5 Ways to Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac

I’ve spent the last few weeks wrestling with Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on my Mac, because curiosity always wins. The game itself isn’t on macOS at all, but there are ways around that. I tested every workaround I could find, and I’m sharing the whole messy journey here.

Our video tutorial where we show how to run Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves on Mac using different methods.

Can You Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac on Mac?

Technically, you can play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on a Mac, but not because the game suddenly decided to show macOS some love. There’s still no native version, so everything I tried involved workarounds – some surprisingly smooth, some held together with hope and duct tape.

The most balanced option for me was Boosteroid. It’s a cloud service that’s stabilized recently, and streaming the game felt reliably crisp. The pricing hits a sweet spot too, especially if you care about 4K. The only catch is that its server coverage isn’t as global as the big competitors, so mileage varies by location.
For a local method, CrossOver ended up being the strongest pick. It isn’t perfect – you can feel the occasional jank – but nothing ever broke the experience. On a powerful Apple Silicon machine, it handled the game far better than I expected, giving me a solid offline play option.
Sikarugir was the wild card. It’s a free GitHub alternative to CrossOver, and I admire the ambition, but it definitely asks more from you. I had the game running, but issues popped up more often and required far more tinkering.
Whisky sits in a similar zone: free, easier to set up, but no longer supported by its developer. Depending on when you try it, it might behave or not launch at all.

And then there’s BootCamp – an honorable relic. Only Intel Macs can use it, and only the beefier ones can handle this game. Still, on a maxed-out iMac or Mac Pro, it’s not impossible.

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

	Boosteroid	CrossOver	Sikarugir/Whisky	BootCamp
Requirements	≥ 15 Mbps Internet speed (Boosteroid)	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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac

Now that I’ve gone through all the ways you can get Uncharted running on a Mac, I want to break down the actual steps I followed for each method.

This part isn’t theory anymore – it’s what I did, what worked, what broke, and what I had to nudge back into place. Think of it as the practical map I wished I had before diving in. You can jump to whichever option fits your setup best today.

Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection With Boosteroid

How to Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 “Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves”, 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. Uncharted will launch directly in your browser.

Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection With CrossOver

How to Play Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection from your library.

How to Run Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection With Whisky

How to Download Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, click Install, and launch the game when it’s ready.

How to Run Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection 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 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. Once that’s done, you are ready to play.

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac – Performance

Performance is always the part everyone actually cares about, and it’s where my own testing got interesting. After trying every method on my Mac, I ended up with a messy pile of notes about frame pacing quirks, small victories, and moments where things finally clicked.

This section is for anyone who wants more than the basic “yes, it works.” I’m laying out how each method felt in real play, so you can decide what’s worth your time.

Streaming Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on MacBook With Boosteroid

When I tested the game through Boosteroid, it felt like the most straightforward way to dodge all the usual Mac headaches. I went in with a wired connection because I’ve learned the hard way that Wi-Fi loves to sabotage action games, and the service rewarded me with surprisingly steady performance.

My line sits around 300 Mbps, so hitting the 4K stream wasn’t an issue, and Boosteroid’s built-in support for that resolution really does make it stand out. What mattered more was stability: once I confirmed my ping to their closest server stayed under 20 ms, the game responded instantly enough that I forgot I was streaming it.

I also tried a session over Wi-Fi just to tempt fate, and while it didn’t fall apart, the occasional micro stutter reminded me why Ethernet is safer. Overall, cloud play felt weirdly natural, almost like cheating past hardware limits on my Mac overall.

Running Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac With CrossOver and Whisky

When I pushed the game through CrossOver on my M3 Max MacBook Pro (38 GB RAM), the numbers in the overlay told the story better than anything: running at 2560×1440, translated through Rosetta with D3D12, the game hovered around 53 FPS, with Metal memory climbing to 13.63 GB and total app usage hitting 28 GB. It wasn’t flawless – frame-time spikes were visible – but it felt surprisingly close to what I’d call comfortably playable.

Sikarugir managed similar performance, but every win came with more tinkering. I could reach the same general framerate range, yet the stability wasn’t quite there. More stutters, more weird pauses, more moments where I had to coax the game back into behaving.

Whisky landed even further down the ladder. Since it’s no longer actively supported, my results varied from “almost identical to Sikarugir” to “refuses to launch today,” depending on the build and mood of the universe.

Based on this, I’d expect lower-end Apple Silicon models – M1, M2 base chips, anything with fewer GPU cores – to dip well below the 50-FPS zone at the same resolution, especially in heavier scenes. Meanwhile, an M3 Pro or another M3 Max should comfortably match or slightly exceed what I saw, especially under CrossOver, which remains the most stable of the local options.

Download Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac With BootCamp – Is it Even Worth It?

Bootcamp is technically still on the table, but when I look at the Windows requirements and then at old Intel Macs, the overlap is tiny. You’re basically talking about high-end iMacs or Mac Pros with strong discrete GPUs that land somewhere near a GTX 1060 in practice.

On those, I’d expect medium settings at 1080p, maybe nudging higher with some compromises, and frame rates wandering in the 40–60 FPS range depending on the scene. Anything with an integrated Intel GPU? I just wouldn’t bother.

Even if you get it to launch, you’ll be wrestling low settings, hitching, and constant trade-offs. At that point, cloud gaming or my Apple Silicon CrossOver tests feel like a much saner way to experience the game on a decent monitor.

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on Mac – Conclusion

In the end, playing Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection on a Mac is less “click install” and more “choose your adventure.” For most people, I’d start with Boosteroid: solid quality, great 4K value, and zero tinkering.

If you hate input lag and own a powerful Apple Silicon laptop, CrossOver is the best local bet. Sikarugir and Whisky are there if you’re stubborn, curious, or broke, just expect extra hassle. And if you’re on one of the rare, beefy Intel Macs, BootCamp is a last, risky detour. Either way, the game absolutely can live on macOS – just not natively for Mac players.