How to play Conan Exiles: Day One Edition on Mac

Game summary

Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the brutal lands of Conan the barbarian. Survive in a savage world, build your kingdom, and dominate your enemies in fierce combat and epic Warfare. Start with nothing but your bare hands and forge the legacy of your clan, building anything from a Small home to gigantic fortresses and entire cities. Wage war using swords, bows and siege weapons, and even take control of giant avatars of the Gods, laying waste to enemy cities. Explore a vast, seamless world full of challenge and opportunity. Hunt animals for resources, slay monsters for treasure, and delve deep underground to discover the secrets of ancient civilizations. Conan exiles can be experienced in both local single-player and in persistent online multiplayer. Day One Edition Includes Conan's Atlantean sword. The famous Atlantean sword was wielded by Conan in the original 1982 movie “Conan the barbarian” and has since become an iconic piece of weaponry. Wield the Atlantean sword and slay your enemies like a true Warrior King!

Play Conan Exiles: Day One Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Conan Exiles: Day One Edition 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).

Conan Exiles: Day One Edition 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 Conan Exiles: Day One Edition like you would on any PC.
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