[smnscu]

That's probably because the early access version was compatible with macOS (and natively supported Apple Silicon), but macOS support hasn't been released yet for the full game. It is indeed an unfortunate side effect, but I don't think it's Steam's fault (either Larian's decision to not support the EA macOS version at the same time, or a limitation of Steam of only having one version "published").

I actually asked Larian about this today:

> There isn't a release date yet for the Mac version, but keep an eye out for future community updates!

[extraduder_ire]

Steam also didn't support preloading the game, because it had an early access version. Really hope they fix that at some point, especially since this game's early access launch was so popular that it crashed steam, meaning this release had to take place in the morning washington-time when Valve employees are awake.

I totally understand the trouble they're having though, since this release is three weeks early to avoid other highly-anticipated games that launch at the end of august.