A Plague Tale: Innocence by Asobo Studio is a stealth game with survival horror elements. The game, set during the Middle Ages, tells the story of two children, a fifteen-year-old girl named Amicia and her five-year-old brother Hugo, who has been sick his whole life. One day, the French Inquisition attempts to capture Hugo (we’ll leave it to the player to discover what such a serious organization wants from an ill child). Thankfully, the children manage to escape, but, of course, this means they cannot return home and must flee. The Inquisition is not the only thing they have to avoid, however – it is the 14th century, and the Black Death is currently decimating Europe’s population. And so, rats, carriers of the deadly plague, must also be avoided at all costs. But the rats can be used to the player’s advantage as well. As children, neither Amicia nor Hugo have any hope of winning in a fight against a grown man – such as a guard they can’t sneak past – but a horde of diseased rats does. In a way, A Plague Tale: Innocence can be described as a puzzle game, too, as avoiding the enemies using the tools at children’s disposal – a sling, fire-starting sulfur stones, rats that can be directed, and others – is very much a puzzle in its own right.
The game is available on Windows, PS4 & 5, Xbox One & Series X/S, as well as Nintendo Switch. But even though it is not available on OSX, it is still possible to play A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac – read the guide below to learn how.
System Requirements
| Minimal | Recommended |
|---|---|
| OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) | OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bits) |
| Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 (3.3 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 X4 (3.6 GHz) | Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)/AMD FX-8300 (3.3 GHz) |
| RAM: 8 GB | RAM: 16 GB |
| Video card: 2 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 | Video card: 4 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 970/Radeon RX 480 |
| Storage: 50 GB | Storage: 50 GB |
Play A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac with Parallels
A Plague Tale: Innocence requires lots of PC resources, but if you have a powerful Mac computer (iMac, iMac Pro, or Mac Pro) Parallels Desktop can be a solution. This is an application that allows for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. In simpler terms, what this means is that it allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with just a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. So you will be able to run Windows, install Steam, and enjoy the A Plague Tale: Innocence game on Mac just like on a regular PC.
Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with an Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 GB of RAM or more), iMac (models with Intel processor, discrete graphics cards, and 16 GB of RAM or more), iMac Pro (all models are suitable), Mac Pro (all models are suitable). Parallels on Mac computers with M1 (M1 Pro, M1 Max) chips may not support recent games. Games that require DirectX 12 and later are currently not supported by Parallels. AppsOnMac recommends using Parallels’ free trial feature to determine whether you can run the game or not if you’re uncertain.
Play A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac with cloud gaming services
If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy the A Plague Tale: Innocence game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming services will be happy to provide you with sufficient computing power – though not for free, of course. All you need is a browser or a small client program and a good internet connection starting from 15 MBit/s. There are several great platforms that provide these services, among the best are Boosteroid, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now. Amazon Luna in particular has A Plague Tale: Innocence in its library, and so does Boosteroid.
Play A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac with BootCamp
Note: Mac computers with new Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 Pro, or M1, M2, M3 Max) currently do not support BootCamp. In this case, please, use the options above to run A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac
This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, you can play A Plague Tale: Innocence on Mac by installing Windows. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. This is an application that allows users to choose the system to work in on startup, however, you won’t be able to switch between systems like in Parallels. You will need to reboot your machine every time you want to switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, in the end. And while newer Macs have their own special Apple Silicon chips that cannot run Windows, older Macs are very much similar to computers that run Windows, they have Intel processors, compatible RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on an older Mac by allocating no less than 64 GB of disk space (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games) and following these steps:
For OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later
For MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create a bootable Windows USB.
- Download this Windows ISO file.
- Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities).
- Define the Windows partition size and choose the Windows ISO file you’ve downloaded.
- Format the Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps.
- When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)