How to play Naval War: Arctic Circle - Operation Tarnhelm on Mac

Game summary

Operation Tarnhelm is the first expansion for the unique real-time strategy game Naval War: Arctic Circle. Named after the mythical helmet of Norse mythology that makes its owner invisible, the new scenarios detail daring attacks. Experience NATO’s offensive deep in Russian territory, and Russia’s devastating counter-attack on Northern Europe. Four additional units will provide new tactics and possibilities. This expansion provides unprecedented firepower with stealth aircraft and new warship designs. Who will rule the waves in the 21st century?

Play Naval War: Arctic Circle - Operation Tarnhelm on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Naval War: Arctic Circle - Operation Tarnhelm 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).

Naval War: Arctic Circle - Operation Tarnhelm 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 Naval War: Arctic Circle - Operation Tarnhelm like you would on any PC.
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