How to play Detroit: Become Human on Mac

Is it possible to play Detroit: Become Human on Mac?

Detroit: Become Human is an adventurous videogame driven by interactive cinematic elements. The game puts its players into a world of smart androids designed to aid mankind in various tasks ranging from housekeeping to serious crime investigation. All of a sudden, some androids start acting against their nature and behaving like real human beings. This raises a series of other androids turning into so-called deviants who try to escape out of their confinement and start living lives free of submission to humans. You, as a player, will be able to choose your values and actions to define what type of future androids will live. There will be lots of tough-to-make choices causing confusion and regrets while fighting for android rights under high-pressure circumstances. Detroit: Become Human is a really interesting game inviting its players to delve into a real gaming movie full of unpredictable outcomes that depend on you. The game is only available as an exclusive release for PlayStation 4 and Windows platforms. Despite such a short range of available platforms, we have some ideas on how you can launch it on Mac as well. Just follow the guide dedicated to that topic below.

System Requirements

Play Detroit: Become Human on Mac with Parallels

Detroit: Become Human 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 software for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. It allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. You can run Windows just like on a regular PC, install Steam and enjoy the Detroit: Become Human game on Mac.

Download Parallels Desktop

Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with 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 versions are suitable), Mac Pro (all versions 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 currently not supported by Parallels.

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 1)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 2)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 3)

Install Windows 10 on Parallels (Step 4)

Play Detroit: Become Human on Mac with cloud gaming services

Note: Detroit: Become Human is currently not presented in any cloud gaming services, however, AirGPU allows you to run any games via launchers on a virtual cloud PC.

If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy Detroit: Become Human game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming provides you with sufficient cloud resources for a fixed fee. All you need is a small client program and a good internet connection starting from 15 Mbits/s. There are several great services, that provide such an opportunity, among the best are Boosteroid, Nvidia GeForce Now, Google Stadia and AirGPU. AirGPU supports Detroit: Become Human to date. Try advanced games with cloud gaming now:

Play Detroit: Become Human 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 Detroit: Become Human on Mac

This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play Detroit: Become Human for now. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. BootCamp 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 switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, that uses common processors, RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on Mac by allocating disc space of a minimum of 64 Gb (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games). To set up Windows via BootCamp, please, do the following:

For OS X El Capitan 10.11 or later

Mention, that for MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create bootable Windows USB.

1. Download Windows ISO file
2. Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities)
3. Define the Windows partition size, choose downloaded Windows ISO file
4. Format Windows partition and go through all Windows installation steps
5. When Windows boots for the first time, follow on-screen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers)