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Best Mac games of 2020
The 49 best Mac games released in 2020, ranked from 11,051 critic and player ratings.
The best Mac game of 2020 is Hades, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated August 2026.
01
Hades
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while getting to know and forging relationships with its inhabitants.
94
/100
02
Crusader Kings III
Crusader Kings III is the newest generation in the medieval role-playing grand strategy game series Crusader Kings. Expand and improve your realm, whether a mighty kingdom or modest county. Use marriage, diplomacy and war to increase your power and prestige in a meticulously detailed map that stretches from Spain to India, Scandinavia to Central Africa.
91
/100
03
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
88
/100
Hades
A rogue-lite hack and slash dungeon crawler in which Zagreus, son of Hades the Greek god of the dead, attempts to escape his home and his oppressive father by fighting the souls of the dead through the various layers of the ever-shifting underworld, while getting to know and forging relationships with its inhabitants.
94
/100
02
Crusader Kings III
Crusader Kings III is the newest generation in the medieval role-playing grand strategy game series Crusader Kings. Expand and improve your realm, whether a mighty kingdom or modest county. Use marriage, diplomacy and war to increase your power and prestige in a meticulously detailed map that stretches from Spain to India, Scandinavia to Central Africa.
91
/100
03
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
88
/100
04
The Last Campfire
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
88
/100
05
Wasteland 3
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions. No one here has ever heard of the Desert Rangers. Your reputation is yours to build from scratch, and your choices may save this land or doom it. With a renewed focus on macro-reactivity, you'll be picking between warring factions, deciding whether locations are destroyed or saved, and making other far reaching decisions that have a marked impact on the shape of your world.
87
/100
06
Desperados III
The Wild West. A place where the law is made by those with a gun in their hands, and is enforced by the henchmen at their command. A place where death is no stranger and the undertakers are working overtime… especially when people start playing Desperados III. This real-time tactics game, developed by German game studio Mimimi Games (Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun), lets players command a band of Desperados led by fan-favourite gunslinger John Cooper.
86
/100
07
Factorio
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
86
/100
08
Monster Sanctuary
A pixel art monster collecting game featuring sideview visuals, metroidvania like exploration and challenging turn based combat.
85
/100
09
Spiritfarer
84
/100
10
Art of Rally
Race in the golden era of rally. Drive iconic cars from the 60s to Group B on challenging stages through stylized environments. Will you master the art of rally?
83
/100
11
Fortnite
83
/100
12
Streets of Rage 4
83
/100
13
Carto
82
/100
14
Control Ultimate Edition
82
/100
15
The Pedestrian
82
/100
16
Creaks
82
/100
17
Football Manager 2021
82
/100
18
Them's Fightin' Herds
82
/100
19
Huntdown
82
/100
20
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
21
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
82
/100
22
SnowRunner
81
/100
23
Wingspan
81
/100
24
Resident Evil 3
81
/100
25
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
80
/100
26
Hidden Through Time
80
/100
27
Superhot: Mind Control Delete
79
/100
28
Röki
79
/100
29
The Pathless
78
/100
30
Moving Out
77
/100
31
When The Past Was Around
77
/100
32
Bugsnax
76
/100
33
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
76
/100
34
Carrion
75
/100
35
Moving Out
74
/100
36
Star Renegades
74
/100
37
A
Cyberpunk 2077
73
/100
38
The Survivalists
72
/100
39
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
71
/100
40
Myst
71
/100
41
Coffee Talk
70
/100
42
Unto The End
70
/100
43
Samsara Room
69
/100
44
UnderMine
67
/100
45
The Complex
64
/100
46
Serious Sam 4
63
/100
47
Hellpoint
61
/100
48
Warcraft III: Reforged
59
/100
49
Empire of Sin
56
/100
The Last Campfire
The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.
88
/100
05
Wasteland 3
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions. No one here has ever heard of the Desert Rangers. Your reputation is yours to build from scratch, and your choices may save this land or doom it. With a renewed focus on macro-reactivity, you'll be picking between warring factions, deciding whether locations are destroyed or saved, and making other far reaching decisions that have a marked impact on the shape of your world.
87
/100
06
Desperados III
The Wild West. A place where the law is made by those with a gun in their hands, and is enforced by the henchmen at their command. A place where death is no stranger and the undertakers are working overtime… especially when people start playing Desperados III. This real-time tactics game, developed by German game studio Mimimi Games (Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun), lets players command a band of Desperados led by fan-favourite gunslinger John Cooper.
86
/100
07
Factorio
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
86
/100
08
Monster Sanctuary
A pixel art monster collecting game featuring sideview visuals, metroidvania like exploration and challenging turn based combat.
85
/100
09
Spiritfarer
84
/100
10
Art of Rally
Race in the golden era of rally. Drive iconic cars from the 60s to Group B on challenging stages through stylized environments. Will you master the art of rally?
83
/100
11
Fortnite
83
/100
12
Streets of Rage 4
83
/100
13
Carto
82
/100
14
Control Ultimate Edition
82
/100
15
The Pedestrian
82
/100
16
Creaks
82
/100
17
Football Manager 2021
82
/100
18
Them's Fightin' Herds
82
/100
19
Huntdown
82
/100
20
Amnesia: Rebirth
82
/100
21
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
82
/100
22
SnowRunner
81
/100
23
Wingspan
81
/100
24
Resident Evil 3
81
/100
25
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
80
/100
26
Hidden Through Time
80
/100
27
Superhot: Mind Control Delete
79
/100
28
Röki
79
/100
29
The Pathless
78
/100
30
Moving Out
77
/100
31
When The Past Was Around
77
/100
32
Bugsnax
76
/100
33
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
76
/100
34
Carrion
75
/100
35
Moving Out
74
/100
36
Star Renegades
74
/100
37
A
Cyberpunk 2077
73
/100
38
The Survivalists
72
/100
39
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
71
/100
40
Myst
71
/100
41
Coffee Talk
70
/100
42
Unto The End
70
/100
43
Samsara Room
69
/100
44
UnderMine
67
/100
45
The Complex
64
/100
46
Serious Sam 4
63
/100
47
Hellpoint
61
/100
48
Warcraft III: Reforged
59
/100
49
Empire of Sin
56
/100
FAQ
What is the best Mac game of 2020?
Hades currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 1,644 ratings. Ranking updated August 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.