Can I play a 32bit Mac game on Steam

3080guy · 19 Mar 2021 at 13:51

Are there any 32 bit mac games I can play on Steam?
I downloaded TF2 but got a message saying I dont have a 64 bit machine.
Its a 7 year old (ish) Macbook Air.
What can I play that will run on my machine? Anything fun/free?

3080guy · 19 Mar 2021 at 23:03

Id really like to get something in 3D up and running.
Dont care what it is. Im not going to be playing it for more than half an hour.
Can old macs (I have the latest OS) run any 3D steam games, or not anymore?

alex24 · 20 Mar 2021 at 12:54

You can’t run 32-bit since Catalina unfortunately. If the developer has updated the game for 64-bit you’re ok but most haven’t. 95% of my steam library won’t work on Catalina onwards. Is your motivation to play games (in which case a MacBook Air is a terrible choice if you have other machines or consoles) or are you just looking to test?

3080guy · 21 Mar 2021 at 00:47

alex24 said:
You can’t run 32-bit since Catalina unfortunately. If the developer has updated the game for 64-bit you’re ok but most haven’t. 95% of my steam library won’t work on Catalina onwards. Is your motivation to play games (in which case a MacBook Air is a terrible choice if you have other machines or consoles) or are you just looking to test?

Just want to test the gaming experience on a 11.5 inch laptop monitor. (I have modern consoles and PC hardware for games).
Id like to test any FPS preferably, or 3D game.
What would run, any ideas?