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Steam finally goes native on Apple Silicon, here’s how to try it (Beta)


After a years-long wait, Steam for Mac is finally a native Apple Silicon app. Or about to be. Here' s how you can try it right now.

To many users, that meant extra overhead, slower performance, and a clunky experience across the board, especially in the Chromium-based UI that powers much of the Steam client. That means dramatically faster launch times, noticeably more responsive scrolling and navigation, and smoother access to Store and Community pages. Beyond this timeframe, we will keep a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed at supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that rely on Intel-based frameworks.

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