How to play PictoQuest on Mac

Game summary

Challenge your deductive skills by helping our two young heroes on their quest to bring the legendary paintings of Pictoria back! Look carefully at the numbers on the edges of the grid to stop the sneaky wizard Moonface... - Face plenty of grids and discover some beautifully animated enemies and artefacts! - Fight baddies (even bosses!) on the way. Be smart or you could be the target of a critical hit! - Having some issues with a specific puzzle? Head to the shop and spend some gold on powerful magic items. - Try to reach the end of the world map, one puzzle at a time. You'll find villagers giving you special missions, too! PictoQuest is an addictive game for everyone, come save the realm of Pictoria!
First released: Aug 2019

Play PictoQuest on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play PictoQuest 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).

PictoQuest 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 PictoQuest like you would on any PC.
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