18.6
PPSSPP is an emulator for running games and other software made for Sony's PlayStation Portable.
Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSAPI
Alternatives to ShadPS4
27.6
BlastEm is a free, open-source emulator for Sega 16-bit and 8-bit systems.
Free planOpen sourceWebLinuxmacOS
37.6
RetroArch is a free, open-source frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players, using a unified settings system.
Free planAndroidiOSWeb
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Snes9x
Snes9x is a free, portable emulator for playing most games made for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom.
Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS7.6Free plan - 5
ares
ares is a free, open-source emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows, focused on accurate emulation and preservation.
Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows7.5Free plan - 6
Azahar
Azahar is a free, open-source Nintendo 3DS emulator for PC and mobile devices.
Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS7.3Free plan - 7
DuckStation
DuckStation is a free emulator for Sony PlayStation games, with Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows builds.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.3Free plan - 8
Panda3DS
Panda3DS is a free, open-source emulator for Nintendo 3DS games on computers and portable devices.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.8Free plan - 9
VisualBoyAdvance-M
VisualBoyAdvance-M is a free, open-source emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy Advance, with listed support for Game Boy Color as well.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.8Free plan - 10
mGBA
mGBA is a free, open-source emulator for Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.7Free plan - 11
bsnes
bsnes is a free, open-source emulator for Super Nintendo and Super Famicom games, with support for Super Game Boy and Satellaview.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.6Free plan - 12
Dolphin
Dolphin is free, open-source software for playing Nintendo GameCube and Wii games on a PC, with versions for Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.6Free plan - 13
melonDS
melonDS is a free, open-source emulator focused on Nintendo DS emulation, with builds listed for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.5Free plan - 14
SameBoy
SameBoy is an open-source emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Super Game Boy systems.
Free planiOSLinuxmacOSWindows6.5Free plan - 15
Vita3K
Vita3K is a free, experimental, open-source emulator for PlayStation Vita.
Free planAndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.5Free plan - 16
EKA2L1
AndroidiOSLinuxmacOS6.4 - 17
Emulicious
Emulicious is a free multi-system emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Master System, Game Gear and MSX.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 18
FCEUX
FCEUX is a free, open-source emulator for NES, Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and Dendy systems.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.3Free plan - 19
Play!
Play! is a portable emulator for PlayStation 2 games, available in builds for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, with an experimental browser version.
AndroidiOSWebLinux6.3 - 20
Cemu
Cemu is free software for running Wii U games and applications on Linux, macOS, and Windows computers.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 21
DeSmuME
DeSmuME is a free emulator that attempts to reproduce the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite handheld consoles.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 22
PCSX2
PCSX2 is a free, open-source emulator for playing PlayStation 2 games on a PC.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 23
Redream
Redream is a Dreamcast emulator for playing games from Sega’s Dreamcast library.
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.2$6, paid once - 24
xemu
xemu is free, open-source software that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox on Windows, macOS, and Linux desktop systems.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 25
Flycast
Flycast Dojo is a free, open-source fork of the Flycast emulator for Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2, and Atomiswave.
AndroidLinuxmacOSWindows6.1 - 266.1Free plan
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6.1Free plan - 28
RPCS3
RPCS3 is a free, open-source PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 29
Nexen
WebLinuxmacOSWindows6.0 - 30
Mednafen
Mednafen is a free, portable emulator for several classic computer and console systems, controlled from the command line and built around OpenGL and SDL.
LinuxWindows5.9