DOOM 64 on Mac

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.

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 on DXMT on an M1 with the default engine r11, from the Epic Games Store, after a one-minute session, so this records that it starts and plays briefly. The Steam copy was not tried. Nothing was measured here.

Provenance

Reported by silvius2017-dot (highball-db#250, 2026-09-29), the Epic Games Store copy, Apple M1, macOS 27.0, Highball 0.9.39, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r11, DXMT, rated 5 of 5 after 1 minute. Not verified by the maintainer.

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

Common questions

Does DOOM 64 work on Mac?

DOOM 64 has no native Mac build, but it is reported to run on Apple Silicon through Highball, a free open-source compatibility layer. This comes from community reports rather than a Highball test run, so treat it as a reasonable expectation rather than a guarantee.

Which renderer should I use for DOOM 64?

DXMT. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records DXMT for DOOM 64. 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 DOOM 64 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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