Cyberpunk 2077 Mac players get dynamic presets that aren’t possible on a PC

Macworld

After five long years, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate is finally available for the Mac today, several months after Apple teased Mac gamers during the M4 MacBook Pro reveal in October. (Actually, Apple said in the presentation that the game is coming in the “early” part of 2025, but better late than never.)

Apple also said at the time that Cyberpunk 2077 is “one of the most graphically demanding and complex games ever created,” and to help gamers get the best experience, CD Projekt Red has included what it calls “For this Mac” presets that dynamically adjust its settings for “an optimal balance between visual quality and performance.” With the presets, the more powerful the Mac is, the higher the settings will go.

The minimum requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 are an M1 series Mac with at least 16GB of RAM running macOS 15.5 Sequoia or later. The older the chip, the lower the game’s resolution will be. For example, M1 Macs will play the game at 1440 by 900 or 1600 by 900 resolution at 30 fps, while an M3 Ultra Mac runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 2294 by 1432 or 2560 by 1440 resolution at 60 fps.

CD Projekt Red notes, however, that the presets do not activate Ray Tracing, which is only available on M3 and M4 Macs. Users of those Macs will have to turn on ray tracing manually in the graphics settings.

As for storage, Mac App Store shoppers will need to allocate 159GB for the game (which is $83 in the U.S.) with “all voiceovers included,” while customers of GOG, Epic Games Store, or Steam will only need 92GB. So if you have a Mac with 256GB of storage, you’ll need a speedy external drive.