CrossOver Mac Games: Windows games supported on M1 Macs

Running Windows games on Mac is absolutely possible thanks to excellent third-party apps such as CrossOver and Parallels. However, not every game will work, and in some cases, you’ll need to find “hacks” in order to get decent performance.

While other sites opt for extremely long lists of games that may or may not run on Mac using CrossOver, we went in the opposite direction, and only featured games that we know run well (or great) on M1 using CrossOver.

Windows games on Mac: CrossOver games

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Art	Game	Developer	Genre	Metascore	Crossover Performance	Comments
	A Plague Tale: Innocence	Asobo Studio	Action	81	Average
	Forgotten Empires	Forgotten Empires	Strategy	84	Excellent
	Control	Remedy Entertainment	Action	85	Poor	Requires WineD3D in settings
	Dark Souls Remastered	QLOC	Action	84	Excellent
	Devil May Cry 5	CAPCOM	Action	89	Good
	Final Fantasy XII	Square Enix	RPG	83	Good
	God of War	Santa Monica Studio	Action	93	Average
	Grand Theft Auto 5	Rockstar Games	Action	96	Good
	Guild Wars 2	ArenaNet	MMO	90	Good
	Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary	343 Industries	Shooter	79	Good
	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice		Action	83	Average	Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix
	The Lord of the Rings Online	Standing Stone Games	MMO	83	Good
	Mass Effect Legendary Edition	BioWare	RPG	86	Good
	Mortal Kombat X	NetherRealm Studios	Action	84	Good
	NIER Automata	Square Enix	Action	84	Good
	Paladins	Evil Mojo Games	Shooter	83	Good
	Portal 2	Valve	Shooter	95	Good
	Resident Evil 6	CAPCOM	Horror	69	Good
	Rocket League	Psyonix	Racing	86	Good	Some visual bugs, performs better using Parallels.
	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	FromSoftware	Action	88	Good
	Shadow Warrior 2	Flying Wild Hog	Shooter	78	Excellent
	STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order	Respawn Entertainment	Action	81	Good	Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix
	STAR WARS: Battlefront 2	DICE	Shooter	NA	Good
	STAR WARS: The Old Republic	BioWare	MMO	85	Good
	Stray	BlueTwelve Studio	Adventure	83	Average	Requires Unreal Engine 4 fix
	The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim	Bethesda	RPG	74	Good
	The Evil Within	Tango Gameworks	Horror	68	Good
	The Witcher 3	CD PROJEKT RED	Adventure	93	Excellent
	Titanfall 2	Respawn Entertainment	Shooter	86	Good
	Wreckfest	Bugbear	Racing	81	Excellent

As a reminder, this is how we describe the different levels of performance:

• Below 20 FPS: Unplayable: Laggy gameplay, full of stutters and slowdowns.
• 20-30 FPS: Poor: Can be OK in slow-paced games. Still, not optimal.
• 30-60 FPS: Good: Acceptable for most (most gaming consoles do this).
• 60+ FPS: Excellent: Fluid gameplay, with no perceivable stutters.

Why CrossOver?

CrossOver used to be quite difficult to install and set up, and bugs when trying to run a Windows game were rampant. But CrossOver has improved dramatically over time, especially since the release of M1 Macs.

CrossOver has never been easier to use and the quantity of Windows games it can run flawlessly these days is staggering. We cover CrossOver in depth, including a step-by-step installation guide here. 

Native games: The easier choice

It goes without saying, but if you dislike dealing with occasional bugs or having to find “hacks” to get decent performance out of a game, you’ll be better off only focusing your time on games that run natively on macOS.

This list features all the most popular games that can run natively on macOS, specifically, Apple Silicon machine.

M1 & M2 support: Your mileage will vary

The Performance results above were achieved by running a combination of different Mac models. In some cases, the main machine used was a base M1 MacBook Air; in other cases, an M1 Pro MacBook Pro. As can be expected, running these games on M1 Pro, M1 Max or even M1 Ultra will result in vastly superior performance.

However, if a game is highlighted above as having Good Performance, it means it can also run on a base M1 Mac… Probably at lower settings and resolutions, but it will still run well. As we continue testing CrossOVer games on Apple Silicon Macs, we will create dedicated resource pages per game to provide much more detailed test results. Stay tuned!