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 | 2 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 perfect on D3DMetal after a short session on an M3 with the steam and vcrun2022 recipes and AVX advertised. No frame rate was given and nothing was measured here. Perfect again on an M4 with D3DMetal over 50 minutes (highball-db#649).
Provenance
Reported by xcagricolak (highball-db#220, 2026-09-26), Apple M3, macOS 27.0, Highball 0.9.35, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r7, D3DMetal, AVX advertised, rated 5 of 5 after 4 minutes, with 'a little bit sometimes' as the only remark. Not verified by the maintainer. Second report by mgh6355 (highball-db#649, 2026-10-24), Apple M4, macOS 27.0.1, Highball 0.10.22, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r28, D3DMetal, AVX advertised, rated 5 of 5 after 50 minutes.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days work on Mac?
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 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 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days?
D3DMetal. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records D3DMetal for Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days. 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 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days 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.