64-bit Mac games & Catalina: What games are still supported?

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   Tom on June 20, 2019 at 1:46 am

   Bioshock Infinite is on my List of Games to play.
   I will have to finish it, before Catalina arrives.

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   noel on June 22, 2019 at 12:14 am

   You can still run your games by loading PARAELLS on APPLE I did this and I can run all my old games thank you NJJ.

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     Christopher Anderton on October 10, 2019 at 1:38 pm

     Except there is no 3D HW-acceleration on Mac guests (but on Windows and Linux guests there is, which is better to run games in).

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   eric on June 22, 2019 at 5:57 am

   Glad they updated Borderlands 2.Still love that game.

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     mika on October 11, 2019 at 10:30 pm

     I love the Pre-Sequel almost as much BL2, and there is no updates for it 🙁

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   Peter on June 22, 2019 at 10:20 am

   And what about bootcamp with PC version ? I guess all pc versions of these games will be updated to 64.

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     star-affinity on June 22, 2019 at 3:45 pm

     BootCamp (i.e. Windows games) aren’t affected.

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     MrUNIMOG on June 23, 2019 at 4:07 pm

     Way easier than Boot Camp would be just dual-booting Mojave and Catalina.
     Other than Windows, macOS allows installation on external media so you’re not limited to your internal drive capacity.

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   Phil on June 22, 2019 at 3:06 pm

   What about Crusader Kings 2?

   EVE Online is in 64-bit beta currently so some good news there

   Personally even with a mid-2017 iMac I am still going to give Catalina a miss.

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   Robert Hammond on June 22, 2019 at 3:37 pm

   Odd how GOG Galaxy is a YES but Steam shows up as NO on my system. Also, none of my installed Steam games even show up on the list, nor do many of the games I have on my system.

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     Matt Diamond on June 28, 2019 at 5:02 pm

     The Steam client has been mostly 64-bit for a while, but there is a small launcher app that apparently doesn’t get updated automatically. You can fix this by trashing (or renaming) the old Steam app and downloading a fresh new one. (You won’t lose any Steam settings or game installs.)

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   star-affinity on June 22, 2019 at 3:44 pm

   Halo Combat Evolved.
   Unreal Tournament 2004.

   🙁

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   eric on June 23, 2019 at 7:57 am

   Hey Ric this is not the end of the world in my opinion.Sure some of those games listed are favorites and if so do not update for awhile.I read somewhere that from here on out Aspyr is going 64 bit only on there future offerings .All my 64 bit games run pretty good and metal really flies.I would rather quality over quantity anyway and this is just one mans opinion.Just to let you know the updated games listed work great.ps..i hope tf2 gets updated.

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   MrUNIMOG on June 23, 2019 at 4:05 pm

   The easiest solution is to just keep a Mojave installation around for legacy games!

   Unlike Boot Camp, that doesn’t have to be on your internal drive, can be any external disk or USB thumbdrive, so you could even use it on several Macs if you need to.

   So unless platforms like Steam decide to drop support for Mojave one day, we can keep on playing all the 32bit games we own.

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     Matt Diamond on June 28, 2019 at 5:24 pm

     I agree that this is a great option. But note that the version of macOS that came with your Mac is the earliest version compatible with that Mac. So the next time you upgrade your hardware you will be out of luck.

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       MrUNIMOG on June 30, 2019 at 1:47 pm

       That is true indeed. In that case, it’s probably best to keep some older Mac around.

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10. 

    Locky28 on June 26, 2019 at 8:51 am

    Counter Strike Global Offensive is working on Catalina.

    TF2 not yet 🙁

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    Stephen r on June 26, 2019 at 10:29 am

    Can anyone confirm if the Baldur’s Gate (Enhanced Edition) I and II games are 64-bit compatible? They are listed as most recent update version 2.5.x at the MAS. But the MAS tells you nothing about 32 or 64 bit compatibility in games.

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      Galad on July 4, 2019 at 6:42 am

      Yes they are.

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    Kara on August 13, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    Guild Wars 2 does not work with Catalina currently. The main app is 64 bit so Catalina says it is ok … and then part of it calls some 32 bit code (running their store, crucial to the game dochaknow). Resulting in a crash. The developers have yet to say what the status of it is.

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    Galad on September 23, 2019 at 8:59 am

    Starcraft and Warcraft 3 are already 64bit.

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    Jaeson booker on September 29, 2019 at 4:34 am

    How is Stellaris on the ‘updated’ and ‘not updated’ list?

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      Ric Molina on September 29, 2019 at 8:59 pm

      You’re correct. The game started as 32-bit only a few weeks ago but we since discovered it has a 64-bit update coming. I have now kept it in the 64-bit confirmed list.
      Thanks for the heads up.

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        trond on October 12, 2019 at 1:52 pm

        Will Left4 dead 1 and 2 be supported on catalina?

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    Tremwar on October 3, 2019 at 3:21 am

    In regards to the games listed as “Not yet updated”, has the developer/publisher been either been contacted or otherwise released information stating their intention to update the game; or is “Not yet updated” meant to be synonymous with “future unconfirmed”?

    I, personally, am specifically concerned with the update status of Valve Games, especially the Portal and Half-life games. Any information would be appreciated.

    Also, I’m having trouble with the text fields on this site. (Safari 13.0.1). Specifically, the text fields forcing capitalization regardless of caps lock status and unavoidable via copy and paste as well. Thanks

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    Joss on October 7, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    Two really old, but great games: Apeiron X and Quinn will not work; both i386, both discontinued.

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    Nope on October 7, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    Hearthstone is 64-bit ready.

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    conrad on October 9, 2019 at 3:58 pm

    Football manager is not on the list but doesnt run

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      Ric Molina on October 10, 2019 at 8:49 pm

      Which one are you referring to?

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    Gabriel on October 9, 2019 at 4:12 pm

    Age of Mythology for Mac??

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    Unclecal on October 10, 2019 at 9:57 pm

    I have not played Maelstrom for years. I loved that game. I’m glad to see it’s alive and on the Updated list. But, Ambrosia the company has been gone for years. Where can I find the 64-bit version of this classic game?

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    Iwan on October 11, 2019 at 4:02 am

    I don’t see XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Feral’s website specifically stated that this game is 32-bit only and won’t be updated. Also, I think Space Hulk and Space Hulk: Ascension are also 32-bit only?

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    laura on October 11, 2019 at 9:18 am

    the cave will also not be continued 🙁 loved that game..

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    Bob on October 12, 2019 at 12:44 am

    Note that you can also click the Legacy Software option which should list only 32-bit apps and plugins.

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    Bob on October 12, 2019 at 12:52 am

    I believe that Deus Ex Human Revolution is 32 bit. Also, the original Bioshock, although Bioshock Remastered is 64 bit.

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25. 

    Carolina on October 12, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    Team Fortress 2 🙁

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    Randy Fronenbroek on October 13, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    Perhaps (and probably) this has already been mentioned, but you can designate a partition on your hard drive to Catalina. In that way you can keep your partition with 32-bit games as they are and boot up Catalina when needed. If you do as mentioned above, please download Catalina from the App Store, do not do so via System Update however (and uncheck ‘ Automated system updates’). Via Utilities >> Disk Utility >> select hard drive >> Partition. Hold the Control key when starting up and select your desired partition to boot. In this way, there’s no problem.

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    Olorin on October 14, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    Does anybody know why Steam lists some of the games flagged as “Updated” here as “Not Compatible” with Catalina? Examples include Baldur’s Gate EE 2 and Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire.

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      Ric Molina on October 15, 2019 at 9:23 am

      I keep hearing that Steam’s “not compatible with Catalina” messages are often inaccurate. It would have been a great feature but I’m afraid we can’t trust Steam.

      On the other hand, this list is updated with first hand tests on our behalf but also feedback from readers. The status for some of these games will change overtime so it will be a challenge to always be 100% up to date…

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    Tom on October 16, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Steam still has some games listed with a notice that they’re not compatible with Catalina (Cities: Skylines, Dawn of Man). These games are listed here as Updated. Who do I trust?

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      Ric Molina on October 16, 2019 at 2:20 pm

      Steam is showing lots of wrong warnings. I have no idea why but I wouldn’t trust them: https://www.reddit.com/r/macgaming/comments/dihobe/psa_there_appear_to_be_a_lot_of_false_negatives/

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        Tom on October 17, 2019 at 5:19 am

        That seems to be the case. The compatibility issue is supposed to be for 32-bit games and Dawn of Man distinctly says it requires a 64-bit minimum.

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    vincent on October 17, 2019 at 9:35 pm

    Found this list too late …:( how bad. What about The Witcher 2? 🙁 🙁 🙁

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    Patrick Smith on October 18, 2019 at 12:34 am

    updated to catalina to see if i would like it, and i wish i didn’t, there are still a lot of 32 bit games and apps i would like to use

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    Madd the Sane on October 24, 2019 at 6:09 am

    For the person asking about Maelstrom: the game was open-sourced awhile ago, making it possible to migrate to 64-bit at anyone’s leisure. I have a fork myself.

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    CORI on October 26, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    Do you know if Slime Rancher will be updated?

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33. 

    John on October 27, 2019 at 5:33 pm

    What about witcher 2, will it be updated?

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    Conor George on October 29, 2019 at 6:55 am

    Does anyone know if Left 4 dead 1 and 2 will be supported soon does not yet updated mean there will be an update in teh future?

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      Patrick Smith on November 1, 2019 at 10:33 pm

      try to contact the developer

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    Tom on November 4, 2019 at 11:31 pm

    I just bought Shelter 2. Add it to the list of not compatible.

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    J on November 12, 2019 at 2:50 am

    Thanks for taking the time to do the research.

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    Helen Kember on November 16, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    I missed all this until it was too late. I WAS playing Half Life 2, mac updated to Catalina and now 95% of my games inc Half Life are unsupported. Gutted. Insurgency is on your list of updated but it wont run on my mac as its apparently 32 bit.

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    guitarbryan on November 17, 2019 at 6:46 am

    It’s not true that ARK: Survival Evolved is updated. At least not on Steam.

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      Al on December 30, 2019 at 9:02 pm

      I’m having this problem too. As popular as Ark is I can’t imagine they wouldn’t update it soon,

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    Changkai Zhao on November 27, 2019 at 4:49 am

    SpaceChem

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    Matej on December 12, 2019 at 11:45 am

    Many games on steam are marked as 32bit or not working on catalina, but in reality they just work fine. It is fault of developers to fix game description and settings on steam so games can be seen as working games for users. I have plenty of games on steam for mac and only about few (I can name 4 from the top of my head) that are really 32bit and not working, the rest I have only problem with security issues on Catalina – steam overlay needs security grant for every game to accept keystrokes from any app. In many cases I just get error message, but that message is not error for game being 32 bit. To solve this user have to open local files (right click on game and then properties, find local files button/tab) and run game.app file manually. This will fire up game and hopefully you will get popups for keystrokes and to grant access to disk to game so it can load up and use disk for loading/saving games.

    On another note, many games on steam for mac are actually built with Unity Engine, which means developers has little to do to update game to 64bit – in most cases just recompile to 64-bit and that will automatically ship 64bit libraries together with game. So if you know for some game that uses Unity and developer hasn’t updated the game yet, please write them and notify them about that. Also please, if you see game on steam marked as not working and it is actually working, notify developers to fix this. This will also help them sell more as many users will not buy a game if they see a warning message saying that game won’t run on Catalina.

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      James on January 15, 2020 at 4:16 pm

      Are you seeing Ark survival actually work on catalina?

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    Bill on January 16, 2020 at 10:38 pm

    I’m interested in The only XP games of Solitaire, freecell, pinball, etc. It works with ‘WINE’ on the 32 bit. but now I have Catalina. Any updates??

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