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Elden Ring

From AppleGamingWiki, the wiki about gaming on M1 Apple silicon Macs
Elden Ring
Elden Ring cover
Developers
FromSoftware
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Japan FromSoftware
Release dates
macOS February 25, 2022
Reception
Metacritic 95
OpenCritic 96
IGDB 97
Elden Ring on HowLongToBeat
Elden Ring on IGDB
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Elden Ring on Wikipedia

General information

Official Discord server
Official Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

macOS Compatibility

Compatibility layer Rating Notes
CrossOver Playable Launches and runs smoothly with no issues on M3 Pro base model and Crossover version 23.7. Resolution and top/bottom image cropping issues on M1 Pro model. [1]
Wine Perfect Requires bypassing Easy Anti-Cheat
Virtualization
Parallels Unplayable Refuses to run.[2]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate Deluxe Edition also available.
macOS
Gamesplanet Deluxe Edition also available.
macOS
Green Man Gaming Deluxe Edition also available.
macOS
Humble Store Deluxe Edition also available.
macOS
Steam Deluxe Edition also available.
macOS
All versions require Template:DRM.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition contains the base game as well as digital art book and soundtrack.

Issues

Current issues

Offline only. Running the game via CrossOver renders any online functionality unavailable, as Easy Anti-Cheat isn't working.

Resolution issues. Choice of resolutions is limited only up to 1512x982 on fullscreen and up to 1440x810 on windowed (while screen itself is 4K), while there are no such limits on fullscreen windowed. Also changing resolution doesn't change the size of the window itself when using windowed option (and you can't resize the window like a regular one).

Image cropping. On fullscreen and windowed fullscreen on there are black bars on the top and bottom of the screen when using any resolution, which narrows the image (while interface is not affected).

No fullscreen on 2nd screen. If you have 2nd monitor, it seems to be not possible to move the fullscreen game there, as no matter if the game is in window or windowed fullscreen or if you use Command Control or tools like Rectangle - enabling fullscreen always returns it to Macbook's one.

Issues resolved

Game requires DirectX 12, which was implemented by CrossOver in version 23.5, MacOS Sonoma is required for that to work.

Game crashes while opening by default, so you need to toggle D3DMetal and ESync in Crossover for game to start.

References

  1. Verified by User:Ponkipo on 2025-05-12
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 GB
    OS: MacOS 15.4.1
    Method: Crossover 23.7.1
    Comment: Details are in Current Issues
  2. Verified by User:Captcool on 2022-05-31
    Device: MacBook Pro M1 Max 32-Core GPU 64 GB
    OS: MacOS 12.4
    Method: Parallels 17.1.2 + Windows 11 21H2