • jet
  • flight
  • nostalgia
  • spaceships
  • cute
  • space
  • strategy
  • shooter
  • short
  • colourful
  • casual

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