The Best Old-school Games for Mac OS

Update : Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy added at rank #11.
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Streets of Rage 4 (2020)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Streets of Rage 4 is the long awaited fourth entry into the classic Sega franchise. It features a blend of old and new, with classic characters such as Axel and Adam Hunter returning alongside a new main character, Cherry. All characters have unique playstyles, from Axel's powerful punches to Cherry's speedy strikes. There are tons of unlockables to discover and it has an amazing soundtrack.


What we like:
  • Satisfying combat
  • Incredible music and visuals
  • Tons to unlock
  • Simple yet rewarding combat mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Lack of 4 player online
  • Occasionally too easy to get cornered

  • brawler
  • boss
  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • combo
  • retro
  • classic
  • side-scrolling
  • fight
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • online
  • hand-drawn
  • crime
  • combat

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Death Trash (2021)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.


  • post-apocalyptic
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • lovecraftian
  • old-school
  • choices
  • souls
  • cyberpunk
  • pixel
  • character
  • pve
  • customization
  • atmospheric
  • open-world
  • exploration

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Steel Assault (2021)

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

Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.


  • platform
  • post-apocalyptic
  • retro
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • action
  • america
  • 2d
  • perma-death
  • scroller
  • futuristic
  • classic
  • mech
  • fast-paced

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Fabled Lands (2021)

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Mac OS Android PC Windows

Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.


  • rpg
  • rogue-like
  • choices
  • hex
  • party
  • old-school
  • text
  • fiction
  • sandbox
  • turn-based
  • open-world
  • interactive
  • fantasy
  • grid
  • 2d

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Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw (2024)

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

“Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw” is a modern, funny and family-friendly point & click adventure game about cats, pop culture and life itself. Created in the spirit of the classics of the genre.


  • 2.5d
  • investigation
  • family-friendly
  • cats
  • point-and-click
  • old-school
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • logic
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • comedy
  • funny
  • puzzle
  • adventure

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The Abandoned Planet (2024)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

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  • point-and-click
  • pixel
  • 1990s
  • old-school
  • space
  • exploration
  • clicker
  • futuristic
  • linear
  • 2d
  • hidden-object
  • story
  • puzzle
  • sci-fi
  • adventure

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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness (2021)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.


  • old-school
  • rpg
  • choices
  • crowdfunded
  • isometric
  • pause
  • character
  • party
  • multiple-endings
  • real-time
  • tabletop
  • medieval
  • tactical
  • customization
  • fantasy

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The Quest (2015)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows

The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!


  • movement
  • rpg
  • old-school
  • open-world
  • grid
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • turn-based
  • hand-drawn
  • first-person
  • retro
  • fantasy-world
  • adventure
  • action-driven
  • dungeon

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SKALD: Against the Black Priory (2024)

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SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat


  • old-school
  • turn-based
  • fantasy
  • rpg
  • horror
  • party
  • minimalist
  • class
  • choices
  • exploration
  • character
  • strategy
  • magic
  • story
  • atmospheric

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Single Malt Apocalypse (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Not everything is fine in the small mining town of Cinderbrook. Your task is to find out what on earth is happening in the shadows of the town! Solve the mystery in this old-school adventure game with RPG influences!

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  • lovecraftian
  • nonlinear
  • old-school
  • noir
  • detective
  • investigation
  • choices
  • mystery
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • horror
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • retro

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