Cartridges Alternatives

Cartridges has been discontinued. Similar apps include Playnite, which is free and open source. Other options are Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Bottles. Game Library Managers like Cartridges are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and the web.

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  1. Mitch icon
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    Indie gaming is coming to mobile! With this app, you can easily install Android games from itch.io and keep them updated. This provides an alternative to the Google Play store for indie game developers and enthusiasts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • itch.io
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  2. GameDatum.com icon
     5 likes

    Play the Best Free Games Online - We find them for you! Game datum for each free online game and more! Discover and play the Best Free Games Online gamedatum.com

    70 GameDatum.com alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. A native Android client for RomM for syncing, installing, and launching games on any of your mobile devices.

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  4. GameShelf icon
     1 like

    An Android app that aggregates your owned game libraries from Epic Games Store, GOG, and Amazon Gaming into one place. Built with Jetpack Compose, Ktor, Room, and Material 3 dynamic colors. Auth is handled via in-app WebView popup. Games are cached locally with 7-day TTL.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  5. DJL icon
     17 likes

    Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems. It is inspired by Valves Steam software for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. GameRoom icon
     9 likes

    A slick Windows game manager, which automatically scans and scraps games from Steam (installed or not), Origin, Battle.net, GoG.com and UPlay. It also monitors your play time and allows some automatization like power management and custom commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Hangover icon
     3 likes

    This is Hangover, a project started by André Zwing and Stefan Dösinger in 2016 to run (x86_64)/x86_32 Windows applications on aarch64/(ppc64le)/x86_64 Wine. (Architectures in brackets are currently not supported).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Emuze icon
     1 like

    emuze is an emulation frontend designed to simplify your retro gaming experience. It automates the configuration of each emulator, including seamless gamepad integration and automatic import of games along with their metadata.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. WineCharm icon
     2 likes

    WineCharm is a graphical user interface (GUI) application designed to simplify running and managing Windows applications on Linux using Wine. Built with Python and GTK4/Libadwaita, it provides an intuitive interface for launching .exe and .

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  10. 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.

    118 Nostlan alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
    Dolphin (Wii, Gamecube, Virtual Console) [Linux, macOS, & Windows]
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  11. Arc icon
     6 likes

    Arc brings your favorite games, communities, media and entertainment together onto one easy-to-use platform.

    50 Arc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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