Developed by Overkill Starbreeze Studio in 2013, PayDay 2 has famously been the long-term classic of cooperative robbery-simulator games. It offers its players to assemble a 4-men squad and raid through the chain of banks scattered around Washington city. CRIMENET, the biggest market of robbery contracts, offers to choose a variety of orders ranging from day-to-day shoplifting to high-risk clean-ups of the entire banking structure. Lots of dynamics along with flexible shooting will keep your head submerged into the world of smash-and-grab raids. To feel the smell of whopping cash at the end of a contract, players should install the game on Windows, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation series. Even though there is no Mac hanging around this list, we have a solution to launch it for Macintosh users regardless. Scroll down below to see how.
Play PayDay 2 on Mac with Parallels
PayDay 2 requires lots of PC resources, but you can play the game if you have a powerful Mac computer (iMac, iMac Pro, or Mac Pro), and 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 PayDay 2 game on Mac.
Play PayDay 2 with cloud gaming services
Update: Nvidia GeForce Now supports PayDay 2 to the date and you can play it on Mac on high settings right now! Register and explore cloud gaming now!
If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy PayDay 2 game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming provides you 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. Nvidia GeForce Now has PayDay 2 in their game catalog, which gives you an opportunity to play this excellent game on Mac or even Android!
Play PayDay 2 on Mac with BootCamp
This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, this is probably the best way to play PayDay 2 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.
- Download Windows ISO file
- Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities)
- Define the Windows partition size, choose downloaded Windows ISO file
- Format 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)