How to play Dust Fleet on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
A hybrid of 4x and real time strategy. Players are presented with a starmap and can complete story missions at certain locations to unlock more missions. Side missions are also available for extra rewards.
The player can upgrade their fleet with new ships, and can customise the weapons load out of each one. Ships can be built during the turn-based starmap phase, or in realtime during missions.
The game also features a full mission and campaign editor, and mod.io support so players can share and download new campaigns.
First released: Dec 2021
Play Dust Fleet on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Dust Fleet 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).
Dust Fleet 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 Dust Fleet like you would on any PC.
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