Mac System Requirements

[goobie]

Minimum Spec

• OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
  
• Processor: 2011 or newer Intel Core i5
  
• Memory: 6 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: Nvidia or ATi GPU with 1GB Memory
  
• Storage: 4 GB available space
  
• Additional Notes: Dedicated graphics card required. No Mac Mini model is officially supported at this time.

In order to determine if your Mac reaches the minimum spec for Firewatch, answer the following questions:

• Is my Mac a 2011 or newer model?
  
• Do I have a dedicated graphics card?
  *NOTE* This rules out all Mac Mini models, MacBooks Air, MacBooks, 13” MacBook Pros, 21.5” iMacs.
  
• Do I have at least 6GB of RAM?

To look at your hardware specs (from Apple’s support page): "open the System Information app from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Or just hold down the Option key while choosing System Information from the Apple menu. Expand “Hardware” in the left pane…"

What do you mean by “Minimum”?

This configuration is the lowest spec’d machine we feel will provide an acceptable customer experience. This is not the lowest possible config to get the game to boot, but anything lower than this we consider unsupported.

Do I really need 6GB of RAM?

With 4GB of memory you should be able to play the game most of the time but there are a few cases where you may be able to outrun our streaming system. Having only 4GB of memory can cause frame-rate hitches or stability issues. We know the game runs fine with ~5GB but listing that as a requirement felt strange since that's an extremely unlikely config (one that we couldn't even test on!). With 4GB of RAM you probably will not be able to play above Low graphics settings.

Integrated GPUs

We are not officially supporting integrated GPUs (like the Intel HD series, or the Intel Iris series).

There is a large gap in performance between integrated and dedicated GPUs. The game as it exists may still work on some integrated GPUs however you may have bouts of hitching or sub-30FPS gameplay. We do not enforce (ie. the game will still boot without) a dedicated GPU, but we do recommend one for stable framerate.

Please note that the Mac Mini line, MacBook line, MacBook Air line, 13” MacBook Pro, and 21.5” iMac all use integrated GPUs.

If you are attempting to play Firewatch on an integrated GPU, try using Low graphics settings and a low resolution that maintains your display’s aspect ratio. You may also want to ensure you aren’t running off battery power.

How Metal is Firewatch?

Our small group of dedicated Mac fans are still working on our Metal runtime with both Apple and Unity. We'll give a news update when it becomes available, and will only have the OpenGL runtime for launch.

[NextFire]

Thx anyway we'll see tommorow

[Thren]

Hey there!
I have a short question. I bought me a 2015 Macbook Pro with 13" and i have no idea if the intregrated Intel Iris Card is enoght for playing that game. Can someone share his oder her experience with me? =)

[Surprise]

Ok, In iMac 21.5 late 2013, Iris Pro, you could play at low and even trying at medium with some fps drops (16-22).
I also tried at an NVIDIA 620m and it was quite the same.

[sparkplug]

Can we try out the metal version by some config change?

[dysamoria]

Any updates to this, ever??