How to Play Among US on a Mac

Among Us is a great party game that was released in 2018 and is mainly available on Windows, Steam, Android, iOS, among others. Despite the popularity of the game, it is not yet available on macOS. But don't worry, there are other ways to play Among Us in a Mac.

How to play Among Us on a Mac?

These methods can be:

• Using the iPad Apps tab and iPhone from the Apple App Center
• By using the PlayonMac application (based on Wine)
• By using an Android emulator (like BlueStacks)
• By using a virtual machine application (e.g. Parallel Desktop)
• Using Bootcamp (to install Windows)

But before you move on to playing Among Us on Mac, make sure that your Mac's operating system is updated to its latest version, otherwise, it may cause incompatibility with other applications such as an Android emulator.

Use iPad and iPhone apps

Many M1 users (including Pro/Max Mac users) can install the Among Us game via the iPad and iPhone Apps tab of the Apple App Store. This method is the easiest if the user's Mac supports it.

• Starts App Store on the Mac and search for Among Us.
• Now, in the search results, head to the Apps tab. iPad and iPhone and locate Among Us.
• Then click Get and once the game is downloaded, click on Install.

• Now enter the ID y the password from Apple (if prompted).
• Once the Among Us game is installed, launch the game by clicking Open and ta-da, Among Us is running on the Mac.

Use the PlayonMac app

PlayonMac is based on Wine, which acts as a compatibility layer for Windows applications to run on a Mac system, and although installing an emulator or virtual machine may be more performance-oriented for some users, please note that it may not work for all users.

• start a Web navigator and go to PlayonMac website.

• Now click on Download and, once downloaded, drag and drop el .DWG file in the folder Applications.
• Then do right click en PlayonMac and select Open.
• Now open the pop-up window that is displayed and at the top of the window click on Install.
• Then search Steam and later, install it following the instructions on the screen.
• Once installed, start the steam client and log in with Steam credentials. Make sure to check Remember password.
• Now, in the Mac Dock, click right click en Steam y close it. Let it close if it takes longer than usual.
• Once this is done, reopen the client Stream and let it update if requested.
• When the Steam client window appears, head to your Library and search Among UsIf the Steam library page is black, follow step 12.
• Now download e install Among Us.
• Then start Among Us and enjoy the game on Mac.
• If the Steam Library page is black on step 9, cierra el steam client from the Mac dock and go to PlayonMac.
• Now, hover your mouse over Steam (so that it is selected but not launched), and near the top, click Setup.

• Then in the tab General admission from the Configure window, copy the following and stick it in the field Arguments:
• came steam.exe -without browser +open steam://open/minigameslist
• Now cierra the Configuration window and start the client Steam.
• Once the Library list is displayed, Among Us starts and start enjoying the game. If the game is not showing in your Steam library, make sure you have purchased it.

Use an Android emulator

Many emulators can be used Android to play Among Us on Mac. For the sake of illustration, we will discuss the BlueStacks process. BlueStacks is primarily supported on Mac models with a process Intel, while it is not compatible with Mac models released before 2014 (or M1 Mac). Also, make sure the following are met minimum requirements for BlueStacks on Mac:

• mac OS: Sierra (10.12)
• Operating system architecture: 64 bits
• Virtualization: Able
• RAM: 4GB
• Free space: 8 GB or more

Download and install BlueStacks

If the Mac meets the required system requirements of BlueStacks, a user can follow the steps below to install BlueStacks:

• start a Web navigator and go to the page BlueStacks download.

• then download la 64-bit version from BlueStacks for macOS and, once downloaded, install it.

Unlock, launch and configure BlueStacks

• start now BlueStacks and if you receive a If you get an execution blocking message (most likely you will receive it) from macOS, click Open Security & Privacy.

• Then near the bottom of the window In Mac Preferences, click Allow that system software from developer BlueStack Systems, Inc. may not load.
• Once BlueStacks is launched, set it up and make sure login in BlueStacks using a Google account,

Download and install Among Us

• First, go to the tab App Center of BlueStacks and, in the right corner of the window, click on the box search.
• Now write Among Us and press the key Enter.

• Then, in the search results that appear, open Among Us and click Install.
• Now waiting to the page of Google Play Store from Among Us and then click on Install.
• Once installed, click Open to start Among Us and configure the game controls depending on your requirements. Just make sure to enable “Touch” controls in the game settings and then in the macOS menu bar, enable “Touch Alternatives.”
• Now click on Accept and in the warning Full screen, click Understood.
• Then in the pop-up window Among Us Privacy, click I understand and later, join a game. Hooray, the Among Us game that runs on the Mac.

Use a virtual machine application

Many Mac users may not be comfortable using an Android emulator on their system and would like to use a more customizable way to play Among US on a Mac.

For these users, using a virtual machine would be a better approach. Although there are many applications in this niche such as VirtualBox (free but may show some performance issues) or VMWare Fusion (paid), as an illustration, we will analyze the process for Parallel Desktop (paid).

Before continuing, make sure your Mac is powerful enough to run the virtual machine and the game.

• start a Web navigator and go to the Parallel download page (click Buy Now or Free Trial).

• Once downloaded, start the Parallel Installer y sigue the on-screen prompts to complete the process.
• At the end, when the parallel setup asks you to download e install Windows 11, Click on Install Windows.
• Now sigue the prompts on the screen to install Windows and once done, install Among Us (either the Microsoft Store version or the Steam version) and hooray, Among Us running on Mac.

By using Bootcamp

There will be many Mac gamers who will want to dedicate all the system resources to gaming, for those users, using Bootcamp to install Among Us is the best option as it will make the system run faster. Boot dual, that is, macOS and Windows.

Before you continue, make sure you download the latest ISO of Windows 10 from the Microsoft website and keep a unit USB empty with at least 5 GB of storage available. Also, make sure to remove all other storage devices from your Mac.

• Starts Bootcamp Assistant from the Spotlight search (or the Utilities folder) on your Mac and click on Continue.
• Now, mark Download the latest Windows support software for Apple e install windows.
• Then, in the pop-up window that appears, select the file Windows ISO (previously downloaded), and then select the usb drive.
• Now select the space you want Book Now for Windows operating system (preferably 20GB or more) and then sigue the on-screen prompts to complete the process.
• Once Windows is installed, start the system in Windows and download/install the client Steam from the official Steam website.
• Now start Steam and log in with Steam credentials.
• Then in the Steam client, search and install among us.
• Now start Among US and enjoy Among US game on Mac.

Dear readers, hopefully the above methods have worked for you. Please don't forget to share your experience with us in the comments.