Games Like Portal (Series) for MacSimilar Puzzle Games like Portal (Series)

There are many alternatives to Portal for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Mari0, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Portal and nine of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Portal are The Talos Principle, Antichamber, GlPortal and Superliminal.

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  1. Mari0 icon
     54 likes

    Two genre defining games from completely different eras: Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Valve's Portal. These two games managed to give Platformers and First-Person Puzzle Games a solid place in the video game world.

    24 Mari0 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  2. Philosophical first-person puzzle game.

    Solve complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in a doomed world.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Steam
     
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  3. Antichamber icon
     7 likes

    A unique puzzle game that totally ignores normal Euclidean geometry. Cubes that contain something different depending on which way you look into it, stairs that go up and down but arrive at the same place, things that are bigger on the inside, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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  4. GlPortal icon
     11 likes

    A free open source game with teleportation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. a 2019 puzzle video game released by Pillow Castle. The game, played from a first-person perspective, incorporates gameplay elements around optical illusions and forced perspective.

    16 Superliminal alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
     
  6. The Witness has players awaken on a strange, surreal island full of challenging puzzles. It's a relaxing and meditative, single-player journey where players have all the time they want to enjoy the lush island scenery and solve brilliant puzzles.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
     
  7. FEZ is a game developed by POLYTRON. In it, you play as Gomez, a 2D creature living in what he believes is a 2D world. Until a strange and powerful artifact reveals to him the existence of a mysterious third dimension!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
  8. Portile icon
     6 likes

    Portile is a 2d, tile-based take on Narbacular Drop (more than Portal, because momentum plays a big part in Portal, and it doesn’t play any part in this).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. ASCIIpOrtal icon
     7 likes

    See high res text graphics. Master physics bending puzzles. Escape the test chambers. Play ASCIIpOrtal! The text-based game with a geometry breaking physics gun.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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