War Thunder on Mac | RigCircuit

Source-led route

Gaijin publishes Mac requirements and an installation guide for War Thunder. Its requirements page names Intel Core processors but no Apple silicon chip or list of Mac models. The page therefore does not establish whether a particular Apple silicon Mac is supported.

RigCircuit has not tested War Thunder on a Mac. Gaijin's requirements and installation pages were checked on September 20, 2026. No compatibility, frame rate or temperature claim is made for any Mac model.

Evidence

Official Mac requirements

The War Thunder requirements page^[1] lists Mac requirements next to the Windows and Linux ones.

Component	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	macOS Big Sur 11.0 or newer	macOS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
Processor	Core i5, at least 2.2 GHz. Intel Xeon is not supported	Core i7. Intel Xeon is not supported
Memory	6 GB	8 GB
Graphics	Intel Iris Pro 5200, or an AMD or NVIDIA equivalent for Mac, with Metal support	Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support
Minimum resolution	720p with Metal support	Not separately specified
Network	Broadband connection	Broadband connection
Storage	22.1 GB for the minimal client	62.2 GB for the full client

Gaijin gives no target frame rate or graphics preset for either column. These rows state the studio's published minimum and recommended specifications, not a result for a particular Mac.

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Section 02

What the table does not say

Every processor named in the Mac rows is an Intel Core chip. The page does not mention Apple silicon, an M-series chip or any translation layer. That silence is not a confirmation, and it is not a refusal either. It means that a Mac with an Apple chip cannot be checked against this table, because none of the rows names a chip family it could match.

For the same reason, no Mac model is named here as compatible, and Gaijin's page adds no model list of any kind.

Action plan

Installing on a Mac

Gaijin's support guide for installing the game on macOS^[2] lists four steps. Download the client from the official game site and run the file. Move the game icon to the Applications folder. Open the War Thunder launcher from the context menu. If macOS blocks the launcher because of its security settings, the guide says to confirm it with the open anyway option in the settings, after which the launcher runs. The guide also asks you to check the system requirements before installing.

Section 04

How to check your Mac

Find your Mac's exact model, processor and memory from its own specifications.
Compare them with the table above, one row at a time.
If every component in your Mac matches the relevant column, you are inside the configuration that Gaijin publishes.
If your Mac uses an Apple chip, the published table does not state whether it is supported. Ask Gaijin support about that model before relying on the Intel-based rows.

Free space matters as well. The table lists 22.1 GB for the minimal client and 62.2 GB for the full client, so check the page again for the current figures before you install.

Evidence

Windows requirements and test status

The official Mac requirements and support statements are the only subject here. The general Windows specification is in War Thunder PC requirements. Nothing here describes how the game performs on a Mac, and none of it is a test result.

Evidence record

Sources

War Thunder about the game, system requirements^[1], Gaijin Entertainment, checked September 20, 2026.
Installing the game on MAC OS^[2], Gaijin Support, checked September 20, 2026.

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Sources checked for this article

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War Thunder about the game, system requirementsGaijin Entertainment, warthunder.com · Checked September 20, 2026
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Installing the game on MAC OSGaijin Support · Checked September 20, 2026
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