I recently bought a base model Mac mini M4 and was curious to know which Steam games were arm64/"Apple silicon" native and which were not. Much to my surprise, this information is impossible to get directly from Steam or even SteamDB. Be the change you want to see in the world™ and all that.

Yes but not as much as you'd maybe think. You can read this excellent article that explains some of what is going on under the hood when you launch an x86-64 binary: https://dougallj.wordpress.com/2022/11/09/why-is-rosetta-2-fast/. However, having an arm64 binary available is an indicator that the game is updated/modern and that the developer may care about providing a good experience on macOS.

I found some of those but didn't bother to include them. Apple has dropped 32-bit support and Steam is following suit on February 15th, 2025. I have no way to launch them and it seems moot at this point.

The same way that SteamDB does. I had to go one step further and install all of the games in my Steam library that were marked as macOS-compatible. Then I parsed various files to get the required information.

No, it's just a list of games from my personal Steam library. It's not even a list of working games. Some games don't even launch. Some games launch but are broken in various ways.

Yes I hope to add that information eventually. It is painstaking to test ~1300+ games manually. Rough roadmap is:

Keep updating this site as I acquire new games

Review/improve existing data quality

Test games myself

Add Steam categories/user tags, release date, last updated, etc.

Add OpenCritic review scores

I'm also working on some other gaming/virtualization related projects at the moment that have some overlap.

That already exists in the form of the AppleGamingWiki. I personally only care about knowing which games on Steam are macOS compatible without having to purchase from the App Store or use virtualization software/tools like CrossOver/Parallels/Whisky. I work on this project mostly for my own information but wanted to share since it felt useful.

In my personal opinion, gaming on macOS is still a bit tragic at the moment and you definitely need a second platform if you don't want to be severely limited in what games you play. I also own a Steam Deck myself and wanted to highlight Steam's "buy once, play how you want" value proposition over the App Store.

I like cats and the majority are good games.

Yes, I couldn't think of a better name, this is a hobby project for me anyway, and I think the name fits very well for what I'm doing. I don't think the "collision" is a big deal.

The Augmented Steam browser extension adds OpenCritic reviews. The SteamDB browser extension is good too, as is the SteamDB website. I use them all personally.

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