How do I play Spore on my MacBook Pro w/ Apple Silicon chip?

[heavy quiver]

Hi all, I was directed to this discord when I asked someone over on Reddit. I am not good at technology so please bare with me.

I have owned the game on EA app for a very long time now, have no problem repurchasing on a different platform if need be.

PLEASE don't tell me to get a Windows computer, I like my MacBook and like to game on it.

Thank you!!!

[knotty tree]

Check out my unofficial guide here #・tips-and-tricks message - tested on MacBook Air M2 with latest macOS 15 (not tested on macOS 26 beta, but no reason to believe it won't work)

It's based around a modernized version of how Spore used to work on Mac back when it was officially supported, so even though this is no longer officially supported by EA and requires some third-party tools to get working, the game was pretty much designed to work this way

I wrote it for GOG as it's the easiest to get working due to no DRM or required launcher - it is currently 75% off so I would recommend that way https://www.gog.com/game/spore_collection
In theory it may be possible to first install EA app in the bottle and then install spore from there, but I have no idea if this would work as well, or even work at all

[heavy quiver]

Thank you for your help first and foremost. Have you tried this method extensively? Have you encountered any downsides/bugs/lag?

[knotty tree]

It’s not the main computer I play on, so I haven’t played extensively, but I did not notice any issues whatsoever in editors or stages
There are some differences for how mods can be used, but that’s about it

[ruby tree]

Hey! Wondering if you can help pls. Did you download the app first straight from gog? Its not possible to do it from gog Galaxy but I've tried from internet and sadly get 'Something went wrong, please try to download the installer again'. Really tryna play spore with my partner for the nostalgia thanks!!

Specifically I'm not sure how to get a hold of setup_spore.exe file that you mention