How to play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Collector's Edition on Mac

Game summary

This edition includes the following: - Crypt of the NecroDancer - Illustrated steelbook case - Full-color manual - Exclusive 100% cotton printed “Cadence” bandana - Enamel pin of “Bucky” - An unused pet familiar by original NecroDancer artist, Jesse Turner - Mini-CD of the original NecroDancer and “AMPLIFIED” DLC OSTs, with music by Danny Baranowsky feat. FamilyJules and guest artists, and art by the talented Anailis Dorta.
First released: Feb 2022

Play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Collector's Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Collector's 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).

Crypt of the Necrodancer: Collector's 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 Crypt of the Necrodancer: Collector's Edition like you would on any PC.
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