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 perfect after a four-minute session on the default engine, the report naming Wine's own Direct3D as the renderer in a DXVK environment. A short session, so it says the game starts and plays, not much more. Nothing was measured here.
Provenance
Reported by valdroff (highball-db#607, 2026-10-21), Apple M3, macOS 27.0.1, Highball 0.10.22, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r29, DXVK environment with sync off and Windows 7, the report naming Wine's own Direct3D (wined3d) as the renderer, AVX advertised, rated 5 of 5 after 4 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 PAYDAY: The Heist work on Mac?
PAYDAY: The Heist 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 PAYDAY: The Heist 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.