The Best Asynchronous Games for Mac OS

Update : Editarrr added at rank #13.
1

Istanbul (2018)

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Collect and trade goods! Plan ahead! Earn rubies and win the race to fortune! Become the best merchant in Istanbul! This faithful adaptation of one of the best board games of all time will turn you into a merchand on a jurney from rags to riches. 🕌📦👳


  • asynchronous
  • board-game
  • multiplayer
  • tabletop
  • platform
  • local
  • online
  • mouse
  • touch-friendly
  • 4-player
  • strategy
  • achievements
  • trading
  • turn-based

2

Antioch: Scarlet Bay (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Antioch: Scarlet Bay is an online cooperative narrative adventure. Play as two detectives working together to solve a murder in the shadowy city of Antioch. Wander in a city filled with characters with their own agendas and attitudes, all your decisions change the story and lead to multi endings.

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  • choices
  • dark
  • multiple-endings
  • noir
  • cooperative
  • asynchronous
  • comic
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • detective
  • comedy
  • interactive
  • visual-novel
  • book

3

Twilight Struggle (2016)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Mac OS

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.


  • historical
  • card
  • cold
  • tabletop
  • asynchronous
  • political
  • board-game
  • turn-based
  • war
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • alternate
  • multiplayer
  • atmospheric
  • chess

4

Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.


  • hex
  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • turn-based
  • asynchronous
  • tactical
  • economy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • grid
  • tabletop
  • management
  • board-game
  • resource-management
  • multiplayer

5

D&D Lords of Waterdeep (2013)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.

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  • asynchronous
  • strategy
  • dragon
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • online
  • turn-based
  • political
  • dungeon
  • board
  • multiplayer
  • buildings
  • platform
  • card

6

Eight-Minute Empire (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Android IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Eight-Minute Empire is the super-quick area control game requiring tough decisions. It’s easy to learn and perfect for when you only have a few minutes.

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  • board-game
  • asynchronous
  • card-driven
  • turn-based
  • card
  • strategy
  • touch-friendly
  • multiplayer
  • empire
  • 4-player
  • short
  • local
  • resource
  • casual
  • cardgame

7

Kind Words (2019)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.


  • experience
  • psychological
  • emotional
  • asynchronous
  • lgbtq
  • music
  • experimental
  • souls
  • memes
  • relaxing
  • atmospheric
  • colourful
  • multiplayer
  • stylized
  • horror

8

GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena (2019)

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Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.

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  • programming
  • auto-battler
  • automation
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • top-down
  • multiplayer-battle
  • robots
  • asynchronous
  • logic
  • tactical
  • multiplayer
  • pve
  • arena
  • isometric

9

Oceans (2022)

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Adapt your Species to survive and thrive in the Oceans depths in this turn-based strategy game based on the hit board game Oceans.

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  • board-game
  • turn-based
  • collector
  • creature
  • tabletop
  • asynchronous
  • multiplayer
  • underwater
  • card
  • strategy
  • science
  • nature
  • mmo
  • artificial
  • intelligence

10

Barnard's Star (2021)

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IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows Linux

Snipe your friends, electrocute your enemies and rain down acidic slime in the Barnard’s Star system, 6 light years from Earth. A multiplayer, turn-based tactics battler with no micro-transactions and no random chance — ingenuity is the only way to victory!

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  • asynchronous
  • turn-based
  • moba
  • tactical
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • robots
  • aliens
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • async
  • sci-fi

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