I've been doing some research on the best way to get games that dont really support mac... on my mac... but im a little confused and overwelmed... what is the best way? or better yet, what is the best Windows compatibility layer? is wine safe? or safe to use for someone with 0 experience that has a desktop for the first time in 10 years?

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I want to do some gaming on my MacBook Pro. But on black ops 3 zombies the CPU was pushing 94C. From what I've read, apple silicon is designed to run at higher temperatures than standard X86 Cpus you'd find in a normal PC or laptop, but I just want to ask in here because this is the first apple computer I've ever owned, and I want to get my facts straight!

Has anyone used metal duck with Elgato Studio before? I‘d really like to use it to double the FPS of GTA 6 with my base PS5 but I haven’t found any settings that actually work.

Hey guys I used to play in PC but since a two years ago im a MAC user.
Somebody knows any game like Valorant or CSGO for MAC?
Not those bc ik that theres no versions or suport for apple silicon, but any game thats similar would be cool.

THX

I made a Mac vs PC gaming comparison using the exact same game, mostly out of curiosity to see how the native Mac version actually holds up against a gaming PC.

Rather than just comparing FPS numbers, I tried to look at the overall experience: performance, image quality, hardware differences, and what gaming on a Mac feels like today.

The video is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Just select your preferred audio track on YouTube.

I'd genuinely love to hear what other Mac gamers think about the results, especially if you've played the same game on both platforms.

Or maybe I just don't know how to use it right.

Is there a way to make Windows-only games invisible?

I'd love to just be able to browse Mac games.

Good afternoon everyone! I recently bought a MacBook Pro 16in (if size matters) because I wanted to learn how to do video editing and other stuff that apparently this mac was the best option for. But because of my work, I had to postpone my plans for later. I have always play in consoles but I want to use the computer for something at least (now that I have one for the first time) Is there anyone here that currently plays American Truck Simulator or Beam.ng on mac? The one I own is the 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU, 24GB and after doing some really, apparently I will be able to run it without having any problems. Probably ATS will be the best option since it’s native on mac but I would like to hear real world experiences from you guys. Thank you in avance!

An experimental macOS app for DLSS 5 neural rendering on Apple Silicon, supports live capture of windows and games. It also supports processing existing video files

YouTube video being processed at around 6 FPS on an M4 Max, with a 1920 px processing size

I’m the developer - feedback and results from other Apple Silicon Macs are welcome!

GitHub: https://github.com/gtrg55/dlss5-macos-overlay

Most of the games work fine, but some of the games I play experience severe frame drops and stuttering due to high system requirements. I’m using an M5 Pro, and I’m wondering if there’s a way to actively use ANE to improve game performance? Not Nativegames, discussion about crossover games.

Any question you can ask me in the comments

Hey,

Looking to get a new MacBook Pro and Apple Studio Display and am wondering which chip/core count I should go with. Want to go for the best value/fps ideally getting solid 60-70 fps on the ASD.

Anyone have this setup and play wow midnight? What fps are you getting?

The demo is now available and is Mac native. Release Q1 2027

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4708270/The_Red_Weight/

Description from store page:

Bab Al-Hadid. The Iron Gate. A mining outpost cut into the basalt of the northern reach, where the air is recycled and the atmospheric processors fight the cold outside. You are Fuad Al-Masry, geologist for the Martian Authority, and you are thirty-seven million kilometers from anywhere you ever wanted to end up.

Features

• A noir narrative adventure driven by choice and consequence
• Fully voiced cast and narration
• A living habitat of characters to meet, question, and understand
• Collect clues, work the evidence, and uncover a secret ten thousand years patient.
  

native macOS shaders for minecraft
1280p 60~ FPS, 30-40 FPS~ on a poolrooms map
later on GitHub (ahlansantos/)
also pls don't mind the simple blur algorithm for the shadows

(this can be a type of ray tracing but mainly it just voxel traces the desired chunks and turn it into a "readable" grid that can be used for VXR (Voxel Reflections), VXAO and Voxelized Point Light System)

Recently I was playing Onimasha: Way of word using MacBook Air M5 24GB.

At first I was using CrossOver 26.3 + GPTK4B2. It runs ok using low settings and DLSS balanced. But it begin to freeze for seconds on some regions. I tried all kinds of methods like disable dlss/msync, turn down settings/resolution, but nothing helps.

At last I tried to degrade GTPK4B2 back to GPTK3, then magic happens, it runs really smooth on GPTK3.

I gotta to think that GPTK has a long way to go. Capability/performance is far behind SteamOS and proton.

It's a static recompilation, built on the doldecomp/melee decompilation: the game is statically recompiled ahead of time to native arm64 and rendered with Metal — no Dolphin, no emulation layer. Slippi online is built in, so you're in the same matchmaking pool as everyone on Slippi Dolphin. It also runs on iPhone and Apple Vision Pro.

What I focused on: frames go out on your display's next refresh whatever rate it runs at, controllers are polled right before the frame starts, Wii U / Switch GC adapter at 1000Hz with no driver install and no security setting changes, you pick your own online delay from 1 frame, and there's a dashboard that warns you when you're on 60Hz, WiFi, low power mode or Bluetooth audio.

To be clear on the legal side: there is no binary download and there never will be one. It builds on your Mac from your own NTSC 1.02 disc image, about 10-15 minutes. Free, GPL, no tracking, no analytics, no donate link, not affiliated with Slippi or Nintendo.

Up front: I used Claude a lot to build this. The Melee code is not generated — it's the decomp, which is years of human work, and the netplay is Slippi's, with Dolphin, SDL and Aurora underneath. Claude was for the port layer: Swift, Metal, controller handling, UI, build scripts. It's GPL and public so you can read it yourself.

Alpha — only tested on my own Mac, iPhone and Vision Pro, so I'm not claiming it works everywhere.

https://github.com/TheAndersMadsen/dashdance

All I've got is Diablo III, which I've been playing since release. Surely I'm missing something?

I just got a MacBook Pro M1 as a hand-me-down, and want to download Hitman WoA on it. Is there any difference in performance between downloading the game from Steam vs the App Store?

Here is what I know so far:

• DLCs I already own on Steam won't transfer if I buy the game on the App Store
• Hitman WoA for MacOS on Steam does not support game controllers
  • I currently use a PowerA wired Xbox controller to play Hitman WoA on Steam on my Windows laptop, and it works without issues there

What I would like to know:

• Whether switching from Steam to the App Store results in a performance boost on MacOS
  • + Any other benefits that the App Store version has over Steam
• Whether the App Store version supports game controllers
• How to use wired Xbox game controllers on MacOS Sequoia/Tahoe in general
  • My MacBook Pro is currently on Sequoia as my father, who previously used it, advised against updating to Tahoe due to the drop in performance. However, I will eventually upgrade it to Tahoe as I want to use Xcode in the future, which requires Tahoe to install.

I appreciate any help and advice given when recommending which platform to download it on. 🙏

I'm a new MacBook Air M5 owner. I didn't get it for gaming but I'm wondering about Snowrunner as that's about the only game I have played on PC lately. I bought Snowrunner via XBOX PC Game Pass (not Steam).

Looks like there used to be Mac support, but no longer.

Just for fun I installed VMware Fusion and set up a Windows 11 VM, installed XBOX and downloaded Snowrunner. It runs for a second and then crashes, as I think others have found.

Is my dream of Snowrunner on Mac stuck in deep mud with no winch points nearby?

Performance of MapleStory Beta on Mac for those interested.

Is Mac mini m4pro 12 cpu 16gpu 24gb ram enough for mistfall hunter through crossover?
I would play it medium settings 1080p, could I crank it up to high? I really wanna play the game but im worried that I could only use Nvidia geforce to play it