Windows Steam Games for Windows But Download on macOS?

[MBX]

Hi there

I'm not very familiar with Steam and I'm planning to get an account there soon. But I wanted to ask:

- Is it possible to download PC Windows games via macOS and install them later on Windows (via Bootcamp)?

Because I don't want to spend hours & hours in Windows while the game is downloading. I only use Bootcamp/ Windows for gaming only.

Possible? Or is Steam utilizing some special installer where you have to keep the download running on Windows?

 

[BarbaricCo]

You can install Steam Windows version on Mac with Wine. Easiest setup I can think of is with PortingKit http://portingkit.com/en/

Once you installed/ downloaded game trough Wine on Mac you will need to copy game and app manifest to SteamAps/common on bootcamp disk which can be faster than downloading it again on Windows.

The best way would be to try the procces with some smaller size games.