Apple has taken a big step by releasing its own Apple M1 chip. And these chips are included in the latest Macs. Also, upcoming Macs will also be powered with Apple Chips. Apple M1 is a powerful chip that includes a powerful 8-core GPU. It can run many available games in high graphics while maintaining good battery life. Here you will know the list of games that you can play on M1 Macs.
Update: Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max chips are now available. These chips are more powerful than the first-gen M1 Chip. Performance wise M1 chips are in order M1 < M1 Pro < M1 Max. M2 Chip is also available with minor upgrades over the M1 chip.
macOS is popular for its amazing and fluid performance but not for gaming. This is why gamers mostly go for Windows-based computers. But with the release of the new Apple M1 chip. The gaming experience is going to be better even without any dedicated GPU. Many users have tested some games and shared the list on different platforms.
Apple M1 chip comes in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13″, and Mac Mini. The gaming experience can differ in these Macs as they pack different hardware other than the Apple M1 chip. But all three Macs will be able to run all the games that are given on the list.
Games that are Compatible with M1 Macs
If you like computer gaming and you have an M1 powered Mac then you can experience some amazing titles such as Borderlands 3, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Diablo 3, Dota 2, Minecraft, and many more. The list is quite big and I hope you also find your favorite game so you can play it on your M1 powered Mac.
As the Apple M1 SoC is a new chip, many gamers with M1 Mac will have one question. And that one question is if they will be able to play Computer games on their new M1 Mac or not. It is a common question that everyone including myself. And so I looked over the web and found a list of some interesting games.
All thanks to the developer and designer Thomas Schranz for the complete list. He managed to combine all the supported games in a single Google sheet. And the same list we are going to share. You can also share it with your friends who have M1 Mac.
Note: The list contains many games and some games may not directly work on the Mac, but it works with some workarounds like Sideload or using Parallels for Windows, using Steam client, or even using Cloud gaming. Also, there can be some games that run on low fps.
List of Games for M1 Macs
| 112 Operator |
| A Dance Of Fire And Ice |
| A Hat in Time |
| A Total War Saga: Troy |
| AER: Memories of Old |
| Age of Empires HD Edition |
| Age of Empires II HD Edition |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition |
| Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition |
| Age of Mythology: Extended Edition |
| Age of Wonders: Planetfall |
| Albion Online |
| Alien Swarm Reactive Drop |
| Alien Isolation |
| American Truck Simulator |
| Among Us |
| Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative |
| Apex Legends |
| Arma 2 |
| Asphalt 9 Legends |
| Assassin’s Creed Rogue |
| Assetto Corsa |
| Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game |
| Baba is You |
| Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition |
| Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition |
| Baldur’s Gate 3 |
| Banished |
| Barotrauma |
| Bastion |
| Batman: Arkham City |
| BattleBlock Theater |
| Battlefield 3 |
| Battlefield Bad Company 2 |
| Bayonetta |
| BeamNG.drive |
| Bioshock Remastered |
| Bioshock 2: Remastered |
| Bloons TD 6 |
| Bloons TD Battles |
| Bomber Crew |
| Borderlands 2 |
| Borderlands 3 |
| Call of Duty Mobile |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III |
| Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 |
| Carmageddon |
| Castle Crashers |
| Caves of Qud |
| Cities: Skylines |
| Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword |
| Civilization V |
| Civilization VI |
| Civilization: Beyond Earth |
| Clash of Clans |
| Clash Royale |
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 |
| Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars |
| Company of Heroes 2 |
| Conarium |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) |
| Crusader Kings II |
| Crusader Kings III |
| Crysis |
| Cuphead |
| Cyberpunk 2077 |
| Dancing Line |
| Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc |
| Dark Raider |
| Dark Souls Remastered |
| Dark Souls II: Scholar of The First Sin |
| Dark Souls III |
| Darkest Dungeon |
| Darkwood |
| Dawn of Man |
| Dayturn viewer for OpenSim |
| Dead Cells |
| Dead Trigger 2 |
| Defcon |
| Desperados 3 |
| Destiny 2 |
| Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided |
| Devil Daggers |
| Devil May Cry 5 |
| Diablo 2 |
| Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction |
| Diablo 3 |
| Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |
| Dicey Dungeons |
| Dirt 4 |
| Dirt Rally |
| Disco Elysium |
| Divinity: Original Sin II |
| Dolphin Emulator (Super Smash Bros Melee) |
| Dominions 5 |
| Don’t Starve Together |
| Doom |
| Doom 3 |
| DOSBox |
| DOTA 2 |
| Dota Underlords |
| Downwell |
| Dragon Age: Origins – Ultimate Edition |
| Dragon Quest VIII |
| Dragon Raja |
| Drawful 2 |
| Dreamfall Chapters |
| Dungeon Warfare 2 |
| Dust: An Elysian Tail |
| Dying Light |
| EMERGENCY 20 |
| Empire: Total War |
| Endless Space 2 |
| Enter the Gungeon |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
| Europa Universalis IV |
| Everspace |
| Exapunks |
| F1 2017 |
| F1 Mobile Racing |
| Factorio |
| Fallout 2 |
| Fallout 4 |
| Fallout New Vegas |
| Far Cry 2 |
| Far Cry 3 |
| Farming Simulator (2013) |
| Farming Simulator (2017) |
| Farming Simulator (2019) |
| Fear 3 |
| Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark |
| Final Fantasy VII |
| Final Fantasy XIV |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |
| Firewatch |
| Flashing Lights |
| FlatOut 2 |
| Football Manager 2000 |
| Football Manager 2021 |
| Fortnite |
| FTL: Faster Than Light |
| Game Dev Tycoon |
| Geometry Dash |
| Gnomoria |
| Golf with your friends |
| Gothic 1 |
| Gothic 2 Gold Edition |
| Grand Theft Auto 3 (GTA III) |
| Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA IV) |
| Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V) |
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City |
| Graveyard Keeper |
| Grid AutoSport |
| Griftlands (Early Access) |
| Grim Dawn |
| Grim Fandango Remastered |
| Gris |
| Guild Wars 2 |
| Hades |
| Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (The Master Chief Collection) |
| Hearthstone |
| Hearts of Iron 4 |
| Heroes of the Storm |
| Hitman |
| Hitman 2 |
| Hitman Absolution |
| Hollow Knight |
| Homefront |
| House Flipper |
| Human Resource Machine |
| Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition |
| Ikaruga |
| Imperator: Rome |
| Infectonator 3: Apocalypse |
| Infinifactory |
| Inside |
| Insurgency |
| Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition |
| Into the Breach |
| Jackbox Party Pack 3 |
| Jagged Alliance Gold |
| Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast |
| Kentucky Road Zero |
| Kerbal Space Program |
| Killing Floor 2 |
| Kingdoms & Castles |
| Krunker |
| L.A. Noire |
| Left 4 Dead 2 |
| LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham |
| LEGO DC Super-Villains |
| LEGO Star Wars The Complete Saga |
| League of Legends |
| Legend of Grimrock |
| Legend of Keepers |
| Legends of Runeterra |
| Life Is Strange |
| Limbo |
| Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch |
| Mad Max |
| Mafia II Definitive Edition |
| Mafia III Definitive Edition |
| Magic: The Gathering Arena |
| Manifold Garden |
| Mario Sunshine (Dolphin GameCube) |
| Marvel Strike Force |
| Mass Effect |
| Mass Effect 2 |
| Medieval II: Total War |
| Mega Man 11 |
| Megaquarium |
| Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes |
| Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |
| Metro 2033 Redux |
| Metro Exodus |
| Metro Last Light Redux |
| MicroTown |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| Minecraft |
| Minecraft: Java Edition |
| Mini Metro |
| Monster Train |
| Monument Valley |
| MX vs ATV (Reflex) |
| My Summer Car |
| Naruto Online |
| Need for Speed – No limits |
| Neoverse |
| Neverwinter |
| Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition |
| Nexomon |
| Noita |
| Northgard |
| Obduction |
| Offworld Trading Company |
| Old School RunScape |
| Opus Magnum |
| Ori and the Blind Forest |
| Outer Wilds |
| Oxygen Not Included |
| Paper Mario: TTYD (Dolphin Emulator) |
| Papers, Please |
| Parkitect |
| PascalsWager (version 1.6.2) |
| Pathfinder: Kingmaker |
| Persona 4 Golden |
| Phasmophobia |
| Pillars of Eternity |
| Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire |
| Plague Inc |
| Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition |
| Planet Coaster |
| Planetary Annihilation: Titans |
| Poly Bridge 2 |
| Portal |
| Portal 2 |
| Post Void |
| Prison Architect |
| Professor Layton and the Curious Village |
| Project Cars |
| Project Highrise |
| PUBG Mobile |
| Ravenfield |
| Rigs of Rods (RoR) |
| RimWorld |
| Rise of Industry |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider |
| Risen 1 |
| Risen 3 Titan Lords |
| Rocket League |
| Rocksmith 2014 Edition – Remastered |
| Rome: Total War |
| RuneScape |
| Running with Rifles |
| Rust |
| Salt and Sanctuary |
| Samurai Jack |
| Scrap Mechanics |
| Second Galaxy |
| Second Life |
| Second Life Viewer |
| Serious Sam 3 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
| Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun |
| Shadow Warrior 2 |
| ShellShock Live |
| SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition |
| Simmiland |
| Skullgirls |
| Sky: Children of the Light |
| Slay the Spire |
| Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition |
| Slime Rancher |
| Soma |
| Sonic Mania |
| Soul Knight |
| SouthPark Phone Destroyer |
| Space Crew |
| Space Haven |
| Spelunky |
| Spelunky 2 |
| Spintires Original |
| Star Trek Online |
| Star Wars Battlefield II (Classic 2005) |
| Star Wars: Empire at War |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 |
| Star Wars: TIE Fighter Special Edition |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic |
| Starbound |
| StarCraft II |
| Stardew Valley |
| Starship Titanic |
| Stellaris |
| Stepmania 5.3 OutFox |
| Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition |
| Street Legal Racing Redline |
| Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones |
| Subnautica |
| Subway Surfer |
| Sunless Sea |
| Superhot |
| Super World Box |
| Superliminal |
| Surviving Mars |
| Synthetik Ultimate |
| System Shock 2 |
| Tabletop Simulator |
| Talisman: Digital Edition |
| Tank Mechanic Simulator |
| Tannenberg |
| Team Fortress 2 |
| Terraria |
| The Banner Saga |
| The Battle for Middle Earth |
| The Battle for Wesnoth |
| The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ |
| The Binding of Isaac Rebirth |
| The Darkness II |
| The Elder Scrolls Online |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition |
| The Escapists 2 |
| The Evil Within |
| The Evil Within 2 |
| The Flame in the Flood |
| The Forest |
| The Legend of Pirates Online |
| The Long Dark |
| The Pathless |
| The Sims 2 Super Collection |
| The Sims 3 |
| The Sims 4 |
| The Stanley Parable |
| The Walking Dead |
| The Way |
| The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut (Crossover) |
| The Witness |
| The Wolf Among Us |
| Thief Simulator |
| Thimbleweed Park |
| This War of Mine |
| Tomb Raider |
| Torchlight II |
| Torment: Tides of Numenera |
| Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition |
| Total War: Napolean – Definitive Edition |
| Total War: ROME II – Emperor Edition |
| Total War: Shogun 2 |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms |
| Total War: Warhammer 2 |
| Totally Accurate Battle Simulator |
| Totally Reliable Delivery Service Beta |
| Towers of Everland |
| Townscaper |
| Trackmanie Turbo |
| Train Simulator 2021 |
| Train Valley 2 |
| Transistor |
| Transport Fever (1) |
| Tricky Towers |
| Tropico 4 |
| Tropico 6 |
| Two Point Hospital |
| Tyranny |
| Ultimate Chicken Horse |
| Undermine |
| Undertale |
| Universe Sandbox |
| Universim |
| Untitled Goose Game |
| Use Your Words |
| VA-11 Hall-A Cyberpunk Bartender Action |
| Vaporum |
| Warcraft III Reforged |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution |
| Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus |
| Warlords Classic |
| Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut |
| Wasteland 3 |
| Who’s Your Daddy |
| Witcher 3 |
| World of Hex (3.0.7) |
| World of Tanks |
| World of Tanks Blitz |
| World of Warcraft |
| World of Warcraft (Classic) |
| World of Warships |
| Worms Ultimate Mayhem |
| Wreckfest |
| X-Plane 10 (10.51r2) |
| X-Plane 11 |
| X-Plane Mobile |
| XCOM 2 |
| Ziggurat 2 |
The list doesn’t include all the games that are compatible with M1 Macs. But we will be updating it regularly when we get info about other games that run on M1 Macs. You can also contribute to the list by updating the Google sheet shared by Thomas or you can also share in the comment section.
As you know, CPU and GPU is not the only requirement to run Games on a PC. It means on some Mac you get good gaming performance and maybe bad performance on some Macs. But you can always tweak settings to enhance the gaming performance.
We will be sharing more guides related to Apple M1 Chip. As it is a new chip, it means users may also face issues with Mac Apps like Google Chrome. And so we are going to share a similar type of list for compatible Apps.
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I have the new macbook air m1 ship and have problems with The Sims super collection. It’s crashing every time I enter a house and go into play mode. I have read that others also have the same problem unfortunately, does anyone have any tips on how to solve it?
Same here — Sims 2 Super Collection is *NOT* compatible with the M1s! Yes, you can start the game and you can load neighborhoods, but the game crashes once you load a lot and start playing (which is basically the entire point of the game). Aspyr is apparently aware of the issue and is working on it, but I have no idea when they might issue an update. In the meantime the game isn’t workable and the list above should be updated.
Thanks for the update, comment added to the list.
Does call of duty warzone run on the macbook air m1?
Hey Ronald,
As for now, the information about Call of Duty Warzone compatibility on Mac M1 is not available to us, we’ll add more information once available.
The Witcher 3? Really? As far as I’m aware, it’s not even available for Macs with Intel chips, only Windows, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. There was a version of Witcher 2 for Mac, but that has not been upgraded to work with macOS Catalina.
It should be Crossover.
Star Trek Online does not work, i tried even with windows on parallels but it will not start on m1 macs.
Clash of clans? where do I install it?????
Hey,
You can install Clash of Clans manually on Apple Silicon (M1) using IPA file.
Farming Simulator 2019 crashes constantly and does not work on M1 Macs according to the developer.
Hi Scott,
Try running the game through Steam.
Does anyone know if M1 macs is able to play Warzone now?
How can I play Rome 2 on Mac Pro M1 Pro?
Do i need to install some mirror program or does it work from Steam?
Try from Steam, or you can try to run through Rosetta.