Download The Medium for macOS

Spirit Blast isn't just for combat—it charges up in one reality to power a shield in the other, and that split-second timing is where this port quietly shines on Apple Silicon. The Medium 1.1.22 brings Bloober Team's dual-reality horror to Mac as a native ARM build, and on an M1 MacBook Air running macOS Sequoia, it holds a steady frame rate even when the screen tears itself in two. You control Marianne, a medium who walks the physical world and the spirit plane simultaneously, solving puzzles that span both. The Maw stalks that other side, a monster voiced with a disturbing whisper that comes through clearly even on the MacBook Air speakers. Controls map smoothly to a controller—keyboard and mouse work, but the fixed camera angles feel built for thumbsticks. It's a tight, atmospheric experience that never asks you to drop settings to low just to stay playable.

Story-driven psychological horror, tuned for Apple Silicon

• Fans of story-driven psychological horror like Silent Hill
• Appreciating the native Apple Silicon optimization—no Rosetta needed
• Dual-reality puzzles that genuinely split your attention

Fixed cameras, Intel Macs left behind

• Requires macOS 12.0 or later; no Intel Mac support
• Fixed camera angles, not free-look third-person
• The Maw encounters lean toward stealth, not combat

Cap the frame rate before haunting the Niwa Hotel

A few early tweaks make the opening hours smoother. Before you dive deep into the Niwa Hotel, open the graphics settings and cap the frame rate to 30 fps if you're on a fanless MacBook Air—performance stays consistent, and the machine stays cooler during those long dual-reality stretches where the engine renders both worlds at once. Controller users will feel right at home, but if you're sticking with a keyboard, rebind the Spirit Blast to a side mouse button; reaching for Q while you're strafing from the Maw gets clumsy fast.

Lean into the fixed camera angles instead of fighting them. The game controls like an old-school survival horror title by design, not by oversight. Let each camera cut guide your eye—Bloober Team often hides spirit energy wells and collectible postcards just off the intended path, and the static shots are framed to reward players who pause and scan the edges of the room. And wear headphones. Akira Yamaoka's half of the soundtrack does a lot of heavy lifting in the spirit world, and the Maw's whispers shift directionally; you'll hear which corner it's coming from before you see it.

Performance and stability notes

On an M1 MacBook Air with 8 GB of unified memory, the native ARM build impresses without feeling like a compromise. Loading screens between major areas clock in around six to eight seconds, and the split-screen dual-reality sequences—where the display literally slices in two—hold a locked 30 fps without stuttering, even with particle-heavy spirit effects filling half the frame. The medium macos free of translation-layer overhead means the GPU isn't sweating through Rosetta, and you feel that in the thermals: after a two-hour session, the chassis is warm but never hot enough to throttle.

Stability has been rock-solid across the full playthrough. No crashes during scene transitions, no corrupted saves, and no audio desyncs in cutscenes—a common pain point in ports that sometimes ship too early. Memory pressure stays in the green according to Activity Monitor, though closing background browsers before launching is still a smart habit if you're on the base 8 GB model. For a game that asks the GPU to render two distinct visual layers simultaneously, the optimization work here is genuinely thoughtful.

• macOS 12.0 or later
• Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer)