After all, they were meant to be played with a mouse and keyboard.

Whether youre into fast-paced real-time strategy (RTS), complex turn-based games or more casual alternatives for your MacBook, this list has something for everyone.

And perhaps more importantly, the move to 64-bit with macOS Catalina rendered some of our picks unplayable.

First, we evaluate the games we suspect are the best (based on reviews and personal experience), then we buy them if we dont already own them and finally we test them on these three machines.

You can read all about how we test MacOS performance below.

I was certain Civ 5 couldnt be improved any further, but developer Firaxis did it.

You get to research technologies, create a religion, build trade routes, an army, and more.

Opportunities and strategies are endless, making this game extremely addictive.

You just need to build one last archer before going to bed and its suddenly 3 AM and you need to finish that last tank.

And if that wasnt enough, the Gathering Storm expansion introduces more units, civilizations, and brand-new mechanics.

That said, this is still a demanding game that requires a powerful machine My 2016 MBP can barely handle it.

Read our in-depth Mac Performance review for more benchmarks.

Buy on Humble Bundle.

Set in a far future, youll take control of huge mechs to fight off hordes of gigantic monsters and save the World.

And if you happen to have a particularly old machine that cant run it smoothly, dont worry, the turn-based gameplay wont suffer.

StarCraft 2 is fast, precise and features perfectly balanced factions.

The game is definitely easy to grasp and get into, but insanely hard to master.

I stopped trying to become good at it a long time ago, but I still enjoy playing the campaign, a co-op mission or the occasional skirmish against the AI.

The only reason it wasnt was because no other game could be a better budget pick.

StarCraft 2 is as budget-friendly as it gets: most of the game can be played for free, including online matches, co-op missions, and the Terran campaign.

Our 2013 MBP runs it 33 frames per second without breaking a sweat.

The original StarCraft defined the genre and StarCraft 2 continues to push the envelope.

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