World of Warships is a popular multiplayer video game developed by Wargaming. Many players might know it as another game following other online masterpieces such as World of Tanks and World of Warplanes. The game is about action-strategy naval experience, challenging players to enter the battlefield of historical flagships. Alike other games of the franchise, players can progress through extensive and constantly updating ship branches of various countries. World of Warships is where every decision you make decides the outcome of who will control the seas depends on you and your team. Cooperate together with friends or voice chat to calculate your actions and make everything sure you drown the fleet of your enemies. Collect your dock of warships from WWI and WWII and work on their improvement to raise your firepower when clashing on water. World of Warships is multi-platform and can be played on practically any popular device, including the Mac. Unfortunately, not many can brag about the high-performing capacity of their PC, being forced to play on low settings or not play at all. We are here to fix it and show how one can access high-level gaming with graphics tuned to the highs and FPS staying consistent. Read the article below.
System Requirements
| Minimal | Recommended |
|---|---|
| OS: Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 (64-bit) | OS: Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 (64-bit) |
| Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3210 (3.2GHz), AMD Athlon™ II X2 245/250 (2.9/3.0 GHz) | Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 (3.3GHz), AMD FX™ II 6350 (3.9GHz) |
| RAM: 4 GB | RAM: 6 GB |
| Video card: 1280×720; NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 440/GT 630, Intel® HD 4000, AMD Radeon™ R7 240 | Video card: 1920×1080; NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660, AMD Radeon™ R9 270X |
| DirectX: Version 11 | DirectX: Version 11 |
| Storage: 61 GB | Storage: 65 GB |
Play World of Warships on Mac with Parallels
World of Warships 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 an application that allows for Windows virtualization on Mac with the full support of DirectX and GPUs. In simpler terms, what this means is that it allows you to install Windows 10 on Mac with just a couple of clicks and switch between MacOS and Windows instantly. So you will be able to run Windows, install Steam, and enjoy the World of Warships game on Mac just like on a regular PC.
Note: Recommended devices to run resource-demanding games: MacBook Pro (models with an 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 models are suitable), Mac Pro (all models 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 are currently not supported by Parallels. AppsOnMac recommends using Parallels’ free trial feature to determine whether you can run the game or not if you’re uncertain.
Play World of Warships on Mac with cloud gaming services
If you have an old Mac, or it cannot satisfy the World of Warships game system requirements, there is an easy solution. Cloud gaming services will be happy to provide you with sufficient computing power – though not for free, of course. All you need is a browser or a small client program and a good internet connection starting from 15 MBit/s. There are several great platforms that provide these services, among the best are Boosteroid, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now. Boosteroid is the most important name in this list because it has World of Warships in its game library.
Play World of Warships 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 World of Warships on Mac
This method is simple but time-consuming. If your Mac meets all the system requirements above, you can play World of Warships on Mac by installing Windows. You need to set up a dual boot of Windows and Mac via BootCamp. This is an application that 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 want to switch from Mac to Windows and vice versa. Remember that Mac is just a computer, in the end. And while newer Macs have their own special Apple Silicon chips that cannot run Windows, older Macs are very much similar to computers that run Windows, they have Intel processors, compatible RAM, disks, and other components. So you can install Windows on an older Mac by allocating no less than 64 GB of disk space (to be able to run Windows and a couple of games) and following these steps:
For OS X El Capitan 10.11 and older
For MacOS versions prior to OS X El Capitan 10.11 you will need to create a bootable Windows USB.
- Download this Windows ISO file.
- Open Boot Camp Assistant (Go to Applications > Utilities).
- Define the Windows partition size and choose the Windows ISO file you’ve downloaded.
- Format the 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)