Mac game guides: setup, controls and fixes

Before you install

Decide which kind of Mac version you are dealing with and what you need ready.

• How games run on Apple silicon MacsUse it when: You are not sure whether a game is a real Mac version, needs Rosetta, or is a Windows game run through CrossOver.
• Before you build a Switch-native Mac appUse it when: You plan to build Tears of the Kingdom or Diablo II: Resurrected from your own Switch files and want to know what both builders need.

Opening a game for the first time

macOS warns about apps it has not seen before. The wording of the warning tells you what to do.

• Opening a game you downloaded on a MacUse it when: macOS says a downloaded game “can’t be opened”, “is damaged” or “could not verify” it.

While playing

Problems that are about the Mac, not one game.

• Game controllers on a MacUse it when: A controller does not work in a game: first check that macOS sees it at all.

Or start from your game

• Tears of the Kingdom →Whether you can build it, which version, and the next task.
• Diablo II: Resurrected →Which build fits your files and macOS version.
• Ocarina of Time →Supported ROMs, the Mac install and first launch.
• Majora's Mask →The two routes side by side.
• Cyberpunk 2077 →Which store, which tier, presets and storage.
• Death Stranding DC →Where the Mac version is sold and what it needs.
• Resident Evil 4 →Free part, full-game purchase, storage and controls.