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How to play Outer Wilds on Mac

Outer Wilds has no Mac build, and its community famously recruits new players who then discover their MacBook can't run it. It holds a Verified tier in our compatibility database on strong community evidence — 60 to 120 fps reports on an M1 Pro — though we have not captured it on our own Macs yet. You need to own it on Steam.

Download & play Outer Wilds

What you need

  • Outer Wilds, owned on your own Steam account
  • Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)
  • macOS 14+
  • ~8 GB free

From Windows game to Mac launch

  1. 01

    Install Pixel Port

    Download Pixel Port and let it set up the runtime on first launch.

  2. 02

    Add Outer Wilds

    Find it in the catalogue and hit Install & Play.

  3. 03

    Play

    Go in blind if you can. It is single-player with no anti-cheat, so there is nothing else to set up.

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Common questions

Does Outer Wilds run on Mac?
Outer Wilds has no Mac build, and its community famously recruits new players who then discover their MacBook can't run it. It holds a Verified tier in our compatibility database on strong community evidence — 60 to 120 fps reports on an M1 Pro — though we have not captured it on our own Macs yet. You need to own it on Steam. Its current grade is verified for Apple Silicon Macs.
Do I need to own Outer Wilds on Steam?
Yes. Pixel Port does not sell, host, or distribute games. Outer Wilds downloads through Steam, to your own Steam account, exactly as it would on a PC — you need to own it there first. Pixel Port is the compatibility layer that runs the Windows build Steam delivers.
Do I need Windows, Boot Camp, or a VM to play Outer Wilds on Mac?
No. Pixel Port runs the Windows build of Outer Wilds directly on macOS — no Boot Camp partition, no virtual machine, and no Windows license.
Which Macs can run Outer Wilds?
Any Apple Silicon Mac — M1 through M4, MacBook Air to Mac Studio — on macOS 14 or later.