‘Hytale’ To Support macOS At Launch, Hardware Requirements Revealed
MacOS Support has been officially announced for Hytale ahead of its Early Access Launch. Here’s what you need to know.
The wait is almost over, today marks exactly one week until the launch of Hytale in Early Access on January 13th, 2026. Over the past few weeks the team at Hypixel Studios reacquired the game from Riot Games and resumed development, giving constant teasers and updates as the days went on. Here is what you need to know. regarding macOS support for Hytale.
Hytale is an upcoming survival crafting voxel-based game developed by Hypixel Studios, the team behind the Minecraft server of the same name. Hytale features everything you can expect from this genre including Survival Mode, Creative Mode, and even in-game tools for the development of minigames, mods, and servers. The game is set to launch in Early Access next week with pre-orders available now.
In the initial blog post, the developers stated that only PCs running Windows would support the upcoming title with Linux and macOS support coming much later. However, on January 4th, Hytale Developer DevSlashNull on Twitter / X happily announced that the game will support macOS at launch (Linux Support was announced a few days earlier on January 1st by Tech Director Slikey who mentions that support will be launched with flatpack and requirements will be similar to that of Windows, Linux support will be further improved upon as the days go by). Today we’ll be discussing the hardware requirements for running Hytale on macOS which you can view below:
The hardware requirements revealed target 1080p, 30 FPS, and 1080p, 60 FPS, with varying view distances. To run Hytale, you’ll need a Mac with at least an M1 Chip running macOS Tahoe and at least 8 GB of RAM, see the full requirements below:
| 1080p @ 30 FPS @ 192 View Distance (Minimum Requirements) |
| – Apple M1 (any variant) w/macOS Tahoe- 8 GB of RAM – At least 10 GB of free space on an SSD |
| 1080p @ 60 FPS @ 384 View Distance (Recommended Requirements) |
| – Apple M2 (any variant) w/macOS Tahoe- 16 GB of RAM- At least 20 GB of free space on an SSD |
It’s unclear how Hytale will perform at higher resolutions and framerates on Mac. However, once the game launches on January 13th we should have a better idea of how well the game performs and the requirements needed to reach those targets.
Hytale is developed by Hypixel Studios, the game is set to launch in Early Access for PC on January 13th, 2026. Pre-Orders are available now on the official website.
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