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Cities: Skylines

From AppleGamingWiki, the wiki about gaming on M1 Apple silicon Macs

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Rosetta 2 Perfect Very playable with 750 assets, 10 mods and 7 DLC. With 10k population city around 40fps, 100k around 19-21fps; on medium graphics for both.[1] [2]
Compatibility layer
CrossOver Playable Follow this guides "Mac OS version (Mac OS)" section: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1976349559 [3][4]
Wine Unknown
Virtualization
Parallels Playable Playable[5]

Gameplay videos

References

  1. Verified by User:Butters on 2024-12-28
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 Pro 2021 16 GB RAM
    OS: Sequoia
    Method: Rosetta 2
    Resolution: 3024x1890
    Framerate: 20-40 FPS
  2. Verified by User:Applesquare1440 on 2025-3-19
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 Pro 2021 16 GB RAM
    OS: Sonoma 14.6.1
    Method: Rosetta 2
    Game version: 1.18.1 - f3
    Resolution: 3024x1890
    Settings: fullscreen, v-Sync, DoFT disabled, low/disabled, AF&Aa enabled
    Framerate: 24-30 FPS
    Comment: Very playable, using some mods and assets, also dlcs
  3. Verified by User:Mlostek on 2021-11-11
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 Max 24 GPU 32GB RAM
    OS: macOS 12.0.1 (21A559)
    Method: crossover
    Resolution: 3840×2160
    Settings: medium
    Framerate: approx. 25
    Controller: no
  4. Verified by User:Tofuine on 2023-06-02
    Device: MacBook Pro M2 Pro 16 GPU 32GB RAM
    OS: macOS 13.4
    Method: crossover
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Settings: medium
    Framerate: approx. 60
    Controller: no
  5. Verified by User:BringBackTron and Jhelzei on 2021-04-20
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 2020 8GB RAM
    OS: macOS 11.3 Beta 8
    Method: Windows ARM Build 21359 on Parallels 16.5
    Resolution: 1440x900
    Settings: Low
    Framerate: 30 FPS
    Comment: Some occational dips, Excessive loading times