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 perfect on DXMT on the default engine on an A18 Pro Mac, with the frame cap at 30.
Provenance
Reported by ewb492 (highball-db#526, 2026-10-17), Apple A18 Pro, macOS 27.0, Highball 0.10.16, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r26, DXMT, Windows 11, Retina pixels at 100%, Metal HUD, AVX advertised, frame cap 30, recipes dotnet48, corefonts, xact, vcrun2022, controller-sdl, steam and fakejapanese, rated 5 of 5 after 26 minutes. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... work on Mac?
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... 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 NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...?
DXMT. Highball can translate Direct3D through DXVK, DXMT or Apple's D3DMetal, and the right choice varies by game. The database records DXMT for NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.... 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 NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... 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.