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Alien Abduction

Save crash survivors from abduction by evil aliens.

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Aquatomic

Slide atoms through the maze-like structures of Aquatomic to create molecules.

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Argonaut

A modern rendering of the classic Asteroids game with glorious graphics.

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Armagetron

3D clone of the popular laser-racing game Tron with a customizable playing arena.

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Armand and the Foppish Hat

Adventure game reminiscent of the Zelda series in glorious retro 2D. The storyline is a hoot, but puzzles give you a run for your money.

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Blackjack International

Choose your country, sidle up to the table, and place your bets.

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Boggle

Make as many words as you can in three minutes.

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Bomberman

Work your way through the levels with strategic placement of bombs that kill enemies and destroy obstacles.

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BombSquad

Clear the grid before getting blown up in this Minesweeper clone.

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Bricksmith

Create Lego models with your Mac—looks tricky, though.

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Bug Defender

Buy weapons and ammo and set them up along a path to kill bugs before they get in your house. More kills means more cash for weapons upgrades.

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Bullfrog

Use a bullfrog to clear your yard of pests before time runs out. Beautiful graphics.

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BZFlag

A free multiplayer, multiplatform 3D tank battle game. The name stands for Battle Zone capture Flag. Aside from Mac OS X, it also runs on Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows and other platforms.

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Chopper

Action packed side-scrolling helicopter game has you avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka wielding mad men, and jets.

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Cocoa Mad Race

Race your vehicle against the computer in a bid to make it to the next level.

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Connect4 Fisa

Drop discs into a grid to create a line of four horizontally, vertically or diagonally before your computer opponent beats you to it.

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Crack Attack

Crack Attack is based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack, featuring full-screen mode.

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Double

Match the tiles in Double to eliminate them — a good mahjong clone.

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Enigma

A puzzle game the object of which is to uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. It features hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams and countless hairy puzzles.

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Find A Word

Use letters from the “pot” to create as many words as you can before time runs out.

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Freecell

A Mac OS X version of the classic solitaire game.

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Freeciv

A free version of the popular Civilization strategy game requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and X11.

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Frets on Fire

Your fingers must be nimble on the keyboard to follow the tune in this open source version of Guitar Hero.

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Glider Pro

Float your Glider Pro paper airplane through rooms in a house with many obstacles.

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GLTron

Inspired by the movie TRON, you steer a futuristic bike through a rectangular arena, leaving a trail behind, which you hope to force other players to drive into.

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GNU Backgammon

Think you’re good at backgammon? Try your luck against GNU Backgammon, currently boasting world class capabilities.

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Goban

Play Go against the program or against other players over a local network or the Internet.

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HexAddict

A nicely done version of Minesweeper spiced up with great graphics for the themes.

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Hot Spot X

Work your way to the middle of four concentric rings using 32 game tiles with various colours and symbols. The rules make it tricky, though. Maybe even darned near impossible.

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JewelToy

Just like Bejeweled — you switch jewels around on a grid to group them in threes and eliminate them. You’ll want to keep going forever.

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Krank

Create strings of balls by nudging them together with your cursor. Beautiful graphics and soundtrack combine with challenging game play.

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Latrunculi

An ancient Roman board game has your pieces arrayed for battle against the enemy, which in this case uses artificial intelligence.

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MacFungus

Players compete on a grid to try to get rid of each other’s tiles.

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MacSolitaire

A good clean version by MacSolitaire of good ol’ Klondike.

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Marathon

First-person shooter originally developed by Bungie is now open source with active support.

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Marble Arena

Fans of Marble Blast, which sells for $19.95, will be happy to know that a similar freeware game called Marble Arena is now available. Both involve rolling your marble through intricate and challenging 3D landscapes. Another freeware game along this vein is neverball.

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Marble Solitarus

Jump marbles to clear the board, being careful not to leave any behind.

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MyMahj

Match the tiles to clear the mahjong board — but this time in glorious 3D.

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MySokoban

Push the boxes around a maze to their final destination without getting stuck. You’ll like the cute Nintendo-style graphics. If you don’t, have a look at SYASokoban, which is basically the same game.

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Also try: SYASokoban

neverball

Roll a marble through challenging landscapes to reach your goal. Includes neverputt, a simple golf game.

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Nexuiz

3D death match similar to Quake III: Arena. A 273 MB download — need we say more?

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NinjaQuestX

You play a ninja in a dungeon, exploring the many passages and fighting many fearsome monsters. It’s built to have the feel of a text adventure but with full graphics and a complete ninja-style look. Requires Java.

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Oberin

An online fantasy role-playing game and virtual community, available exclusively for Macintosh.

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OneCard

Match cards against computer players, just like Uno.

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Oolite

A space sim game with a retro feel and modern technology. Fly from planet to planet, buying and selling goods, shooting pirates or committing acts of piracy. It can be complicated, but there is a flight training manual.

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Oops!

Race your pieces around the board, sending your opponents back to the start, in this version of the popular board game Sorry. Play against the computer or go up against opponents on a network, leaving messages as you go.

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OpenArena

Completely free game based on the Q3A engine and gamecode with fully working bots, net play and a vast sellection of maps and player models. You do not need Quake III Arena to play this game.

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OpenTTD

Build a transportation empire by land, air and sea, outwitting your competition along the way.

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Otis

Match the blocks and watch them drop, reminiscent of Same Game.

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Owl Country

Swoop through the night skies of Montreal to attack a flock of pigeons — but watch out for lampposts. The movie trailer is a real hoot.

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Pac the Man

When you play Pac the Man, it’s just like, well, Pac-Man.

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Pingus

Lead a band of penguins on a journey in this open source version of the classic Lemmings.

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Plasma Pong

Pong with a twist: inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area.

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plobb

Candy graphics and a fun story combine in this bubble-poppin’ Asteroids-style game.

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Pogo Sticker

It’s non-stop jumping — being careful not to hurt your head — as you make your way through funky levels to your destinations.

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Poker Solitarus

Try to improve your poker hand so you can win the bet.

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PySol

More than 200 (yes, you read that right) solitaire card games in one app, including all the classics.

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Quinn

Use Quinn to play Tetris the usual way or challenge friends on the network.

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Also try: Sporktris   Quinu

Sauerbraten

First-person shooter with gorgeous graphics based on an open source game engine.

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Scorched3D

Tanks battle it out in this modern version of the old DOS game, Scorched Earth. Up to 24 players can play at the same time in a variety of changing environmental conditions and terrains.

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Scrabbalize

Input the letters from your Scrabble hand, click the button, and see all the word possibilities — for those times when you’re really stuck.

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Simon Extreme

Observe increasingly complex colour patterns, then try to copy them without making a mistake. Just like they did in the ’70s.

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Snake Quest

Your snake grows with your Snake Quest as you gobble up crystals, making it tricky to manoeuvre.

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Also try: snake3d

Solitaire XL

Play solitaire Klondike style with big and beautiful cards. A transparency option lets you feel like you’re playing on your desktop.

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Solitarus

Similar to the Klondike card game of solitaire, with splendid graphics.

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Spin Around

Line up the coloured balls and make them disappear, either by moving rows left and right, or by spinning the whole grid around.

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SudokuDan

iSudoku is no longer with us, so give SudokuDan a try. Or maybe GNUDoQ.

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Also try: GNUDoQ

SuperBrain

Get this Mastermind clone in a version similar to the original, a more advanced version involving shapes, and of course a widget.

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Also try: MyNevermind

SuperGHOST

Compete with the computer to avoid spelling words.

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SuperTux

It’s just like Super Mario, but with SuperTux, you get Tux the Linux penguin.

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Supertuxkart

Race against friends or the computer in a variety of racetracks reminiscent of Mario Kart.

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The Battle for Wesnoth

A turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme sees you build up a mighty army so you can regain your rightful place on the throne of Wesnoth.

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Tintin

A neat little yahtzee game using Tintin characters.

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Also try: Jahtzee

Ultimate Othello

A strategic board game, Othello (also known as Reversi) involves surrounding your opponent’s pieces to make them your own. Variations include MacIago and Reversi Unlimited.

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Also try: MacIago   Reversi Unlimited