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Best SNES Emulators in 2026

SNES emulators let you explore classic games on supported devices, with features that can shape how you play. Compared on emulation format and supported platforms, these options also differ in cheat support, shader support, rewind, RetroAchievements and online multiplayer. RetroArch, Virtual Jaguar and bsnes are among the entries shown. Check platform support against your setup, then decide whether customization or…

30 appsSorted 25 Oct 2026How we rank
18.2

Manic EMU is a retro game emulator for iPhone and iPad, supporting more than 30 classic platforms across consoles, arcade, DOS, Symbian, and J2ME.

Free planOpen sourceiOSmacOSSelf-hosted
Free plan
28.2
Provenance logo

Provenance is a free, open-source retro game emulator frontend for Apple platforms, available for iOS and macOS.

Free planOpen sourceiOSmacOS
From $39.99 a year
37.7

RetroArch is a free, open-source frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players, using a unified settings system.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb
Free plan
  1. 4

    Snes9x

    Snes9x is a free, portable emulator for playing most games made for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom.

    Free planAndroidWebLinuxmacOS
    7.6Free plan
  2. 5

    ares

    ares is a free, open-source emulator for Linux, macOS, and Windows, focused on accurate emulation and preservation.

    Free planOpen sourceLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
    7.5Free plan
  3. 6OpenEmu logo

    OpenEmu

    OpenEmu is open-source video game emulation software for macOS.

    Free planOpen sourcemacOS
    7.3Free plan
  4. 7

    bsnes

    bsnes is a free, open-source emulator for Super Nintendo and Super Famicom games, with support for Super Game Boy and Satellaview.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.6Free plan
  5. 8bsnes logo

    bsnes

    bsnes is a free, open-source emulator for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

    Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.6Free plan
  6. 9

    delta

    Delta is a free, open-source pager for Git and related command-line output, including diffs, grep, ripgrep JSON and blame.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.3Free plan
  7. 10

    Hemulator

    Hemulator is a free, open-source desktop emulator for classic gaming systems, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.3Free plan
  8. 11

    higan

    higan is a free, standalone emulator for multiple game systems, available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.3Free plan
  9. 12Lemuroid logo

    Lemuroid

    Lemuroid is a free, open-source Android emulator that gathers supported game files into one library.

    Free planAndroid
    6.3Free plan
  10. 13

    NiN10

    NiN10 is a Nintendo game emulator for Apple devices, with NES games available in its free plan.

    Free planiOSmacOS
    6.3$0.99 one-time
  11. 14

    SNES Emulator

    SNES Emulator runs Super Nintendo Entertainment System games in a browser or as a native application.

    Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.3Free plan
  12. 15

    John NESS

    John NESS is a multi-emulator app for Android 6.0 and later.

    Free planAndroid
    6.2Free plan
  13. 16

    BizHawk

    BizHawk is a free multi-system emulator for Windows and Linux, with EmuHawk providing recording, playback and debugging tools aimed at Tool-Assisted Speedrunners.

    Free planLinuxWindows
    6.1Free plan
  14. 17

    jgenesis

    jgenesis is a free cross-platform emulator for 8-bit and 16-bit consoles, distributed through GitHub Releases for Linux and Windows systems plus web availability.

    WebLinuxWindows
    6.1
  15. 18

    Super Famicast

    Super Famicast is a free Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator for Sega Dreamcast, distributed as open-source software under GPL-2.0.

    Free plan
    6.1Free plan
  16. 19

    Nexen

    WebLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.0
  17. 20

    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.

    LinuxWindows
    5.9
  18. 21

    SnesFox

    SnesFox is a free Super NES emulator for macOS and Windows that runs SNES ROMs, including Super FX games such as Star Fox.

    macOSWindows
    5.6
  19. 22

    SNESticle Revive

    Self-hostedWindows
    5.6
  20. 23

    bsnes-plus

    bsnes-plus is a free, open-source Super Nintendo and Super Famicom emulator with debugging tools for SNES software.

    LinuxWindows
    5.5
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    5.5
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    5.5

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