D2R Mobile (Diablo II: Resurrected on iPhone and Mac)

Diablo II: Resurrected, Blizzard’s 2021 remaster, is on PC and consoles but not on iPhone or Mac. D2R Mobile was published on 12 October 2026 by jhaizhou, a GitHub account created in January 2026. It gathered more than 4,000 stars in its first nine days and has a steady stream of community pull requests: Russian and Spanish translations, Mac fixes, and an Apple TV port. The project says 44 iPhones and iPads in a closed beta completed Normal, Nightmare and Hell.

This site is not affiliated with the D2R Mobile developers or with Blizzard Entertainment or Nintendo. It is a different game from Diablo Web, the browser port of the original 1996 Diablo.

What it is

Switch and iPhone use the same class of arm64 processor, so the game’s program can run without an emulated CPU:

• A rewriter (dm/tools/patch_nso.py) changes only the few instructions that cannot run under Apple’s kernel: thread-pointer registers, system calls and timers. The rest of the program stays byte for byte as shipped.
• A host written for Apple platforms provides the system services the game calls.
• The graphics layer implements the Switch graphics API on Metal. Shaders are translated offline from the game’s own (using Ryujinx’s shader translator) and compiled ahead of time, so nothing compiles while you play.

All of this happens on your own machine from your own files. The repository’s DERIVED.md lists the game-related records it keeps: shader identifiers and interface descriptions, about 800 addresses inside the game’s program, and the instruction rewrite rules. It says it contains no game code, art, text or shaders.

It also adds a lot that the original lacks: complete touch controls, controller support, a power saver mode, a 100-level Greater Rift, a Boss Rush, an “Elysium” high-drop mode, larger stashes, auto-pickup and auto-potions, a Runeword helper, and English, Chinese, Spanish and Russian. Most extras can be turned off in Options › Custom.

Supported devices

The project measured 60 fps and about 3.8 W whole-device power on an iPhone 17 Pro Max. The install package is about 100 MB; the game resources (about 5.6 GB) go on the device separately.

What you need

• Your own game files: the Switch release of Diablo II: Resurrected with the Reign of the Warlock expansion, updated to 1.0.34.0. That corresponds to PC version 3.3.94012, but the PC release itself does not work. You need the update’s program files (about 26 MB) and its data (about 8.4 GB). If you start from a whole game package, you also need prod.keys from your own console. We do not explain how to dump or obtain files.
• With a Mac: an Apple silicon Mac with Xcode. ./setup.sh patches the program and translates the shaders, then you build and install the app. The same setup also builds the native Mac app.
• Without a Mac: a “shell” from the official releases page, which contains no game content. A packaging tool on Windows or Linux adds your files, and you install the result with a sideloading tool. On this route the first launch spends about 7 minutes compiling shaders. The project says the final signing step with sideloading tools is not verified yet.
• Apple account: a free Apple ID works, with re-signing every 7 days. A paid developer account adds iCloud save sync. The project’s own test-group builds also had in-app downloads and update notices, which self-built apps lack.

Is it official, and will it stay up?

D2R Mobile is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project, not affiliated with Blizzard or Nintendo. Its release assets are shells without game content, and it asks users not to share game files. Blizzard (owned by Microsoft) has not commented as far as we found. We found no takedown notice as of 21 October 2026. The repository’s very fast rise from a new account is unusual, but the source code, tests and community contributions are public. Get it only from the official repository, and be wary of ready-made “D2R iOS” packages elsewhere, which would contain the game.

Was it made with AI?

The README doesn’t say. A few commits are marked as co-authored by Claude. At least one third-party catalogue lists the repository as a “skill” for AI coding agents; that is not how the project describes itself.

Related

• Mush8: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on iPhone and Mac with the same approach of running Switch code natively.
• Diablo Web: the original Diablo, playable in a browser.
• KartPad: Mario Kart Wii as a native iPhone, iPad and Mac app. More in iPhone and Mac ports.

Unofficial. This page is written by an independent directory. It is not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment or jhaizhou (jhaizhou-ops) and contributors (D2R Mobile (Diablo II: Resurrected on iPhone and Mac)'s author). We do not host any files, and we never link to game files, ROMs or ISOs.