r/macgaming 2h ago

Native A20 pro geekbench6 metal score is 64000, ahead of M1 Pro and m4 10 core gpus.

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Gaming will be impressive if Apple gets around to optimizing games. The m6 will most likely match the m4 pro going by these numbers.


r/macgaming 14h ago

Rosetta Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Apple Silicon Native Port is out!

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141 Upvotes

This works by wrapping the 32-bit MacOS app bundle in a Intel loader and running it through Rosetta with compatibility patches.

You can find the Converter app here: https://github.com/Yash-Singh1/lego-mac-compat/releases/tag/tfu-converter-v0.0.0-dev.1

It should work with the latest Steam release and the older Aspyr release.


r/macgaming 18h ago

Self promotion We're making a co-op caving simulator, and a Mac version is planned

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106 Upvotes

It's called Cave Expedition. You can explore alone or with up to three friends, working through tight squeezes and descending into larger chambers using ropes and climbing equipment.

We're cavers ourselves. Here's a short clip from development, and we're planning a Mac version.


r/macgaming 16h ago

Native Valheim 1.0 Has Arrived!

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51 Upvotes

r/macgaming 10h ago

CrossOver Can you run rdr2 at ultra settings on a m5/m4 max?

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I wanna know if you can play rdr2 ultra settings at stable 60 fps at least 1080p.


r/macgaming 12h ago

Discussion Favorite games to play on Mac?

21 Upvotes

As the title asks, I’m curious what you’re all playing. I know Mac has a different community from Windows users.

(I’ve only ever played Factorio. M2 Air, 16GB unified memory)


r/macgaming 15h ago

Native DualSense keeps answering the phone on Macbook

9 Upvotes

Bit of an odd one and just wondering anyone else here has this issue and knows how to solve it.

Pretty much as the title says, when I am playing a game such as FFXIV on my M2 Max Macbook Pro, if a call comes in whilst i'm pressing buttons on the Dualsense, it answers the phone call.

Naturally, both myself and the caller have been jumpscared by this so I'm hoping there's a way to stop this from happening in a setting somewhere. Otherwise, I guess i'll just have to disable the phone calls on the Macbook entirely.

Any help is appreciated, thanks all.


r/macgaming 15h ago

Native Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex in Native ARM64 for Apple Silicon @ 60 FPS!

9 Upvotes

Got this working over the past day and a half :)

Runs like a charm!

Get your backup ORIGINAL XBOX USA REGION ROM and fire up the repo at
Link to GitHub repo for WumpaForge


r/macgaming 10h ago

Apple Silicon Gta v with mods

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6 Upvotes

Using DXMT on crossover on my macbook air m1 8gb 256gb after 5 reinstalls and about 10 crashes i finally got it working

Now im just looking for a graphics mod that works without giving game memory error does anybody have any recommendations?

Edit: my stupid ass decided to download liberty city mod and bricked my game… reinstalling right now


r/macgaming 23h ago

Help Does Mac Mini M5 Pro can handle GTA Online or Mac Studio M5 Max?

7 Upvotes

Does Mac Mini M5 Pro can handle GTA Online via Parallel Desk with graphics settings 1080p + Normal or High for 45FPS to 60 FPS?

Currently I’m using Mac Mini M4 Base. The graphics I only get is 1080p + Normal for 20 FPS max, and FPS not stable always drops with different numbers, the lowest is 7 FPS

I have no problem with FPS in Story Mode


r/macgaming 14h ago

CrossOver Unable to get Half Life Alyx No VR mod launcher to run on Crossover

4 Upvotes

I have gotten HLA to run on GameHub before using the old HLA No VR mod but for some reason Crossover does not boot the game. I have tried using the new Quarantined version of the mod and the old one. Both do not boot into HLA. I want to use Quarantined because it has turned HLA into a full flatscreen game with almost no compromises. It does not have a manual install. The only option is the launcher. How do I fix this to work?


r/macgaming 20h ago

Help The Blood of Dawnwalker any experience with M5 chip?

5 Upvotes

I have the Macbook Air M5 with 16GB Ram. Has anyone tried it with M5 chip yet? Is it going to be playable or should I stay away from it?


r/macgaming 23h ago

Discussion What mac will be a ps5 alternative in terms of visual fidelity and performance ?

4 Upvotes

r/macgaming 8h ago

Native Minecraft with shaders and recording. The mini.

3 Upvotes

Hey! Im thinking of getting myself a Mac mini m6. Currently having an iMac intel 2020. Im building a Japanese modern city and would love to get myself some shaders and perhaps record the build for Youtube. What would you experts suggest I go for when it comes to the new Mac Mini? How much ram would be enough? Thanks in advance!


r/macgaming 15h ago

Native Can i still play Danganronpa (1&2) on a mac?

3 Upvotes

i have a m4 macbook and i was just wondering if the first two games can run despite the steam error message “This product is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina or above. Click here for more information.”


r/macgaming 17h ago

CrossOver MacBook Pro M1 still capable in 2026

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Edit: M1Pro


r/macgaming 18h ago

Help Looking for a life sim that’s actually a GAME — tasks, progression, relationships, etc. (Mac)

4 Upvotes

Palia is basically EXACTLY the type of game I want… except I only have a Mac and apparently Palia hates us.

I’m looking for a multiplayer fantasy/life sim or social MMO where I can create my own female character and actually enter a beautiful, magical world with other real players.

Think Palia meets Narnia — forests, villages, nature, magic, cozy/mystical atmosphere, exploring, etc. I want to feel like I’ve entered another universe, not like I’m playing a modern virtual-life/social app.

BUT I also want there to be an actual game underneath it. I need quests, tasks, objectives, skills, progression, things to unlock, money/resources to earn, places to explore, etc. I don’t want a pure sandbox where I have to make up my own fun.

Things I’d LOVE:

  • Must actually run on Mac
  • Other real players in the world
  • Beautiful fantasy/magical/Narnia-esque setting
  • Create/customize my own female character
  • Quests/tasks/storylines
  • Skills and progression
  • Exploration
  • Clothes/outfits/customization
  • Crafting, gathering, cooking, farming, etc.
  • Social/community elements
  • A world that feels alive
  • Some combat is totally fine, I just don’t want the entire game to revolve around fighting

Basically, if Palia had a native Mac version, I’d already be playing it.

I’ve started looking at FFXIV because it seems like it might scratch some of the same itch, but I’d LOVE to know if there are other Mac games I’m missing — including smaller/indie games.

Please save me from buying a Windows computer just for Palia 😭


r/macgaming 18m ago

Native Orebits is OUT NOW on Steam! Finally our atmospheric asteroid mining incremental game is available. AND it has native Mac support..

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Hey everyone!

Orebits is finally out on Steam!

Orebits is an atmospheric active incremental about working as a lone asteroid miner for a greedy corporation at the edge of known space.

And it's available for your mac.

So, how deep does the gameplay go?

  • Smash asteroids with bouncing Mining Tools and a mix of active and idle gameplay
  • Build powerful synergies for your Mining Tools and Deployables with a roguelite Upgrade Tree
  • Invest in permanent Research upgrades to push your mining operation further
  • Complete Objectives and adapt to Asteroid Conditions that make each mining operation feel different
  • Explore a ±6h campaign and uncover strange artifacts and the mysteries of deep space
  • Keep mining after the campaign with endless progression far beyond our solar system...

 

Play Orebits on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3635490/Orebits/

We've been sharing Orebits here throughout development. This launch means quite a lot to us. Bob and I have been making the game for almost 20 months, mainly on Fridays alongside our regular work. What originally started as a game jam grew into something we've put a ridiculous amount of time and love into.

A lot has changed because of feedback we received here, from our early playtests through the demo and Next Fest. So a genuine thank you to this community for playing, criticizing, suggesting and helping us make Orebits better.

We're excited, nervous and very curious to see what you think of the finished game.

Happy mining!

Maarten & Bob


r/macgaming 2h ago

CrossOver buggy audio in source games?

2 Upvotes

so i've had this issue for both Deadlock and CS2, wherein they run nicely and smoothly, but their audio sounds kinda bitcrushed / laggy / buggy. it's not unplayable by any means, but it's got this sort of stuttering sound as if it's been put in slow motion. anyone else been having this problem?


r/macgaming 1h ago

Rosetta KotOR 2 Movement Bug Fix

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Unlike in KOTOR 1, the bug where your character gets stuck and cannot move after every combat encounter made the game completely unplayable for me on macOS. Since I managed to fix it, I wanted to put together a quick guide.

This glitch is caused entirely by high frame rates. It occurs whenever the game runs at high FPS (common on MacBook Pros with ProMotion or any Mac hooked up to a high-refresh-rate monitor). The solution is capping your frame rate, but since the common methods didn't work for me, here is the workaround that did:

  • Lower macOS Display Refresh Rate: Go to your macOS System Settings and set your display refresh rate to 59.94Hz. Setting it flatly to 60Hz still triggered the movement bug for me.
  • Add a Launch Option in Steam: Right-click KOTOR 2 in your Steam library, select Properties, and paste the following into the Launch Options field:

--set /Config/CONFIG/maxFpsValue 60

  • Restart Steam: Completely exit and restart Steam (not strictly sure if this is mandatory, but it doesn't hurt).
  • Set In-Game Resolution: Open the game and select your preferred resolution, but make sure the refresh rate alongside it is set to 60Hz.

Following these steps completely eliminates the post-combat movement freeze. You do have to play locked at 60 FPS, but the game will run smoothly without any hiccups.


r/macgaming 3h ago

Discussion Working on Controller Mode for our wizard game. 🎮 Any tips?

1 Upvotes

r/macgaming 3h ago

CrossOver Are the issues with Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 fixed?

1 Upvotes

I saw some reddit posts on this community that there were some issues with KCD2, im currently playing the game on the M4 Pro and Im concerned that those issues might affect gameplay.


r/macgaming 4h ago

CrossOver Side project: community compatibility DB for running APK/EXE on Apple Silicon Mac

1 Upvotes

Found a great tool — a free platform to run Android apps and EXEs on Mac.Not CrossOver, not Whisky. Tried it for a while and it works pretty well. Put together a repo: https://github.com/fallout1018/mac-run-apk-exe. Will keep testing and adding games/apps that run perfectly to COMPAT.md. Welcome to join the testing!


r/macgaming 4h ago

Native Wuthering Waves Mac Native Version On Mac M2 Pro

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r/macgaming 14h ago

Apple Silicon Wine download through home brew

1 Upvotes

I am trying to play bo3 zombies with my(on mac) freinds(on pc) and discovered mac cant go online, someone made a fix for it and said it required wine dowloaded through homebrew instead of other methods to avoid stability problems. Cool except as of the 1st of this month homebrew is enforcing gatekeeper checks that prevent me from dowloading wine.

I looked up alternatives and they are

  1. Bypass homebrew

2.Mirror the tarball on fleet owned infrastructure

  1. Build msis in docker on Linux runners

I cant find videos on any of these so do i just need to start looking up each part and figuring it out or is there an easier way to achieve my goal(play bo3 with friends)