Running Windows Games on Mac is absolutely possible thanks to excellent third-party apps such as Crossover and Parallels. However, not every game will work, and in some cases, you’ll need to find “hacks” in order to get decent performance.
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While other sites opt for extremely long lists of games that may or may not run on Mac using CrossOver, we went in the opposite direction, and only featured games that we know run well (or great) on M1 using CrossOver.
Windows games on Mac: CrossOver games
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| Art | Game | Developer | Genre | Metascore | Crossover Performance | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale: Innocence | Asobo Studio | Action | Average | |||
| Forgotten Empires | Forgotten Empires | Strategy | Excellent | |||
| Control | Remedy Entertainment | Action | Poor | Requires WineD3D in settings | ||
| Dark Souls Remastered | QLOC | Action | Excellent | |||
| Devil May Cry 5 | CAPCOM | Action | Good | |||
| Final Fantasy XII | Square Enix | RPG | Good | |||
| God of War | Santa Monica Studio | Action | Average | |||
| Grand Theft Auto 5 | Rockstar Games | Action | Good | |||
| Guild Wars 2 | ArenaNet | MMO | Good | |||
| Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary | 343 Industries | Shooter | Good | |||
| Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | Action | Average | Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix | |||
| The Lord of the Rings Online | Standing Stone Games | MMO | Good | |||
| Mass Effect Legendary Edition | BioWare | RPG | Good | |||
| Mortal Kombat X | NetherRealm Studios | Action | Good | |||
| NIER Automata | Square Enix | Action | Good | |||
| Paladins | Evil Mojo Games | Shooter | Good | |||
| Portal 2 | Valve | Shooter | Good | |||
| Resident Evil 6 | CAPCOM | Horror | Good | |||
| Rocket League | Psyonix | Racing | Good | Some visual bugs, performs better using Parallels. | ||
| Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | FromSoftware | Action | Good | |||
| Shadow Warrior 2 | Flying Wild Hog | Shooter | Excellent | |||
| STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order | Respawn Entertainment | Action | Good | Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix | ||
| STAR WARS: Battlefront 2 | DICE | Shooter | Good | |||
| STAR WARS: The Old Republic | BioWare | MMO | Good | |||
| Stray | BlueTwelve Studio | Adventure | Average | Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix | ||
| The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim | Bethesda | RPG | Good | |||
| The Evil Within | Tango Gameworks | Horror | Good | |||
| The Witcher 3 | CD PROJEKT RED | Adventure | Excellent | |||
| Titanfall 2 | Respawn Entertainment | Shooter | Good | |||
| Wreckfest | Bugbear | Racing | Excellent |
As a reminder, this is how we describe the different levels of performance:
- Below 20 FPS: Unplayable: Laggy gameplay, full of stutters and slowdowns.
- 20-30 FPS: Poor: Can be OK in slow-paced games. Still, not optimal.
- 30-60 FPS: Good: Acceptable for most (most gaming consoles do this).
- 60+ FPS: Excellent: Fluid gameplay, with no perceivable stutters.
Native games: The easier choice
It goes without saying, but if you dislike dealing with occasional bugs or having to find “hacks” to get decent performance out of a game, you’ll be better off only focusing your time on games that run natively on macOS.
This list features all the most popular games that can run natively on macOS, specifically, Apple Silicon machine.
M1 & M2 support: Your mileage will vary
The Performance results above were achieved by running a combination of different Mac models. In some cases, the main machine used was a base M1 MacBook Air; in other cases, an M1 Pro MacBook Pro. As can be expected, running these games on M1 Pro, M1 Max or even M1 Ultra will result in vastly superior performance.
However, if a game is highlighted above as having Good Performance, it means it can also run on a base M1 Mac… Probably at lower settings and resolutions, but it will still run well. As we continue testing CrossOVer games on Apple Silicon Macs, we will create dedicated resource pages per game to provide much more detailed test results. Stay tuned!
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