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RetroArch

Libretro · 2022-05-27

Steam

Free To Play

RetroArch is an open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications

713
playing now
89%
positive of 9.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

713 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. It is licensed under the GNU GPLv3. RetroArch runs on many computers, home consoles, handheld consoles, smartphones, smart TV's, single-board computers and web browsers. As of 1 April 2024, versions for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 are not out yet, but are available unofficially.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 713 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,076 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~135/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 2,970 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
86586520212026Week of 2021-09-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8503252026-08-06 21:00 — 657 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 414 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 447 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 678 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 487 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 565 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 735 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 564 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 609 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 757 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 402 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 466 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 641 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 432 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 519 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 614 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 416 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 474 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 850 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 452 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 355 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 585 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 674 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 413 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 646 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 628 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 325 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 626 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 713 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

4471582026-06-01 — 212 pageviews2026-06-04 — 174 pageviews2026-06-07 — 180 pageviews2026-06-10 — 293 pageviews2026-06-13 — 291 pageviews2026-06-16 — 282 pageviews2026-06-19 — 249 pageviews2026-06-22 — 282 pageviews2026-06-25 — 258 pageviews2026-06-28 — 327 pageviews2026-07-01 — 286 pageviews2026-07-04 — 283 pageviews2026-07-07 — 286 pageviews2026-07-10 — 250 pageviews2026-07-13 — 229 pageviews2026-07-16 — 307 pageviews2026-07-19 — 208 pageviews2026-07-22 — 171 pageviews2026-07-25 — 180 pageviews2026-07-28 — 246 pageviews2026-07-31 — 163 pageviews2026-08-03 — 238 pageviews2026-08-06 — 164 pageviews2026-08-09 — 221 pageviews2026-08-12 — 206 pageviews2026-08-15 — 201 pageviews2026-08-18 — 174 pageviews2026-08-21 — 165 pageviews2026-08-24 — 205 pageviews2026-08-27 — 171 pageviews2026-08-29 — 257 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op65 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil…

Player tags

2D1980sCo-opRetro1990'sArcadeClassicSoftwareOld SchoolSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.