At a glance
The Sims 2 Legacy Collection starts on Apple Silicon Macs, according to a player report: M4, 27 September 2026, rated 5 out of 5. The report is short — 6 min of play, and nobody has checked longer sessions yet. We haven’t run The Sims 2 Legacy Collection in Uncork ourselves yet.
The Sims 2 Legacy Collection came out on Steam on 31 January 2025, made by MAXIS.
Will The Sims 2 Legacy Collection run on a Mac?
Players ran The Sims 2 Legacy Collection on Apple Silicon Macs through the same kind of compatibility layer Uncork uses:
| Date | Mac | macOS | Rating | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2026 | M4 | 26.5 | 5 / 5 | 6 min |
What your Mac needs
You need a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer): Uncork does not run on Intel Macs.
Steam requirements list at least 4 GB of memory for The Sims 2 Legacy Collection.
Any Apple Silicon Mac has enough memory for the listed minimum.
Allow about 17 GB for the game and another 5 GB for Uncork and Steam (their size in our fresh-install check in October 2026).
How to launch with Uncork
- Download Uncork — it’s free.
- On first launch, Uncork installs everything it needs and Steam — about ten minutes.
- Sign in to Steam with your password or a QR code from the Steam app on your phone.
- Find The Sims 2 Legacy Collection in your library and install it (17 GB).
- Launch it with the “Play” button in Uncork.
If The Sims 2 Legacy Collection won’t start or crashes, message us on Telegram at @uncorkwin and we’ll look into it together.
What we have not tested
We haven’t run The Sims 2 Legacy Collection ourselves, so we don’t know the frame rate on your Mac.