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Elin

Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?

macOS

Playable

Recommendations

8,292

Try It

Demo
On Steam

Released

2024

Playing Elin on macOS

Elin has been tested and is playable on macOS using any of the methods below:

Parallels Playable

Elin is playable on macOS using Parallels. Parallels is virtual machine software that lets you run Windows on macOS.

See playability reports below for more information.

Playability Reports

Parallels
Perfect
1440p < 1 Hour 50 FPS Demo
Mac mini M4
  • 24GB RAM
  • 10-Core CPU
  • 10-Core GPU
  • macOS Tahoe
Method
  • Parallels (Windows) v26.1.1
  • Steam
Comments

If textures are missing, as they were for me, do the following:

1. Open the virtual machine configuration.
2. Navigate to Hardware > Boot Order > Advanced Settings > Boot flags.
3. Paste the following line into the Boot flags field: video.untrimmed_dynamic_cbuffers=1

CrossOver
Broken
Mac mini M4
  • 24GB RAM
  • 10-Core CPU
  • 10-Core GPU
  • macOS Tahoe
Method
Comments

When starting a new game, once it's daylight a dialog opens and then the game no longer accepts any input.

I was also unable to load my saved game (auto-saved game). The load button does nothing when clicked.

About Elin

A sequel to the legendary Japanese free game "Elona," which has inspired countless tales and adventurers who never returned. While retaining the traditional roguelike gameplay, Elin introduces crafting, survival elements, and base building/management, creating an even more open and chaotic experience.

Live freely as an adventurer with your companions and pets. The marks you leave and the scars you inflict upon this world are entirely up to you.

Key Features:


  • A sandbox, open-world RPG based on roguelike gameplay.
  • Live your life, survive, craft, build and manage bases and towns, enjoy housing, fishing, theft, music, farming, livestock breeding, childbirth, setting up shops, tourism, and much more.
  • A seamless blend of endless randomly generated content and carefully crafted fixed content faithful to the world setting.
  • A continuously expanding world and gameplay. Updates will continue even after the early access.
  • The prologue to an epic story revolving around humans and the Elea.

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