How to play Erectus the Game on Mac

Game summary

Erectus is a free-to-play strategy-focused empire builder MMO set in a historical environment where the player takes part in a conflict between the Homo sapiens and Homo erectus. The objective of Erectus the Game is to create your own empire, build a powerful army and eventually defeat and capture the cruel king of the Erectus. The endgame is the final stage of a gameworld in Erectus. During the endgame volcanoes on the map will become active as the Erectus king starts his ritual. Erectus version 2 utilizes the Unity engine which aligned perfectly with our vision for version 2. While the Canvas engine worked well for what we were trying to achieve with version 1, we felt that it was necessary to find something better suited to our desire to create something that would be an upgrade in every way. We've worked hard on improving the game's visuals, interface, stability and accessibility. We hope players will be pleasantly surprised with all of the improvements to their player experience in Erectus version 2!

Play Erectus the Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Erectus the Game 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).

Erectus the Game 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 Erectus the Game like you would on any PC.
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