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RPCS3

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RPCS3 is an 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.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • AppImageHub
  • Flathub
  • FreeBSD
5 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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  • Developed by

    DH and Hykem
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    5 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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DevelopmentGaming Software

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  •  16,158 Stars
  •  1,976 Forks
  •  1096 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 12, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about RPCS3, and it has gotten 32 likes

RPCS3 was added to AlternativeTo by JoshHZR on Oct 15, 2015 and this page was last updated Sep 3, 2023.

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tomyan112
  
Top positive commentMar 30, 2024
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Serious Goose
  
Positive commentSep 1, 2023

Great emulator. They improved it a lot over time and it keeps getting better. Active community on Discord as well.

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andialaziz0501
  
Positive commentJul 18, 2019

can run many ps3 games on my core i5 laptop

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What is RPCS3?

RPCS3 is an 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.

Progress Each month we aim to publish a technical and visual progress report that showcases our latest progress completed by our developers and talented contributors. Similarly to most emulator projects we want to be as open as possible with our progress. Showcasing performance, graphical and quality-of-life improvements in great detail is our goal. We believe this is the best way to keep our fans and followers interested in the project.

Community Join our Discord community featuring over 37,000 members for project announcements, developer interaction and emulator configuration support. With regular interaction from our team, we aim to create a tight-knit community of emulation hobbyists and PlayStation 3 fans alike. Our server features a custom designed compatibility bot that allows users to request, then fetch the status for over 2800 tested PlayStation 3 titles.

Code RPCS3's GitHub community is always hard at work developing, implementing and deploying new features and ideas for the project. GitHub allows us to keep our project accessible, free and most importantly, open-source. GitHub enables us to review contributions, approve of them and implement seamlessly. Anyone and everyone is able to view the project's source, modify it, compile it locally and distribute under the GNU GPL 2.0

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