How to play Disney's Ghosts of Mistwood on Mac

Game summary

Ghosts of Mistwood is a persistent world game about a boy who visits his aunt Virginia at her Mistwood Estate. When he arrives she is nowhere to be found and various quests have to be completed to find her back. It soon turns out she has been captured by a dark spirit and he is assisted by the investigator David, the property managers, a ghost hunter and more characters. Eventually about six NPCs can be used to help you complete tasks. Quests usually consists of clicking on the required locations to progress. Completing them is rewarded with currencies such as blue stars, coins and gold, as well as experience. Various additional resources can be collected such as stardust or wildflowers. The game has a light horror theme and the boy meets various creatures such as ghosts that provide quests.
First released: Jun 2012

Play Disney's Ghosts of Mistwood on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Disney's Ghosts of Mistwood 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).

Disney's Ghosts of Mistwood 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 Disney's Ghosts of Mistwood like you would on any PC.
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