Every year the editorial team that works on and curates Apple’s App Store selects the best apps and games of the year, running across all its different devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.

With that in mind, we played through and evaluated a slew of free Mac games, and we’ve put together this updated list of the best free games for Mac. We made sure there is enough variety here to please most gamers, but this is also a perfect opportunity for you to try something new. Also, to help you decide, we’ve designated each game as Free (start to finish) or F2P (free to play, but purchases are possible).

Of course, if you’re happy to just buy your games, feel free to check out our comprehensive list of the available today. For the freebies, read on. Free-to-Play / Battle Royale Shooter Consider this your free invitation to one of the biggest gaming parties going on right now. You’ll play, you’ll have a great time, you’ll die, and you can always come back for more Fortnite Battle Royale is simply the free PvP mode of Fortnite. You and up to 99 opponents are dropped on a giant map where you must find randomly placed weapons, shields, and resources to help you remain the last player (or squad) standing.

With the multitude of weapon types and shelter options available, Fortnite Battle Royale accommodates pretty much all survival strategies. You can’t just hide and hope for the best, however; the longer you survive, the tighter the playing area, forcing you to engage in combat instead of finding some remote area in which to camp. As you’d expect from one of the finest, the competition can become pretty caustic. But there are a lot of friendly players, tooand some pretty good dancing. The games does lag a bit at times, and those who want to pay will be able to level up more quickly. But when it comes to third-person multiplayer combat action, Fortnite Battle Royal is a game you simply have to try.

Free-to-Play / Real-time Strategy Here’s another game that gives you dozens of hours of content to play for free. In fact, it was recently updated to be even freer! If you want more (and you likely will), just pay for some new campaign chapters. Developed and published by, Starcraft II is a real-time strategy game that allows you to participate as one of three races: Protoss, Terran, or Zerg.

Although a sequel (it’s set four years after the events of 1998’s StarCraft: Brood War, and uses characters and settings from that game), Starcraft 2 stands on its own. If you’ve played a previous Starcraft game, you know just how deep the gameplay and strategies can go.

There’s a lot to do and manage, which is why fans have remained so loyal over the years. If you haven’t played one, Blizzard gives you a lot to do here before they start asking for money. Starcraft 2 gives you the complete Wings of Liberty story campaign, unranked and versus AI for multiplayer (along with the ability to unlocked Ranked), and three-story commanders before implementing any restrictions or microtransactions. You can then pay to get the full story mode, individual commanders for co-op games, announcers, and skins. You won’t need all of it, but if you love what the free version offered, you’ll have plenty of options to keep the fun going.

100% Free / Adventure Spelunky—an indie action-adventure game created by Derek Yu—has you controlling an unnamed adventurer/explorer, known as the Spelunker. Your aim is to explore the underground tunnels and gather as much treasure as possible while avoiding the traps and enemies filling the tunnels. Gameplay is straightforward: whip or jump on enemies; pick up items; or use bombs and ropes to further explore the caves. Levels are randomly generated, and you only get one life (if you die, you have to start from the beginning). Although this sounds like it’d make the game frustrating, it actually gives each run a unique feeling.

There are two important reasons you’ll want to consider giving Spelunky a go. First, it’s an extremely light game that can run great on older Macs, including MacBooks. Second, it’s completely free from start to finish. A good match for fans of 2D platformers who want to reminisce and remember the good old days of Castlevania, Spelunky offers plenty of great, free entertainment.

Save draft messages on the server if you want your drafts to show when you open Gmail on the web. Don't save deleted messages on the server. You can find messages you delete from an IMAP folder in your 'All Mail' label in Gmail. Don't change your IMAP settings to save deleted messages in the Trash. On your Mac (this works with Leopard and Snow Leopard, Tiger may be slightly different): In Mail.app, highlight the “Sent Mail” box underneath your Gmail folder list. Mail isn't the only program that can access Gmail on a Mac. In fact, lots of free email clients for Mac can be used to download and send email through your Gmail account. However, the setup instructions for those email clients are not the same as the steps above. Manually Set Up Mail for a Gmail Account Old versions of Mail (2.x and earlier) didn't have an automated method for setting up a Gmail account. You can still create a Gmail account in Mail, but you need to set up the account manually, just as you would any other IMAP-based email account. Apple Mail Gmail Add Your Gmail Account to Apple Mail Using IMAP. To set up your Apple mail client to work with Gmail: Enable IMAP in Gmail; Sign in to Gmail. Click the gear icon in the upper-right and select Gmail settings at the top of any Gmail page. Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP; Select Enable IMAP. Configure your IMAP client and click Save.

Open-source / Real-time Strategy Here’s another game that’s completely free from start to finish. This open-source, historical, real-time strategy game comes from Wildfire Games, a group of volunteer game developers from around the globe who are obviously big fans of Age of Empires 2. For a group that scattered and diverse, they’ve given us a surprisingly tight game of ancient warfare. In 0 A.D, you will begin development of your city, raise a mighty army, and contend with rivals to take over the world.