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Hollow Knight: Silksong on M1 Max Mac Studio

Hollow Knight: Silksong is rated Great at tested settings from reports for this exact M1 Max Mac Studio configuration. The representative reported FPS estimate is 60 FPS at 2560 × 1440, Ultra preset.

Games/Hollow Knight: Silksong/M1 Max performance
Exact-Mac reports

Does Hollow Knight: Silksong run well on this Mac?

Mac Studio (2022)
M1 Max · 10 CPU / 32 GPU · 64 GB

PerformanceGreat at tested settings
Exact-Mac records1
Latest recorded testNot recorded

The representative FPS value is an estimate reported by the source; its averaging method was not verified.

Evidence gaps: game version, test date, test scene, frame generation were not recorded for the representative result. Use the result with those limits.

Latest source/report update: 2026-01-25. This is separate from the date the game was tested.

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Reported FPS, settings and sources

Each row is a source record. Different resolutions, versions and scenes answer different questions; these rows are not averaged together.

Reported FPSResolution / presetUpscaling / generated framesSource and detailsTest date
60 FPSFPS counter estimate2560 × 1440UltraNot recordedFrame generation: Not recordedMacGamingDB importFull test detailsRepresentative contextNot recorded
MacGamingDB import · 60 FPS · 2560 × 1440

Mac Studio (2022) · M1 Max · 10 CPU / 32 GPU · 64 GB

This record represents the selected settings/test context. A context median may differ from this individual report.

Graphics setup
Not recorded
Output resolution
2560 × 1440
Preset
Ultra
Upscaling
Not recorded / Not recorded
Render scale
Not recorded
Ray tracing
Not recorded
Frame generation
Not recorded
V-Sync / FPS cap
Not recorded / Not recorded
Storefront
Steam
macOS
Not recorded
Game version
Not recorded
Test type / scene
Not recorded / Not recorded
Test date
Not recorded
Duration
Not recorded
Power
Not recorded / Not recorded
Game Mode
Not recorded

Original evidence source

Imported third-party FPS report under jjbomm; not a firsthand test. Missing dates/settings are unknown. Storefront may be inferred from source game association. Historical test architecture was not independently confirmed.

How to interpret these results

  • Results apply only to the recorded settings, storefront, software and scene. Native availability does not establish good performance.
  • Community reports and externally published measurements are not independent laboratory verification.
  • Includes imported third-party FPS reports. Measurement method, test date, scene and some settings were not supplied; unknown values are not measurements. Storefront may be inferred; historical test architecture is unconfirmed.

Public thresholds: Great at 60+ FPS, Good at 45+, Playable at 30+, Struggles below 30. A rating applies to the selected reported context, rather than every graphics setting or part of the game.

1 exact-Mac records. Methodology 2026-11-03.1.

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Native build evidence

Reviewed 2026-10-14. Verified storefronts: Steam, GOG.

  • Steam: Hollow Knight: Silksong — Current released macOS game listing and purchase route.
  • First-hand GOG build architecture inspection — Tested GOG Mac installation is explicitly described as Universal x86_64/arm64; includes a reproducible lipo architecture check and describes arm64 versus Intel mod-loader mismatch.
  • Johnny Matthews: Apple silicon Silksong diagnostics — First-hand Steam/GOG modding guide documents the running game's arm64 architecture and incompatible x86_64 plug-in error.
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