How to Play Cool Games on Mac

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Turn your Mac into a powerful gaming PC in 5 minutes.

What is the best MacBook for gaming?

Unfunny anecdote

Apple doesn't make computers for gamers. The only Macs that can be roughly classified as gaming are the MacBook Pro and iMac with Radeon Pro graphics, and the iMac Pro with Vega 56 on board. Such pleasure costs from 100 to 380 thousand rubles, but there is still little sense. Owners of even the most powerful Macs cannot play new hits due to the banal lack of macOS support from game developers and publishers.

You've probably heard about the incredibly popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Is it available for Mac? No. Any timeless hits like The Witcher 3 or GTA V? No. Atmospheric Fallout 4? Daring Wolfenstein 2? Creepy Resident Evil 7? Hardcore Dark Souls 3? No no and one more time no. Kingdom Come is out now, Far Cry 5 is coming soon, and all this will pass you by.

What to do? To score and reconcile? Splurge on a gaming PC or console? We offer the most rational and affordable option.

Turning your Mac into a gaming PC

In order to turn your Mac into a gaming PC, you will need:

• stable internet connection with a speed of at least 5 Mbps;
• Steam, Uplay or Battle.net account;
• PLAYKEY app for Mac.

PLAYKEY is a cloud gaming platform. In fact, this is a gaming computer on a long wire.

How PLAYKEY works

1. Download and run the PLAYKEY application on your Mac. The app will connect you to the PLAYKEY server. A virtual gaming computer will be created for you on the server. In terms of power, this is approximately Core i7, GeForce GTX 1070 and 16 GB of RAM. This configuration can handle any games at high graphics settings without brakes.
2. See which games PLAYKEY supports. If the catalog contains something that you want to play, go to the choice of a suitable tariff.
3. Log into PLAYKEY with your Steam, Uplay or Battle.net account. Piracy is prohibited here. If the game is paid, it must be purchased on your Steam, Uplay or Battle.net account. If the game is free, you just need to add it to your account.
4. Pick a game and play right away. All games from the catalog are already preinstalled on the PLAYKEY servers. There is no need to wait for the game to load and install.

The PLAYKEY application reads keystrokes and mouse movements from your Mac and sends them to the PLAYKEY server. There, your actions are performed in a running game, and a video stream is broadcast to the screen of your Mac. The idea is that any MacBook or iMac can handle video streaming. As mentioned above, this is essentially a gaming computer with a very long cable. The main thing is that the Internet is fast and stable.

How much is PLAYKEY

• The tariff for casual players is 43 rubles per day and includes 70 hours of play per month on an average schedule. Unlimited at night.
• For seasoned gamers, a rate of 66 rubles per day is suitable. It includes 200 game hours per month (almost 7 hours per day) on an average chart. Unlimited at night too.
• The tariff for hardcore players costs 76 rubles per day. Full unlimited, maximum graphics settings.