How to play Down Ward on Mac

Game summary

Venture into the haunted wilds with Gable, a little owl, as she sets out to rekindle the dormant relics of a land long abandoned to ruin. Puzzle, fight, and fly your way through the long lost gauntlets, and spectral denizens of the fearful Deep Wilds. Flying is a core feature of traversing the environment in Down Ward. The unique flight system allows unlimited airtime, but requires forward momentum and skillful maneuvering to maintain lift. Like the physics of real flight, as long as Gable is moving forward, she can gain lift. She can stay in the air as long as she has the room to maneuver around obstacles and maintain forward airspeed. Specters of the Deep Wilds abound, and obstacles, both puzzly and precisiony await! All in-game graphics are composed of 4 colors, and there are many 4-color palettes to choose from.

Play Down Ward on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Down Ward 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).

Down Ward 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 Down Ward like you would on any PC.
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