Highball
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.
| Renderer | Verdict | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| DXVKDirect3D 9-11 over Vulkan | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| DXMTDirect3D 11 over Metal | Untested | no report yet — send one |
| D3DMetalApple's Game Porting Toolkit | Reported | community reports |
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 playable offline over a 14-minute session. The reporter could only start it without its anti-cheat, Easy Anti-Cheat, which keeps the game out of online play, and the resolution behaved oddly. It's a Direct3D 12 game, so the page asks for D3DMetal like Elden Ring's. No measurement here yet.
Provenance
Reported by aj2wavy (highball-db#405, 2026-10-08), Apple M1 Pro, macOS 27.0.1, Highball 0.10.10, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r21, the environment in DXMT mode, the controller-sdl, corefonts, steam and vcrun2022 recipes, rated 3 of 5 after 14 minutes, offline only. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN work on Mac?
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN 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 ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN?
D3DMetal. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records D3DMetal for ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN. 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 ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN 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.