How to play Towerfall Ascension: Dark Worlds on Mac

PlatformsPlatform, Computer

Game summary

Challenge your friends to fight through TowerFall’s Dark World, with or against you, in this massive expansion for the acclaimed archery brawler. Enigmatic portals open to four new battlegrounds across TowerFall's twisted alternate reality. Fight aboard legendary ghost ship The Amaranth, across the murky bogs of Dreadwood, or through the crumbling halls of Darkfang. Enter Cataclysm, an all-consuming vortex where levels shift into unique layouts with every match. Murder your friends with new game-changing arrow types and variants. Team up to challenge the all-new Dark World Mode - a co-op campaign for 1-4 players. Battle your way to hideous boss monsters, and face the brutal challenge of the added Legendary difficulty mode. Expand your roster of playable fighters with the undead pirate Vainglorious Ghoul and 9 more alternate archers. Dark World also adds a powerful level creation tool, allowing players to create and share their own new Versus towers. Of course, Steam Workshop is fully supported for the editor. The Dark World Expansion pushes TowerFall further in every direction, a great excuse to revisit the beloved indie fighter.
First released: May 2015

Play Towerfall Ascension: Dark Worlds on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Towerfall Ascension: Dark Worlds 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).

Towerfall Ascension: Dark Worlds 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 Towerfall Ascension: Dark Worlds like you would on any PC.
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