How to play Kuukiyomi on Mac

Game summary

What if you could try out exactly how considerate to be in life? Kuukiyomi is a social puzzle game in which players try out different responses to social situations. These range from everyday moments, like making room for others on the bus or standing to one side on the escalator, to wilder and silly choices like performing in sync as a backup dancer or joining a Japanese superhero team. Each situation is presented as a fast minigame, similar to the WarioWare series, with no real explanation; players are left to themselves to judge what it is they need to do. There are 100 minigames in all, and after finishing every game players are given a personality reading based on their performance in various categories such as "social appropriateness" or "reaction speed". After finishing the game once, players unlock the ability to replay any of the stages individually and an endurance competition with three of the different minigames where players have to see how many times they can complete it in a row.
First released: Jun 2008

Play Kuukiyomi on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Kuukiyomi 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).

Kuukiyomi 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 Kuukiyomi like you would on any PC.
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