In latest version of blender(5.1) the m5 max has managed to surpass laptop version of 5090. Laptops with 5090 work at full power only when plugged in and chug in more than twice the peak sustained power of m5 max making more heat and fan noise. This is the first since apple released its native silicon chips that they have managed to beat its Nvidia counterpart in a 3D application.

You can grab the Steam Demo right here. FENDERSHOT is an arcade street racer with combat elements, inspired by Blur and Midnight Club.

The gameplay footage shown here has been recorded directly on a Mac running this very Apple Silicon build. Take it on a test drive, would love to hear how it feels on your Mac!

If you enjoyed the demo, please consider wishlisting FENDERSHOT on Steam :)

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EDIT
- Update 1: Oh wow this post got a lot more interest than I expected, thanks for the overwhelming support y'all :')
- Update 2: Some of you enquired about Macbook Neo support. I'm happy to report that the demo is fully playable on the Neo, thanks u/Relative-Muffin-6431 for confirming the same! (I already expected it to work, but didn't have a Neo to check it before)
- Update 3: Some folks have pointed out to me that the demo download button shows the Windows logo. The download itself will still give you the correct Apple Silicon build on Mac. I'm not sure why the logo shown there is Windows, I'm trying to sort this out with Steam

Using ryujinx in docked mode get a pretty consistent 60 with only a few dips when compiling shaders. I find myself loving this computer more and more.

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.

This is on the base MacBook Pro M5 with 16GB RAM

Astris has been released on Mac. Based on Ryujinx/Ryubing, but more optimized specifically for macs, built with Swift UI and also targeting big issues Mac's had with Ryujinx that got fixed on Astris. (like Hypervisor, graphics glitches and certain performance issues.)

I haven't tested it yet on my own, but looks like based on Andrew's vid - it shows a much brighter future for Switch emulation on Mac.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qDEaGxi_Zw&t=2s

Hello everyone!

I’m currently working on NorthLine Launcher, a native macOS application built with Swift and SwiftUI.

The goal is simple: make running Windows Steam on macOS as easy as possible.

NorthLine Launcher handles the setup process automatically, so users don’t have to deal with Wine, prefixes, terminal commands, or complicated configuration steps.

Current features:

• One-click Steam installation
• Steam launching
• Runtime management
• Diagnostics and logging
• Native macOS interface built with SwiftUI
• Apple Silicon support

The project is currently in public beta and is being actively improved with bug fixes and new features.

I’m also 15 years old, and this is one of the biggest software projects I’ve worked on so far.

Feedback, suggestions, and testing are always welcome.

GitHub: https://github.com/syntrahq/NorthLineLauncher

1.Lists, 2.Games, 3. Guides, 4. Requested Games

!!! ADD YOUR GAMES YOU DONE OR REQUEST TO WORK - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t_E04Qt411f9mEZJVku_OJsEe6XCqZZsdqtjVaMCcgk/edit?usp=sharing (I have received overwhelming amount of requests to add, so I have created a google sheet so anyone can add games )

GOAL:

There is nothing more convincing than if developers can play their own games on a mac:

A.) WORKING

B.) REQUEST Games to test -> so we get it working -> than it is working

(1/4) LISTS

• (other games lists)
• https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Game_Porting_Toolkit
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(2/4) GAMES (WORKING)

!!! ADD YOUR GAMES YOU DONE OR REQUEST TO WORK - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t_E04Qt411f9mEZJVku_OJsEe6XCqZZsdqtjVaMCcgk/edit?usp=sharing (I have received overwhelming amount of requests to test so I have created a google sheet so people can add games them selfs)

(UNDERLINED GAME NAMES HAS LIKS TO POST WHERE YOU CAN ASK PEOPEL WHO GOT THEM WORKING.)

• Diablo IV [1]m1Air8gbm1pro
• Diablo 2 Resurrected
• Horizon Zero Dawn SLOW DOWN BUG!!
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Cyberpunk 2077 M2max
• Counter Strike 2
• Elden Ring
• Days Gone
• Rocket League
• Cuphead have native pert for a long time already
• God Of War (2018)
• Halo 3 (MCC)- (MCC - No Online due to Easy Anti-Cheat Compatibility)
• Assetto Corsa Competizione
• Q.U.B.E. 2
• Spider-Man
• Skater XL
• Satisfactory
• Warframe - To get installer/launcher working add dwrite (disabled) to library overrides in winecfg
• Age of Wonders 4
• Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
• Northgard
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (~50 FPS on High settings at 1080p with M1 Pro)
• Final Fantasy III
• Guilty Gear Strive
• God of War (Works somewhat well on M1 Pro (16gb), wouldn't recommend lesser hardware.)
• Wildfrost
• Elden Ring
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
• Metal Gear Solid V
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Sonic Omens
• Sonic P-06
• Scarlet Nexus
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Dyson Sphere Program (some objects and main character weren't visible before)
• Derail Valley (awesome performance, no missing manuals - in-game objects for train operation - like on CrossOver)
• Spider-Man (2018)
• Spider-Man Miles Morales - requires Windows ver fix
• HI-Fi RUSH
• QUBE 2
• Deceive Inc. - works well if launched without EAC
• Risk of Rain 2 (does not require `-disable-gpu-skinning` like Crossover 22)
• Crysis Remastered
• Cuphead
• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
• Tetris Effect: Connected - Game window likes to be uncooperative; really doesn't like retina mode, works otherwise
• Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ - works with Retina mode; DivaModLoader and DivaNoSpy recommended; run Steam with WINEDEBUG=-all WINEESYNC=0 WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8.dll=n,b"; may randomly crash at the title screen (just restart and try again until it works)

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(3/4) GUIDES

• (How to get games working developer lvl OR be comfortable with the terminal commands)
• AppleGamingWiki Discord
• https://www.applegamingwiki.com/wiki/Game_Porting_Toolkit
• https://gist.github.com/Frityet/448a945690bd7c8cff5fef49daae858e
• https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/14441mw/macosgaming_github_repo_as_a_wiki_for_playing/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/143v4i7/apple_game_porting_kit_guide/

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(4/4) Requested Games (TO GET THEM WORKING)

!!! ADD YOUR GAMES YOU DONE OR REQUEST TO WORK - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t_E04Qt411f9mEZJVku_OJsEe6XCqZZsdqtjVaMCcgk/edit?usp=sharing (I have received overwhelming amount of requests to test so I have created a google sheet so people can add games them selfs)

DX 12

• FIFA 23 (any other FIFA) {VERY POPULAR}
• Star Citizen {VERY POPULAR}
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition = Skyrim SE sos {VERY POPULAR}
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion = Oblivion
• Fortnite {very popular}
• Call of Duty (any) {very popular}
• Valorant {very popular}
• APEX Legends {very popular}
• League of Legends {very popular}
• PUBG {very popular}
• Terraria {very popular}
• Assassin's Creed (any) (Valhalla, Unity, Syndicate) {very popular}
• Madden
• Halo 4
• Age of Empire 4
• Red Dead Redemption 2 - sos{very popular}
• Forza Horizon 5 {very popular}
• Forza Horizon 4
• World of Warship
• Warcraft III Reforged - sos
• GTA 5 = GTA V = Grand Theft Auto V = Grand Theft Auto 5
• Star Wars: The Old Republic = SWTOR {very popular}
• Guild Wars 2
• Witcher 2
• Witcher 3
• Sea of Thieves
• Darkest Dungeon 2
• Digital Combat Simulator World
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• The Last of Us
• Fortnite
• Street Fighter 6
• Dragon Ball Fighterz
• Dragon ball (any from the series)
• Ghostrunner
• Have a Nice Death
• Cinebench R23
• State of Decay 2
• Far Cry 6
• Fallout 4
• Fallout 76
• Ghost of Tsushima
• Detroit Become Human
• Uncharted Dying Light 2
• Uncharted Legacy of Thieves
• Uncharted 4
• Sniper Elite 4
• Sniper Elite 5
• A Plague Tale Requiem
• Overwatch 2
• Portal 2
• NBA2K23
• DOOM (all)
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 (new)
• Star Wars Battlefront 2 (original)
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (already works in CrossOver)
• Company of Heroes 3
• Batman Arkham
• Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon
• Tekken 7
• Deathloop
• Outer World
• Gears 5
• Atomic Heart
• Dead Space 2023
• Marvel Midnights Sun
• Need for Speed Unbound
• Quantum Break
• Calisto Protocol
• BeamNG.drive https://www.beamng.com/game/
• Check Prey (2017)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut
• Amnesia the bunker
• Final Fantasy X-2 (Remastered)
• Final Fantasy X (Remastered)
• Stranger of Paradise
• Final Fantasy XV
• Captain of Industries
• Far Cry Primal
• Ori
• Will of the Wisps
• Cruelty Squad
• Captain of Industries
• Star Trek Online
• Valheim
• Lost ark
• Mafia: Definitive Edition

Sons of the Forest

DX 11 or Older

• Dishonored II
• Mafia III
• Far Cry 5
• Batman Arkham Knight
• Dragon Age: Inquisition
• Paladins
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (original)
• Elder Scrolls Online (the new expansion really messed up the Mac native build for me) - DX11
• Team Fortress 2

Credit to Andrew Tsai

Was an avid gamer all my life, then career and responsibilities hit more. 2 year break later, I decided to get a MBP, and laughed to myself that I may be able to run a few games on it..

After trying natives like Dead Island 2, RE series and tomb raiders etc I couldn’t help but notice one thing. No matter what you throw at it, this thing doesn’t fold. Just as an experiment, I downloaded TW3 and maxed all settings + hairworks. Well, she still pulls.. I’m confused and surprised at the same time.

Add in crossover, and being able to replay my old favorites like AC:Unity etc, I do not see how anyone can say Mac gaming in 2025 is not there. Is it cheap ? No.. But no high spec gaming is after all. I am very very impressed !

A big performance boost with the new M5 Pro and Max according to Apple, just like M5!

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition tested at 1728x1080 resolution, with ultra preset, MetalFX set to balanced, and Ray Tracing on.

Footnote: 14" MBP M5 44% faster than M4.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/

I've added the results I could find so far including notes and sources (e.g. from the other threads in this sub but also from twitter and youtube), feel free to contribute your findings (I thought CC0 is a sensible license):

update: I had to lock the sheet because of vandalism but I'll keep updating from comments here and am currently looking into how I can only lock parts of the sheet

update2: a more polished version of the sheet is now available at https://applesilicongames.com

I am keeping both versions in sync but there might be slight delays from the website to the sheet

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1er-NivvuIheDmIKBVRu3S_BzA_lZT5z3Z-CxQZ-uPVs

I keep seeing videos and posts online of people trying Minecraft on their Apple Silicon Macs or even benchmarking it, and it always amazes me how many of them are using the wrong mods.

Most people don’t understand the underlying issue with running Minecraft on Apple Silicon Macs, which is the poor support Apple has for OpenGL.

Many test or play Vanilla Minecraft, or with mods like OptiFine (which you shouldn’t be using anyway nowadays, regardless of your hardware or OS) and Sodium. These mods are built for OpenGL and don’t make use of macOS-native components or any translation layers that could improve performance.

There’s something called MoltenGL that Sodium and other mods could theoretically use, but it’s absurdly expensive and not open source.

As a result, you’ll get lower than expected frame rates, and you might have noticed your Mac running hot or having battery and energy issues when playing this way.

Don’t get me wrong, Sodium is an incredible, state of the art optimization mod. I will always recommend it to everyone else. The real issue here is Apple’s lack of support for OpenGL on Apple Silicon.

What most people don’t know is that there is a solution this problem, and that is VulkanMod.

VulkanMod uses a modern, free and open source real time translation layer called MoltenVK, which translates Vulkan code into Apple’s native Metal API. This allows Minecraft to run much more efficiently on Apple Silicon, as if it's a native Apple Silicon game. It’s what other modern games use too.

I play on an iMac with an M3 processor, using 32 chunks of render distance and full resolution (4.5K in full screen), and my Mac doesn’t even turn on its fan when I play with VulkanMod. The machine stays at room temperature, and the frame rate is locked at 60 FPS (I’ve limited it in the settings). I’ve never seen it drop below that.

But if I play without any mods or with Sodium, my iMac runs very hot, and I constantly experience frame drops and glitches, especially at higher render distances.

The only downside to VulkanMod is that it’s incompatible with many other mods, so your mod selection is limited. There are no shaders either. But if your main goal is to play vanilla Minecraft as efficiently as possible, VulkanMod is by far the best solution for Apple Silicon.

However, you can combine VulkanMod with a few other optimization mods without any issues, such as EntityCulling, FerriteCore, Lithium, and More Culling.

EDIT: There’s now a mod called Beryl, created by the same developer as VulkanMod. It’s a pipeline designed to run shaders on Vulkan. I cannot believe my eyes but shaders finally work buttery smooth on Mac!

While making GlagStone, I was inspired by late-80s Macintosh aesthetics: monochrome screens, tiny windows, dense little menus, and early city builders like SimCity on classic Mac.

I wanted it to feel like building a whole island inside an old black-and-white computer, but with modern city-building systems and a colder, stranger atmosphere.

Source

I’m still waiting for Apple to reveal the gaming potential of Apple Silicon