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The home for gaming on Mac machines! Here you will find resources, information, and a great community of gamers.

The home for gaming on Mac machines! Here you will find resources, information, and a great community of gamers. Please make use of the search and read the FAQ before asking questions, many have been answered already and it will save you time!


Can my Mac run it? The MacGameStore App, or Mac Gamer HQ's extensive list of performance results and benchmarks are good ways to check if your Mac will run a certain game.


Can macOS Catalina run it? Games that are 32-bit only will no longer run on macOS Catalina. Before asking for help, or installing a game, please visit r/macgaming/wiki/catalina, and check both the compatibility test chart provided by our community and the list of unsupported 32-bit Mac games by Mac Gamer HQ.


Scheduled Discussions

Sunday: What Cha Playing?


Standard Rules

  1. If you are asking for advice on games or your system, post the specs of your Mac such as model name, CPU, and GPU. Your Mac provides several tools to help you identify it. The simplest is About This Mac, available by choosing About This Mac from the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.

  2. Read the FAQ, and refer users to it if applicable.

  3. No enabling or linking to piracy.

  4. Self-promotion is limited to once-daily. When self-promoting content, please provide as much meaningful information as possible, such as a detailed description, trailers, or screenshots. It is also required to properly format posts. Approved posters can arrange for more daily posts by contacting the moderators.


FAQ

/r/macgaming Discord Server

/r/macgaming Mumble Server

/r/macgaming Steam Group


Wiki Pages

What does the update to macOS Catalina mean for games?

A short selection of great, free-to-play games that are available on Mac

Applications, tools, and utilities

Additional resources: News, stores and platforms, deals, related subreddits, forums

Everything you need to know about Apple Arcade


Related Subreddits

/r/macgaming

201,145 Subscribers

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In Crossover, why can't I download dependencies unless I install the game through Steam?

Whenever I use an installer that's not Steam, it no longer lets me download the dependencies for the game. Is there any way around this?

1 Comment
2025/02/04
17:53 UTC

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Suggested replacement 4 old COD?

I recently updated my iMac 2018 to Ventura. I’ve been playing call of duty modern warfare on the Mac since it came out. I’m looking for some sort of similar first person shooter. I believe I’ve tried all the ones on the Apple Store. Any suggestions? Thanks! (I find it hard to believe there is nothing else like call of duty currently available for the Mac platform.)

0 Comments
2025/02/04
17:33 UTC

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any solution for this ?

7 Comments
2025/02/04
17:18 UTC

5

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 not working

Tried running KCD2 with Crossover 24.0.7 (with GPTK 2.0) on M3 Max MacBook Pro and it's not working at all. The game launches but with a persistent blank screen.

Anyone able to make it work?

3 Comments
2025/02/04
17:16 UTC

2

Watch Dogs launching, but crashing while loading world, any troubleshooting ideas? (M1 MBP, 15.1)

6 Comments
2025/02/04
16:16 UTC

5

Project CARS 3 (CrossOver) - Mac mini M4 Pro!

1 Comment
2025/02/04
15:01 UTC

34

For the love of god Apple

Could you please just throw some money at a couple studios to get some ports over? I just wanna play marvel rivals with my friends without having to bend over backwards.

18 Comments
2025/02/04
14:43 UTC

3

Should I play baldurs natively or with crossover?

I’m getting a 24gb MacBook m4 today and am excited to play baldurs for the first time. The other game I want to get is planet zoo which will require crossover. If I have crossover should I run baldurs with that or with Mac?

18 Comments
2025/02/04
12:01 UTC

1

Is my mac compatible for HOI4?

m2, 2023 chip apple m2 memory 8gb

1 Comment
2025/02/04
11:37 UTC

2

Gaming tips on macbook m3 pro chip 18gb

Hi i have macbook pro m3 pro chip 18gb ram , i bought cyberpunk and completed it and i experienced many frame drops in that game but it ran smoothly and i used whisky and not crossover and can you guys suggest some best games with low price or free games that run with high fps

1 Comment
2025/02/04
09:10 UTC

22

Playing my fav Mac game Halo CE on my PowerBook G4. What are some other classic Mac games you like?

10 Comments
2025/02/04
07:55 UTC

1

Minecraft Authentication Error

I don't know why I can not join multiplayer worlds or my friend's realm. My other friends with mac can join in it no problem. This seems to be a problem with my mac only as I can join it via a different laptop. Changing networks doesn't help and neither did Minecraft support.

I think something is blocking mojang's connection but I can not figure out how to find it. I have my firewall down and have administrative settings on. Can someone please help?

What I have tried so far:

  • turned off firewall
  • made sure and check that I have no third party or VPN services (device management is empty in settings)
  • set up a 2nd user with administrative permissions and restarting my mac without logging into iCloud. Authentication error persists
  • download multiMC and launch successfully but multiplayer and realms show the same error
  • uninstall and reinstall both java and minecraft ensuring they are up to date
  • changing networks and configuring IPv4/6 and applying respective changes in the Installer for minecraft
  • tried logging in on a different laptop with the same account is successful though
  • attempt to get support from Minecraft in which they closed my case stating it is a Mac error

Even trying to join LAN open servers (my roommate) under the same network can not be found when I refresh multiplayer

Playing on Macbook Air 2020, OS up to date

0 Comments
2025/02/04
07:51 UTC

3

Guild wars 2 : Addons (Blish, TacO...)

Hello guys :)

I've managed to play GW2 through Crossover and Whiskey.

I'm wondering if it is possible to also use the addons like Blish or Taco ?

Does someone know and/or managed to use them ?

Thanks :)

0 Comments
2025/02/04
07:36 UTC

2

Psuedoregalia red flashing things

i bought psuedoregalia and everything is running fine on crossover besides the fact that whenever i walk there are red flashing things pls help

https://reddit.com/link/1ihc8z7/video/az4irnt1p2he1/player

0 Comments
2025/02/04
07:19 UTC

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tried to run the last of us on crossover gptk 2 and im having this error message I tried many stuff but nothing works any idea on how to make this work ?

1 Comment
2025/02/04
07:13 UTC

5

No mans sky crashing

Anyone else’s no mans sky crashing every time they change a graphics setting, and also just randomly, after that update today? M3max

16 Comments
2025/02/04
07:12 UTC

2

New 17GB FF7:Rebirth update dropped with lots of fixes

Someone with the game please check if this resolved the issues

3 Comments
2025/02/04
03:59 UTC

2

Trying to run Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix through Whisky on Steam. Crash on launch, please help.

I recently bought the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 Remix bundle on Steam because it was on sale and have always wanted to play those games. I can't afford a PC however my mac has a high RAM. I tried running the game through Steam using Whisky. When you enter the game menus, its fine until you actually press Begin Game. Then you enter a loading screen and the game just crashes. I only later found out these ports are really badly optimized for PC in the first place and I'm trying to run it on a Mac. Please help, I'd really love to play these games.

2 Comments
2025/02/04
02:55 UTC

2

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered on M1 Ultra Sequoia Whisky?

I've been trying to get this to run via Steam on Whisky and I get an OpenGL 3.3 detected error. Does anyone know of a solution or workaround to get it to play via Whisky? I've been scouring around for a few hours and the solutions I've found don't seem to be doing the trick.

I figured I would reach out here for some help.

Thanks for any input!

0 Comments
2025/02/04
02:50 UTC

35

Is it possible to connect joycons to play marvel rivals

34 Comments
2025/02/04
01:37 UTC

0

Failed to load the anti cheat module

So basically I installed “Stay out” from steam in crossover, but when I launch it this image pops up.

5 Comments
2025/02/04
00:06 UTC

6

We are creating a cute adventure game! It will be our first game, so we would really appreciate any support. Our game is called "LIGHT: Path of the Archmage" (link below), and it will be playable on a Mac! Wishlist on Steam - Demo coming in March 2025!

1 Comment
2025/02/03
23:57 UTC

5

Xenia Canary noavxcheck - resolution increase

Hi, Xenia Canary noavxcheck is great and it's working under Crossover.

The only issue I've encountered is related to resolution increase because the draw_resolution _scale settings don't seem to work.

Does somebody has succeeded in changing the resolution or this is not possible?

Thanks!

2 Comments
2025/02/03
23:54 UTC

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do not open parallels bf1

Bf1, which I tried to open via Parallels, does not open. After I directed it to EA Games, Steam gets stuck there and the game never opens.help pls. :(((

7 Comments
2025/02/03
23:30 UTC

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Miles morales spiderman got an issue

It was working all fine until now. Running on whiksy m3 mac air 16gb

2 Comments
2025/02/03
22:27 UTC

2

Macbook pro M1 freezes and reboots while playing League of Legends

Anyone tried this? Started happening about a week ago. Sometimes when I'm in a game my macbook will freeze, the fans will spin at max speed, and then after a few moments it will immediately power off, and then show the apple logo as it boots back up by itself.

Kind of worried, not really able to find anything similar online, so my question to you: Anyone else tried this?

0 Comments
2025/02/03
21:43 UTC

0

UK Mac Fortnite update

Due to the UK government passing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, an act similar to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, will this also mean that Fortnite will also available on Macs too OR is this legislation just for phones? The legislation is SO wordy - so I do not know.

19 Comments
2025/02/03
21:22 UTC

0

Hide a specific drive from Windows Steam install in Whisky?

Sorry if this has been already asked recently, I tried to search beforehand with no luck. So, my issue is that I use the regular Mac install of Steam as well as a Windows install of Steam. I'm using an M4 Mac Mini with multiple partitions on an external HDD.

So my issue is this. I originally used 3 different partitions (Mac SSD with normal APFS and two seperate ExFAT partitions), but because they conflict and try to update between the two, I wanted to use one partition for one Steam install and one for the other.

It at first seemed like a quirk with Whisky/Wine, but even after removing a library from a Steam install, opening that same Steam install and checking storage shows that the other partition is back. This happens in the regular Mac install as well. Is there anything I can do to hide the Steam folder from one partition and do the same in the other so I don't have to deal with this every time I open Steam? I realize this may be convoluted.

0 Comments
2025/02/03
21:21 UTC

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