Downloading games using Windows Steam does not seem to work on macos

When downloading a steam game through Windows Steam on Heroic, the disk speed drops to 0 almost immediately. Looking at the folder structure, I can see it has created a folder for the game, but no files are present.
It makes no further progress downloading the game.

What Ive tried:

Disable Esync
Disable Msync
Give read and write permission to Everyone for all files and folder in the Steam folder.

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:27 PM

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:30 PM

After waiting a while, the download fails with the error "Content Unavailable"

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:30 PM

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:45 PM

ive seen a lot of people complain that peak in specific doesn't install past 20.8mb

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:46 PM

not sure why but this is consistent across heroic's steam, kegworks, and crossover

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:47 PM

damn...

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:47 PM

so no workaround I guess

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:47 PM

there is a workaround but its very weird and i personally wouldnt use it on heroic

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:48 PM

Id like to try it out :p

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:48 PM

id just wait a bit for whatever this is to get sorted out im sure someone would figure it out

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:48 PM

i took this off the kegworks discord, so modify this for heroic but:

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:49 PM

In the Safari address bar, type steam://open/console,

Locate your game on steamdb.info and find the App ID,

In the macOS Steam console, run the commands:,

 - u/sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows

 - app_install AppIdHere,

When the download completes, navigate to the install location.,

By default, this is ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps,

Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,

Also navigate to the the install location for Windows Steam,

By default, this is ~/Applications/Kegworks/YourWrapper.app/Contents/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps,

Move the app manifest file to this location, and put the game files under common/,

Launch Steam through Kegworks.

In the Safari address bar, type steam://open/console,

Locate your game on steamdb.info and find the App ID,

In the macOS Steam console, run the commands:,

 - u/sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows

 - app_install AppIdHere,

When the download completes, navigate to the install location.,

By default, this is ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps,

Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,

Also navigate to the the install location for Windows Steam,

By default, this is ~/Applications/Kegworks/YourWrapper.app/Contents/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps,

Move the app manifest file to this location, and put the game files under common/,

Launch Steam through Kegworks.

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:49 PM

Thanks! Ill try that out

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 2:49 PM

im not entirely sure on the specific pathnames for heroic but you should be able to find them in the steam tile's settings

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:51 PM

alright!

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:51 PM

Ill report back

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:58 PM

Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/,

I dont seem to have this .acf file

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 2:59 PM

ah nvm

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:12 PM

alright did all that

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:13 PM

but the game doesnt start unfortunatly

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:13 PM

get a weird popup from unity and then the game just closes

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 3:13 PM

tough luck

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:13 PM

popular-magenta•6/24/25, 3:14 PM

from what I’m reading the game requires wine 10.x otherwise you won’t get past the menu

crossover’s preview gets you the game open but you’ll have some weird input lag

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:15 PM

hmm ok ok

urgent-maroonOP•6/24/25, 3:15 PM

Thanks for your help

Uurgent-maroon When downloading a steam game through Windows Steam on Heroic, the disk speed dr...

moderate-tomato•6/28/25, 2:03 PM

same thign happened to me for certian gae,s

moderate-tomato•6/28/25, 2:04 PM

Like i can totally downlaod them

moderate-tomato•6/28/25, 2:04 PM

but launching is a no go

In the Safari address bar, type steam://open/console, Locate your game on steamdb.info and find the App ID, In the macOS Steam console, run the commands:, - u/sSteamCmdForcePlatformType windows - app_install AppIdHere, When the download completes, navigate to the install location., By default, this is ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps, Locate the app manifest .acf file and the game files under common/, Also navigate to the the install location for Windows Steam, By default, this is ~/Applications/Kegworks/YourWrapper.app/Contents/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps, Move the app manifest file to this location, and put the game files under common/, Launch Steam through Kegworks.

Downloading games using Windows Steam does not seem to work on macos

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