How to play Ready or Not on Mac

Is it possible to play Ready or Not on Mac?

Ready or Not is a high-tense tactical shooter played in first-person perspective and brought by the VOID Interactive studios. The game is interesting and fun to play even at the early access stage as players are able to get themselves in and feel the days of dangerous SWAT soldiers called for completing various missions. Developers behind Ready or Not have drawn a special focus on in-depth gameplay with details copied from the real-life world of SWAT operations. To make this embodied within a videogame, VOID Interactive brought in law enforcement officials from the entire world to advise on their thorough development. Before embarking on a mission, players are given a number of choices to customize weapons, appearance, and gear for themselves and their AI teammates. The game is also playable in co-op mode meaning you can take a couple of friends to help you during the missions. Everything concerning mechanics is done on a highly-close-to-reality level – ballistic characteristics, ricochet dynamics, the resistance of kevlar and armor plates, as well as the burst and momentum of bullets. The graphics and atmospheric elements like sound and weather conditions are also on point bringing the highest level of submerged experience. This fascinating new shooter is currently up for grabs on Windows only. However, if you are looking to launch it on Mac, we will help you do this below. Yes, it is more than possible with the instructions we are going to give.

System Requirements

Play Ready or Not on Mac with Parallels

Ready or Not 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 Ready or Not 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)

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Play Ready or Not on Mac with cloud gaming services

Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now currently support Ready or Not, and you can play the game on your Mac on high settings!

If you have an old Mac or it cannot satisfy the Ready or Not 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. To date, Boosteroid and Nvidia GeForce Now have Ready or Not in their game catalog, and there are also many other great modern games you can play on Mac with cloud gaming services!.

Play Ready or Not 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 Ready or Not 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 Ready or Not 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)