• Decompilation, recompilation and emulation: how PC ports workThe difference between decompilation, static recompilation, native ports, translation layers and emulators — what each asks of your machine, and why all of them need your copy of the game.
• Console games recompiled for PC145Every console game with a static recompilation for PC: the original code translated to run natively, usually with widescreen and an uncapped framerate.
• Native console ports for PC109Console games rebuilt to run as real PC programs with no emulator: decompilations and hand-made ports.
• Console-to-PC ports with a download available189Only the projects that have published a version to download on GitHub. The others exist as source and still ask you to build them.
• Console games with a native Linux build103Console ports whose release ships a Linux build — which also covers the Steam Deck in desktop mode.
• Console games with a native Mac build60Console ports whose release ships a macOS build, with no Windows or compatibility layer needed.
• Console-to-PC ports in development14Decompilations and ports that have not reached a playable release yet. Follow them here before everyone else.
• Console emulators for PC6The open-source emulators that run a whole console library on PC — the complement to ports, for when the game you want does not have one yet.
• ConsolesPick a console and see everything that now runs natively on PC.