There are all kinds of reasons to prefer Macs to Windows PCs. The game is not one of them. That doesn’t mean you can’t game on a mac—Modern Apple silicon computers are quite powerful. The problem is that many popular games do not offer downloads that will natively work on a Mac. Look in the Mac App Store or Steam and you will find a lot of games for Mac – just not the specific you want.
And there is another problem: Apple tends to break reverse compatibility faster than Microsoft. For example, it is currently impossible to perform 32 -bit applications on modern macOS versions. If you have a Steam library filled with games that worked very well on the Mac that you had in 2015, you will find that many of them will not work at all on the Mac that you bought last year.
It’s frustrating. Before abandoning and buy a game laptopHowever, know that you have options for PC games to run on the Mac. It is possible to get many Windows games – even recent versions – working on Apple equipment. It will just take a little DIY and, in some cases, to spend some money.
There is no better universal option
I would just love to tell you that there is a better definitive way to play Windows games on a Mac. The truth is more complicated and probably depends on the specific game you want to play.
The best place to start is to go to the Apple game wiki And search for the specific game that interests you. Each game has a compatibility board, letting you know what tools that people have managed to use to operate the game on a Mac. There are also general advice listed for things to work well. In most cases, you will want to use the tool with the best documented results here.
There are generally three tools listed in the results: crossing, wine and parallels. We will review all these options below.
Another thing to keep in mind is that, for some games, there may be a dedicated port made by a third party. For example: fans have built a port of Sound handle For the Mac which can run the game if you buy the Windows version and copy the relevant files. Fans of Final Fantasy XIV also made a client. These dedicated ports will generally be noted on Applegamingwiki, so keep your eyes open for them. Let’s first talk about the best tools for work.
Crossover: the best for most people
Justin Pot
Crossover Mac is a $ 74 program that can run Windows applications. You can search for any game and a lot of software, directly in the user interface and obtain a guided installation process. This means that everything your game needs to work properly is downloaded and configured for you. Crossover is expensive, yes, but this guided approach could save you a lot time compared to free options. It is as well to have the notes for the way the games work well in the application itself, instead of having to look for anything yourself.
