How to play Settlers of the Deep on Mac
Game summary
You start with a little settlement and must expand and conquer territory. The world in which you spawn is never the same. In order to survive you will have to defend yourself from the hostile wildlife and from other unfriendly civilizations.
As you expand, you will have to be creative to manage all the aspect of your little industry.
Play Settlers of the Deep on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Settlers of the Deep 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).
Settlers of the Deep 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 Settlers of the Deep like you would on any PC.
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