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Play Botany Manor on Mac
Step into the intricate world of Botany Manor! Enjoy this first-person puzzle game and unlock the mysteries of this Victorian mansion and the plants that grow within on your hardware of choice. Run Steam games like Botany Manor on Mac and more with Parallels Desktop.
How to play Botany Manor on a Mac
Playing Botany Manor and other Steam games in a Windows virtual machine on Mac is simple and you can get started in minutes. Here's how...
1. Install Parallels Desktop
Purchase and download Parallels Desktop*
2. Create a Windows 11** virtual machine
- Open Parallels Desktop
- Set up a Windows 11 virtual machine by following the prompts on the screen.
3. Adjust the virtual machine settings for gaming***
- Access the Parallels Desktop Control Center and navigate to the "Hardware" section and enable the Gaming Profile.
- To enable the Gaming Profile, shut down Windows via the Start menu and open its configuration. Click "Change" and select "Games only". Now close the configuration menu and start Windows.
4. Install Steam
In your Windows VM, download and install the Steam client.
5. Browse the Steam store and purchase and download Botany Manor
- Purchase and download Botany Manor.
- Enjoy!
*The Pro Edition is recommended for best gaming performance.
**Windows license needed
***Option only available in the Pro Edition or Business Edition. The Gaming Profile allows users to allocate an adequate amount of RAM, CPU, and GPU resources to ensure a seamless gaming experience. When the gaming profile is enabled, Parallels Desktop provides more RAM and CPU to Windows, enters full-screen view for greater immersion, and toggles the mouse mode for better compatibility with games.
Parallels Desktop for Mac
Authorized by Microsoft
Optimized for Mac M-series
/year
Billed annually
- Use 200,000+ Windows apps
- Access the full range of features
- No need for a second Windows or Linux machine
- Switch between macOS, Linux, and Windows effortlessly
Playing Botany Manor on a Mac FAQs
You can play Botany Manor on your Mac provided you have a Windows 11 license, and it meets the minimum system requirements below:
| Processor | Intel Core i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz; Shader Model 5 *A 64-bit processor and operating system is recommended |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GForce GTX 1050 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
| Network | Broadband Internet Connection |
| Storage | 1 GB available space |
You can use Parallels Desktop to play any Steam games that you can play on a Windows PC. As Parallels Desktop enables you to run Windows on Mac, you can access much of the Steam library of 50,000+ games.
Note that while the Steam platform is free to use and hosts many free-to-play games, other popular games require subscriptions to play.
Botany Manor is a Windows game that is available on Steam and XBox.
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