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CLUSTER CONTROLLER-UTILITY-XBOX · 33 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-23

Windows gaming on Apple Silicon

This cluster comprises macOS utilities and desktop apps that let Apple Silicon Mac users install and run Windows games (and in some cases Windows software or Android apps) through compatibility layers such as Wine and Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, often with per-game presets, controller support, and simplified launch workflows. The dated history before the index is too thin to read a shape from — it predates the index or its members are undated. Among traction leaders, highball leads with 1004 stars, followed by stop-stutter (466 stars) and Decanter (2 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 16OCT 2026: 13
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled

Operator · 13 hobby · 1 indie · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01highball1k★20 daysliveCompatibility tool that runs Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs and tracks which titles work.
  2. 02Decanter2★19 dayslivehobbyDesktop app that lets Apple Silicon Macs run Windows games with per-game isolated environments and pinned compatibility runtimes.
  3. 03project-reclaimer-mac-port8★today—hand-codedhobbyMac app that installs and launches the Windows-only Halo 3 community server platform on Apple Silicon, letting players access multiplayer, Forge, and mods without Windows.
  4. 04indie26★1 mo—Desktop app that lets Apple Silicon Mac users run Windows games through an automated compatibility setup and launch workflow.
  5. 05mac-gaming-uncle26★1 mo—Mac app that lets users run Windows games they already own on Apple Silicon by hiding complex compatibility setup behind a simple interface.
  6. 06OpenDeviceHub7★17 dayslivemacOS app that displays iOS simulators in separate windows and provides command-line control for developers using Xcode 27.
  7. 07CrossOver-GPTK-Patcher13★25 days—indiemacOS utility that replaces the Game Porting Toolkit build inside CrossOver and sets up DLSS to MetalFX.
  8. 08GPTK-Patcher-Tool13★25 days—Mac app that replaces the compatibility toolkit used by a Windows-game emulator with a newer version to improve performance and add upscaling.
  9. 09reskate-mac4★2 days—hobbymacOS launcher that installs and runs a skateboarding video game on Apple Silicon through Windows compatibility tools.
  10. 10lever4★11 days—hobbymacOS app that runs Windows executables and Android APKs, unpacks archives, and plays Steam and console games, converting some games into native Mac apps.
  11. 11mcd2-crossover3★10 days—hobbyMac utility that repairs Steam startup, dependencies, networking, and Xbox sign-in so Minecraft Dungeons II runs on Apple Silicon computers.
  12. 12dungeon-siege-macos1★4 days—hobbyUtility that lets owners of Dungeon Siege run their copy natively on Apple Silicon Macs, with multiplayer and expansion support.
  13. 13macgames1★6 dayslivehobbyMac app that plays Windows Steam games on Apple Silicon Macs by setting up a shared Steam environment and per-game tuning.
  14. 14GBFR-MetalFX-CrossOver-Toolkit1★18 days—hobbyUnofficial installer that adds graphics upscaling and ultrawide display support to a role-playing game on Apple Silicon Macs.
  15. 15gravemac-keeper-21★11 days—hand-codedhobbyFan-made macOS utility that lets owners of a Windows-only Steam game install and play it on Apple Silicon Macs using compatibility tools.
  16. 16corkscrew1★2 days—hobbymacOS app that runs Windows games on Apple Silicon Macs by managing compatibility environments and per-game graphics settings.
  17. 17Endfield-CrossOver-Patcher7★1 mo—Mac utility that installs and configures Arknights: Endfield game on Apple Silicon through the CrossOver compatibility layer.
  18. 18HaloX0★today—hobbyGame launcher that lets players run Halo: Combat Evolved on modern Macs by handling Windows compatibility automatically.
  19. 19SteamARM0★10 days—hobbyApp that lets Apple Silicon Mac users run Steam and Windows games without a virtual machine.
  20. 20kof10-mac0★1 daylivehobbyGame launcher that packages user-provided Windows Kawaks game files into an Apple Silicon Mac app for playing King of Fighters with a resizable 4:3 window.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.