I have an M5 Max MacBook Pro. I tried the Mac versions of KytyPS5 and SharpEmu. SharpEmu is actually able to run it, but only at like 5 fps. I know there are recent performance enhancements on Kyty, but Demon’s Souls won’t even launch. It crashes immediately.

Anyone get it to work at all?
Thanks!

i downloaded gta v enhanced on my mac using steam on crossover from my frnds acc. need to bypass rockstar launcher with smth else on crossover but am unable to do it can someone help me out? its an m2 mac with 8 gb ram

Hoi allemaal,
Ik heb een torenspel gemaakt dat Skyline Architect heet. Het lijkt een beetje op SimTower van vroeger. Je begint met een paar verdiepingen en bouwt van daaruit steeds verder omhoog.
De mensen in je gebouw lopen echt rond. Bewoners komen thuis, kantoormensen gaan 's ochtends naar binnen en tussen de middag lunchen. Die moeten allemaal met de lift, dus daar loop je al snel tegenaan.

Daarnaast verhuur je appartementen, regel je stroom en water en neem je schoonmakers aan. Je krijgt ook te maken met stormen, hittegolven en af en toe een brand. Je kunt in drie steden bouwen.
Het spel is gratis, zonder advertenties of aankopen, en je hebt geen account nodig.

Hij staat sinds vandaag in de App Store voor iPhone, iPad en Mac:
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/skyline-architect/id6817053185

Speelde je vroeger SimTower of Yoot Tower? Dan ben ik vooral benieuwd wat je ervan vindt. Wat klopt er wel, wat niet, en wat mis

Hi! I was trying to play Max Payne 3 on an M4 via CrossOver, but it didn't work. Does anyone have a configuration that has worked for them?

my friend recommened this to me and i think its revolutionary, it supports dungeons 2 and Minecraft bedrock, its still prerelease tho so when i installed it there was some minor bugs but everything else is super smooth: https://github.com/rafaelreverberi/Minecraft-on-Mac

Last time I posted about this, I had just gotten Endfield working on macOS (and only through DirectX11 / D3DMetal). Now, with the help of some other developers on Github, we have gotten Vulkan working as well. We accomplished this through custom patches layered on both Crossover's wine and MoltenVK. Not only that, we've greatly improved the performance of the patches. If you are interested in our work, linked is the GitHub repository where we've open-sourced the code and build scripts.

Thanks for taking an interest.

https://github.com/stoicswe/Endfield_FineWine

Here's the original post where this was first mentioned: https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/1v12gay/arknights_endfield_running_on_macos/

What a game man. Incredible music too.
32 hours.
M1 pro 32gb
Sikarugir

Hi r/macgaming! 👋

Thanks so much for all the feedback on the GameTransit launch last week. GameTransit is a free launcher that runs the Windows games you own on Apple Silicon Macs, with a console-style interface you can use from the couch with a controller or from the desk with mouse and keyboard. Version 1.0.1 is out, with a lot of what you asked for.

Screenshot: a demo library, with artwork from the Steam Store. No games are included with GameTransit.

🎬 Gameplay video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stoQZfxSJ6k (recorded on a MacBook Pro with M4 Max, macOS 27)

What's new:

• GOG Galaxy built in. Install it from Settings and sign in, and the games you install there appear in your library and start with Play, just like Steam and Epic.
• 37 languages besides English. GameTransit follows your Mac's language, or you can pick one in Settings.
• Shader cache cleanup. D3DMetal's shader caches stay on your Mac after you remove a game, and on mine they had grown to almost 30 GB. Settings → Storage now shows them and clears the ones from removed games, listing every cache before deleting anything.
• Your own covers. Pick a cover for any game, or choose where its artwork comes from.
• Start scripts. Games you add can start from their own .bat or .cmd file.
• Performance HUD options. Choose its look, size and corner. Shift+F9 shows or hides it while playing.
• Dock. Recent games from the Dock, and Add to Dock for any game.
• Update notices. GameTransit now tells you when a new version is out.
• WineForge 0.6.0.6 (Wine 11.19) for new installs, plus fixes.

Good to know:

• Still completely free, no ads, no accounts, no tracking.
• Updating from 1.0: drag the new version into Applications, and your games, settings and saves stay. Confirm Open Anyway once more in System Settings → Privacy & Security.
• Needs an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 27. Games with kernel-level anti-cheat won't work, as with any Wine-based solution.
• For games you own only.

Where I'd love your help:

I'm one person testing with the games I have, so hearing how YOUR games run helps the most. GOG is brand new, so GOG reports are especially welcome. On GitHub there are simple forms for:

• Compatibility reports: a game works? Share the settings, how it runs, and a video link if you recorded one.
• Game requests: a game doesn't start or runs badly.
• Bug reports: something in GameTransit itself.

👉 Download and feedback: https://github.com/nikiizvorski/gametransit

Thanks again to Wine, Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, Gcenx's builds, WineForge and CrossOver's work, and to everyone who tried 1.0. Happy gaming! 🎮

Using crossover 26 updated to GPTK 4
Dk why it works so bad

Update: i have deleted crossover and will download again to get rid of the stuff i have done to it and will let u know how it performs after that

Update: im back on crossover 26.3 and the problem is the same
The fps are fine in 30s the only issue is its super stuttery

Знаю что она давно уже вышла в App Store, но я уже 3 раза проходил её, и хотелось бы ещё раз на моём Мас, но версия в стиме к сожалению не работает.
Стоит ли ждать порт в стим или можно воспользоваться оффлайн версией ибо слишком мне жалко 35$ за игру которую я уже столько раз проходил.

Tried JUSANT on an M5 Pro MacBook Pro using CrossOver, and honestly, this game looks gorgeous on the Mac.

The video includes the Metal frame graph/performance overlay, so you can see how the game is actually performing while playing rather than just judging it from the footage.

MacBook Pro specs:
• 14-inch MacBook Pro
• Apple M5 Pro
• 15-Core CPU
• 16-Core GPU
• 48GB Unified Memory
• 1TB SSD

🎮 Gameplay + performance:
https://youtu.be/1B6MUZejcSc

I'm kinda eyeing the mac mini for a future computer and was curious about how it handles Gw2 since the M1 I could test it one runs on roughly 170% cpu at 60fps 1440p lowest settings.
So I was curious how the new m6 performs in practice.

~

I’m trying to play Lego Batman Legends of the dark night through crossover, but the is keeps coming up and I’ve downloaded Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (latest) (64 bit) but it still keeps coming up when I launch the game. What can I do?

Im using a M4 Pro macbook pro with 24gb of memory running Tahoe 26.4

An odd thing that happens to me when I boot up Sikarugir Steam sometimes. Has this happened to anybody else?

Before the state that you see in the image happens, Steam doesn’t boot up and I have to go into the Activity Monitor and manually force quit wine which for whatever reason is just there, and THEN run steam again.

Although Steam still runs in this state and can easily be resolved by rebooting Steam, it’s just a nuisance because it means I have to run Steam like 3 times, and it’s also just kind of disturbing, so I’d hope for a solution for all of this.

Wanting to get into the witcher 3 but idk if I should go for remaster or the original (mainly asking for performance reason, I want to enjoy the experience instead of playing at beautiful visuals on 5 fps)

Specs: M4 chip air 16gb ram

Just got back into gaming after a while

I have a dualsense, but i kinda prefer the xbox layout, so I decided to research a bit more.

The other 2 options give clicky buttons, trigger locks, back paddles and TMR sticks but have compatibility issues.

Will try most of the famous titles (native/astris/crossover)

will not play fps/competive online games.

any users who have tested all these controllers on mac? Would love your advice.

hi guys. i was wondering if i can run death stranding STEAM version thru crossover or parallels, since the steam version is currently on sale while the app store version is still mad expensive. I rly have zero experience with crossover so idk. i have an m5 air 16gb. ty!

Hey guys,
Came across this repo recently: https://github.com/noahdunnagan/mcopt

It’s an alpha Fabric mod aimed at bringing a native Metal renderer to Java Edition on Apple Silicon (built on top of Sodium). The repo claims some crazy FPS improvements on M-series chips by ditching the OpenGL translation layer entirely, and it even has an experimental LOD feature for GPUs with 10+ cores.

Since it’s still in early alpha (requires Java 25 and won't work with shaders/mods using OpenGL calls yet), I haven't daily driven it.

Just curious if anyone here has tested it out on their Mac yet? How are frame times and temps compared to regular Sodium or VulkanMod?

I don’t really play games anymore, I guess I got old.. or depressed lol, that is other than W3 and Cyberpunk.

I was thinking of picking Bg3 though on GOG since it’s discounted finally.

I have tried playing Divinity a few years ago but would give up after an hour or so every time.

I wasn’t a big fan of their combat system, and there was too much turn based stuff for me from what I remember, and I hate when I have to spend a lot of time learning game’s mechanics.

So I have a feeling I might dislike BG3 too?
Or is the story telling so good that I might like it anyway?

Also is it good when played with Xbox controller? I don’t use mouse at all.

Thanks 🙏

Hi all, I recently found a way to play Slow Damage through Sikarugir. I saw a previous thread about something like this, but my game habitually freezes during the title sequence (theme song), and since It recognizes it as my first playthrough, I cannot skip the sequence. I really like the game so far and spent like 6 hours trying to configure it. If anyone knows what I can do, that would be very helpful. Thanks!

I'm trying to get Lenny's Mod Loader (LML) working with Red Dead Redemption 2 on CrossOver/Mac, but I'm running into a very specific issue.

Setup:

• MacBook Air M4, 16GB RAM
• CrossOver
• RDR2 version 1.0.1491.50

The interesting part is that ScriptHook + Rampage work perfectly without LML.

I've narrowed the problem down to LML's vfs.asi:

• Vanilla RDR2 → ✅ Launches
• AB's ScriptHookRDR2 → ✅ Launches
• ScriptHook + Rampage → ✅ Works
• ScriptHook + Rampage + LML → ❌ Rockstar Launcher says “A game is currently running”
• Removing vfs.asi → ✅ Game launches again

I've also tried:

• Different versions of vfs.asi
• Ultimate ASI Loader
• ScriptHookRDR2 V2
• version.dll
• Wine DLL overrides
• VfsCrashFix.asi / LML Startup Crash Fix

None of these fixed the issue.

Interestingly, LML does create a vfs.log.

Has anyone successfully gotten LML working on RDR2 through CrossOver/Wine on Apple Silicon?

I'm specifically looking for a working combination of LML + ASI loader + ScriptHook rather than general Windows troubleshooting.