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DuckStation

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DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • AU flagAustralia

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • AppImageHub
  • Flathub
4.3 / 5 Avg rating (6)
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Controller Support
  3.  Emulation

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DuckStation information

  • Developed by

    AU flagstenzek
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.3
  • Alternatives

    9 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  8,360 Stars
  •  740 Forks
  •  78 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jun 15, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about DuckStation, and it has gotten 41 likes

DuckStation was added to AlternativeTo by Furry_Foxy on Nov 23, 2020 and this page was last updated May 26, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
AdrienVR
Apr 8, 2022
2

Very modern, works very well

Top Negative Comment
Guest
Jan 10, 2025
0

Stenzek, the lead dev, has made this emulator no longer Open Source, but "Source available," he changed the licensing making it impossible to fork or modify this emulator. He's also livid against plugins, meaning that this emulator cannot be used for anything but exclusively playing video games. Emulators, for those who don't knows, are also used for decompilation projects, and ePSXe was used by the Toys For Bob developers to basically recover the source for the spyro games. Stenzek goes against all of it. Avoid this schizo at all costs.

Sleeves Anon
Jun 14, 2023
0

Solid emulator for a fun console. Seems to run better than alternatives, and even has a mobile version.

What is DuckStation?

DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for low-end devices. "Hack" options are discouraged, the default configuration should support all playable games with only some of the enhancements having compatibility issues.

A "BIOS" ROM image is required to to start the emulator and to play games. You can use an image from any hardware version or region, although mismatching game regions and BIOS regions may have compatibility issues. A ROM image is not provided with the emulator for legal reasons, you should dump this from your own console using Caetla or other means.

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