How to play The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Mac
| Platforms | Computer |
Game summary
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of standalone, cinematic branching horror games where the decisions you make in the game determine the story you receive. House of Ashes is the third game in the series.
At the end of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier. To survive the night below they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
Navigate a subterranean labyrinth and escape the starving creatures that found their new prey to hunt. Play online with a friend or up to 5 friends offline, share your story and cooperate wisely to save your cast.
First released: Oct 2021
Play The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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).
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 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 The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes like you would on any PC.
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