Half-Life (Series) Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Half-Life for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Quake. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Hexen II or SPRAWL 96. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Half-Life and eight of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Half-Life are Shadow Warrior (Reboot), Prodeus, The Darkness II and Clive Barker's Undying.

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  1. Quake icon
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    Quake is a classic first-person shooter game that revolutionized the genre with its fast-paced action and innovative multiplayer modes. Originally released in 1996, it continues to be a beloved title among gamers.

    55 Quake alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
  2. Shadow Warrior is a series of first-person shooter video games that focuses on the exploits of Lo Wang, a modern ninja warrior who fights through hordes of demons.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
     
  3. Prodeus icon
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    Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

    46 Prodeus alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
     
  4. The Darkness II is an intense first person shooter that puts you in the role of Jackie Estacado, don of a New York crime family and wielder of an ancient force of chaos known as The Darkness.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. The game begins in 1923, after World War I veteran Patrick Galloway receives an urgent letter from his friend Jeremiah Covenant. Covenant, well aware of Galloway's reputation for dealing with occult matters, is in failing health and raves about a curse that has destroyed his...

    42 Clive Barker's Undying alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. Hexen II icon
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    The Hammer of Thyrion project is a cross-platform source port effort of Raven Software's Hexen. Last updated 2018-06-06.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
     
  7. DUSK icon
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    Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. SPRAWL 96 icon
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    SPRAWL 96 is a celebration of our retro shooter SPRAWL, released for the first anniversary of SPRAWL's release. It’s also our way of giving thanks and giving back to the communities which made SPRAWL possible.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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