Does it run on Mac?
War Thunder
Does not run — honest no
Does War Thunder run on Mac?
No — War Thunder doesn't run on Mac right now.
We're not going to pretend otherwise: War Thunder is blocked on Apple Silicon, and it's not something Pixel Port — or any compatibility tool — can honestly work around today.
See verified alternativesWhy it doesn’t run
BattlEye kernel-level anti-cheat blocks the Wine client entirely (and native path is Rosetta-only, breaking on macOS 28).
Blocks like this sit with the game’s publisher, not with your Mac. If that ever changes, this page changes with it.
The good news
Plenty of Windows games genuinely do run on Apple Silicon, verified end to end on real Macs. Start with the results below.
These run on Mac · verified
Every title below has completed a verified run on real Apple Silicon hardware.
- Borderlands 2
VerifiedBorderlands 2
- Cities: Skylines
VerifiedCities: Skylines
- Grim Dawn
VerifiedGrim Dawn
- Hollow Knight
VerifiedHollow Knight