However, although Mac users can use AMD graphics cards in an eGPU connected to their Mac, NVIDIA graphics cards – which are very popular for gaming and VR – are not supported by macOS VR gaming is still very much in its infancy on Mac and unless you’ve got one of the latest Mac Pros, you need an eGPU for your Mac to use VR apps and games on macOS. It will also be a loss to those users that were using VR Chat on Mac which now no longer works without installing Windows on macOS.
The decision will also come as a disappointment to content developers that use Steam as a vehicle to view things like 360 degree video content such as in some Adobe programs.
It includes fine details like app distribution, if it’s a universal build, resolution, FPS, settings, machine tested on, external monitor support, native or using Rosetta translation, and more.Steam has quietly announced that it has dropped Mac VR gaming support from the platform.Īlthough there were no VR games on Steam that supported VR on Mac, until now Steam did allow developers to publish Mac compatible VR games if they wanted to. In short, gaming on Macs could see some notable growth in the years ahead.ĭeveloper and designer Thomas Schranz has put together a really helpful Google document with all of M1 Mac compatible games (h/t Will Strafach). not natively).Īgain, these entry M1 MacBooks aren’t going to be replacing full-on gaming rigs, but they will offer a decent gaming experience on the go or anywhere around your home at a moment’s notice.
That’s with an integrated GPU and running through the Rosetta 2 translation (i.e. On its own 30+FPS isn’t impressive but when you consider The Verge’s Dieter Bohn saw 38 FPS on Shadow of the Tomb Raider with the base $999 MacBook Air, that’s big. We saw an early look at gaming on the new M1 MacBook Air when reviews landed earlier this week. Here’s a look at all M1 Mac compatible games and associated details. While gaming still isn’t necessarily a strong suit for macOS, the custom M1 SoC definitely brings improvements to offer a solid-enough experience for some titles, and through the lens of Apple’s entry-notebooks even an surprisingly good one.
The Apple Silicon M1 Macs offer some seriously impressive performance across a variety of workflows.
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