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 | 1 report |
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 with workarounds on the default engine with Apple's DirectX 12 support on an M1. The game opened larger than the Mac's screen and its own settings did not bring it back, and the microphone, which casting spells needs, may not have worked well. Nothing was measured here.
Known issues
The game opens larger than the Mac's screen and its settings do not fix it
What helps none confirmed. Untested: Unity's own arguments in the game page's Launch arguments, -screen-fullscreen 1 -screen-width and -screen-height set to the screen's size
Why not diagnosed
The microphone may not work well, and the game's spells are cast by voice
What helps none known
Why not diagnosed; Highball's audio buffer cap is a suspect for microphones (highball#350)
Provenance
Reported by adisng (highball-db#693, 2026-10-25), Apple M1, macOS 27.0.1, Highball 0.10.22, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r28, D3DMetal environment, msync, rated 3 of 5 (playable with workarounds) after a 9-minute session, with the game opening larger than the Mac's screen and the microphone, which the game's spells use, not clearly working (asked after the report). Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does Mage Arena work on Mac?
Mage Arena 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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