How to play Dread Hunger on Mac

Is it possible to play Dread Hunger on Mac?

Dread Hunger is a 2022 videogame that narrates the trip of seamen going through the cold and deadly Arctic. It is an 8-person multiplayer tasking its players to gather resources and stay alive while being surrounded by intimidating creatures and severe northern conditions. Extreme Arctic tension will change your personality and force you onto doing things you could never imagine before. Some of the crew will have to betray the rest to not die and survive during the dangerous route. Choose your role on the ship and try to complete the whole planned trip through the Arctic sea without ending up dead. This is what Dread Hunger is all about – a truly interesting and largely-anticipated videogame currently available for Windows users only. Even though there is no official support present for macOS users, we are still going to launch it regardless. Follow the guide below to learn how you can do it and play on a par with Windows players.

System Requirements

Play Dread Hunger on Mac with Parallels

Dread Hunger game 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 Dread Hunger 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 Dread Hunger on Mac with cloud gaming services

Update: Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now fully support Dread Hunger! Play the advanced game on a Mac, old Windows PC, and even Android!

If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy the Dread Hunger 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 browser or 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, AirGPU, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now. Among them, only Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now have Dread Hunger in their game catalog, and you can play on any Mac computer (starting from MacOS 10.10) and even Android! Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now can stream games with high resolution (1080p), every service has its pros and cons.

Play Dread Hunger 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 Dread Hunger on Mac

This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play Dread Hunger 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)