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 | 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 M1 after workarounds the player has not described yet. With the environment on DXVK the game stayed on an endless loading screen after its main menu. The second report ran the environment on D3DMetal.
Provenance
Reported by Veebav on an Apple M1, macOS 26.3.1, Highball 0.10.14, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r24. First stuck on an endless loading screen after the main menu with the environment on DXVK (highball#322, 2026-10-12), then playable with workarounds in an environment on D3DMetal, rated 3 of 5 after 2 minutes (highball-db#459). Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does Nuclear Option work on Mac?
Nuclear Option 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.
Contribute a result
This page is generated from an open database. If you have run Nuclear Option 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.