Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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First impressions of Cronos: The First Dawn running on a M4 Mac mini with 16 GB RAM natively on Mac!
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Method:
Hardware: M4 Mac mini • 16 GB RAM
Resolution: 1080p
Notes: Consistent micro stutter, game accidentally released on Steam, may not be available yet.
Cronos: The First Dawn - store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Graphics Settings
00:43 - Gameplay
3:48 - Gameplay (Cutscene)
4:11 - Gameplay
Minimum Hardware Recommendation
RAM: 24 GB or more
Apple Silicon: M3 Pro
SSD: 28+ GB RAM
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How We Rate Performance:
⭐️ - The game does not launch on Mac
⭐️⭐️ - The game launches but exhibits very poor performance
⭐️⭐️⭐️ -The game launches and is playable, with only some minor issues
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The game runs with excellent performance and minimal issues
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Perfect performance; the game runs flawlessly on Mac, achieving a solid 60+ FPS and feels native to the platform
💻 Gear used for channel:
•MacBook Pro M1 Max - apple.com/shop/product/G15H7LL/A/refurbished-14-inch-macbook-pro-apple-m1-max-chip-with-10‑core-cpu-and-24‑core-gpu-space-gray
•SanDisk Extreme 1 TB - amazon.com/SanDisk-1TB-Extreme-Portable-SDSSDE61-1T00-G25/dp/B08GTYFC37
•Blue Yeti X - amazon.com/Professional-Condenser-Microphone-Streaming-Podcasting/dp/B07QKQJL17
•27” LG UltraGear Display - bestbuy.com/site/lg-ultragear-27-nano-ips-qhd-g-sync-compatible-monitor-with-hdr-black/6451081.p?skuId=6451081
•Final Cut Pro X - apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933?mt=12
•Keyboard - logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/mx-keys-s.920-011558.html
•Trackpad - apple.com/shop/product/MK2D3AM/A/magic-trackpad-white-multi-touch-surface
•Mouse - logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/m350-pebble-wireless-mouse.910-005743.html
Join the Mac Gaming Discord Server! - discord.gg/9F7uUcjUNT
First impressions of Cronos: The First Dawn running on a M4 Mac mini with 16 GB RAM natively on Mac!
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
Method:
Hardware: M4 Mac mini • 16 GB RAM
Resolution: 1080p
Notes: Consistent micro stutter, game accidentally released on Steam, may not be available yet.
Cronos: The First Dawn - store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Graphics Settings
00:43 - Gameplay
3:48 - Gameplay (Cutscene)
4:11 - Gameplay
Minimum Hardware Recommendation
RAM: 24 GB or more
Apple Silicon: M3 Pro
SSD: 28+ GB RAM
Thanks for watching! Make sure to subscribe for more games on Mac!
--
How We Rate Performance:
⭐️ - The game does not launch on Mac
⭐️⭐️ - The game launches but exhibits very poor performance
⭐️⭐️⭐️ -The game launches and is playable, with only some minor issues
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The game runs with excellent performance and minimal issues
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Perfect performance; the game runs flawlessly on Mac, achieving a solid 60+ FPS and feels native to the platform
💻 Gear used for channel:
•MacBook Pro M1 Max - apple.com/shop/product/G15H7LL/A/refurbished-14-inch-macbook-pro-apple-m1-max-chip-with-10‑core-cpu-and-24‑core-gpu-space-gray
•SanDisk Extreme 1 TB - amazon.com/SanDisk-1TB-Extreme-Portable-SDSSDE61-1T00-G25/dp/B08GTYFC37
•Blue Yeti X - amazon.com/Professional-Condenser-Microphone-Streaming-Podcasting/dp/B07QKQJL17
•27” LG UltraGear Display - bestbuy.com/site/lg-ultragear-27-nano-ips-qhd-g-sync-compatible-monitor-with-hdr-black/6451081.p?skuId=6451081
•Final Cut Pro X - apps.apple.com/us/app/final-cut-pro/id424389933?mt=12
•Keyboard - logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/mx-keys-s.920-011558.html
•Trackpad - apple.com/shop/product/MK2D3AM/A/magic-trackpad-white-multi-touch-surface
•Mouse - logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/m350-pebble-wireless-mouse.910-005743.html
