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Geometry Dash

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

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Native Perfect GD 2.2 works smoothly, however is capped on 60FPS.[1]
Rosetta 2 Perfect GD 2.2 is still Intel-only but it runs very smoothly even with high object count levels.[2]
iOS/iPadOS App Perfect Crash bug has been fixed in v2.2
Compatibility layer
CrossOver Perfect Stable 120FPS, even with high object count levels.[3]
Wine Perfect
Virtualization
Parallels Perfect Stable 120FPS, even with high object count levels. Has higher audio latency though, use CrossOver if you can.[4]

Other information

  • Game appears to be locked to 60FPS on all Macs - Apple Silicon or Intel.
  • The game still runs on OpenGL for graphics, which means it'll run on non-Metal legacy Macs if you really wanted it to.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mercyoverload on 2024-01-04
    Tested on MacBook Pro (14-inch, M1 Pro, 2021) with native Steam version [v2.2]
  2. Verified by User:Thatsniceguy on 2023-12-20
    Tested on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
  3. Verified by User:Thatsniceguy on 2023-12-20
    Tested on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
  4. Verified by User:Thatsniceguy on 2023-12-20
    Tested on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)