
The game offers the most competitive online Multiplayer out there, including professionals playing on the eSports circuit. CS GO features cross-platform Multiplayer between Windows and macOS, and if you’re worried that after all these years, players might have moved on to something newer, fear not. CS: GO is still among the most-played titles on Steam (the fact you can play it for free certainly helps). One more thing… Be warned, though, CS: GO’s Multiplayer is ruthless, filled with players with thousands of hours, and requires much practice to master.

These are the game’s official Mac requirements: RequirementsĪTI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA 8600M or better On the other hand, it runs great on macOS, even on our base M1 MacBook Air test machine. ⛔ Be aware that the system requirements don’t mention M1 Macs, but we can confirm the game runs just fine on Apple Silicon machines. How to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on MacĪs mentioned before, CS GO runs natively on macOS, including Intel-based Macs and M1/M2 Macs. This means SC2 can run on macOS without requiring any third-party software.

Therefore, we won’t waste your time talking about Parallels, Crossover ( both excellent tools, but only useful for Windows-exclusive games…), or Streaming services. 20-30 FPS: Borderline: Can be OK in slow-paced games.Below 20 FPS: Unplayable: Laggy gameplay, full of stutters and slowdowns.□ M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021), 16 GBĪs a reminder, this is how we describe the different levels of performance: These are the CS GO M1/M2 benchmarks we have gathered so far: Game and paste the following code in Launch options: “-w 800 -h 600 -refresh 60”.CS GO Mac Bug fixĬSGO currently suffers from a bug that prevents the game from launching.
