2.5D (known as Two and a Half Dimensional or Three-quarter Perspective) is a term of the video game used to describe either explore the 3D world, restricted to the 2D plane, or 2D and similar techniques used to cause scenes or images to simulate the environment. Mostly Role-playing, MMORPG, Racing, and Platform genres use the 2.5D element and let the player manipulate the environment from an isometric perspective. These games usually take place in the 3D environment explored by isometric perspective. The best examples of 2.5D are SimCity 2000, Ultimate VII: The Black Gate, and Paperboy. In simple, the game that used both 3D and 2D techniques are known as 2.5D. The term is used to describe the use of either three-dimensional (3D) graphics restricted to a two-dimensional (2D) perceptive, or2D visuals used to fate the appearance of the game from the 3D perspective. These games come with a level-based system where the player has to complete objectives in each level to advance through the game while engaging in the mixture of both 3D and 2D perspectives.

22 Best 2.5D Games for Mac OS

#1 Shadow Complex Remastered

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Shadow Complex Remastered is the Remake of the famous Shadow Complex video game. Developed by the same developer, ChAIR Entertainment, Shadow Complex Remastered offers a brilliant combination of Action and Side-Scrolling Platform, Adventure and Run and Gun elements and an entirely new Amplified and modernistic gameplay. The game follows the similar mechanics and provides hours of Exploration, Fast-paced Combats and Melee encounters, enhancements in Graphics and loads of other exciting things. Shadow Complex Remastered is built using the most advanced Unreal Engine and holds a record of 50 Game of the Year and Editors Choice awards. The game includes content from both Original Shadow Complex and Shadow Complex Remastered and offers a non-linear gameplay, a massive game world, loads of different types of enemies, fantastic boss battles, countless new and old Power-ups, an entirely very intense combat-oriented gameplay, incredibly amazing 2.5D graphics and loads of other great things. New and old characters, enemies, new environments, and a user-friendly interface updated visual effects, epic melee encounters, loads of new achievements and 4K resolutions support are among the most prominent features of this great Action, Adventure, and Platform video game.

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#2 Rescue Team 3

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Rescue Team 3 is a Time Management, Strategy and Single-player Simulation developed by Alawar Entertainment and published by Buka Entertainment. In the game, you must struggle to save the day as the team leader of Rescue Team, a group of life-saving people to seep up and swoop in the wake of the natural disaster. During the gameplay, you must figure out the fastest way to accomplish your goals, make good use of your collected resources and unlock achievements to raise your rank. The game offers easy to play but hard to master gameplay, and it comes with forty challenging levels. There are ten different buildings available and the game lets you use three assistance and a variety of transport to complete the level within time. The game is played from an isometric perspective, and the player can command his teammate to repair the shelters, bridges, houses, and other things to save the people. The game rewards you with points, resources, and other items which you can use during the gameplay when completing the level. Rescue Team 3 includes prominent features such as 40 Levels, 3 Rescue Assistants, Tutorial, Ten Buildings, etc.

#3 Figment

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Figment is an Action-Adventure, Puzzle, Isometric, and Single-player video game published and developed by Bedtime Digital Games. The game revolves around musical adventure takes place in the recesses of the human mind. It welcomes you in the surreal world full of deepest thoughts, memories, urges, and lots of voices. According to the story, the mind has been quick for several years, something has changed. Strange thoughts have begun to emerged, taking the form of brutal creatures who spread chaos and fear in the place they visit. The world’s last hope is grumpy dusty, a former voice of the mind, has come back to help the mind to face the fear. The game embarks the protagonist and his friend named as Piper on an epic adventure through various sides of mind, where they have to solve complex puzzles to calm down the mind, and find the way to defeat the terrifying creatures to restore the courage. Figment includes core features such as the Hand-drawn World, Musical Performance, Fight Nightmares, Use both Brain and Brawn, etc. Try it out.

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#4 Doom and Destiny

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Doom and Destiny is a Fantasy-based, Role-playing, and Single-player video game published and developed by Heartbit Interactive. The environment of the game takes place in the fantasy setting full of pizza, dungeons, magic, and jokes. The game offers addictive gameplay for those who love playing 8-bit, 16-bit, Pen and Paper role-playing games. In the plot, the game sets out four heroes to an epic adventure to battle against preposterous villains and defeat them to restore the pace of the land. Lots of adventures, side-quests and extra hours of play are available in a single game. You control the four character from an isometric perspective, interact with NPCs and environment, learn unique moves and battle against enemies in turn-based combat. During the game, you can change the party order to apply unique bonuses and can experience the 100 challenging levels full of over two-hundred special powers and spells. Doom and Destiny include key features such as 700 Locations, 500 Items, 200 Special Powers, 10,000 Lines of Dialogues, etc. are prominent features to enjoy.

#5 Block’hood

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Block’hood is the mix of City Building, Sandbox, Strategy, and Isometric Simulation elements developed by Plethora-Project LLC and published by Devolver Digital for multiple platforms. The game comes with Single-player mode and offers the Sandbox environment where the setting of the game takes place. There are more than 200 building blocks available, and the player must use combine and arrange them to create the beautiful neighbourhood and find out the impactions of the design. The game embarks the player on a storyline of ecology and understanding as the further resources are required to unlock new configurations, blocks, and combinations to create the fantastic colony. Throughout the design procedure, the player will need to avoid the decay of his beautiful city blocks by creating each unit. It has multiple unique modes such as Sandbox, Story Mode, and Challenge mode. Block’hood includes core features such as Envision your Neighborhood, Generate Resources, Avoid Decay, Unique Modes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#6 Knights of Pen and Paper 2

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Knights of Pen and Paper 2 is an Adventure, Role-playing, Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player video game developed by Kyy Games and published by Paradox Interactive. The game allows the player to join the knights in retro-style, turn-based and pixel-art adventure full of intrigue, danger, and more. During the gameplay, the player must assemble his party and command the group of pen and paper characters as they controlled through their adventurers. There are multiple races including Elf and Dwarf, from which the player can make his party of his choice, select quests and encounter enemies, delve into the deep dungeons, and craft useful items to advance through the game. In the game, the player can create his unique character and can explore the dungeons from an isometric perspective, encounter monsters, collect treasures, and craft exciting items using crafting system. Knights of Pen and Paper 2 offers core features such as Customization, Two Races, Crafting System, Dungeon Crawling, and more.

#7 Try Hard Parking

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Try Hard Parking is an Isometric, Difficult Racing, and Single-player Driving Simulation developed and published by Gearspecs. The game takes place in the 3D environments and allows him to select his favorite vehicle from available to complete the tasks. It offers a chance to the player to test his driving skills and explore obstacle courses in pursuit of his parking spot in 1980s Retro environment. During the gameplay, the player can jump, drop, steer his way through a variety of levels and each level full of obstacles. The ultimate objective of the player is to drive his car, overcome obstacles, and struggle to reach his parking spot to earn points. There are 10 crazy levels with increasing difficulty and the game features the vehicle, ranging from 80s. It has various modes such as Rage, Difficult, Fast, Fun, and Frustrating with brilliant music that keep the player cool. The game rewards the player with trophies such as Grand Ma, Takumi 86, Super Tubel, and more. Try Hard Parking offers core features such as 10 Levels, Trophies, Achievements, and more.

#8 Eschalon Book III

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Eschalon Book III is a Fantasy-based, Isometric Role-playing, and Single-player Adventure video game developed and published by Basilisk Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the fantasy land and puts you in the role of the protagonist, who is looking for his past. As the protagonist, you must explore the land from an isometric perspective, interact with environment consists of dungeons and virtual wilderness full of danger and secrets. The game introduces plenty of fan-requested features and updates. It offers an open-ended environment where you can move freely to find the truth about your past and face brutal creatures while exploring. The ultimate task is to battle against enemies in turn-based combat and attack with traditional weapons during your turn to save his life. The game rewards you with experience points which can be used to unlock additional stuff and weapons. Eschalon Book III includes core features such as Hundreds of Updates, Build Custom Maps, Single-player RPG Gameplay, Enhanced Environment Effects, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#9 Umiro

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Umiro is an Adventure, Strategy, Isometric, and Single-player video game developed by Diceroll Studios and published by Devolver Digital. The storyline revolves around two characters named as Satura and Huey, who find themselves lost in the strange colourless world with no memory about past, only with a single question how they reached in the mysterious place. During the gameplay, the player controls two intrepid schoolmates through puzzling landscapes to restore the crystal to return to the original life and recover their memory. There are plenty of challenging levels, and each level is full of tricky puzzles that the player needs to complete by unleashing his wits. The player needs to accomplish each level through meticulous planning to gather yellow crystals. Umiro includes core features such as a Colorful World, Dozens of Levels, Unlock Mysteries, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

#10 Wild Terra Online

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Wild Terra Online combines the MMORPG, Hunting, Crafting, and Sandbox elements developed by Juvty Worlds Ltd. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world and offers multiple characters from which the player can select his or her one of them to start his quest. During the gameplay, the player has to manipulate the open-ended medieval-themed world, deal with hunger, dangers, and starvation. The ultimate task is to gather resources, hunt wild animals from an isometric perspective while building shelters. Using crafting element, the player can create multiple tools, weapons, and equipment and can use them to hunt deer, rabbit, and other animals while avoiding the attack. As the player progresses, the game becomes tough to play and unlock additional content. The player can interact with other players or non-player characters to progress through the game and get access to secret areas with rare animals and resources. Destructible Building, PvP Arena, Deep Crafting System, NPCs, etc. are core features of the game.

#11 Starcraft: Brood War

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Starcraft: Brood War is a Downloadable Content Pack for the Military-based Sci-fi RTS video game StarCraft, released in 1998 for Windows and Mac by Blizzard Entertainment. The DLC pack comes with new campaigns, music, new maps, extra units for each race, upgrades, and achievements. The story continue from where the original title ended. The game revolves around three distinct interstellar species such as the insectoid Zerg, the adaptable Terrans, and the psionic Protoss. The main gameplay focuses on the player gathering resources to build a base, recruit and upgrade his military, and conquer the opponents to rule the world. At the beginning of the game, the player must define his campaign from available, build his bases, navigate the world to collect resources, and battle against enemies to defend his bases and destroy their to earn experience points which he can use to unlock additional stuff. The player explores the world from an isometric perspective and can engage in RTS gameplay experience.

#12 Sword Coast Legends

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Sword Coast Legends is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by n-Space and published by Digital Extremes for multiple platforms. The game takes place within the Forgotten Realms’ universe, a campaign setting of D&D (Dungeons of Dragons). It introduces the typically classes and races of the Forgotten Realms and offers the fictional Sword Coast region on Planet Toril. The game brings the RPG dynamic between Dungeon Master and the player with DM mode, a real-time experience, in which Dungeon Master assist the player through a variety of unique adventures. There are five playable races and six character classes available and the player must select his favorite one to create his adventure. The player explores the world from an isometric perspective, command his allies and participate in battle to take down enemies to restore the peace. Sword Coast Legends includes core features such as Action-packed Gameplay, Detailed Graphics, brutal Creatures, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#13 Septerra Core

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Septerra Core (also known as Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator) is an Anime, Adventure, Role-playing, and Single-player video game created by Valkyrie Studios and published by Monolith Productions. The game world has two depths such as the location maps and the world map. On the location maps, the player has an opportunity of communicating with NPCs, visiting stores to purchase items, fighting brutal battles, etc. The world map acts the purpose of shifting the protagonist from one location map to another. The game offers the linear gameplay on the world map where the player can explore the land from an isometric perspective, battle against enemies and take down them to earn experience points. Within the dungeons, the player has a choice of movement to pick up the magic items in his way but can’t rest to refill his health. The environment of the game takes place in the fantasy world full of 140 characters. Septerra Core includes core features such as 200 Locations to Explore, Strategic Combat system, Nine Party Members, Varied Storyline, and more.

#14 Lumo

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Lumo is an Adventure, Puzzle-Platform, Isometric, and Single-player video game published by Rising Star Games for multiple platforms. The game offers a classic isometric gameplay with a modern twist and puts the player in the role of the primary character named as Lumo. There are four unique zones available where the game takes place and introduces six hidden mini-games and various types of secrets to unearth. The game comes with more than four-hundred rooms to test the skills of the player. The gameplay focuses on those players who lived through the golden time of video games such as the 80s and the 90s. In the game, the player must struggle to explore the four-hundred room to solve the tricky puzzles. The game rewards the player with points which can be used to unlock further levels. Lumo includes prominent features such as a Mind-bending Puzzles, 400 Rooms to Explore, Isometric Perspective, Self-contained Challenges to Complete and more. Check it out, and have fun.

#15 Ittle Dew

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Ittle Dew is an Adventure, Puzzle-based, 2D Role-playing and Single-player video game created and published by Ludosity for multiple platforms. The game offers a thrilling gameplay and takes you on an epic adventure, where you will encounter strange creatures and lots of treasure. According to the story, the female protagonist and her team crashes onto a strange island filled with mysterious inhabitants. There are several levels and each level comes with challenging puzzles to solve. The player takes on the role of the female protagonist, who can explore the land from an isometric perspective, interact with non-player characters like other RPGs, and complete a series of tasks to advance through the game. As the story advances, other features, content, and secrets will be unlocked. During the gameplay, the player experiences the devious puzzles, lots of exploration and timeless gameplay. Ittle Dew includes prominent features such as Lots of Secrets to Unlock, Combine Tools in multiple ways, Hand-drawn Graphics, and more.

#16 SunAge: Battle for Elysium

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SunAge: Battle for Elysium is a blend of Strategy, Base Building, Sci-fi, and Isometric Strategy elements developed and published by Vertex4 Entertainment Ltd. The game brings a beautiful 2D graphics mixed with all new features that the player expect from an old school game. There are three distinct races available such as Sentinel, Raak-Zun, and Human. Each race has its unique units, technological advantages, buildings, and disadvantages. It consists of over twenty-five challenging missions across three campaigns. In the game, the player assumes the role of the commander with a task to build his base, recruit his army and participate in battlefield where he must command his army against enemies and crush them before they destroy the player’s base. The game rewards the player with points which can be used to unlock additional stuff. As the commander, the player controls, land vehicles, mechs, and soldiers to defeat the enemies. SunAge: Battle for Elysium includes prominent features such as 3 Distinct Races, Compelling Story, 25 Missions, Alternate Combat Modes, and more.

#17 Iron Heart 2: Underground Army

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Iron Heart 2: Underground Army is a Strategy, Tower-Defense, and Single-player video game developed by Big Fish Games. It takes place in the stunning environment played from isometric perspective. The story of the game focuses on the mechanical invaders, who are coming to destroy your land and they are powerful than you. The game serves as the sequel to the Iron Heart video game of Tower Defense. There are more than forty new levels available and the game brings up to fifty types of steel enemies. In the game, you have to assemble your team, use defenses and place weapon equipped towers on multiple places to fend off foes to destroy your units. During the event, you will fight on streets of an underground paradise and in the massive halls of iron heart. Struggle to save the humanity and rescue the world from devastation. It has various levels and each level needs a completion of objectives. Progress through the game, score the best points and unlock multiple features. Fierce Resistance, Destructive Weaponry, 15 Steel Enemies, 40 New Levels, etc. are prominent features in the game to enjoy.

#18 Rescue Team 7

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Rescue Team 7 is a Time-Management and Single-player Strategy video game developed by Nova Ideas and published by Alawar Entertainment. In the game, you have an opportunity to become a part of rescue team and fulfill your dream to save the people from trouble. According to the plot, when the volcanos rumble, Earth trembles and the thunder splits the sky, the rescue team is always ready to rescue the day. During the gameplay, you must command the group with hearth for assisting the people as they struggle to dig through the rubble of disastrous scene. The game is played from an isometric perspective and you can command the player to rebuild the town after disaster. There are various tasks that you have to complete such as repair the bridges, reconstruct the infrastructures, and collect the resources while scoring the best points. Rescue Team 7 comes with over fifty campaign, introducing the captivating story about the lives of the heroes. 20 Challenging Levels, Strategy Guide, Upgrades, etc. are prominent features to enjoy.

#19 Pyre

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Pyre is an Action Role-playing, and Sports video game takes place in the fantasy settings developed and published by Supergiant Games. The game comes with both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and brings exciting gameplay where the player takes on the role of the protagonist who has been exiled from the city and soon he encounters three other exiles. After that, they join a party, nicknaming them the Reader. The primary objective of the Reader is to assist the exiles during the course and score the points. The player explores the world from an isometric perspective, the battle against enemies and save the day. It features quest-based system, enabling the player meets with NPCs, fight against enemies to earn points and unlock further content. There are several playable characters available, and each character has its unique skills, strength and weakness. Pyre includes core features such as New World, Action-packed Battle System, a Branching Story, Challenge the Friend in Versus Mode, Rich Atmosphere, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

#20 Tiny Troopers 2

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Tiny Troopers 2 is an Action, Top-down Shooting, Survival and Single-player video game developed by Starloop Studios SL and published by Game Troopers SL. The game introduces the troopers with a new uniform, who can support latest military equipment and hardware. It takes place in the brutal environment invaded by enemies, and the game lets you command your squad to test your mettle and lead your team to victory in four special operations while defeating enemies to score the points. You can explore the land from an isometric perspective and can control up to four troops in the game equipped with powerful weapons, equipment and more. The game comes with improved graphics, enhanced mechanics, and detailed graphics. Now, you can drive a military tank to smash enemies and use tons of advanced weaponry to show off your abilities. There are a variety of missions, and each mission needs completion of objectives to progress through the story. Special Forces, A-Ten Hut, Lock and Roll, Survive the Horde, etc. are prominent features in the game. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#21 Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

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Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is the 2nd Downloadable Content Pack for the RTS (Real-time Strategy) video game Age of Empires III created by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The DLC pack comes with three new civilizations such as India, Japan, and China. It introduces minor campaigns, people, maps and modes. It follows the similar format to the original title and introduces new content, rather than focuses on new methods of the gameplay. At the starting of the game, the player has to select his civilization from available, recruit his army and explore the beautiful environment from an isometric perspective. During the gameplay, the player has to gather resources, hire troops and research for advanced technologies. There are a variety of quests that the player has to complete at any cost to earn experience points. Other upgrades, features and content will be unlocked using earned experience points. As the game advances, it becomes difficult to play. Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties includes prominent features such as Three New Civilizations, New Content, Quests, and more. Try it out.

#22 Titan Souls

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Titan Souls is an Action-Adventure, Isometric Perspective, and Single-player video game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital for multiple platforms. The game mixes the Rogue-like, Pixel-Graphics, and Puzzle elements and comes with an addictive gameplay, in which the Titan Souls lies between the real world and the planet Earth. According to the plot, Titan Souls serve as the spiritual source and the sum of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and defend by the idle titans selected to take care, a solitary legend equipped with a single arrow. In the game, the player has a single arrow and can take one hit. The ultimate task of the player to take down 19 challenging massive monsters known as the Titans, which can like the player take only one hit but there is only one way to be defeated. During the battle, the player needs to figure out how the monsters behave and then find a way to take down them. It has multiple levels with increasing difficulty and the player must complete each one to save the world and score the best points. Try it out, and you’ll like it.