At a glance
Watch_Dogs 2 starts on Apple Silicon Macs, according to a player report: M4, 8 October 2026, rated 4 out of 5. The report is short — 2 min of play, and nobody has checked longer sessions yet. We haven’t run Watch_Dogs 2 in Uncork ourselves yet.
Watch_Dogs 2 came out on Steam on 28 November 2016, made by Ubisoft.
Will Watch_Dogs 2 run on a Mac?
Anti-cheat: Easy Anti-Cheat — online play on a Mac may be restricted.
Players ran Watch_Dogs 2 on Apple Silicon Macs through the same kind of compatibility layer Uncork uses:
| Date | Mac | macOS | Rating | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | M4 | 27.0.1 | 4 / 5 | 2 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 6 GB of memory for Watch_Dogs 2; 8 GB recommended.
Any Apple Silicon Mac has enough memory for the listed minimum.
Allow about 27 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 Watch_Dogs 2 in your library and install it (27 GB).
- Before its first launch, Watch_Dogs 2 will ask you to sign in to Ubisoft Connect: Uncork installs it automatically. We have reached the launcher’s sign-in window; we haven’t tested Watch_Dogs 2 through it.
- Launch it with the “Play” button in Uncork.
If Watch_Dogs 2 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 Watch_Dogs 2 ourselves, so we don’t know the frame rate on your Mac, how online play will work and how controllers will work.