Yes. Kind of. But the experience now feels like walking into your childhood bedroom and realizing your parents turned it into a storage space. The bones are still there. But something’s different, and maybe it’s you.
I didn’t expect to fall back into Big Fish games, but there I was, typing in Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst on my MacBook like it was 2009. I’d had a weirdly strong memory of the music, the clicking, the tiny rush of solving hidden object puzzles late at night. I wanted to feel that again, the low-stakes satisfaction of finishing something small and silly. But instead of a game, I got an error message. And then another. And then a rabbit hole.
So, can you still play Big Fish games on Mac? You can. But it’s not simple, and depending on how new your machine is, it might not be worth the fight.
What Actually Happened with Big Fish?
So, Apple ended support for 32-bit apps in 2019, and Big Fish didn’t keep up.
The macOS Catalina update was meant to push things forward. Faster, cleaner, and I’d say better security. But it also quietly broke a whole generation of games. Anything built in 32-bit just stopped working, overnight. No warning. Absolute nada. And a huge portion of Big Fish’s catalogue is exactly that, old, charming 32-bit games that now sit like ghosts in your purchase history.
If your Mac hasn’t been updated past Mojave (macOS 10.14), then you’re fine. You’re living in the past, and for Big Fish games, that’s the best place to be. Everything works. No drama.
But if you’ve updated? You’re going to start hitting walls.
What Can I Still Play?
There are still some 64-bit titles in the Big Fish store. They don’t shout about it, but they exist, mostly newer hidden object games and a few time management ones. Not much, but enough for a weekend.
A few examples that still work:
- Grim Tales: The Legacy
- Dark Parables: The Final Cinderella
- Living Legends: Ice Rose
You’ll need the Big Fish Game Manager, which is still supported on Mac, but even that feels like it’s running on borrowed time.
Could you run Windows on your Mac and play anything you want? Technically, yes. But now you’re managing emulators or paying for Parallels or booting into a different OS just to play Midnight Castle. If that sounds exhausting, it’s because it is. That’s no longer casual gaming. That’s a mission.
