| 1 |  PCSX2A free and open-source PlayStation 2 (PS2) emulator. | 2.8.2 | Open source | September 21, 2026 | — | 11.1K ↓ |
| 2 |  BizHawkA core-based, multi-system emulator written in C#. Provides nice features for casual gamers such as full screen, and controller/joystick support in addition to full rerecording and debugging tools for all system cores. | 2.11 | Open source | February 10, 2026 | — | 4.3K ↓ |
| 3 |  SameBoySameBoy is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C. | 1.0.4 | Other licence | October 9, 2026 | — | 712 ↓ |
| 4 |  bsnesA Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use. | 2026-01-09 | Open source | February 10, 2026 | — | 1.1K ↓ |
| 5 | WwincdemuCD/DVD/BD emulator - mounts optical disc images. | 4.0 | Open source | | — | 64K ↓ |
| 6 |  shadPS4PlayStation 4 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS written in C++ | 0.20.0 | Open source | October 14, 2026 | — | ★ 33.9K |
| 7 |  CemuNintendo Wii U Emulator | 2.6 | Open source | March 23, 2026 | — | ★ 10K |
| 8 |  SharpEmuAn experimental PlayStation 5 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS. | 0.0.1 | Open source | July 24, 2026 | — | 50 ↓ |
| 9 |  GenymotionAndroid emulator with over 3.000 Android configurations. | 3.10.0 | Proprietary | April 11, 2026 | 162.3 MB | 20.6K ↓ |
| 10 |  xemuOriginal Xbox Emulator | 0.8.139 | Open source | October 22, 2026 | — | ★ 4.2K |
| 11 |  Cemu (Experimental)Nintendo Wii U Emulator | 2.0-95 | Open source | August 26, 2024 | — | ★ 10K |
| 12 |  AzaharAzahar is an open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra. | 2126.1.2 | Open source | October 8, 2026 | — | ★ 8.4K |
| 13 |  AzaharAn open-source 3DS emulator project based on Citra. | 2126.2 | Open source | October 9, 2026 | — | ★ 8.4K |
| 14 |  DuckStationFast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch64. | 0.1.11894 | Other licence | October 20, 2026 | — | ★ 10.9K |
| 15 |  AppleWinApple II emulator for Windows | 1.32.1.0 | Open source | October 4, 2026 | — | ★ 938 |
| 16 |  macintosh.jsMacintosh System 8 emulator written in javascript and electron | 1.2.0 | Proprietary | July 31, 2023 | — | ★ 8.5K |
| 17 |  86BoxEmulator of x86-based machines | 6.0 | Open source | June 1, 2026 | — | ★ 4.9K |
| 18 |  Visual Boy Advance - MCommunity-maintained, improved version of the VisualBoyAdvance Game Boy emulator | 2.2.3 | Open source | October 26, 2025 | — | ★ 3.9K |
| 19 |  touchHLEHigh-level emulator for iOS 3 and earlier's iPhone apps. | 0.2.3 | Open source | August 20, 2026 | — | ★ 4K |
| 20 |  Vita3KExperimental PlayStation Vita emulator. | 0.2.1.4225 | Open source | October 24, 2026 | — | ★ 5.9K |
| 21 | MMednafenA portable, OpenGL- and SDL-utilising, multi-system emulator. | 1.32.1 | Open source | September 19, 2025 | — | 1.2K ↓ |
| 22 |  ShaderGlassOverlay for running GPU shaders on top of Windows desktop and Wine | 1.3.0 | Open source | August 6, 2026 | — | ★ 4.3K |
| 23 |  DeSmuMEDeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator. | 0.9.13 | Open source | December 8, 2023 | — | ★ 3.7K |
| 24 |  aresares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation. | 148 | Open source | June 3, 2026 | — | ★ 1.8K |
| 25 |  Mesen 2Multi-system emulator (NES, SNES, GB, GBA, PCE, SMS/GG, WS) for Windows, Linux and macOS. | 2.1.1 | Open source | July 30, 2025 | — | ★ 2.4K |
| 26 |  EKA2L1Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator, written in C++ 17. | 0.0.8.2 | Open source | December 15, 2025 | — | ★ 2.1K |
| 27 |  CEmuThird-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features | 2.0 | Open source | January 26, 2026 | — | ★ 1.3K |
| 28 |  FCEUXFCEUX is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Famicom, Famicom Disk System (FDS), and Dendy emulator. It supports NTSC (USA/JPN), PAL (European), and NTSC-PAL Hybrid modes. It supports both Windows and SDL versions for cross compatibility. | 2.6.6 | Open source | July 19, 2025 | — | ★ 1.6K |
| 29 |  ViceSharpVICE-compatible Commodore 64 emulator (Avalonia GUI). | 1.2.1 | Open source | August 5, 2026 | — | 31 ↓ |
| 30 |  AzaharPlusAzaharPlus is a fork of the Azahar 3DS emulator that restores some features. | 2122-A | Open source | August 18, 2025 | — | ★ 1.3K |
| 31 |  MesenMesen is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) NES/Famicom emulator built in C++ and C#. | 0.9.9 | Open source | July 28, 2025 | — | ★ 1.3K |
| 32 |  ipaSimiOS emulator for Windows | 1.0.1.0 | Open source | | — | ★ 938 |
| 33 |  Nintendo Switch OnlineNintendo Switch app APIs | 1.6.1 | Open source | April 30, 2023 | — | ★ 631 |
| 34 |  openMSXThe MSX emulator that aims for perfection. | 21.0.0 | Free | February 19, 2026 | — | ★ 559 |
| 35 |  KEmulatorCross-platform J2ME emulator. | 2.24.1 | Free | May 21, 2026 | — | ★ 482 |
| 36 |  Mesen-SMesen-S is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) SNES emulator built in C++ and C#. | 0.4.0 | Open source | July 31, 2025 | — | ★ 416 |
| 37 |  86Box ManagerA configuration manager for the 86Box emulator | 1.7.4 | Open source | July 1, 2024 | — | ★ 414 |
| 38 |  SSFAn emulator of the Sega Saturn video game console. | 0.35 | Proprietary | August 5, 2025 | — | ★ 298 |
| 39 |  Teconmoon Wii Virtual Console InjectorFork of the popular Wii Virtual Console Injector for Wii U by Teconmoon | 3.0.17 | Other licence | August 7, 2024 | — | ★ 191 |
| 40 |  ACNESCreatorA program that creates Animal Crossing NES ROM save files for Animal Crossing to load | 1.5 | Open source | July 22, 2024 | — | ★ 110 |
| 41 |  DreamPotatoA Dreamcast VMU emulator currently in beta. | 0.3.1 | Open source | August 17, 2026 | — | ★ 70 |
| 42 |  fabric-emulatorA local emulator of the Microsoft Fabric control plane that validates Entra bearer tokens. | 0.13.0 | Open source | September 14, 2026 | — | ★ 26 |
| 43 |  entra-emulatorA local, MSAL-compatible emulator of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) in a single Go binary. | 0.9.0 | Open source | August 19, 2026 | — | ★ 4 |
| 44 | WWinUAEWinUAE is an Amiga Emulator for the Windows platform. It started out as port of the Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator (UAE) and has evolved since then. | 6.0.0 | Open source | July 11, 2025 | 12.8 MB | — |
| 45 |  Skylander Portal ControllerPhone-driven control of the RPCS3-emulated Skylanders portal over Wi-Fi. | 1.9.21 | Open source | August 16, 2026 | — | — |
| 46 |  TowerMasterA game-making IDE for the Sega Master System — design games visually and compile them into real SMS ROMs. | 0.1.121 | Open source | August 30, 2026 | — | — |
| 47 | EEden («x86_64-v1» instruction set, MSVC)The Eden Nintendo Switch Emulator. | 0.2.1 | Open source | June 2, 2026 | 31.3 MB | — |
| 48 | EEden («x86_64-v3»/ARM64 instruction sets, standard)The Eden Nintendo Switch Emulator. | 0.2.1 | Open source | June 2, 2026 | 41.4 MB | — |
| 49 | EEden («x86_64-v3»/ARM64 instruction sets, PGO)The Eden Nintendo Switch Emulator. | 0.2.1 | Open source | June 2, 2026 | 36.9 MB | — |
| 50 | MmelonDSDS emulator. The goal is to do things right and fast. | 1.1 | Open source | December 26, 2025 | 1 KB | — |