We were so obsessed with Apple deprecating OpenGL (spoiler alert: we never saw real consequences), we missed the real issue looming on the horizon: the removal of 32-bit support.

MacOS Catalina, officially released in October 2019, completely removed the support of 32-bit applications. This meant upgrading to the latest macOS version meant giving up on hundreds of games, some of which you already own.

Some developers, such as Aspyr and Feral Interactive, were open about which of their back-catalog games wouldn’t be updated to 64-bit. But there are potentially hundreds of 32-bit Mac games that will never be updated.

To help you navigate these uncertain times, we decided to track all the Mac games we know either won’t be updated or have been updated already:

PS: All new games are 64-bit, therefore you won’t see us update this list with every new game released in 2020!

Game Developer Genre Status 80 Days inkle Ltd Adventure Updated A Total War Saga: Fall of the Samurai Feral Interactive Strategy Updated Age of empires 3 Ensemble Studios Strategy Not Yet Updated Age of Mythology Ensemble Studios Strategy Not Yet Updated Age of Wonders 3 Triumph Studios Strategy Not Yet Updated Airships: Conquer the Skies David Stark Action Updated All Big Fish Games Big Fish Games Various Not Yet Updated Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Frictional Games Horror Not Yet Updated Amnesia: The Dark Descent Frictional Games Horror Not Yet Updated Anna - Extended Edition Dreampainters Adventure Not Yet Updated Anna's Quest Daedalic Adventure Not Yet Updated Anomaly 2 11 Bit Studios Strategy Not Yet Updated ARK: Survival Evolved Studio Wildcard FPS Not Yet Updated Assassin's Creed 2 Ubisoft Action Not Yet Updated Back to the Future Telltale Games Adventure Not Yet Updated Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Beamdog RPG Updated Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Beamdog RPG Updated Ballistic Overload Aquiris Game Studio FPS Not Yet Updated Batman: Arkham City Feral Interactive Shooter Updated BattleBlock Theater The Behemoth Action Discontinued Battlestations: Midway Feral Interactive Action Discontinued Battlestations: Pacific Feral Interactive Action Discontinued Battletech Harebrained Schemes Strategy Updated Bejeweled 3 PopCap Games Puzzle Not Yet Updated BioShock 2 Feral Interactive FPS Not Yet Updated Bioshock Infinite Aspyr FPS Discontinued Borderlands 2 Aspyr Action Updated Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Aspyr FPS Discontinued Brawlhalla Blue Mammoth Action Not Yet Updated Broken Age Double Fine Adventure Not Yet Updated Broken Sword: Director's Cut Revolution Software Adventure Not Yet Updated Bugdom 2 Pangea Software Action Discontinued Call of Duty Aspyr FPS Discontinued Call of Duty 2 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Call of Duty 4 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Call of Duty Black Ops Aspyr FPS Discontinued Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Castle Crashers The Behemoth Action Planned Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued Cave Story Studio Pixel Adventure Not Yet Updated Chaos Reborn Snapshot Games RPG Not Yet Updated Chaos Reborn Snapshot Games RPG Not Yet Updated Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Torn Banner Studios Action Updated Cities: Skylines Colossal Order Strategy Updated Civilization 5 Aspyr Strategy Updated Civilization IV Aspyr Strategy Discontinued Civilization IV: Colonization Aspyr Strategy Discontinued Command & Conquer: Generals Aspyr Strategy Planned Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Valve FPS Updated Counter-Strike: Source Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Crusader Kings 2 Paradox Development Strategy 64-bit Beta CSR Racing Boss Alien Racing Not Yet Updated Cuphead Studio MDHR Action Adventure Updated Dawn of Man Madruga Works Strategy Updated Dead Island Techland FPS Not Yet Updated DEFCON Introversion Strategy Updated Deus Ex Human Revolution Feral Interactive FPS Not Yet Updated Diablo II Blizzard RPG Not Yet Updated Dirt 3 Feral Interactive Racing Discontinued DiRT Showdown Codemasters Racing Not Yet Updated Distance Refract Studios Racing Not Yet Updated Don't Starve Together Klei Entertainment Survival Not Yet Updated Doom 3 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Drox Operative Zoldak Action Discontinued Duke Nukem Forever Aspyr FPS Discontinued Dungeons and Dragons Online Turbine MMO Not Yet Updated Dying Light Techland FPS Updated Empire: Total War Feral Interactive Strategy Not Yet Updated Escape Velocity: Nova Ambrosia Software Adventure Not Yet Updated Europa Universalis 4 Paradox Development Strategy Not Yet Updated EVE Online CCP Games MMO 64-bit Beta Fahrenheit Aspyr Action Discontinued Final Fantasy 14 Online Square Enix MMO Updated FlatOut 2 Bugbear Entertainment Racing Not Yet Updated Game Dev Tycoon Greenheart Games Simulation Updated Geometry Wars 3 Aspyr Action Discontinued Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar Action Not Yet Updated GRID 2 Feral Interactive Racing Discontinued Grim Fandango Remastered Double Fine Adventure Not Yet Updated GTA San Andreas Rockstar Action Not Yet Updated Guild Wars 2 ArenaNet MMO Updated Gunpoint Suspicious Developments Action Not Yet Updated Guts and Glory HakJak Productions Racing Not Yet Updated Half-Life Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Half-Life 2 Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Halo: Combat Evolved Bungie FPS Discontinued Hearthstone Blizzard Strategy Updated Hearts of Iron 4 Paradox Development Strategy Not Yet Updated Heroes of Might and Magic V Nival Strategy Not Yet Updated Homeworld Remastered Collection Aspyr Strategy Discontinued House Flipper Empyrean Simulation Updated Hyper Light Drifter Heart Machine RPG Not Yet Updated Icewind Dale: Enhanced Beamdog RPG Updated Insurgency New World Interactive FPS Updated Into the Breach Subset Games Strategy Updated Invisible, Inc. Klei Entertainment Action Not Yet Updated Killing Floor Tripwire Interactive FPS Not Yet Updated Kingdom: Classic Noio Strategy Not Yet Updated Layers of Fear Bloober Team Horror Updated League of Legends Riot MOBA Updated Left 4 Dead

Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Left 4 Dead 2 Valve FPS Not Yet Updated LEGO Batman Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued LEGO Indiana Jones 2 Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued LEGO Star Wars III: Clone Wars Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued Lord of the Rings Online Turbine MMO Not Yet Updated Maelstrom Ambrosia Action Updated Mafia 2

Feral Interactive Action Not Yet Updated Max Payne 3 Rockstar Games Action Not Yet Updated Metro Redux 2033 4A Games FPS Updated Micro Machines World Series Supersonic Software Racing Updated Minecraft Mojang Action Adventure Updated Mini Ninjas Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued Monaco Pocketwatch Games Action Not Yet Updated Mount and Blade: Warband (beta) TaleWorlds Entertainment RPG 64-bit Beta Myst III: Exile Cyan Adventure Updated Myst: Masterpiece Edition Cyan Adventure Updated Myth 2 Bungie Strategy Not Yet Updated Nanosaur 2: Hatchling Pangea Software Action Discontinued Never Alone Upper One Games Adventure Not Yet Updated Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Beamdog RPG Not Yet Updated Northgard Shiro Strategy Updated Obduction Cyan Adventure Updated Otto Matic Pangea Software Adventure Discontinued Oxygen Not Included Klei Entertainment Simulation Updated Papers, Please Lucas Pope Simulation Not Yet Updated Papers, Please Lucas Pope Simulation Not Yet Updated Pillars of Eternity Obsidian Entertainment RPG Not Yet Updated Pillars of Eternity 2 Obsidian Entertainment RPG Updated Planescape Torment: Enhanced Beamdog RPG Updated Portal Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Portal 2 Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Prey Aspyr FPS Discontinued Prison Architect Paradox Interactive Simulation Updated Project Zomboid The Indie Stone Horror Updated Psychonauts Double Fine Action Not Yet Updated Punch Club Lazy Bear Games RPG Not Yet Updated Quake 4 Aspyr FPS Discontinued Race the Sun Flippfly Racing Updated RAGE Aspyr FPS Discontinued Rayman Origins Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued RC Mini Racers Decane Racing Not Yet Updated realMyst: Masterpiece Edition Cyan Adventure Updated Rise of Industry Dapper Penguin Studios Simulation Updated Riven Cyan Adventure Updated Rocket League Psyonix Sports Updated Rocksmith 2014 Ubisoft Simulation 64-bit Beta RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Aspyr Simulation Planned Rust Facepunch Studios FPS Updated Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition Aspyr Adventure Discontinued SEGA Superstars Tennis Feral Interactive Sports Discontinued Serious Sam 3: BFE Croteam FPS Not Yet Updated Shadow Warrior Flying Wild Hog FPS Not Yet Updated ShadowFight 2 Nekki Fighting Not Yet Updated Shadowrun Returns Harebrained Schemes RPG Not Yet Updated Shelter 2 Might and Delight Adventure Not Yet Updated Sid Meier's Pirates! Feral Interactive Strategy Discontinued Sid Meier’s Railroads! Feral Interactive Simulation Updated SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition Aspyr Simulation Updated SimCity: Complete Edition Aspyr Simulation Updated Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Feral Interactive Racing Discontinued Spec Ops: The Line Yager Development Action Not Yet Updated Star Wars: Empire at War Aspyr Adventure Discontinued Star Wars: Jedi Academy Aspyr Adventure Discontinued Star Wars: Jedi Outcast Aspyr Adventure Discontinued Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Aspyr RPG Updated Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Aspyr RPG Updated Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Aspyr Adventure Discontinued Starcraft Blizzard Strategy Not Yet Updated Stasis THE BROTHERHOOD Horror Updated Stellaris Paradox Development Strategy Updated Stick Fight Landfall West Fighting Not Yet Updated Stronghold Classic FireFly Studios Strategy Not Yet Updated SUPERHOT SUPERHOT Team FPS Updated Surviving Mars Haemimont Games Strategy Updated Tales of Monkey Island Telltale Games Adventure Not Yet Updated Team Fortress 2 Valve FPS Not Yet Updated Team Fortress 2 Valve FPS Discontinued The Bard's Tale inXile RPG Not Yet Updated The Binding of Issac Edmund McMillen Action Not Yet Updated The Book of Unwritten Tales KING Art Adventure Not Yet Updated The Darkness II Digital Extremes FPS Not Yet Updated The Elder Scrolls Online ZeniMax MMO Updated The LEGO Movie Videogame Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued The Long Dark Hinterland Studio Survival Updated The Sims 2: Castaway Stories Aspyr Simulation Discontinued The Sims 2: Life Stories Aspyr Simulation Discontinued The Sims 2: Pet Stories Aspyr Simulation Discontinued The Sims 2: Super Collection Aspyr Simulation Updated The Sims 4 Maxis Simulation Updated The Walking Dead Telltale Games Adventure Not Yet Updated The Witcher CD Projekt RPG Not Yet Updated Tomb Raider Feral Interactive Action Updated Tomb Raider 2 Aspyr Action Discontinued Tomb Raider: Anniversary Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued Tomb Raider: Underworld Feral Interactive Adventure Discontinued Tooth and Tail Pocketwatch Games Strategy Updated Torchlight Runic Games RPG Not Yet Updated Total War: Shogun 2 Feral Interactive Strategy Updated Total War: Three Kingdoms Feral Interactive Strategy Updated Trine Frozenbyte Adventure Not Yet Updated Trine 2 Frozenbyte Adventure Not Yet Updated Tropico 5 Haemimont Games Simulation Not Yet Updated Undertale Toby Fox RPG Not Yet Updated Unreal Tournament 2004 Epic Games FPS Not Yet Updated Warcraft 3 Blizzard Strategy Not Yet Updated XCOM 2 Feral Interactive Strategy Updated XCOM Enemy Unknown Feral Interactive Strategy Discontinued Xenonauts Goldhawk Interactive Strategy Not Yet Updated

64-bit games for Mac: The future of Mac gaming

The drop of 32-bit support caught many by surprise. Many see it as an aggressive move that hurts both consumers and developers alike.

Apple’s decision could be debated at length, but we should take a moment to recognize the work several developers are currently doing to give their back-catalog games 64-bit support.

More importantly, if you’re looking to buy a new Mac, it will come with Catalina pre-installed. 32-bit games are gone for good…

Steam on Catalina known issues

Steam is an essential part of gaming on a Mac. Chances are most of your games are Steam. This is why the current state of Steam on macOS Catalina is a shame.

For some reason, the Steam client itself has an update for Catalina, but it won’t update automatically. You’ll have to manually download it and install it. This page has all the information you need.

Last but not least, Steam “sometimes ” adds warnings to games that are not supported on Catalina. That would be great but there is one problem:

That information is inaccurate and should not be trusted.

You’ve been warned.

How do I check if an app is 32-bit or 64-bit?

As explained by Apple, finding out if a game supports 64-bit is easy:

From the Apple menu, choose About This Mac

Click the System Report button

button Scroll down to Software in the sidebar

in the sidebar Select Applications

When selecting an individual application, you will see a field titled 64-bit (Intel). “Yes” indicates 64-bit; “No” indicates 32-bit:

You can also use a handy tool called Go64. It’s free, it’s easier to use and it’s coming from St. Clair Software, a veteran Mac developer.

Once you’re done, you can share a screenshot such as this one with us here and we’ll update the list accordingly!

This is only the beginning

Keep in mind we are only covering the games we are certain about. There will likely be hundreds of indie developers who will not have the resources to update their older games. And the same goes for big publishers.

Even if they have the budget, many will choose not to update their older games that don’t sell well anymore. Sad but that’s how things will play out…

This is why we to help each other out. If you know about a game that we are certain it will not be updated to 64-bit, let us know!

What if you really need a 32-bit app?

If one of your favorite games is part of the list above and you want to keep playing it for many more years, you can always hold off and not upgrade your Mac to macOS Catalina.

With time, Macs that are not on macOS Catalina will miss on important new features and updates but it’s still a solution in the middle term.

When is macOS Catalina arriving?

Catalina is now available. It was released on October 7, 2019.

Are you worried some of your favorites games will no longer be supported? Let us know in the comments section.