How to play Cytus on Mac

Game summary

200 songs and 400 variations, including many from famous composers around the world. Beautiful hand-drawn art style. Easy, intuitive Active Scan Line system and 3 types of notes. Different display modes allow player-friendly previewing of notes. Strong beat and rhythms provide satisfying feedback for taps. More than 9 difficulty levels for more fun and challenges. Various music genres: POP, JAZZ, TRANCE, HARDCORE, DRUM 'N BASS and much more.
First released: Jan 2012

Play Cytus on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Cytus 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).

Cytus 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 Cytus like you would on any PC.
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