MiSide 0.93L — Mac version

MiSide is a first-person adventure that yanks an unnamed protagonist straight into a game he thought he knew. What starts as a curious glitch turns into a nonlinear story with more than ten characters, each pulling the plot in a different direction. You are not just walking and reading—there are multiple activities and mini-games woven in, so the tone shifts without warning.

Playing on an M1 Mac mini

The build uses ARM architecture and has been tested on a 2020 M1 Mac mini with macOS Sequoia. Performance on Apple Silicon is smooth, though you should expect the fan to wake up during busier scenes. Controls are standard first-person fare—WASD movement and mouse look—so no fiddly remapping is needed unless you prefer a trackpad. Voice languages include Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese, and you can switch the interface language on first launch or from the main menu later.

A few things worth knowing

The original soundtrack does a lot of heavy lifting for atmosphere, so headphones are a good idea. Save files live deep inside the app package, which is worth bookmarking if you like to back things up manually. And if you fancy tinkering, there is a standard mod folder ready for BepInEx plugins, so the community can extend what is already a fairly odd trip.

What 0.93L changed in practice

The jump to 0.93L tightened up a few things that used to trip players. Menu navigation feels snappier on Apple Silicon now, and the game remembers your language choice more reliably between sessions—no more resetting to Russian after a quit. A couple of the mini-games had frame-pacing wobbles before; those are mostly ironed out in this build, so you can focus on the weirdness instead of the stutter.

Dialogue triggers in the nonlinear sections are less fussy too. If you wandered off-script in earlier versions, you might have broken a scene without realising. The Fix script in the mounted image is still your friend if something goes sideways at launch, but you will reach for it far less often now.

For players who enjoy unguided adventure games

If you like adventure games that do not hold your hand, this lands well. The story pulls you along, but it expects you to pay attention—miss a detail in a character's chatter and you might circle a room longer than you would like. Players who enjoy poking at the edges of a game world will find plenty to prod, especially once the nonlinear bits kick in and the mood shifts from cosy to something harder to pin down.

It suits Mac users on Apple Silicon who do not mind a Wineskin wrapper. The ARM build means you are not wrestling with Rosetta overhead, so even a fanless Air handles most scenes without turning into a lap-warmer. Tinkerers get a bonus: the BepInEx mod folder is already sitting there, so small quality-of-life tweaks take minutes to drop in.

• 0.93L brings the official Steam release notes into line with the current build.

• Apple Silicon Mac (ARM build).
• Tested on macOS Sequoia.
• Tested on Mac mini 2020 M1.