How to play Slime Rancher: VR Playground on Mac

Game summary

Experience the adorable slimes of Slime Rancher - in VR! Slime Rancher: VR Playground is a standalone experience based off of the world of Slime Rancher! Vac, feed, and play with slimes like never before! Explore three VR playgrounds based off of the Dry Reef, Moss Blanket, and Ancient Ruins. Get face-to-face with your favorite slimes like: pink, tabby, and phosphor. Sit down and relax in a field of flowers or take a dip in a puddle slime-filled pond. The VR Playground is a unique Slime Rancher experience created especially for VR. It does not include the entirety of the original game.

Play Slime Rancher: VR Playground on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Slime Rancher: VR Playground 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).

Slime Rancher: VR Playground 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 Slime Rancher: VR Playground like you would on any PC.
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