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42 apps

Azahar

Azahar Emulator Project

FREE

Nintendo 3DS emulator that carries on the Citra codebase, with higher internal resolutions, save states and modern controller support.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

DuckStation

Connor McLaughlin

FREE

PlayStation emulator aimed at speed and accuracy, with resolution upscaling, PGXP geometry correction, save states and rewind.

CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

ONE-TIME

Overlay that scales windowed games to full screen with a choice of upscalers and can add generated frames on any GPU; sold on Steam.

Windows

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Prism Launcher

Prism Launcher Contributors

FREE

Minecraft: Java Edition launcher that keeps separate instances, each with its own game version and mods, and installs modpacks.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

ReShade

crosire

FREE

Injector that adds shader effects such as ambient occlusion, depth of field and colour grading to games; some anti-cheat systems block it.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsGraphics & Design

AntiMicroX

AntiMicroX contributors

FREE

Maps gamepad buttons and sticks to keyboard and mouse input, so a controller can drive games with no pad support.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

Aseprite

Igara Studio S.A.

ONE-TIME

Pixel art editor with frame-by-frame animation, onion skinning and sprite sheet export.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

Bottles

Bottles contributors

FREE

Runs Windows software and games on Linux inside isolated Wine environments, each with its own settings and libraries.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

Cemu

Cemu Project

FREE

Wii U emulator with Vulkan rendering and per-title graphics packs for resolution and frame-rate changes.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Discord

Discord Inc.

FREE

Voice, video and text chat organised into servers and channels, with persistent rooms that stay open between sessions.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

Dolphin

Dolphin Emulator Project

FREE

GameCube and Wii emulator that renders original titles at resolutions the consoles never supported.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

DOSBox Staging

DOSBox Staging contributors

FREE

Maintained DOSBox fork for running MS-DOS games, with reworked audio emulation and CRT-style shaders.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

FREE

Store client for Epic's catalogue, which gives away a rotating selection of paid titles every week.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Godot Engine

Godot Foundation

FREE

Game engine with a scene-based editor for 2D and 3D projects, exporting to desktop, mobile and web targets.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsDeveloper Tools

GOG Galaxy

GOG.com

FREE

Library client for DRM-free GOG games that can also pull in titles from Steam, Epic and other connected stores.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Heroic Games Launcher

Heroic Games Launcher contributors

FREE

Open-source launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon libraries, running Windows titles on Linux and macOS through Wine.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

itch.io app

itch corp

FREE

Desktop client for the itch.io indie catalogue, handling installs, updates and offline launching of downloaded games.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Gaming Tools

LaunchBox

Unbroken Software, LLC

FREE + ONE-TIME

Box-art game frontend for emulators and PC titles, with a paid Big Box mode built for arcade cabinets and TVs.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

LibreSprite

LibreSprite contributors

FREE

Community fork of the last open-source Aseprite release, kept under the original GPL terms.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

Lutris

Lutris team

FREE

Linux game manager that installs Windows, emulated and native titles using community-maintained setup scripts.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

MangoHud

flightlessmango

FREE

Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for Linux showing frame times, GPU load and temperatures while a game runs.

MITLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

melonDS

Arisotura

FREE

Nintendo DS emulator focused on accuracy, including local wireless play between two running instances.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

mGBA

endrift

FREE

Game Boy Advance emulator with accurate timing, link cable emulation and a debugger for homebrew work.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Mod Organizer 2

Mod Organizer 2 Team

FREE

Mod manager that keeps each mod in its own folder and merges them through a virtual file system, leaving the game untouched.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Moonlight

Moonlight Game Streaming Project

FREE

Client for streaming PC games over a local network, working with Sunshine or NVIDIA GameStream hosts.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Graphics card tuning tool with fan curves, undervolting and an on-screen display for temperature and frame rate.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

Mumble

The Mumble Developers

FREE

Low-latency voice chat for gaming and teamwork, running on servers that anyone can host themselves.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

OpenRGB

Adam Honse

FREE

Controls RGB lighting on boards, memory and peripherals from one app, without vendor software running in the background.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

PCSX2

PCSX2 Team

FREE

PlayStation 2 emulator with save states, texture upscaling and compatibility settings stored per game.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Pixelorama

Orama Interactive

FREE

Pixel art editor built with the Godot engine, offering animation timelines and tile-based drawing.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 30 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

Playnite

Josef Nemec

FREE

Open-source game library that merges Steam, GOG, Epic and emulator collections into one browsable interface.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

PPSSPP

Henrik Rydgård

FREE

PSP emulator that runs handheld titles at desktop resolutions, with support for replacement textures.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

ProtonUp-Qt

DavidoTek

FREE

Installs and updates custom Proton and Wine builds for Steam, Lutris and Heroic without touching the terminal.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

RetroArch

Libretro

FREE

Front end that runs many emulator cores behind one interface, sharing shader, netplay and rewind features.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

RPCS3

RPCS3 Team

FREE

PlayStation 3 emulator with a public compatibility list recording how far each tested title runs.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

ScummVM

The ScummVM Team

FREE

Reimplements the engines behind classic point-and-click adventures so original game files run on current systems.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Steam

Valve

FREE

Game store and library client with cloud saves, controller configuration and an overlay that works inside games.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Sunshine

LizardByte

FREE

Self-hosted game streaming server that pairs with Moonlight clients to play PC games on another device.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

TeamSpeak

TeamSpeak Systems GmbH

FREE

Voice chat client for hosted servers, with a permission system that controls who may speak in each channel.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

Unity

Unity Technologies

FREE

Game engine with a visual editor and C# scripting, free on the Personal plan for teams under a revenue threshold.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsDeveloper Tools

Vortex

Nexus Mods

FREE

Mod manager from Nexus Mods that installs, sorts and profiles mods across a long list of supported games.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

xemu

xemu Project

FREE

Original Xbox emulator working at hardware level, able to render games above the console's output resolution.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools