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in 2011. However, it has been delisted from most major storefronts, including Steam and the Mac App Store, due to expiring licensing agreements. Feral Interactive

: The original PC/Mac release often required a GFWL key for saving progress. Since that service is largely defunct, many players use community-made "XLiveless" patches to bypass the key requirement, though this is primarily for the Windows version. Caution Against Key Generators

You cannot run the original “Mac version” with a product key on a modern Apple Silicon or Intel Mac running macOS Ventura/Sonoma/Sequoia. But you can play the game itself through these methods, ranked from best to worst.