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.


Emuze is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Emuze for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and Flathub apps. The best Emuze alternative is Lutris, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Emuze are LaunchBox, Pegasus, Gavilya and RetroBat.
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.


LaunchBox was originally built as an attractive frontend to DOSBox, but has since expanded to support both modern PC games and emulated console platforms. LaunchBox aims to be the one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and...




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.



Gavilya is a user-friendly game launcher built using C# .NET 6 and WPF, designed to streamline the gaming experience by consolidating games from various sources into a single, accessible platform. With its intuitive interface and diverse set of features, Gavilya offers gamers a...



RetroBat is a set of Batch and Powershell scripts written to easily configure and launch EmulationStation for Windows. This frontend software is intended to gather your ROMs collection and run games with compatible emulators such as RetroArch.



Daijisho is a retro launcher that let you manage your retro games libraries. Daijisho cares about integrated experience, expansibility, aesthetic and pragmatical usabilities let you focus on games itself.




A simple, fast and open source game launcher for Windows 7,8,10,11 made in Godot (gdscript).




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.




Open Gamepad UI is a free and open source game launcher and overlay written using the Godot Game Engine 4 designed with a gamepad native experience in mind. Its goal is to provide an open and extendable foundation to launch and play games.




Metropolis Launcher is a game launcher, emulation front-end and an extensive offline database of video game metadata thanks to MobyGames.
Metropolis Launcher is based on the .NET 4.0 Framework and runs on Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10

RetriX is an emulator front end for UWP, on all the hardware platforms it supports: it serves the same purpose as RetroArch but is built from the ground up to integrate as well as possible with Windows.

HyperSpin is an animated arcade frontend for Windows for use on Home Arcade Machines. HyperSpin allows you to create custom menu systems to run most executables with that arcade look and feel. HyperSpin takes a more artwork oriented approach to creating menu's.

