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  1. Steam icon
     2414 likes

    Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a wide range of games and related media entirely over the internet, stretching from one-man independent efforts to some of...

    • Game Store
    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • SteamOS
    • Snapcraft
    Steam Store
    66 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent64 reviews
  2. Lutris icon
     231 likes

    Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.

    Lutris screenshot 1
    62 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent18 reviews
  3. Heroic is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux, Windows and macOS (10.15+, won't work properly on High sierra and older versions). Right now it supports launching games from the .

    • Game Store
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
    Heroic Games Launcher screenshot 1
    32 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent13 reviews
  4. Prism Launcher icon
     38 likes

    A custom launcher for Minecraft that allows you to easily manage multiple installations of Minecraft at once. It is a MultiMC fork.

    • Minecraft Launcher
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Chocolatey
    • PortableApps.com
    Prism Launcher screenshot 1
    33 alternatives
    5.0
    Excellent10 reviews
  5. Hydra is a Game Launcher with its own embedded BitTorrent Client and a self-managed repack scraper.

    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Hydra Launcher screenshot 1
    42 alternatives
  6. Pegasus icon
     28 likes

    Pegasus is a graphical frontend for browsing your game library (especially retro games) and launching them from one place. It's focusing on customizability, cross platform support (including embedded devices) and high performance.

    Pegasus screenshot 1
    49 alternatives
  7. Legendary icon
     9 likes

    Legendary is an open-source game launcher that can download and install games from the Epic Games platform on Linux and Windows. It's name as a tongue-in-cheek play on tiers of item rarity in many MMORPGs.

    • Discontinued
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    19 alternatives
  8. Cartridges icon
     3 likes

    Cartridges is a simple game launcher for all of your games. It has support for importing games from Steam, Lutris, Heroic and more with no login necessary. You can sort and hide games or download cover art from SteamGridDB.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Cartridges screenshot 1
    46 alternatives
  9. GNOME Games icon
     2 likes

    Games is a GNOME application to browse your video games library and to easily pick and play a game from it. It aims to do for games what Music already does for your music library.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
    GNOME Games screenshot 1
    3 alternatives
  10. DBGL icon
     7 likes

    DBGL is a Java frontend for DOSBox, based largely upon the proven interface of D-Fend.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • DOSBox
    DBGL screenshot 1
    15 alternatives
  11. vangogh icon
     1 like

    vangogh helps you create and manage a personal, DRM-free library of your GOG game collection. It works alongside theo to simplify downloading, installing and playing games on your devices.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Windows
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    5 alternatives
  12. Attract-Mode icon
     1 like

    A graphical front-end for command line emulators that hides the underlying operating system and is intended to be controlled with a joystick, gamepad or spin dial. Ideal for use on arcade cabinet setups.

    Attract-Mode screenshot 1
    20 alternatives
  13. Nostlan icon
     5 likes

    A front-end or user interface (UI) is the presentation and interaction layer of an app or website. Most modern emulator apps have basic game list UIs that you can interact with using a mouse/keyboard but not a game controller.

    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]
    116 alternatives
  14. Sleepy game launcher is made by 'an-anime-team' on github. SLeepy game launcher is a game launcher for running Zenless Zone Zero (ZZZ) on linux. With telemetry disabling for users as well.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    2 alternatives
  15. XXMI Launcher is a universal modding game launcher for Hoyoverse games. It is coded in python, and is primarily meant for Windows.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    XXMI Launcher screenshot 1
    1 alternatives