How to play Tribal Wars 2 on Mac

Game summary

Tribal Wars 2 is not only a free-to-play browser game, but the sequel to the classic Tribal Wars. Starting out with a small village, one of your goals is to build it up into a strong castle, fortified by impregnable city walls. But Tribal Wars 2 is so much more than just a simple strategy city building game – you also have to assemble an army by recruiting and training soldiers, such as axemen or spear fighters. With them, you are able to defend and expand your kingdom in the free-to-play medieval strategy game. Based on the classic Tribal Wars, the brand new browser game delights with striking graphic and interface improvements. In addition to that, Tribal Wars 2 features a strategic map, where different areas give you distinct boosts in resource production. You can also follow your army movements on the map in real-time. No matter if you are just getting to know Tribal Wars 2 or if you are a veteran of good old Tribal Wars, you will surely have a fresh and unique strategy game experience! Sometimes, rallying your troops may not be enough to succeed in PvP battles in a strategy game like Tribal Wars 2. Then it is time to form alliances with other players. With the help of so-called tribes your chances to dominate your opponents increase. Will you bring your adversaries to their knees and rise to power?

Play Tribal Wars 2 on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Tribal Wars 2 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).

Tribal Wars 2 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 Tribal Wars 2 like you would on any PC.
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