How to play Assassin's Creed: Pirates on Mac

Game summary

Play as Alonzo Batilla, a young and ambitious pirate captain, break the rules, challenge empires and amass gold! ENGAGE IN BRUTAL NAVAL COMBATS Fight in real-time naval battles all over the Caribbean Sea. Choose from a wide range of weapons from the pivot cannon to the mortar, to destroy your foes and manoeuver to dodge enemy shots. Show your skills, defeat legendary ships in battle and become a true pirate legend! BUILD UP YOUR CREW AND YOUR SHIP Raise your flag on the most iconic boats of the Golden Age of Piracy; ranging from the smallest ship to the Man O’War floating fortress. Upgrade your vessel with legendary customizations and the massive bounty plundered on the wild seas. Build your naval empire by recruiting the finest crew members and learn more than 50 new pirating techniques, cannon & sail upgrades to become a better captain and master naval battles. EXPLORE THE IMMENSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN... AND MUCH MORE! Sail throughout a vast array of islands as you explore a huge map. Search for nearly one hundred treasures and lost files. Run through dozens of lost Mayan temples, dodge obstacles using epic assassin’s parkour moves and collect mayans stones. Parkour temples to find the fragments of ancient treasure maps. Hunt sharks, whales and exotic fish to never run out of supplies. Furnish your fish collection with marvelous sea trophies, from small fry to massive sharks. Live the epic pirate life, raise the black flag and loot a merchant ship loaded with gold or set sail on quest to battle a slave ship. Beware of the English empire and the Spanish crown and their powerful master ship, as a pirate you are always on the run. Compete with your friends for the highest bounty. DISCOVER GROUNDBREAKING 3D VISUALS ON MOBILE AND TABLETS Bask in the West-Indies sunshine, admire beautiful sea sunsets, navigate ice mazes and sail through the night along breathtaking coastlines. Changing weather conditions directly impact the way you run your sh
First released: Dec 2013

Play Assassin's Creed: Pirates on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Assassin's Creed: Pirates on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Assassin's Creed: Pirates installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Assassin's Creed: Pirates like you would on any PC.
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