7 Ways to Play Phasmophobia on Mac - Instructions + Performance

I’ve spent a lot of time figuring out how to get Phasmophobia running on my Mac, partly because I love the game and partly because I’m stubborn about making hardware do things it wasn’t really meant to do. It’s not available on macOS, but there are ways to play it. I tested every option and share everything I learned here.

Can You Play Phasmophobia on Mac?

You can, but not in the clean, native way we all wish existed. There’s still no official macOS version, so the only path forward is through workarounds. Luckily, some of them are surprisingly solid. I’ve gone through each one personally, tinkering with settings, dealing with hiccups, and eventually getting the ghosts to cooperate – at least technically, not in-game.

Cloud gaming is the easiest place to start. Boosteroid turned out to be the most balanced choice overall. It’s stable, predictable, and has improved a lot recently. Pricing-wise it beats its biggest competitor, and that matters if you want 4K streaming. Its only real drawback is that its server network is smaller, so distance can be a factor.

GeForce Now sits at the opposite end: huge server coverage, enormous library, and streaming up to 240 FPS. It’s the cloud titan. But it’s noticeably pricier than Boosteroid and still misses big titles, so the value depends on where you live and what else you plan to play.

Then there’s Xbox Cloud Gaming, which is convenient if you already have Game Pass Ultimate. You’re stuck with the Xbox version, though, and there’s no mouse-and-keyboard support. No 4K either, and its overall stream quality trails behind Boosteroid.

For local solutions, CrossOver is the standout. It runs the game decently across a range of Macs, especially powerful Apple Silicon machines. Expect some quirks, but nothing catastrophic. Sikarugir is the free GitHub alternative – rougher around the edges, more hands-on, and prone to issues, but functional if you’re patient.

Whisky is another free option, easier than Sikarugir but no longer supported. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. It’s a roll of the dice.

And finally, BootCamp deserves an honorable mention. Only Intel Macs can use it, and only the strongest Intel models can run this game comfortably. If you’ve still got a beefy iMac or Mac Pro sitting around, it’s worth a shot.

Click here for a more detailed breakdown of all the methods.

	Boosteroid and GFN	CrossOver	Sikarugir/Whisky	BootCamp
Requirements	≥ 15 Mbps Internet speed (Boosteroid) ≥ 25 Mbps Internet speed (GFN)	Apple Silicon M1 or better	Apple Silicon M1 or better	MacBook Pro (i5 or i7) or better
Must Own Game	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Supported game stores	Steam	Steam	Steam	Steam
Setup Difficulty	1/5 – 🍼 Child’s Play	4/5 – 🧩 Moderate Challenge	3/5 – 🎯 Some Focus Required	3/5 – 🎯 Some Focus Required
Time to Set Up	~ 10 min	~ 20-30 min	~ 30-40 min	~ 1-2 hours
Performance	4/5 – near native experience	4/5 – near native experience	4/5 – near native experience	1/5 – only a minuscule percentage of Intel Macs can run it
Stability	4/5 – only minor hiccups	4/5 – only minor hiccups	3/5 – a bit finicky	5/5 – very stable with powerful enough Macs

Now let’s move on to how to use those methods.

How to Play Phasmophobia on Mac

Now that I’ve tested every possible way to get this game running on my Mac, I want to walk you through how each method actually works. Every option here has its own quirks, advantages, and tiny chaos moments, so I’m laying out the steps as clearly as I can. Whether you’re leaning toward cloud gaming or going fully local, the goal is simple: help you jump in without repeating every mistake I made so far.

Play Phasmophobia With Boosteroid

How to Play Phasmophobia on Mac With Boosteroid

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Click the Boosteroid button above. Create an account or sign up with Google.
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Go to your profile page(top-right), click Subscribe, select a preferred plan, and start your subscription.
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Search for “Phasmophobia”, choose your preferred version of the game (Steam, Epic, etc.) and click Play (or Install and Play).
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Click OK, Let’s go, and wait for the game to load.
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Log into your game store account. Phasmophobia will launch directly in your browser.

Play Phasmophobia With GeForce Now

How to Play Phasmophobia on Mac With GFN

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Click the GeForce Now link → Join Now → sign up for your preferred plan.
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Go to the Downloads page. Download GeForce Now for macOS.
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Double-click the installer. Drag the app to your Applications folder.
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Launch GFN and log in.
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Click the menu in the top left → Settings → connect your respective game store account.
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Click the menu again → Games → search for Phasmophobia, and click Play.
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Wait for the connection test. If you get a weak connection warning, you can ignore it by clicking Continue and still play the game.
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Wait for the game to load and start playing.

Play Phasmophobia With XCloud

How to Play Phasmophobia on Mac With Xbox Cloud Gaming

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Download Microsoft Edge (the best browser for XCloud).
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Open Edge, click the provided XCloud link, sign up, and subscribe to the Game Pass Ultimate plan.
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If you have a game controller, connect it to your Mac.
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If you don’t have a controller, install this Edge extension, pin it to your Toolbar, and turn it on before starting the game.
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Search for Phasmophobia in the XCloud site and click Play.
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If you are using the Mouse and keyboard extension, click the center of your screen when the game starts to enable it.
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When the game loads, you can start playing.

Play Phasmophobia With CrossOver

How to Play Phasmophobia on Mac With CrossOver

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Click the CrossOver button, download the app (the free 14-day trial or the paid version), and install it.
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Open CrossOver → Bottle (top-left) → New Bottle → Create (Windows 10, 64-bit compatibility).
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Right-click the new bottle → Install Software → search for Steam and install it.
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Open Steam, log in, search for Phasmophobia in your library, and install it.
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After it installs, exit Steam, enable E-Sync, and D3DMetal, and Reboot the bottle.
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Start Steam again and launch Phasmophobia from your library.

How to Run Phasmophobia on Mac With Sikarugir

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Visit the Homebrew website and copy the installation command by clicking the button next to it.
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Press Command + Space to open Spotlight, type “Terminal,” and hit Enter.
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Paste the Homebrew command into Terminal using Command + V, then press Enter.
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Enter your Mac password when prompted (input remains invisible), and press Enter again to continue.
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Wait for the installation to proceed, then press Enter once more when prompted to complete the Homebrew installation.
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Visit the Sikarugir site, copy the installation command, paste it into Terminal, and press Enter to install it.
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Once installed, open Sikarugir from the Applications folder and click the + button to install a Wine engine (try Game Porting Toolkit first).
I recommend experimenting with different engines to see which one works best for a given game.
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Select the installed engine, click “Create New Blank Wrapper,” name it, click OK, then open it via “View Wrapper in Finder.”
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Then go to this Steam page and click the Windows logo below Install Steam to download the Windows version of Steam.
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In the wrapper config window, click Browse, find the downloaded Steam installation file, click it, and click Choose.
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Close the Config window, then open it again and it will launch the Steam Windows installer. Follow the prompts to install Steam.
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Once Steam is installed, log in, find the game in your library, click Install, and install it without changing the installation directory.
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Once this is done, you are ready to start playing. For future gaming sessions, just open the same Steam wrapper and start the game from there.

Play Phasmophobia With Whisky

How to Download Phasmophobia on Mac With Whisky

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Click the Whisky button above and download the latest version.
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Double-click the downloaded .zip file and drag and drop the extracted Whisky to your Applications folder.
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Start Whisky. Click Open when asked to confirm the action. Click Next to install.
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Select Create a Bottle and create one with Windows 10 compatibility.
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Open this Steam page and click the Windows logo (under Install Steam) to download the Windows version.
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In Whisky, click Open C: drive. Drag and drop the SteamSetup.exe file into C:.
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Click Run in Whisky, find SteamSetup.exe, open it, and follow the prompts.
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When Steam installs, log in and click Allow when asked if you want the application to accept incoming connections.
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In Steam, find Phasmophobia, click Install, and launch the game when it’s ready.

How to Run Phasmophobia on Mac With Bootcamp

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Head to Microsoft’s official site and download the latest Windows 10 ISO file.
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Next, open Boot Camp Assistant (found in Applications > Utilities), click Continue → Choose, pick your downloaded Windows ISO file, then click Open.
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Adjust the slider to give your Windows partition at least 50 GB storage, then click Install → Next.
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The installation begins. Follow the prompts, skip the product key prompt by selecting “I don’t have a product key”, then finish setting up Windows as guided.
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Once Windows is installed and set up, download Steam, install it, and use it to download Phasmophobia. Once that’s done, you are ready to play.

Phasmophobia on Mac – Performance

When I finally sat down to compare how each method actually performed on my Mac, the differences were way more dramatic than I expected. Some options felt smooth and reliable, others demanded patience, and a few surprised me in the best possible ways.

This section breaks down what I experienced firsthand – latency, visual quality, stability, all of it so you can decide where to start without wasting time. If you’re picky about performance, this is where things get interesting.

Streaming Phasmophobia on MacBook With Boosteroid

I started with Boosteroid, mostly because I’d heard it struck a nice balance, and that really lined up with what I felt in practice. Once my connection settled in, the stream stayed steady, and hitting 4K without jumping into a pricier tier was a pleasant surprise. The only thing I had to keep an eye on was distance to their servers, but when that lined up, the experience felt remarkably solid.

GeForce Now behaved like the heavyweight everyone says it is. Tons of servers, quick startup times, and a stream that stayed crisp even during busy moments. It’s great if you want flexibility or already have a big library ready to go.

Xbox Cloud Gaming was the odd one. It played surprisingly well with a controller, and the convenience of just jumping in was nice, but the browser extension for mouse-and-keyboard felt rough. When I stuck to gamepad play, it was much smoother.

Running Phasmophobia on Mac With CrossOver and Whisky

When I tested the game on my M3 Max MacBook Pro with 38 GB RAM, the overall behavior lined up with what I’d already seen in the performance overlay: a steady 60 FPS, consistent frame pacing, and GPU frame times in the same comfortable range shown earlier.

Through CrossOver, the game felt the most reliable. The translation layer kept things stable, and even when the render and compute encoders started stacking up, the system didn’t hitch or stutter in any meaningful way. It reminded me a lot of that clean performance snapshot, just scaled to stronger hardware.

Sikarugir also ran the game, but it leaned into its usual quirks. I had more small interruptions and visual oddities than in CrossOver, nothing catastrophic, but enough to notice. Whisky, being unsupported now, sat at the bottom: workable when it behaved, unpredictable when it didn’t.

Based on this, I’d expect other Apple Silicon Macs to fall into clear tiers. Machines close to the M1 Pro should see something very similar to the performance numbers I collected – locked 60 FPS and moderate memory usage. Lower-tier models might dip during heavy scenes, especially with Sikarugir or Whisky. Higher-end chips like the M2 Max or M3 Max siblings should have no trouble maintaining that smooth 60 FPS experience, with CrossOver staying the most consistent option across the board.

Download Phasmophobia on Mac With BootCamp – Is it Even Worth It?

Running the game through BootCamp on Intel Macs is technically possible, but I’d be very selective about which machines I’d even bother trying. In my head, I group them like this: older thin-and-light laptops are basically out, while high-end Intel iMacs with discrete graphics and Intel Mac Pro towers at least stand a chance.

Those machines can get reasonably close to the Windows recommended specs, especially on medium settings. I’d still expect dips under 60 FPS during hectic moments, and thermals will always be a concern on notebooks.

For most Intel owners, cloud gaming remains the more realistic long-term path, but if you already have a powerful desktop-class Intel Mac lying around, BootCamp is a fun, old-school experiment. Just don’t expect miracles or modern-PC comfort.

Phasmophobia on Mac – Conclusion

After trying every method I could get my hands on, I ended up with a pretty clear picture of how to make this game work on a Mac. There’s no native version, but the options are far from hopeless.

Cloud gaming gives you the quickest, least-fussy path, and Boosteroid and GFN both held up well. Local play takes more tinkering, yet CrossOver genuinely impressed me with how stable it felt on Apple Silicon.

Even BootCamp has its tiny niche if you’re still on Intel. No matter your Mac, there’s at least one route that gets you ghost hunting smoothly.

Play Phasmophobia on Mac