Every fact on this page applies to update 1.0.9, the one version tested. Other versions may behave differently.
No emulator needed: Streets of Rage 4 runs natively on the Apple chip. How nxnative compares with emulators
Running through nxnative
How Streets of Rage 4 runs
Streets of Rage 4 plays on the Mac at 60 fps. Tested in a short gameplay check: the publisher logos and the intro movie, the title and its menus, a Story mode save slot, difficulty and character select, the opening text crawl, then stage 1 as Axel with walking, combos and enemies knocked down. A second start showed the save at "Stage 1 – Normal", so saving and loading work. No iPhone app has been built yet.
How it runs
Stage 1 held a steady 60 fps. Two fixes made for this game now apply to every game: one stopped the game's memory cleanup from freeing data another thread was still holding, which happened in two starts out of three, and one fixed a black screen during the movies.
On the Mac the game used about 1.85 GB of memory at the title and about 2.6 GB in stage 1, where it levelled off.
Bring update 1.0.9
Only update 1.0.9 has been tested. Put it in the same folder as the base game before you Pack.
Controls
The Packed app starts in the 2D touch layout. Plus skips the intro movie and pauses the game, X skips the opening text crawl, Y attacks and A jumps.
Good to know
- The first start finds no save, as on a new console; the game creates one.
- Only the start of stage 1 has been played so far.
Known issues
- Only the start of stage 1 has been played; later stages and the Arcade, Boss Rush and Battle modes have not been checked.
- Two-player play and the other languages have not been tested.
- The sound played without dropouts, but nobody has listened to it yet.
- It has not been tried on iPhone, and no iPhone app has been built.
Packing command
Run this in your nxnative folder on the Build Mac. Replace the game folder and the keys path with your own. Add --platform mac-app to get a Mac app instead of an iPhone and iPad app.
python3 scripts/build_ipa_from_nsp.py ~/Games/streets-of-rage-4 -k ~/keys/prod.keysFAQ
Does Streets of Rage 4 work with nxnative?
Yes. Streets of Rage 4 is tested with nxnative on update 1.0.9.
Which iPhone, iPad or Mac do I need to play Streets of Rage 4?
An iPhone 15 Pro or newer (A17 Pro chip or later) or an iPad with an M1 chip or later, on iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon. iPads with the A17 Pro chip (iPad mini) have the iPhone 15 Pro's chip but are untested by nxnative. Packing needs a Mac with macOS 26.6 or later and Xcode 27.1.
Is Streets of Rage 4 included?
No. Neither this site nor nxnative includes any game. You Pack Streets of Rage 4 from your own copy of the game, with keys dumped from your own Switch.
Does online play work in Streets of Rage 4?
Online play in Streets of Rage 4 is not confirmed to work, so do not count on it.
