RPCS3 AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like RPCS3

RPCS3 is described as 'Experimental open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows, Mac and Linux. RPCS3 began development in May of 2011 by its founders, DH and Hykem' and is a Game Emulator in the development category. There are eight alternatives to RPCS3 for Windows, Linux, Android, Mac and iPhone. The best RPCS3 alternative is OpenEmu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RPCS3 are Xenia, ChonkyStation3, ARMSX3 and aPS3e.

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  1. OpenEmu icon

    OpenEmu

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    Open Emu is an open source project to bring game emulation to OS X as a first class citizen, leveraging modern OS X technologies such as Cocoa, Core Animation and Quartz, and 3rd party libraries like Sparkle for auto-updating.

    56 OpenEmu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. Xenia icon

    Xenia

     16 likes

    Xenia is an experimental Xbox 360 emulator, and the very first to achieve the feat of running a commercial Xbox 360 game, Frogger 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Xenia vs RPCS3 Comments
    Guest
    Negative
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    Xbox ... is not, was not, and will not be, a shiny emulated PS3

    Guest
    Negative
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    Xenia is a Xbox emulator, not a PS3 one

    Darlene Sonalder
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    While Xenia emulate a console from the same generation than RPCS3 does, these are both radically different systems. Many games from their catalog do overlap but there is a lot of exclusive titles on both side. They perform differently too.

    Xenia is a Xbox 360 emulator. RPCS3 is a PlayStation 3 emulator.

    • Xenia is Free and Open SourceRPCS3 is also Free and Open Source
    • Xenia is Minimalistic and LightweightRPCS3 is not according to our users
  5. ARMSX3 icon

    ARMSX3

     1 like

    Proof of concept port of RPCS3 for Android.

    3 ARMSX3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. aPS3e icon

    aPS3e

     1 like

    aPS3e is an Android-based PS3 emulator built from the RPCS3 source code, adhering to the GPLv2 license.

    6 aPS3e alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    aPS3e screenshot 1
     
  8. Play! PS2 Emulator icon

    Play! PS2 Emulator

     6 likes

    Play! is a portable PlayStation2 emulator. The focus of the project is on making PlayStation2 emulation easy and accessible. Just pop in your favorite game's disc and have fun!

    14 Play! PS2 Emulator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    Play! PS2 Emulator vs RPCS3 Comments
    Darlene Sonalder
    Negative
    1

    Play! Is a PS2 emulator, RPCS3 a PS3 emulator

    • Play! PS2 Emulator is Free and Open SourceRPCS3 is also Free and Open Source
  9. Nucleus icon

    Nucleus

     4 likes

    Nucleus is a PlayStation 3 emulator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. S

    Short Waves

     1 like

    Short Waves is a PS3 emulator for windows. (Very early release, can run a few homebrews)

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Short Waves screenshot 1
     
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