Mac Freeware Games
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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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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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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Connect Four
Place four discs of the same colour in a row before the your computer opponent does.
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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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Freeopardy
Cheesy version of the TV game show Jeopardy. You can make up your own questions and enjoy music and sound effects from the show.
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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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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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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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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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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
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 conditins 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 3D
Play FreeCell, Spider, Gaps and Klondike in customizable 3D.
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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.
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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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
