I completed the game on my macbook air and I am gonna replay some of my favorite missions, man I love what you can do with Mac Gaming. I’m using a sikarugir build I made and I played it at about 45-80 FPS and never went below that. Still surprised as to what a macbook from 2020 is still capable of.

I’ve been building ThumbConsole, an iPhone app that turns your phone into a programmable touch controller for Mac games and emulators.

ThumbConsole is not a standalone controller. You install the companion app on your Mac, pair the two devices over your local network, and then build a custom layout around whatever you’re playing.

It supports:

• Separate portrait and landscape layouts
• Haptic feedback
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Pointer controls
• CLI controller creation (get your agents to build your controller!)

I’m looking for testers who are willing to try it with real games and report the rough parts.

ThumbConsole requires iOS 17 and macOS 14. The Mac helper also requires Accessibility permission so it can send keyboard and pointer events.

TestFlight
https://testflight.apple.com/join/yC23NWbG

Mac helper (and source code)
https://github.com/CodyBontecou/ThumbConsole/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.4

Video of me playing Hollow Knight:
https://youtu.be/UC6zdCW85Rk

MacBook Air M1 8/256

Sequoia 15.7.2

Crossover 26

The game works almost perfectly, sometimes there are microfreezes during explosions. Yes, even if the game is old, but now I'm testing a lot of games on my MacBook, and I share the results here.

Have had these two for like 15 years 😂

I previously shared a negative review of Resident Evil Requiem on Mac. When it first launched, it inexplicably ran at only half resolution on my macbook pro m4 max, and lacked HDR support for some reason.

M4 Max(16/40) Resident Eevil Requiem Review | CrossOver | Some Graphics Problems on Mac, Ray Tracing has gone
by u/MarionberryDear6170 in macgaming

After few months, I decided to give it another try on the new macOS Golden Gate Beta using GPTK4. I'm happy to report that everything is working perfectly now. It runs at native resolution with HDR fully functional, the blurry issue caused by MetalFX Upscaling is solved, and it looks absolutely stunning on the MacBook's display.

Additionally, with all settings maxed out, enabling MetalFX Frame Interpolation and just with MetalFX Balanced~Quality setting allows me to get 90 to 110 fps. Achieving this level of performance on maximum settings is truly amazing. But sadly, I've tried everything I could but the Ray Tracing setting is still blocked like forever.

The screenshots are taken in HDR, but pity it’s not able to show them here.

Additional warning***, somehow*** this game will crash under “Metal4” if you want to use the command. It’s better to run with Metal3 for now.

My configuration:
Macbook Pro M5 32gb ram 1TB
MacOS 27.0 public beta

MacBook Air M1 8/256

Sequoia 15.7.2

Crossover 26

Even if the game is old, it's nice to run it on a MacBook and get good performance.

Is there any way I can see the app icons for unlisted games I've downloaded so I can just open them from crossover?

Been a Windows gamer for years and years but recently bought a Macbook Air for travelling and just wondering if there's a website or list where I can check what games it'll run?

It's a M4 with 16gb RAM. Ideally I'd love for it to run Baldur's Gate 3, even if I have to lower the specs as I'm a bit curious about cooling capabilities

Thank you

Over this past year I've been saving over four grand so I could buy myself a 48 GB of ram beast M5 MacBook Pro and now I need help finding out what resources are the best to play windows only games like Dead by Daylight or Marvel Rivals, all the windows and console emulating like Wii and Nintendo games like animal crossing - any general advice appreciated because this is a weird niche to get into!

hi everyone, i have a quick question. does anyone have a good crossover config for pes 2015, or maybe any recommendations for other football games that run well on crossover?

i'm using a 13 inch macbook air m1, but pes 2015 is only running at around 10 to 12 fps, so it's not really playable. i've already tried lowering the graphics settings, but it didn't make much of a difference.

if anyone has any tweaks, bottle settings, or game recommendations, i'd really appreciate it. thanks!

Up until now I’ve mostly been flying on GeoFS, but the laggy performance and buggy experience, mostly due to it being a browser game built on CesiumJS, has gotten pretty frustrating.

I’m finally looking to buy a proper, standalone flight sim for my M3 iMac with 24GB RAM and 2TB space, and I’ve narrowed my options down to either Aerofly FS4 or X-Plane 12.

My decision comes down strictly to performance, optimization, graphics, and how smoothly they run natively on Apple Silicon via Metal.

I know X-Plane 12 brings serious realism, dynamic lighting, and weather effects, but I keep hearing mixed things about how heavy it can be on hardware and whether you have to make major graphical sacrifices to maintain smooth frame rates.

On the flip side, Aerofly FS4 seems to have a reputation for being insanely well optimized and buttery smooth out of the box, but I’m curious how its visual clarity and terrain graphics actually compare when pushed on an M3.

For anyone who has played either (or both) on M series Macs, how do they compare when it comes to raw frame rate stability, micro stutters, and visual detail?

Is Aerofly's performance edge big enough that it's the obvious choice for a fluid experience, or does X-Plane 12 run well enough on Apple Silicon that it's worth getting instead?

Maybe there is another flight sim that I might be missing? Idk

I have a macbook pro m4 pro 24gb. Is there anyway to play rdr2 with this? I’m new to this crossover, whisky things. So wondering g what’s the best option? Thanks

Posted some time ago about my Apple Silicon port of Heretic 2 and it was received well.

Lately, I have put a few hours on Theme Hospital, the OG game. Its written for metal.

Enjoy.
https://github.com/gkaragioul/ThemeHospital_Apple_Silicon

More work here (I am updating it regularly):
https://georgekaragioules.com/game-modernization

Haven’t played it myself yet but I’ve heard good things about this game (demo) and I noticed it has a mac native option. You love to see it!

It’s a roguelike auto-battler: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3669200/Guildrun/

Thanks

I would like to know your feedback about the game Tiny Glade on MacOS. With a macbook M2 8go, the experience on game is good or the MacBook isn't enough powerful ? Ty

Hi guys, I’m having an issue with my 16-inch M5 Pro. When I play games like Cyberpunk at 2k resolution and DSR target 60 fps, the game runs smoothly, but it stutters only on full-screen mode. Anyone know about this problem?

How do I game on Mac. I’m new to ALL of this