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Transferring PC Steam game to MacOS Wine Steam game
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I’m using Heroic Game Launcher on my MacBook, but I think it should work in Crossover too.

Here’s how you can do it:

  1. From your PC Steam, go to your game library and select the game you want to transfer to your Mac.
  2. Open Manage -> Browse local files.
  3. Copy the game folder to your external drive.
  4. Next, copy appmanifest_[App_ID].acf. This file can be found in Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/[here]. You can find the game App_ID by going to the game library properties -> Updates.
  5. After copying both the game folder and appmanifest_[App_ID].acf, move them to your Mac.

On your Mac, make sure to quit the Steam app first. Paste the appmanifest file into the same folder structure in Steam, for example, [Crossover dir]/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/[here] or something similar. Next, paste the game folder into [Crossover dir]/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/[here] or something similar. Finally, open the Steam app, go to the game library, and you should see the game you copied there. Select the game, open properties -> installed files, and click “verify integrity of game files”. Wait until it’s done, and sometimes it might ask you to download a smaller file that’s not compatible, but it’s usually only a few MB.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully copied your game to your Mac.

I’ve tested this with games like The Witcher 3 and Rise of Tomb Raider PC versions, and it works great with Heroic Game Launcher. Good luck! 😊

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