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 | Reported | 1 report |
| D3DMetalApple's Game Porting Toolkit | Untested | no 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 playable on an M3 Pro with DXMT, multiplayer included, after two changes to the game's own DLLs.
Known issues
Endless loading spinner at start
What helps rename SpeechSynthWrapper.dll in Maine/Binaries/Win64 to SpeechSynthWrapper.dll.bak
Why SpeechSynthWrapper.SetPreferredVoice throws because Wine's speech API returns no voices
Multiplayer fails with ConnectToNetwork: Failed: 3: 63
What helps in Maine/Binaries/Win64, rename PartyWin.dll to PartyWin.dll.bak and put a copy of PartyWin7.dll in its place named PartyWin.dll
Why under Windows 10 the game loads PlayFab Party's PartyWin.dll, which fails under Wine
Provenance
Reported by abadu223 (highball-db#928, 2026-11-02), Apple M3 Pro, macOS 27.0, Highball 0.10.23, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r28, DXMT, rated 4 of 5 after 8 minutes: singleplayer and Xbox Live crossplay worked after two changes to the game's DLLs in Maine/Binaries/Win64. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does Grounded work on Mac?
Grounded 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.
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This page is generated from an open database. If you have run Grounded 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.