If you’ve been hankering for some Cyberpunk goodness on your Mac, it’s here.
CD Projekt Red on Thursday announced that its acclaimed role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is now available for the Mac. The game has been Metal API-optimized for a variety of Macs with Apple silicon, from the first M1 models right up to the latest M4 models. The only caveat is that Cyberpunk 2077 requires a minimum of 16GB of RAM to play, so 8GB M1 and M2 chips won’t be able to play it.
The open-world game drops the player in tehe middle of Night City as a customizable character named “V.” Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition features the base game, starring Keanu Reeves as Johnny Silverhand, and the critically acclaimed spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty, starring Idris Elba as Solomon Reed. It also contains every update released for the game so far, including the brand new Update 2.3 — which introduces new quests, new vehicles, AutoDrive, extra Photo Mode options, and more.
The game also uses a “For this Mac,” feature, which offers a dynamic preset that assignes settings and resolution based on your Mac’s hardware capabilities.
Per MacRumors:
“For example, the Minimum configuration (M1 chip and 16GB of RAM) runs at 1,440 x 900 or 1,600 x 900 resolution with a target FPS of 30, while the Recommended preset requires an M3 Pro chip and 18GB of RAM, and produces an 1,800 x 1,125 or 1,920 x 1,080 resolution with a target FPS of 60.
Users with higher spec Mac models can look forward to enabling two special configurations: High Fidelity requires an M2 Ultra or M3 Max chip and 36GB of RAM, and produces 2,294 x 1,432 or 2,560 x 1,440 resolution with a target FPS of 60. Meanwhile, Very High Fidelity requires an M3 Ultra or M4 Max chip and 36GB of RAM, and produces 2,294 x 1,432 or 2,560 x 1,440 resolution with a FPS target of 60.”
Apple XDR Display owners and owners of HDR-equipped monitors will receive HDR support in the game, while AirPods owners will be able to use Spatial Audio and head tracking elements. Finally, users wanting to play with Ray Tracing can enable the feature manually in Settings ➝ Graphics, under the Quick Preset menu. Ray Tracing is available on M3 and newer chips.
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition supports cross progression across all platforms, and includes the Phantom Liberty expansion as well as all subsequent patches. The title requires macOS 15.5 or later, as well as 92GB of storage when downloaded from GOG, Epic Games Store, or Steam, and 149GB of storage when downloaded from the Mac App Store. Prices vary depending on the store, but GOG currently is offering a 53 percent discount on the game’s usual $87.69 price that ends on July 23. Players who already own a copy via these storefronts can download it for free on their Apple Silicon Mac.
If you’ve had a chance to try the game, please let us know what you make of it in the comments.
Via MacRumors, GOG, Steam, and the Mac App Store