How to play NBA 2K22 on Mac

NBA 2K22 is another installment of the entire basketball simulator series designed to score winning points against other people in multiplayer. The game entices you to build your dream team of current and former starts ever left their print in basketball history. Play will have a chance to bounce the ball on NBA and WNBA courts taken from real-life matches. Plan both offensive and defense, develop the skills, and matches against some of the most powerful contenders. Earn your spot in the league of NBA and prove that you are the best! Developers update NBA 2K22 with lots of new seasons and challenges to complete and gain unique prizes upon your winnings. Not to mention the graphics, which has become an essential of part NBA 2K22. Great player drawings along with close-to-real mechanical movements will by far keep you into the universe of exciting and furious basketball matches. By now, the game can be played on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Apple Arcade. Unfortunately, there is no Mac around this list-making some NBA fans embrace by frustration. We are here to fix it and offer solutions to launch NBA 2K22 and other unsupported games on macOS regardless.

System Requirements

Play NBA 2K22 on Mac with Parallels

NBA 2K22 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 NBA 2K22 game on Mac.

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 NBA 2K22 with cloud gaming services

If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy NBA 2K22 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 AirGPU and Nvidia GeForce Now. Both services may have NBA 2K22 in their game catalog soon, and you can play on any Mac computer (starting from MacOS 10.10) and even Android!

Play NBA 2K22 on Mac with BootCamp

This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play NBA 2K22 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)