List of Switch homebrew emulators: Difference between revisions

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Console | Handheld | Arcade | Computer | Other Emulators

Console

Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Flycast	A standalone Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, Naomi 2 and Atomiswave emulator.	2.6	flyinghead	2026/01/11
pSNES	SNES emulator. Port of Snes9x.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
pGen	Sega Genesis emulator, multiplatform port of Genesis Plus GX.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
pNES	Portable NES Emulator. Based on Nestopia.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
melonDS	DS emulator for Nintendo Switch.	7.2.1	Arisotura, Hydr8gon, RSDuck, Gheovgos, ArcDelta	2025/11/19
DuckStation	Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64.	Prerelease 2	RSDuck	2024/04/23
snesnx2005	Port of snes9x2005 libretro core for Nintendo Switch.	0.0.1-alpha1	kazuki-4ys	2023/05/17
Yaba Sanshiro	Yaba Sanshiro stand alone for Nintendo Switch.	2.2	devmiyax	2019/11/23
reiCast	A multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator.	2019	davidgfnet	2019/05/13
NoiES	NES emulator written from scratch.	1.2	Hydr8gon	2019/05/06
Mupen64Plus-Next + GLideN64	Nintendo 64 emulator, A complete rewrite of	3.0	m3xw	2019/03/15
NESalizer	SDL2 NES emulator ported to the Nintendo Switch (unfinished).	2018	Kevoot	2018/09/15
PCSX-ReARMed	ARM optimized PCSX fork.	0.0.2	rock88	2018/07/28
LaiNES	Cycle accurate NES emulator based on LaiNES.	1.4	Kevoot	2018/07/26

Flycast
flyinghead
v.2.6
pSNES
Cpasjuste
v.7.1
pGen
Cpasjuste
v.7.1
pNES
Cpasjuste
v.7.1
melonDS
Arisotura, Hydr8gon, RSDuck, Gheovgos, ArcDelta
v.7.2.1
DuckStation
RSDuck
v.Prerelease 2
snesnx2005
kazuki-4ys
v.0.0.1-alpha1
Yaba Sanshiro
devmiyax
v.2.2
reiCast
davidgfnet
v.2019
NoiES
Hydr8gon
v.1.2
Mupen64Plus-Next + GLideN64
m3xw
v.3.0
NESalizer
Kevoot
v.2018
PCSX-ReARMed
rock88
v.0.0.2
LaiNES
Kevoot
v.1.4

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Handheld

Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
pGBA	GBA emulator for Switch.	7.1	cpasjuste	2025/12/30
Vita2hos	(WIP) PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer.	0.4	xerpi	2025/03/21
mGBA	Game Boy Advance emulator.	0.10.5	mgba-emu	2025/03/08
PPSSPP	Highly WIP standalone PPSSPP port.	1.17.1	m4xw	2024/09/11
TamaTool-NX	A cross-platform Tamagotchi P1 explorer for Switch.	1.0.0	Avellea	2024/07/11
NooDS	A multiplatform NDS emulator.	Rolling Release	Hydr8gon	2023/02/13
44VBA	A GBA emulator for various platforms.	20220417	44670	2022/04/17
MelonDS	DS emulator, sorta.	release6fix1	Hydr8gon, RSDuck	2021/07/17
GameLad	Open Source Gameboy Emulator written in C++.	1	darkxex	2021/04/29
Switch GBA Emulator	Browser based Nintendo Switch GBA emulator.	1.0.2	BFriedrichs	2019/07/21
DeSmuME with JIT	Advanced port of DeSmuME for Nintendo Switch.	2019	RSDuck	2019/06/17
VBA-next	Libretro VBA-Next port for Switch.	0.7	RSDuck	2018/07/14
DeSmuME-NX	Port of the DS emulator DeSmuME (w/Laprox Vertical Mod).	0.0.3	MasterFeizz, Laprox	2018/07/11
khedgb	GBC Emulator port.	update7	jakibaki	2018/07/10
gdkGBA	GameBoy Advance Emulator port (discontinued).	update9	jakibaki	2018/05/22
Neopop-SDL	Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color emulator.	0.2	nop90	2018/03/21

pGBA
cpasjuste
v.7.1
Vita2hos
xerpi
v.0.4
mGBA
mgba-emu
v.0.10.5
PPSSPP
m4xw
v.1.17.1
TamaTool-NX
Avellea
v.1.0.0
NooDS
Hydr8gon
v.Rolling Release
44VBA
44670
v.20220417
MelonDS
Hydr8gon, RSDuck
v.release6fix1
GameLad
darkxex
v.1
Switch GBA Emulator
BFriedrichs
v.1.0.2
DeSmuME with JIT
RSDuck
v.2019
VBA-next
RSDuck
v.0.7
DeSmuME-NX
MasterFeizz, Laprox
v.0.0.3
khedgb
jakibaki
v.update7
gdkGBA
jakibaki
v.update9
Neopop-SDL
nop90
v.0.2

Console | Handheld | Arcade | Computer | Other Emulators

Arcade

Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
pFBNeo	Port of FBNeo, an arcade and console emulator for the Switch.	7.1	Cpasjuste	2025/12/30
Supermodel-NX	Sega Arcade Model 3 emulator on Nintendo Switch (L4T Ubuntu).	2021	sergio_prado	2021/02/02
MAME-NX	MAME 0.72 for the Nintendo Switch.	2.3	MVG/lantus	2020/04/17

pFBNeo
Cpasjuste
v.7.1
Supermodel-NX
sergio_prado
v.2021
MAME-NX
MVG/lantus
v.2.3

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Computer

Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
ScummVM	Point and Click Adventures for old Pc games.	2026.1.0	ScummVM Team	2026/02/01
Switch P8	Pico-8 emulator.	0.5.0	voliva	2025/10/25
UAE4All2	Amiga Emulator UAE4All2 for Switch.	2.12	rsn8887	2024/03/23
UniPCemu	The UniPCemu emulator (previously called x86EMU).	2023	superfury	2023/04/11
ResidualVM	ResidualVM port for Switch.	0.4.0	usineur	2020/09/20
AXChip8	Chip 8 emulator for Nintendo Switch.	1	darkxex	2020/03/05
CHIP8-NX	A CHIP8 emulator for the Nintendo Switch.	0.3	Marice	2018/05/25

ScummVM
ScummVM Team
v.2026.1.0
Switch P8
voliva
v.0.5.0
UAE4All2
rsn8887
v.2.12
UniPCemu
superfury
v.2023
ResidualVM
usineur
v.0.4.0
AXChip8
darkxex
v.1
CHIP8-NX
Marice
v.0.3

Console | Handheld | Arcade | Computer | Other Emulators

Other Emulators

Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
Title	Description	Version	Author(s)	Updated
tico	The first custom emulation frontend for Nintendo Switch.	0.7.2	dantiicu	2026/06/01
RetroArch	A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.	1.21.0	Libretro	2025/04/30
Lakka Switch	Lakka - The DIY retro emulation console.	5.0	Libretro	2024/04/14
FAKE-08	A Pico-8 player/emulator for console homebrew.	0.0.2.20	jtothebell	2023/03/11

tico
dantiicu
v.0.7.2
RetroArch
Libretro
v.1.21.0
Lakka Switch
Libretro
v.5.0
FAKE-08
jtothebell
v.0.0.2.20

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