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bigthankies Jun 7, 2013 @ 2:20am

Is "Scribblenauts Unlimited" not yet updated for the mac?

I've downloaded Stream and bought the game. Stream oped fine, everything is working. However when I try to open "Scribblenauts Unlimited" it says that it is unavailable and that this platform does not suppot it. Please reply to this, I don't want to have wasted 30 dollars on a game that does not even run. Thanks you!

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Coffee Jun 7, 2013 @ 5:05pm

The game store page don't even say it's for Mac, why in the first place you still bought it?

Raven Dumron Jun 7, 2013 @ 5:26pm

I'm sorry, but you may have made a mistake indeed.
I'll take it you are new to Steam and got here in the first place because you heard it could run Mac games. And while this is true, it does not mean EVERY game on the store can be run on Mac. In fact, only a few can.

To clarify: Scribblenauts Unlimited is a PC only game on Steam for the moment. Maybe there will be a Mac port, maybe there won't, but for now there is none. If you check out the store page ( ) you will see that right above the price and "add to cart" button, there is a windows icon. This is what tell you what kind of computer you need to run this game.

Generally, Mac games are featured as "SteamPlay" games. Here is an exemple:
As to how to know when a game is gonna be SteamPlay...well, there is no really efficient way to predict it. Valve usually tries to port all of its games to Mac (even Linux recently). Some other editors two. But you have to keep in mind that it takes time and money to make a Mac port, and right now, the Mac gaming market is not strong enough that all editors are willing to take this step.

Until then, you can browse the Mac games available from Steam on the main store page. If you don't know it already, check out Portal, the one I linked. It's really good.

I hope this helps. Happy gaming!

Last edited by Raven Dumron; Jun 7, 2013 @ 5:27pm