Sonic Mania was the only game that did not present any lag, glitches, or low fps. The game was producing 50-60 fps and was running pretty well compared to the previous games tested by the YouTuber. Portal 2 was next and its settings were set to the native resolution of the monitor which is 2560 x 1440p. Blendlogic was having a very hard time while loading the games because he was using an external hard drive which is pretty slow compared to M1 Macbook’s SSD.

On the other hand, Max Payne 3 ran pretty smoothly with a few glitches. Any game that uses DRM will simply not run with CrossOver.īioshock Infinite was able to run with very low graphics and ‘stuttering’ with just 50 fps. In addition to that, Apex Legends, Batman: Arkham Knight also did not work. The first game launched by Blendlogic was Alien Isolation but unfortunately, it did run and eventually crashed. Note that not all games will work smoothly.

Lastly, install Direct X for modern games.

After that, you need to install dxvk Vulcan which will help run the games smoothly.

It is a simple process, quite like downloading a Windows application.

Firstly, you need to install CrossOver.

To install and play Windows games using CrossOver, here is what you should do: With that said, this video is going to cover how to do Crossover on Mac so you can play Windows Steam games on Macbook, in which this video covers tests on M1 Macbook Air. With that said – you can expect (and I’ll need to figure out how to better showcase/record) PURE GAMEPLAY footage fresh from reboot nothing else running. To try to get screenplay footage, I mixed both Quicktime Recording OR OBS (not both at the same time)

I tested on an external hard drive (i’ll buy an external SSD) so that affected load times and may have affected stuttering He tested a variety of games including Alien Isolation, Bioshock Infinity, Max Payne 3, Path of Exile, Portal 2, and Witcher 3: YouTuber, Blendlogic, ran tests on the M1 MacBook Air by launching games through Steam. How to delete duplicate images on your iPhone with iOS 16ĬrossOver on Mac – How to play Windows games on M1 Mac

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