How to play Kona: Day One on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

Kona: Day One is the first act of a narrative-driven interactive tale of mystery, exploration and survival, set amid a powerful and ominous snowstorm in a northern village in the 1970s. You play as Carl Faubert, a war veteran now private detective who must travel to Atamipek Lake in Northern Canada to solve a simple, yet lucrative case. Your client is a rich industrialist and copper mine magnate who goes by the name of W. Hamilton. He accuses the local Cree community of vandalizing and stealing from his summer residence and hunting manor. The Crees are no friends to Hamilton, as they blame him for destroying sacred lands for the sole purpose of increased profits. From driving to shooting to scene-searching, Kona combines the atmosphere and immersion of a modern survival title with the deep storytelling and puzzle-solving aspects of a traditional adventure game. Step into a surreal interactive tale of mystery and investigate the perplexing quietness in the entire town Explore a vast, frigid Northern environment and battle the elements to survive Go back in time with a vintage look and feel reminiscent of 1970s rural communities
First released: Mar 2016

Play Kona: Day One on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Kona: Day One 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).

Kona: Day One 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 Kona: Day One like you would on any PC.
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