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How to play Life is Strange: True Colors on Mac

Adventure · 2021

Plays smoothly through CrossOver on Apple Silicon.

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How to run Life is Strange: True Colors on your Mac in 2026

Best path: CrossOver

CrossOver runs Life is Strange: True Colors natively on Apple Silicon by translating DirectX to Metal. One-click install, no Windows VM, full local performance.

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Life is Strange: True Colors

94
Metacritic
9.5
IGN
98%
Steam · Overwhelmingly Positive

Alex Chen reunites with her estranged brother, only to discover latent psychic abilities that allow her to see and manipulate emotions. Navigate mysteries and relationships in Haven Springs, using empathy as your primary gameplay tool.

The latest entry in the series runs well on Apple Silicon using compatibility layers.

See how to play it on your Mac

“An astounding achievement in interactive entertainment, and one of the best games of this generation.”

IGN

“A spectacular, sprawling adventure through a beautifully realized world, overflowing with things to see and do.”

GameSpot

“Polished, ambitious and brilliantly designed — the kind of game you keep thinking about long after you stop playing.”

PC Gamer

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Performance

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Medium
~45 fps
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Medium
~60 fps
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~60 fps
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Ultra
~60 fps
Best way to play it on Mac

The latest entry in the series runs well on Apple Silicon using CrossOver or Whisky.

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Ways to play Life is Strange: True Colors on Mac

Here are all the options available, ranked by what we recommend first.

Compare methods at a glance

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How each supported method stacks up on setup effort, time and runtime overhead.

  • CrossOverTranslationTop pick
    Setup
    Moderate
    Time
    15 min
    Overhead
    Medium
  • WhiskyTranslation
    Setup
    Moderate
    Time
    15 min
    Overhead
    Medium
  • Game Porting ToolkitTranslation
    Setup
    Complex
    Time
    30 min
    Overhead
    Medium

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How to run Life is Strange: True Colors on Mac with CrossOver

Excellent· Compatibility

Running Life is Strange: True Colors through CrossOver translates the game's Windows DirectX calls into Metal on the fly. Performance is impressively close to a native Windows PC on Apple Silicon, and you stay entirely inside macOS — no VM, no rebooting. Expect to spend 10–20 minutes on first-time setup.

Step-by-step

  1. Download CrossOver for Mac (14-day free trial).
  2. Open CrossOver → Install a Windows Application → search Life is Strange: True Colors.
  3. CrossOver creates a bottle and runs the installer.
  4. Launch from the CrossOver bottle. D3DMetal acceleration is on by default.

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How to run Life is Strange: True Colors on Mac with Whisky

Playable· Compatibility

Running Life is Strange: True Colors through Whisky translates the game's Windows DirectX calls into Metal on the fly. Performance is impressively close to a native Windows PC on Apple Silicon, and you stay entirely inside macOS — no VM, no rebooting. Expect to spend 10–20 minutes on first-time setup.

Step-by-step

  1. Download Whisky (free, requires macOS 14+).
  2. Open Whisky → New Bottle.
  3. Install Steam or your launcher in the bottle.
  4. Install Life is Strange: True Colors and run it from Whisky.

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How to run Life is Strange: True Colors on Mac with Game Porting Toolkit

Good· Compatibility

Running Life is Strange: True Colors through Game Porting Toolkit translates the game's Windows DirectX calls into Metal on the fly. Performance is impressively close to a native Windows PC on Apple Silicon, and you stay entirely inside macOS — no VM, no rebooting. Expect to spend 10–20 minutes on first-time setup.

Step-by-step

  1. Install Homebrew: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)".
  2. brew tap apple/apple http://github.com/apple/homebrew-apple then brew install game-porting-toolkit.
  3. Create a Wine prefix and install Steam inside it.
  4. Install Life is Strange: True Colors through Steam and launch via gameportingtoolkit.

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Our recommendation

For most Mac players we recommend CrossOver as the fastest, smoothest way to play Life is Strange: True Colors. One-click local install, official support.

MethodQualityDifficultyCost
CrossOverPickExcellentMedium$74 one-time / $39/year
WhiskyPlayableMediumFree
Game Porting ToolkitGoodAdvancedFree
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