How to play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Nintendo Switch Edition on Mac
Game summary
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore rhythm-based dungeon crawling game.
Can you survive this deadly dungeon of dance, slay the NecroDancer, and recapture your still beating heart? Or will you be a slave to the rhythm for all eternity?
Players must move on the beat to navigate randomly generated dungeons while battling dancing skeletons, zombies, dragons, and more, while grooving to the game's award winning Danny Baranowsky soundtrack! You can even team up with a friend in local co-op mode!
First released: Feb 2018
Play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Nintendo Switch Edition on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Crypt of the Necrodancer: Nintendo Switch 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: Nintendo Switch 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: Nintendo Switch Edition like you would on any PC.
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