1.shadps4-emu / shadPS4
PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD written in C++
+3,434 stars
from 30,611 · score 8.14
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2.utmapp / UTM
Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
+2,999 stars
from 33,677 · score 8.01
3.RPCS3 / rpcs3
PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger
+1,777 stars
from 18,544 · score 7.48
4.PCSX2 / pcsx2
PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator
+1,355 stars
from 14,629 · score 7.21
5.hrydgard / ppsspp
A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and iOS, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues.
- ppsspp
- emulators
- psp
+1,176 stars
from 13,643 · score 7.07
+1,025 stars
from 12,665 · score 6.93
+983 stars
from 19,679 · score 6.89
8.qemu / qemu
Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are disabled. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.
+961 stars
from 13,021 · score 6.87
9.stenzek / duckstation
Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64
+944 stars
from 9,993 · score 6.85
10.ruffle-rs / ruffle
A Flash Player emulator written in Rust
- swf
- flash
- rust
- emulator
- reimplementation
- hacktoberfest
+900 stars
from 17,902 · score 6.80
11.dolphin-emu / dolphin
Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.
+883 stars
from 14,879 · score 6.78
12.copy / v86
x86 PC emulator and x86-to-wasm JIT, running in the browser
+871 stars
from 22,789 · score 6.77
13.cemu-project / Cemu
Cemu - Wii U emulator
+860 stars
from 9,224 · score 6.76
14.Vita3K / Vita3K
Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator
+776 stars
from 5,160 · score 6.66
+632 stars
from 10,062 · score 6.45
16.mgba-emu / mgba
mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator
- mgba
- gameboy-emulator
- gameboy-advance-emulator
- gba
- gameboy-advance
- gameboy-color-emulator
- +6 more
+616 stars
from 6,940 · score 6.42
+535 stars
from 4,645 · score 6.28
18.OpenEmu / OpenEmu
🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS
- openemu
- objective-c
- macos
- emulation
- emulator
- retrogaming
+423 stars
from 17,439 · score 6.05
19.xemu-project / xemu
Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)
+418 stars
from 3,812 · score 6.04
20.flyinghead / flycast
Flycast is a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator
+385 stars
from 2,251 · score 5.96
21.felixrieseberg / windows95
Windows 95 in an app. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
+269 stars
from 24,022 · score 5.60
22.nikita36078 / J2ME-Loader
A J2ME emulator for Android.
+220 stars
from 2,515 · score 5.40
23.TASEmulators / BizHawk
BizHawk is a multi-system emulator written in C#. BizHawk provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and joypad support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores.
+191 stars
from 2,621 · score 5.26
24.LIJI32 / SameBoy
Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C
+169 stars
from 2,067 · score 5.14
25.TASEmulators / desmume
DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator
+163 stars
from 3,514 · score 5.10
26.Baekalfen / PyBoy
Game Boy emulator written in Python
+130 stars
from 5,107 · score 4.88
27.bsnes-emu / bsnes
bsnes is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use.
+97 stars
from 1,913 · score 4.58
+42 stars
from 5,621 · score 3.76
+32 stars
from 845 · score 3.50
30.aappleby / metroboy
A repository of gate-level simulators and tools for the original Game Boy.
+19 stars
from 1,160 · score 3.00
31.picolove / picolove
PICO-8 Reimplementation in Love2D. Chat: https://discord.gg/jGEMUse6RM
+14 stars
from 878 · score 2.71
32.Humpheh / goboy
Multi-platform Nintendo Game Boy Color emulator written in Go
+11 stars
from 2,627 · score 2.48
33.Gekkio / mooneye-gb
A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust
+9 stars
from 962 · score 2.30