How to play Sheep with Mates on Mac

PlatformsComputer

Game summary

Grab some mates and throw them on the couch, it's time to herd some sheep! Competitive sheepherding for 2-8 local players. Fast-paced sheepherding action! Pick a team, red vs. blue, then get as many sheep as you can back into your stable. Input is simple and straightforward; a thumbstick to move and a button to bark. Bark at the sheep to scare them away from you, straight into your team's stable. Though beware, because barking scares away all sheep in a radius, even those behind you. Play with up to 8 players at the same time. You read that right! Play with 2 to 8 players at the same time. Teams have no restrictions, so go wild! Don't have 8 controllers? That's fine, Sheep with Mates supports 2 players per controller and 4 on keyboard! So you can hand half of your controller to a friend to play. Hand it to a foe for some extra fun!
First released: Mar 2020

Play Sheep with Mates on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Sheep with Mates 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).

Sheep with Mates 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 Sheep with Mates like you would on any PC.
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