RPCS3 is a multi-platform open-source PlayStation 3 emulator. Download the latest build here:. Check the game compatibility list:. Donate to support our developers:. Join our Discord:.

RPCS3 supports the Stop Killing Games initiative in the EU🎮. Many PS3 online-only games are already dead. But it doesn't mean that has to be the norm going forward with future games to come on other platforms. If you're an EU citizen🇪🇺support it here too!.

And of course, for those who have GPUs so old they don't even support Vulkan 1.0, our OpenGL 4.3 render remains available as always. RPCS3 supports as far back as the Radeon HD 5000 series (with Mesa drivers on Linux) and the NVIDIA GTX 400 series with the OpenGL render!.

RPCS3 now requires Vulkan 1.2, instead of 1.0. For you, nothing changes: ALL Vulkan GPUs and drivers we already supported with 1.0 also support Vulkan 1.2. This change will allow us to make use of new Vulkan features to improve rendering performance. stay tuned for those!.

RPCS3 v0.0.37 has been tagged. Since v0.0.36 was tagged:.> 263 new commits.> 408 source code files have been edited.> 14 455 lines of code were added and 22 105 deleted.> 23 code contributors.> 62 days of development.

We often get asked what is AVX-512 and why does it matter so much for PS3 emulation specifically. Whatcookie - the main developer optimising CPU instruction set translation and implementing AVX-512 - wrote an in-depth article 3 years ago explaining this.

🎉 RPCS3 is now 14 years old!. This past year we pushed many accuracy and performance fixes, expanded savestates and netplay compatibility, added new features, implemented arm64 support running on a Raspberry Pi 5, and much more!. Here's to another great year for PS3 emulation.

Why does Red Dead Redemption on the PS3 read the timer 20 times in a row?.

What is static branch prediction?.

Today we're releasing the RPCS3 Build Archive. This is a comprehensive collection of every RPCS3 build built by our automated CI, set up 10 years ago. Many of these builds could not be found online anymore, and have been sitting on a backup hard drive for years. The entire.

🎤Singing with RPCS3!. While most SingStar games do not work yet with RPCS3, several entries in this series are already Playable!. Find out which games work on our Compatibility List.

RPCS3 v0.0.36 has been tagged. Since v0.0.35 was tagged:.> 190 new commits.> 309 source code files have been edited.> 8 949 lines of code were added and 23 459 deleted.> 20 code contributors.> 30 days of development.

A good CPU is by far the most important thing when it comes to emulation, specially PS3 emulation. We are now able to run benchmark areas across many demanding AAA games at triple digit FPS, thanks to AMD's insane new 9800X3D CPU!. What tier is your CPU?.

Big news!.elad335 has fixed the root cause for cellSpurs freezes in Metal Gear Solid 4.This means you no longer need to use the "freeze fix" canary patch to play the game.This change can also increase performance in other SPU bottlenecked games.Available since RPCS3 v0.0.35-17709

Whatcookie has optimised shader hashing, which leads to a performance increase in games that are not PPU or SPU bottlenecked. Available since RPCS3 v0.0.34-17493!

Whatcookie has enabled link-time optimisations (LTO) on RPCS3's core code for the Linux builds. Games that are not PPU or SPU bottlenecked got a speedup. Compiling Windows builds with cmake+clang+LTO is planned in the future. Available since RPCS3 v0.0.34-17475!

We have dropped support for macOS 13. If you're still on this version, you will have to update to macOS 14 or newer to continue using new versions of RPCS3. Reminder that there's no hardware that can run RPCS3 and macOS 13 but not macOS 14.

RPCS3 v0.0.35 has been tagged. Since v0.0.34 was tagged:.> 451 new commits.> 814 source code files have been edited.> 31 791 lines of code were added and 13 918 deleted.> 24 code contributors.> 119 days of development.

A look back on our performance optimisations!. We have compared the performance of a build from exactly 3 years ago with one from today. Average FPS numbers from 2 benchmark spots.a) 24.1 -> 31.7 (+31.5 %).b) 17.7 -> 24.7 (+39.5 %). Running on a laptop with R9 5900HX and RX 6700M

❗Netplay Update: PSN emulator RPCN v1.4.1 is out!. This update brings online support for many new games, most notably popular fighting games such as:. - Arcana Heart.- BlazBlue.- Persona.- Under Night In-Birth.and more. !. It also includes IPv6 support for signaling.

Our Discord server has just reached 400K members!. Thank you to everyone that has joined our community and is following RPCS3's development. Join our Discord at