RetroArch Alternatives

RetroArch is described as 'A portable, fast, and lightweight emulator frontend supporting classic and modern gaming systems with features like real-time rewinding and shader support' and is a very popular Game Emulator in the gaming software category. There are more than 100 alternatives to RetroArch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best RetroArch alternative is DuckStation, which is free. Other great apps like RetroArch are Lemuroid, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac, OpenEmu and Lakka.

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RetroArch alternatives are mainly Game Emulators, but if you're looking for Game Library Managers or Compatibility Layer Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Windows, Linux and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to RetroArch.
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  1. SkyEmu icon
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    SkyEmu is a low level GameBoy, GameBoy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its primary focus is to provide a good user experience through a good mixture of tradeoffs of accuracy, performance, features and usability.

    35 SkyEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  2. CLK icon
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    A latency-hating emulator of: the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. Gens/GS icon
     11 likes

    Gens/GS is a version of Gens maintained by GerbilSoft. The main goal of Gens/GS is to clean up the source code and combine features from various forks of Gens, as well as improving portability to other platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. DroidEmu icon
     6 likes

    DroidEmu is a game system to play SNES, NES, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy/Color, SEGA GameGear, SEGA Genesis games on your Android phone. It runs thousands of games at full speed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  5. The CD-i emulator program (cdiemu) provides a fairly complete emulation of the hardware of an actual physical CD-i player.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. BigPEmu icon
     4 likes

    Welcome to the home of BigPEmu! BigPEmu is the first Atari Jaguar emulator to feature compatibility with the entire retail library, along with excellent performance and a wide variety of unique features.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPad
    • iPhone
     
  7. SuperRetro16 icon
     6 likes

    SuperRetro16 allows users to play SNES Games on Android Phones. This Super Nintendo emulator that delivers the full console experience.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. Kawaks icon
     14 likes

    Kawaks is a streamlined Neo-Geo/Capcom (CPS1/2) emulator that works well even in low-end computers and is compatible with Kaillera Netplay. You can assign macros to specific keys to perform otherwise complicated supermoves!

    14 Kawaks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Saturn.emu icon
     1 like

    Advanced open-source Saturn emulator based on Mednafen with a minimalist UI and a focus on low audio/video latency. At least a PIxel 4 or device with similar specs is recommended for optimal performance.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
     
  10. GBC.emu icon
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    Gameboy Emulator.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Android
     
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