I realise the platform is going to narrow my options considerably but I keep hearing that things are getting better these days for mac gaming.

The obvious choice is Resident Evil Village and I’m this close to buying it but I’m a bit put off by first having to get it from the Mac App Store, then also the fact that it contains in-app-purchases but most irksome of all, the fact that it requires a network connection to start the game. None of these are dealbreakers, though that 3rd one is as close as it can get to a deal breaker because it’s a real turn off. Why should I have a network connection? I’m sure I probably would but if I’m buying it, it’s my game and I want to use it how I like.

The main criteria I’m looking for is:

• M2 Silicone compatible
• Graphically intensive (bit of e-peen sillyness but I want to get a sense of what this thing can do)
• preferably native (as opposed to rosetta)
• has a single player mode
• preferably is single player focussed
• as little DRM bullshit as possible (such as completely unnecessary requirements for network connection to play my own game that I’ve bought)

I’ve previously enjoyed

• Dirt Rally (2015)
• Metro Redux
• Civ IV and VI

I could list other games but they’re pretty much all nearly 20 years old now so they’re not so relevant. I particularly like racing but a highly conventional FPS would be fun too, I’m just not really very interested in multiplayer and prefer a storyline.