Baldur’s Gate 3 It is on its way to becoming the best game of the year, considering the main candidates that have arrived so far in 2023. And although starfield He also seemed to be one of the candidates with the most options, Larian’s title gives the impression of being a little ahead in all the bets. Now, in addition, it will arrive for Mac so if you have an Apple computer, will your purchase on Steam work for you?
Steam came to Mac many years ago and thanks to its presence on Apple computers it was possible purchase some releases available on both platforms making a single payment, without having to check out twice if you are one of those who, for work or personal reasons, have a device with Windows and another with macOS.
Is Baldur’s Gate 3 crossbuy?
The first thing to say is that, indeed, Baldur’s Gate 3 is crossbuy on Steam, so when you buy it you get both versions of the game, both for Windows and for macOS. But if we have decided to analyze whether the game will run without problems on Apple computers, it is not so much because of the old models with Intel processors as because of the new Apple Silicon ones that changed their core to ARM.
In the event that you have a Mac with an Intel processor, you will not have problems running Baldur’s Gate 3 given that you just need to meet the requirements minimum and recommended that are imposed on us by Steam itself. And they are these:
Minimum requirements
- Operating system: macOS 10.15.6 or higher.
- Processor: 2.6GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7.
- Memory: 8 GB of RAM.
- Graphics card: AMD Radeon460 4GB.
- Storage: 150 GB of available space (SSD recommended).
Recommended requirements
- Operating system: macOS 10.15.7 or higher.
- Processor: 2.3GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9.
- Memory: 16 GB of RAM.
- Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB.
- Storage: 150 GB of available space (SSD recommended).
Baldur’s Gate 3 on the new Apple Silicon
As you know, the change in architecture of Mac processors to ARM caused a huge problem for Steam, which practically stopped working for many of the games that were originally developed for Intel CPUs. That, over the years, has improved to the point that Apple has developed a compatibility tool that makes everything work with virtually no errors. From installations designed for PC.
We do not know if it was with that tool or with another, which Baldur’s Gate 3 Yes, it is compatible with new Mac computers. with Apple Silicon chips, to the point that they are considered within the requirements on the Steam page. So you will not have problems executing them.
These are the models of Mac computers with an M1 chip (or better) that work with the Larian game:
- MacBook Air, MacBook Pro or Mac mini.
- 16GB of RAM.
- 150GB of available space (SSD recommended).
This Baldur’s Gate 3 for Mac will be launched on September 21, almost two months after its arrival on PC. Which was the platform on which it was originally released.