List of games that are broken on ARM64 but work on x64 builds

[mavethee]

Quick summary

As advised by @kd-11, I'm making mega issue with games that have issues on ARM64 builds on macOS.
List will be expanded with time, if I've overlooked any title, feel free to report it here.

List of games I've tested:

Details

If some isn't listed further, it doesn't have any issues related to ARM64 build specifically.

Some games require multiple boots due to amount of cache or Stub PPU Traps: 1 in custom config's yml file.

Details

LIST UPDATED: 13th April 2026

1. TESTED BY ME:

• Heavenly Sword™ [BCES00078]:
  Black screen after pressing START GAME and cutscene, seems to freeze now, not an issue on x64 build.

  Note: Still an issue as of build 0.0.38-18544.

2. USER REPORTS (MERGED WITH 1ST POST FOR BETTER READ):

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of Patriots
• Gran Turismo 5
• Rayman Legends
• Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin

3. ALREADY EXISTING:

• Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time [BCES00511] - [MacOS Arm64][BCES00511] Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time - Crash on startup #16460
  Note: While still has issues, it boots and loads in-game.
• LEGO® Indiana Jones™ 2: The Adventure Continues [BLUS30425] and LEGO® Star Wars® III: The Clone Wars™ [BLUS30540] - [MacOS_ARM] BLUS30425 & BLUS30540 stuck after boot #16435
• VSH (needs PPU Static on ARM64) - [Bug] [macOS arm64] VSH does not boot if set to use PPU LLVM #16081

4. RESOLVED:

• All Unity games - aarch64/llvm: Unity games cannot boot #15982

• LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ [BLES02105] - [ARM64 macOS] LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ [BLES02105] - Out of memory #16451

• Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction™ [BCES00052]:
  Crashes on loading existing save, haven't tested starting new game. On X64 build works fine.

  Note: Works now as of build 0.0.38-18544.

• Ratchet & Clank™: Quest For Booty [BCES00301]:
  Crashes while loading a save game, while on x64 build loads fine.

  Note: Works now as of build 0.0.38-18544.

5. NOT ARM64 vs X64 RELATED:

• PPU: Games that still don't work with LLVM recompiler #5831 (thoose games should work if you follow Wiki settings, regardless RPCS3 version - x64 or ARM64),
• [Mega Issue] Games that require LLE Libvdec to work properly #14513 (some functions or entire game won't work, regardless RPCS3 version - x64 or ARM64).

Attach a log file

• Heavenly Sword:

  Original Logs:

  BCES00078_ARM64.log
  BCES00078_X64.log

  Status update (24.12.2025):
  BCES00078_ARM64_18544.log

• Tools of Destruction:

  Original Logs:

  BCES00052_ARM64.log
  BCES00052_X64.log

  WORKING! (24.12.2025):
  BCES00052_ARM64_18544.log

• Quest for Booty:

  Original Logs:
  i lost original x64 log lol
  BCES00301_ARM64.log

  WORKING! (24.12.2025):
  BCES00301_ARM64_18544.log

Attach capture files for visual issues

No response

System configuration

• SYS: RPCS3 v0.0.38-18544-f81a5a5c Alpha | master
• SYS: Apple M1 (4P+4E) | 8 Threads | 16.00 GiB RAM | TSC: 0.024GHz | FMA3
• SYS: Operating system: macOS, Version: 26.3.0
• SYS: Current Time: 2025-12-24T10:22:35
• RSX: Found Vulkan-compatible GPU: 'Apple M1' running on driver 0.2.160
• RSX: Found Vulkan-compatible GPU: 'Apple M1' running on driver 0.2.161
• SYS: LLVM version: 21.1.7
• SYS: Firmware version: 4.92

Other details

No response

[pstef]

Arm in general (as the title suggests) or specifically "Apple silicon"?
Oops, sorry, I must have missed the info in the title tag.

[kd-11]

I've updated the title to make it more general. Typically if it's broken on macos arm64, it's also broken on linux arm64

[shinra-electric]

Metal Gear Solid 4 BLES00246 (v2.00)

M1 Pro / Sequoia 15.2

Arm:
Shows the menu for an instant, then only displays a black screen. Music still plays, but the menu is not responsive.

x86:
Menu works fine. Gets to the first in-game cinematic at least (probably gets further, didn't test).

Logs:

armRPCS3.log.gz

[shinra-electric]

rain NPEA00394 v1.00

Arm:
Crash on boot

x86:
Gets to menu (probably further, didn't test).

Log:
rain_NPEA00394_arm.txt

[mavethee]

@shinra-electric rain is related to #15982 which I've mentioned 😅

[mavethee]

Initially tested RDR, it was crashing with a Pad Thread, if you have same issue, switch to Keyboard handler or do not connect the controller until cache is compiled, issue seems to be gone on later runs. It can be reproduced by deleting the cache and issue is still present.

And unlike I thought, it's on both ARM64 and X64 build, so removing it from list.

[mmkzer0]

Gran Turismo 5 BCES00569 v02.07

M3 Pro:
Game Boots but crashes after displaying Logos with
F {PPU[0x100002a] Thread (n3FKY) [0x00aa07bc]} SIG: Thread terminated due to fatal error: Narrowing error (object: 0x10000000b)

x86 through Rosetta works.

Log:
GT5_BCES00569_arm.txt

[mavethee]

Gran Turismo 5 BCES00569 v02.07

Just for the record, v01.00 has exact same issue.

[FantasyGmm]

All of these games crashed on Linux 8Gen2, which I ran with the latest RPCS3 compilation

• The Last of Us
  After compiling, you can enter the loading interface, but after waiting for about 1s, it will be stuck in the main and then RPCS3 display crashes.
• Grand Theft Auto V
  The application crashes immediately after compilation, completely failing to enter the loading interface. This is accompanied by severe memory leaks that render the system unresponsive.
• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  Same as GTA V.
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
  After compiling, you can enter the loading interface, but the loading icon in the lower right corner will get stuck after 5-8s of rotation.

[mavethee]

All of these games crashed on Linux 8Gen2, which I ran with the latest RPCS3 compilation

ekhm, any logs? besides most games you mention require re-run due to amount of cache on first run, if it happends every boot, then it's an issue.

[FantasyGmm]

All of these games crashed on Linux 8Gen2, which I ran with the latest RPCS3 compilation

ekhm, any logs? besides most games you mention require re-run due to amount of cache on first run, if it happends every boot, then it's an issue.

I'm running it on a customized front-end based system, and I don't know how to get the logs yet, I may upload the logs for each game when I find a way to do it!

After compiling, I've tried running it straight away, restarting the emulator and running it again, even restarting the whole system and running it again, all with the same result, my machine only has 8 gigs of RAM but the game crashes before it runs out of that!