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
The GOG copy. Reported perfect on an M3 Pro with DXMT on the default engine (r28) over 27 minutes.
Provenance
Reported by deeseda (highball-db#1163, 2026-11-11), Apple M3 Pro, macOS 26.7.2, Highball 0.10.26, engine x64-sikarugir10.0_6-r28, DXMT, rated 5 of 5 after 27 minutes: the GOG copy, as the reporter said in a comment the next day. Not verified by the maintainer.
Before installing anything, it is worth checking whether the game already ships a native Mac build.
Common questions
Does The Thing: Remastered work on Mac?
The Thing: Remastered 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 The Thing: Remastered 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.