Playing Borderlands 3 on macOS
Borderlands 3 has been confirmed to play natively on Apple silicon macs. It's been tested using the methods below:
- Borderlands 3 is a macOS native game, which means you can just install it and play it.
Check game test reports below for performance, tips, and mac hardware tested.
About Borderlands 3
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and an all-new mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four brand new Vault Hunters – the ultimate treasure-seeking badasses of the Borderlands, each with deep skill trees, abilities, and customization. Play solo or join with friends to take on insane enemies, score loads of loot and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy.
A MAYHEM-FUELED THRILL RIDE
Stop the fanatical Calypso Twins from uniting the bandit clans and claiming the galaxy’s ultimate power. Only you, a thrill-seeking Vault Hunter, have the arsenal and allies to take them down.
YOUR VAULT HUNTER, YOUR PLAYSTYLE
Become one of four extraordinary Vault Hunters, each with unique abilities, playstyles, deep skill trees, and tons of personalization options. All Vault Hunters are capable of awesome mayhem alone, but together they are unstoppable.
LOCK, LOAD, AND LOOT
With bazillions of guns and gadgets, every fight is an opportunity to score new gear. Firearms with self-propelling bullet shields? Check. Rifles that spawn fire-spewing volcanoes? Obviously. Guns that grow legs and chase down enemies while hurling verbal insults? Yeah, got that too.
NEW BORDERLANDS
Discover new worlds beyond Pandora, each featuring unique environments to explore and enemies to destroy. Tear through hostile deserts, battle your way across war-torn cityscapes, navigate deadly bayous, and more!
QUICK & SEAMLESS CO-OP ACTION
Play with anyone at any time with online co-op, regardless of your level or mission progress.
macOS Game Tests
Borderlands 3 tested on macOS.
Borderlands 3 is natively supported on macOS. See below to see how well it performs.
Excellent 1080p < 1 Hour Played 30 FPS
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Hardware
Mac mini M4
Sequoia, 24GB Memory
10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU
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Method
Native
- Launcher Epic Games
- Graphics Preset Low
Additional Information
Gameplay was alright although it had issues with changing resolution and advanced graphic settings (menu kept reverting to old settings when going back in even though I saved them).
Note: If you install the game to a case-sensitive file system the game won't run, which I found out by installing to my external drive. The mac internal drive works (unless you formatted it and changed to case-sensitive).
