RPCS3 AlternativesGame Emulators and other similar apps like RPCS3

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   OpenEmu

    71 likes

   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.

   59 OpenEmu alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Xenia

    17 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.

   6 Xenia alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Xenia vs RPCS3 Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Jun 17, 2026

   Xbox ... is not, was not, and will not be, a shiny emulated PS3

   Negative comment by Darlene Sonalder · Aug 26, 2026

   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.

   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 28, 2023

   Xenia is a Xbox emulator, not a PS3 one

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   • Xenia is Free and Open SourceRPCS3 is also Free and Open Source
   • Xenia is Minimalistic and LightweightRPCS3 is not according to our users
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   ChonkyStation3

    2 likes

   PlayStation®3 Emulator.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   • Italy
   • EU

   

   

   

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   ARMSX3

    1 like

   Proof of concept port of RPCS3 for Android.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android

   

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   aPS3e

    1 like

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Game Emulator

   Platforms

   • Android

   

   

   

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   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!

   15 Play! PS2 Emulator alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Canada

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone

   • Canada

   

   

   

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   Play! PS2 Emulator vs RPCS3 Comments

   Negative comment by Darlene Sonalder · Feb 26, 2025

   Play! Is a PS2 emulator, RPCS3 a PS3 emulator

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

    4 likes

   Nucleus is a PlayStation 3 emulator.

   4 Nucleus alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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    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

    

    

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