← Troubleshooting

We’re off to a great start! Not only does the Mac App Store version of Tomb Raider cost way too much, never go on sale, and still ship as an Intel app — Xbox Series gamepads don’t work out of the box. The game just doesn’t detect it. There is an annoying fix, but it’s doable.

1. Grab the XboxSeriesBluetooth.plist file from axu2’s Feral Interactive Mac Controllers repo on GitHub.
2. Right-click Tomb Raider in the Applications folder and click Show Package Contents.
3. Navigate to Resources > Input Devices and drop the downloaded plist in there.
4. Close the game if it’s open, then relaunch it.
5. You should see a controller detected in the Feral Launcher.

After that, it should be smooth sailing.

It’s really stupid this has to be done, and I don’t get why this is allowed on the App Store. It’s obvious someone doesn’t care here, which is a bummer. This should be an easy, accessible, affordable way to play a game on a Mac for the curious — but instead, we just find weird hurdles.