Casual is a type of video games targeted at casual players and may exhibit any genre and gameplay. Casual games offer simple rules and reduce the demand for learned skills and time, compared to complex hardcore games. These games are mostly played in web browsers, but also famous on mobile phones and gaming consoles. Casual players are older than modern computer gamers, and more of them are female. There are similar essential features in casual games such as Simple Gameplay played using a one-button control, No need to save the Progress, Simple way to reach the Final Stage, and more. Casual games are often simulations of games such as Pinball, Checker, Chess, Mahjong, Solitaire, Poker, etc. The most popular genres used in casual games such as Puzzle, Hidden Object, Adventure, Strategy, Arcade and Action, Word and Trivia, Card and Board games. In casual games, the player has to solve the simple tasks to advance and command the character or other entity using one-button control.

16 Best Casual Games for Mac OS

#1 Diner Dash: Hometown Hero

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Diner Dash: Hometown Hero serves as the 4th title in the series of Diner Dash of casual games developed and published by PlayFirst. The story follows the female protagonist named as Flo, as she returns to her home to visit her grandma named as Florence. Upon reaching, she discovers the beautiful place has become a ghost town. The protagonist decides to use her special skills to restore the town by enhancing the restaurants at all the popular places. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and starts the game with the Zoo, where the protagonist and her grandma return to find the zoo. It has various levels with increasing difficulties and the primary objective of the player is to fulfill the requirements of each level to progress through the game. During the gameplay, the player must drag the customers and drop them on chairs, take their orders, and serve the meal to earn money. As the player progresses through the game, the number of customers will be increased. Diner Dash: Hometown Hero includes core features such as Delicious Meals, Challenging Levels, Earn Money, Upgrades, and more. Check it out, and have fun.

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#2 Shmadow

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Shmadow is a Co-op, Twin-Stick Shooter, Action and Single-player video game produced and published by Extrokold Games. The game takes place in the space environment and lets you control your ship to blast your way and slaughter the hidden enemies. Manipulate the galaxy from the side-scrolling perspective and unlock other power-ups by accomplishing your objectives. The primary goal is to score the highest points and challenge your buddies to beat it. You starts off with a small ship and turn it into a powerful fighter by collecting power-ups and killing enemies. The game offers action-packed and fast-paced gameplay and features a variety of levels filled with challenging tasks, waves of enemies, and each provides different background. There are over twelve unique power-ups and weapons available to unlock and use. It includes an online leaderboard to crush the highest scores of your friends and beat players around the world. It has three difficulty modes such as Nightmare, normal and plays in casual. With prominent features, immersive gameplay and smooth controls, Shmadow is the best game to play and enjoy.

#3 Cards of Chaos

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Cards of Chaos developed and published by Pixel Battery is a Casual, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer Simulation available to play on Cross platform. The game revolves around different cards and lets you invite your fellows to play against you or compete against AI opponents. The primary objective is to gather collect gold from the board or snatch from other opponents. Play several mini-games against your buddies and win. When you collected enough gold, you task to secure them by finding the save places around you. There are different cards, and each card has unique abilities that can be used to damage the foe. The game contains different mini-games such as Pizza Perfection, Skiing, Perfect Putt, Flapper, and more. Immerse yourself in puzzle experience and conquer the playfield by defeating a set of opponents. Make your strategy and dominate the environment to become the ultimate player. Cards of Chaos offers prominent features such as Smooth Gameplay, Brilliant Visuals, and the best Mechanics with attractive Sounds. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#4 Bejeweled 2 Deluxe

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Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is an Expansion to Casual, Match-3, Puzzle and Single-player video game Bejeweled 2 developed and published by PopCap Games, Inc. This Expansion includes extra modes and exciting features. There are secret modes also available that can be unlocked by completing levels of puzzles, actions, classic, and action modes. The game takes place in seventeen different planets such as Tau Heximus, Seraph III, Maya III, Tororoid X, etc. Different types of gems are available in the game and your ultimate task is to progress through the game throughout a variety of levels by matching at least three same colored gems and smash them to make a place for upcoming. The game looks easy but hard to master. It contains power-ups, boosters and other amazing prizes in each level that you can obtain by smashing as many gems as possible. Unlock further levels and modes by completing previous which is unlock. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful visuals, Bejeweled 2 Deluxe is the best game to play and enjoy.

#5 Stop Online: Battle of Words

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Stop Online: Battle of Words is a Casual, Word, Typing, Education, and Multiplayer video game by BRHP for kids. It offers a multiplayer game where you can compete against your fellows and other players around the world aiming to challenge them based on their words. The main objective is to achieve the highest rank by trying to respond every question. You’ll face a letter, and you have to complete the columns or rows of the themes using world after entering the game world. If the game draws a world “A,” it means you must fill a word that starts with A within time. The game compares the responses of the players and then declared the results on the screen. As you gain experience, the game becomes more challenging, and you have to response quickly to rank-up. With challenging gameplay, stunning visuals and good controls, Stop Online: Battle of Words is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#6 Spectraball

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Spectraball is a Casual, Puzzle-Platform, and Single-player video game created and published by Shorebound Studios. It takes place in the detailed environments and lets the player control the spherical object and immerse himself in fast-paced gameplay. It offers different maze-like levels, mind-bending puzzles, and different environments such as Snowy, forests, mountains, and more. There are a variety of levels, and the player must navigate obstacles, solve puzzles, and reach at the end of the level before time runs out. Control the object using arrow keys, and play from a third-person perspective. Collect power-ups to enhance his abilities and gain enough points to unlock new abilities, mini-games, maps, and skins. Other levels will be unlocked as the player fulfill the requirements. The player can immerse himself in puzzle experience with strategy gameplay. The player can roll, launch, and jump in his way through various diverse and exciting environments. Fast-paced, new Abilities, Mini-games, Achievement System, Online Leaderboard, etc. are the exciting features of the game. Try it out, and you’ll love it if you are looking for games like Marble Madness.

#7 Luxor 2

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Luxor 2 is an Action, Casual, Puzzle and Single-player video game created by MumboJumbo. It is the second entry in the series of Luxor. The game has over eighty-eight marvelous levels and takes place in the pyramid of Egypt. Your main task is to take aim and shoot on upcoming colored balls to smash them. Use your powers and destroy magical spheres. Collect power-ups and use the booster to complete each level within time. The game unlocks next level as you progress or pass the first level. Score the highest points and immerse yourself in shooting experience. There are different modes to play and enjoy such as Survival, Adventure, Challenge, and Practice. Collect power-ups that will fall from the sky such as Fireballs, Multi-colored, and Lighting Bolts. Luxor 2 offers exciting features such as Twenty-five Backgrounds, 88 Levels, different Modes, Customization, Thrilling Music, and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

#8 Foul Play

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Foul Play is another great Multiplayer Action-Adventure Brawler, Casual, Indie Hack ‘n’ Slash and Beat ‘em’ up video game by Mediatonic. The game allows you to be a Demon Hunter named Baron Dashforth, get into a theater stage game world, pummel your opponents/enemies and earn different kinds of rewards. In order to complete the game objectives you must perform well on the stage while speedily wielding your weapons and satisfy your audience. You must also take down all the vicious beasts, pummeling enemies and all the other rivals. With 22 super stage acts, 50 different enemies, amazing stage tricks, cool visuals, great story and a wonderful gameplay, Foul Play is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.

#9 Infinity Wars

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Infinity Wars is a cool digital Card Collecting and Trading video game that takes you to amazing wars of all times. With a brilliant Casual mode named as Merged Deck, Infinity Wars mixes the card decks of both players and lets you win over your opponent by using your best skills and strategies. With a lot of amazing things like Quests, Concurrent game-play, Turn-based multiplayer fun and a challenging puzzle environment, Infinity Wars lets you assess your abilities to the limits. Infinity Wars is available to play on Android, iPhone, PC and Mac OS X. Try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the Ultimate Trading Card fun.

#10 BattleBlock Theatre

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BattleBlock Theatre is an Action oriented, Casual, and Indie Puzzle-Platform video game developed by The Behemoth. The game is about an unnamed being who sets out to free his friends kidnapped by the gruesome technologically advanced Cats. His ship wrecks on an island and he too gets abducted by the Cats. You must act as the protagonist Aka. The loner and free your friends at any cost or the technological cats will kill them all. BattleBlock Theatre lets you jump on some brilliantly themed platforms and kill the enemies. You must use your special skills and weapons in order to achieve your goals. Some key features of this brilliant game include! Co-Op game-play, different arenas to engage yourself in, over 450 levels of pure awesomeness great animations and some wonderful graphics. For an amazing Action filled Puzzle-Platform gameplay experience with a bit twist and turns, you must play this game. You’ll love it.

#11 Awesomenauts

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Awesomenauts takes this fantastic genre to the heights of excitement as offers a great 2D MOBA experience and cross-platform playability as well. Created by the popular Ronimo Games, Awesomenauts is available to play on Xbox, PlayStation, Windows and Mac platforms. Set in the Distant Future, the game lets you control mercenary characters, and it enables you to engage yourself in epic battles between the two teams, Red and Blue. Awesomenauts mainly focuses on 3v3 Combats and offers a 2D Side-Scrolling gameplay with easy controls. The game offers amazing learning capabilities and because of that, it appeals more and more players who love being engaged in something more casual. Every single character in the game is laced up with unique skills, abilities, and playstyle. With loads of unique upgrades, Awesomenauts lets you modify your characters and have more fun during the gameplay. Furthermore, Awesomenauts offers both Online and Offline gameplay, Split screen options, regular content updates and more. With more Casual experience, Awesomenauts offers beautiful visuals, revamped mechanics and a truly immersive gameplay to enjoy.

#12 Bit. Trip Beat

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Bit. Trip Beat is a Arcade style Puzzle, Platform and music video game by Gijin Games. This brilliant Action-Adventure, Casual and Indie Platformer lets you enjoy amazing game-play packed up with great music, graphics and challenging puzzles. Once again, you get to play as Commander Video and you are tasked to fulfill your colorful journey by running, jumping, and going through amazingly challenging obstacles.Inspired by most of the Classics of this specific genre, Bit. Trip Beat lets you be part of a beautiful world where you’ll continuously run on amazing beats and all you got to do is to go through a number of different types of obstacles in order to reach down to the finish line. Once you are through to the finish line, you can jump onto new and a bit more difficult level and enjoy all the thrilling elements of the game. With super cool visuals, great background music, epic boss fights, and an immersive game-play Bit. Trip Beat is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.

#13 Lethal League

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Lethal League takes you to a totally new and one of its kind Action and Fighting experience that offers unique brawling elements. It allows you to pick up some sports equipment (baseball bats, Footballs etc.) and go smashing the balls into your opponent’s faces. With a totally unique game-play, Lethal League lets you engage in a competitive environment where you have to survive in order to win the game. The core game-play forces you to hit a Gravity-Ball as hard as you can, smash it into your rival’s face, if it comes back, hit it again. With every hit, the ball speeds up and if it strikes your target, you get more score. Lethal League offer both single and multiplayer modes and allows you to play with your friends or foes in multiplayer mode or play single-player against the AIs and enjoy. With casual street-style characters, single and multiplayer support, fantastic game-play and great visuals, Lethal League is a brilliant Action and Fighting game to play.

#14 Counter Strike: Global Offensive

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Counter Strike: Global Offensive or shortly abbreviated as CS: GO is an Online Multiplayer Tactical First Person Shooter Video game by Valve Corporation. Released back in 2012, the game offers amazing amounts of classic content such as new maps, characters, and game modes, cross-platform multiplayer game-play, regular updates and a huge amount of DLC. With an amazingly immersive objective-based multiplayer FPS game-play, Counter Strike: Global Offensive lets you join the teams (Counter-Terrorist Force or the Terrorists) and eliminate your enemies by the use of sophisticated weaponry and Tactics. Counter Strike: Global Offensive offers a number of fantastic and quite addictive game modes such as Classic Casual, Competitive, Bomb Scenario, Hostage Scenario, Arms Race, Demolition, Deathmatch etc. Furthermore, the game allows you to play the game offline with bots and enjoy all the fun. The Online Play option lets you go against your enemies, be part of a team and keep on enjoying the game. With a unique matchmaking system, Online game availability via Steam, Anti Cheat system, Dedicated Servers, Unique Elo Rating System, beautiful visuals and an addictive gameplay entertaining millions of online players, Counter Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most played and well liked game in the Counter Strike series.

#15 Plants vs Zombies

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Plants vs Zombies is a Strategic and casual Tower Defense video game developed by PopCap Games that lets you build your defenses with different types of plants against incoming waves of zombies to defend your home. Every plant has its own special defensive and offensive property that you can use against the zombies by placing it strategically in your garden horizontally. The playing field consists of five horizontal lanes and you can place any plant on anyone of these lanes. The plantation of the plants costs “Suns” so, you must collect all of them in order to plant more plants. You can also play the game in single, multiplayer and adventure mode to earn money that you can spend to buy more seeds and plants from the in-game store. Plants vs Zombies provides you with a lot of levels with different details and environments, an amazingly engaging and addicting game-play and best graphics for a game of this type. Because of being super easy to play and enjoy, Plant vs Zombies attracts a lot of players and keeps them bound to their gaming consoles for a good amount of time. Do try it out if you haven’t played it yet and enjoy the ultimate Tower Defense fun.

#16 Disney Mickey’s Typing Adventure

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Disney Mickey’s Typing Adventure is a Typing, Education, Casual and Single-player video game developed by Individual Software for Kids. The main purpose of the game is teaches kids of all alphabets and letters using keyboard as they type their way to complete the task. There are different levels divided into different parts. It takes place in the stunning environment called Typelandia and the game puts the player into an adventure and allows him to assume the role of the protagonist named Mickey Mouse. The ultimate task is to type the given letters to move the character and reach the finish line before opponents. The game becomes tougher as the player gain experience. Typelandia is a fantasy world full of Mickey Mouse and his friends. According to the plot, the strange things happening in the world, and a mysterious creature create different problems using their spells. The player has to rescue his fellows and his world by solving different puzzles. Disney Mickey’s Typing Adventure is the best game to play and enjoy for kids.