There was one small hitch: If you want to use the Shift-Tab overlay for hooking into the Steam community while playing, you need to turn on the “Enable access for assistive devices” option in the Universal Access panel.
Judging from these titles it’s your hardware-not the software-that will determine your performance on Steam for Mac, just as is true on the PC. But our test 17-inch MacBook Pro plowed through the 3D-oriented Portal on maximum details with no problems, and the lighter-weight Torchlight played smoothly at full settings even during scenes filled with animation. Granted, most Macs are not going to have video hardware quite as advanced as what you’ll find on many PCs. Every bit as well as they do on the PC version, as a matter of fact. The most important question, of course, is: How do the games play? Like a dream. This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page.
