The Best Open-world Games for Mac OS

Update 18 January 2024: A Thug\'s Ascension added at rank #33.

Here are our 10 Best Open-world Games for Mac OS:

The Pathless (2020)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 5

Embark on an epic adventure on a mystical island to dispel the curse of darkness in The Pathless. With your eagle companion, explore breathtaking landscapes and engage in unique boss battles against giant corrupted spirits. The emotionally resonant story, fast-paced gameplay, and stunning visuals and music make for an immersive experience that you won't forget.

What we like:

Well-written characters and story
Satisfying movement mechanics and puzzles
Stunning visuals and music
Unique boss fights
Relaxing gameplay

What could be improved:

Repetitive gameplay
Lack of tutorial and map system
Potential overpricing
Inconsistent performance
Tedious exploration

open-world
boss-fight
puzzle
exploration
boss
stealth
archery
shooter
adventure
battle
action-adventure
rhythm
stylized
story
narrative

TerraTech (2018)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

TerraTech is the perfect game for creative kids who love to build their own vehicles and explore a randomly generated world. Construct powerful machines, bases, and weapons to defend against rival miners, gather resources, and improve your standing with the Mining Corporations. Explore treacherous mountain ranges, luscious grasslands, and huge deserts while building and creating your own unique style. The gameplay is fun and intuitive, and the simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware.

What we like:

Fun and intuitive gameplay
Creative freedom with lots of room for your own style
Enticing game with interesting mechanics
Simplistic graphics don't require high-end hardware
Provides a unique and addictive experience

What could be improved:

Feels empty with repetitive fetch quests
Lack of big updates
Multiplayer needs a lot of work

sandbox
building
crafting
open-world
construction
vehicle
survival
robots
physics
early-access
exploration
funny-looking
online
vehicles

Necesse (2019)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Necesse is an open-world, top-down sandbox game with a huge amount of potential. Explore procedurally generated islands, build towns, recruit settlers and complete quests - either on your own or with friends. There are forest, snow, swamp and desert biomes to discover as well as mobs and boss battles to fight. The crafting recipes are intuitive and the base building is fun and easy to learn.

What we like:

Procedurally generated world of islands
Mobs to fight
Boss battles
Intuitive crafting recipes
Base building system
Online multiplayer

What could be improved:

Not much verticality in the build system yet
Minimal cosmetic changes for builds
Some bullet hell elements during boss fights

crafting
survival
open-world
cooperative
colony
building
sandbox
pixel
exploration
survival-craft
replay-value
2d
multiplayer
farming
online

Aground (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG with a goal, story, and reason to craft and build. The gameplay is simple, but engaging with tons of features. In Aground, you can raise dragons and launch into space, fight enemies, discover magic, and explore secrets. If you're into crafting games with a lot of exploration, Aground is a thoroughly addictive game with plenty to discover.

What we like:

Story is interesting and allows for a lot of exploration
Crafting is solid and varied
Mod support and community are helpful
Gameplay is engaging and controls are good
Freedom to choose which islands to visit and play at your own pace.

What could be improved:

Item storage can be tedious and requiring a lot of trips
Low-resolution graphics may take some getting used to
Lack of personal relationships with NPCs
Basic tutorial and sometimes requires use of outside resources for guidance.

survival
crafting
dragon
mining
open-world
base-building
city-building
building
post-apocalyptic
exploration
sandbox
2d
choices
management
story

Evertale (2019)

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Mac OS Android IOS iPhone

Discover legendary weapons, accessories, and equipment to boost your warriors and gain the upper hand on your opponents. Join two young heroes and the allies they befriend along the way, as you embark on a perilous quest to uncover the secret to ending this ancient curse and saving their homeland once and for all!.

open-world
rpg
battle
boss-fight
fantasy
fight
platform
good-looking
boss
combat
horror
mystery
controller-support
arpg
exploration

Mafia III (2020)

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Xbox One Mac OS PC Windows Xbox 360

After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.

open-world
crime
driving
cover
stealth
violent
narrative
heist
boss
documentary
empire
shooter
story
war

Train Valley 2 - Community Edition (2019)

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

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

time-management
city-building
resource-management
minimalist
stylized
family-friendly
open-world
sandbox
atmospheric
puzzle
third-person
trains
tactical
management
difficult

LEGO The Incredibles (2018)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

Experience the thrilling adventures of the Parr family as they conquer crime and family life through both Disney-Pixar films The Incredibles and Incredibles 2, in a LEGO® world full of fun and humor.

open-world
lego
superhero
cooperative
crime
family-friendly
puzzle
boss-fight
pixar
villain
waves

Cooking Mama: Cuisine! (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone Mac OS

Chop, bake, stew, and more. The latest Cooking Mama title is available in Apple Arcade! Choose ingredients and cooking tools, then find a dish! In Cooking Mama: Cuisine!, find recipes by choosing ingredients and cooking tools. Start cooking when you've found a combination that works! Try to find different combinations to see what dishes you can make.

rhythm
crafting
open-world
puzzle
inventive
post-apocalyptic
surreal
side-scrolling
pause
rogue-like
wave
competitive
strategy
driving
real-time

LEGOA DC Super-Villains (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

It's good to be bad… Embark on an all-new DC/LEGO® adventure by becoming the best villain the universe has seen. Players will create and play as an all-new super-villain throughout the game, unleashing mischievous antics and wreaking havoc in an action-packed story.