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Darkest Dungeon on Mac

Reported working by the community, not yet run by Highball, using the DXMT renderer. Community consensus (AppleGamingWiki, r/macgaming); unverified by Highball.

no dated Highball run yet Steam 262060
There is a native Mac build. It is on Steam . A native build runs straight on Metal with nothing translating in between, so it will beat anything on this page. Other games in the same situation.

Which renderer to use

Highball can run each game through three different Direct3D translation layers. This is what the database knows for this title — empty rows are open questions, not failures.

RendererVerdictEvidence
DXVKDirect3D 9-11 over VulkanUntestedno report yet — send one
DXMTDirect3D 11 over MetalReportedcommunity reports
D3DMetalApple's Game Porting ToolkitUntestedno report yet — send one

No dated Highball run yet. When one lands it records the renderer, the engine build and the macOS version it was seen on — which is what stops a verdict quietly rotting. Send one.

Notes

Reported perfect over an hour on DXMT on the default engine, the Windows build from Epic run through Highball on an M1 Pro. The game also has a native Mac build on Steam, so the Windows build is only needed for a copy without one. No frame rate was given and nothing was measured here.

Provenance

Reported by gelarr (highball-db#275, 2026-10-02), the Epic Games copy, Apple M1 Pro, macOS 26.5, Highball 0.9.39, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r11, DXMT, Windows 11 set in the environment, rated 5 of 5 after 66 minutes, recipes steam, vcrun2022. Not verified by the maintainer.

Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.

Common questions

Does Darkest Dungeon work on Mac?

Yes. Steam ships a native macOS build, which will beat running the Windows version through any compatibility layer.

Which renderer should I use for Darkest Dungeon?

DXMT. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records DXMT for Darkest Dungeon. Highball uses it automatically when the game has a row; to set it by hand, open Settings, then Environments.

Contribute a result

This page is generated from an open database. If you have run Darkest Dungeon on Apple Silicon, working or not, a report takes a minute and fills in the empty rows above. Send a report, or read how the data is put together.

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