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Bloodborne on PC

PlayStation 4 Bloodborne running on PC through native. Supply your own copy of the game.

About the game

A night-long hunt through the gothic city of Yharnam, overtaken by a plague that turns people into beasts. Combat trades the shield for dodging.

Developer
FromSoftware
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre
RPG de ação · Soulslike
Original game
24 Mar 2015

How this port works

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

Definitive Bloodborne PC Experience

How to install

  1. 01You need your own copy of Bloodborne for PS4 with the 1.09 update copied over it — or kept beside it in a CUSA00900-UPDATE folder, the way shadPS4 does.
  2. 02On top of that, the 1.09 eboot.bin decrypted to an ELF. The project checks the file by its SHA-256 hash, so anything other than 1.09 is refused — the most common mistake here.
  3. 03Download the release for Windows or Linux.
  4. 04Start bbhost. The setup window asks for the two paths — the game folder and the ELF —, checks them and saves them. Then press Play.
  5. 05Configuration, controls, saves, logs and troubleshooting are in the project’s own running documentation.

These projects ship no game data. Supply your own copy.

Frequently asked

Do I need the original game to play Bloodborne on PC?

Yes. The project distributes no game data — you supply your own copy or dump. Every project in this scene works this way, and it is what lets them stay publicly hosted on GitHub.

What does "native" mean?

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

Will Bloodborne run on a low-end PC?

Native ports and recompilations skip CPU emulation entirely, so they are usually far lighter than an emulator for the same console. With no published measurement for this project, though, any estimate would be guesswork — test it on your own machine.

When was Bloodborne released?

The original game shipped in 2015, developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. This PC port is from 2026.

Which systems does it support?

The current release (v0.2.18) ships builds for Windows, Linux. The game originally shipped on PlayStation 4.

Is it legal to use?

The project is public and open source, maintained by droogie, and contains nothing from the commercial game. Responsibility for the game copy you use is yours — which is why the developers require you to supply your own.

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