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RetroArch

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App ID 1118310
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Libretro
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 30006096
Last Record Update 11 July 2025 – 07:59:36 UTC ()
Release Date 14 September 2021 – 11:47:19 UTC ()
😎 86.80%
8k reviews
275
In-Game

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

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Libretro
metacritic_name RetroArch
controller_support full
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Libretro
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 26 May 2010 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
AbsoluteMouseCoordinates No
disable_shader_precaching Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/VZ2b7wghxR
https://www.facebook.com/libretro/
https://x.com/libretro
https://www.youtube.com/Libretro/
Primary Genre Free to Play (37)
Store Genres Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 14 September 2021 – 11:47:19 UTC ()
Original Release Date 26 May 2010 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1274857200)
Store Asset Modification Time 24 December 2021 – 23:41:26 UTC () (1640389286)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct16.187389753759533
height_pct47.4608294900429
osextended macos64,macosapplesilicon,macosnotarized
Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 89
RemotePlayTogetherTestingBranches nightly,preview
DisableShaderReporting Yes
Detected Technologies (?) SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
First seen on SteamDB 5 July 2019 – 13:29:30 UTC (), in changelist #6531455
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

19 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
Italian Yes
German Yes
Dutch Yes
Greek Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes
Norwegian Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Swedish Yes
Turkish Yes
Vietnamese Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes

Tags

🆓 Free to Play 👾 Retro 💾 Software 🕒 Classic 🕹 Arcade 👤 Singleplayer 🕹️ Multiplayer 📺 Local Multiplayer 🖥️ Simulation 🕹️ Old School 📼 1990's 👾 Pixel Graphics 🏽 2D 🤝 Co-op 🎸 1980s 🔧 Utilities 🎮 Controller 🗺️ Adventure 🎲 RPG 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Online PvP LAN PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online Co-op LAN Co-op Shared/Split Screen Co-op Steam Cloud Remote Play on Phone Remote Play on Tablet Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together HDR Supported Profile Features Limited Multi-player PvP Co-op Shared/Split Screen Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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header_image
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library_assets_full
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Assets
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community_icon6fd9f265a163a4228d1d2bff2a8fdff6ce78270f.jpg
page_background_pathapp/1118310
raw_page_backgroundpage_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp1 June 2024 – 19:47:35 UTC
Trailers
256836358 ↴
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trailer_category0
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256756030 ↴
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User File System

Key Value
quota 20.00 GiB (21474836480)
maxnumfiles 10000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*
recursive1
2 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state
3 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathconfig
pattern*.opt
recursive1
5 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.mcr
recursive1
6 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.srm
recursive1
7 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.dsv
recursive1
8 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/fbneo
pattern*.hi
recursive1
9 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/fbneo
pattern*.nv
recursive1
10 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/USA/Card A/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
11 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/USA/Card B/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
12 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/JAP/Card A/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
13 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/JAP/Card B/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
14 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/EUR/Card A/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
15 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/User/GC/EUR/Card B/
pattern*.gci
recursive1
16 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state1
recursive1
17 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state2
recursive1
18 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state3
recursive1
19 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*.state.auto
recursive1
20 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*.state4
recursive1
21 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state5
recursive1
22 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state6
recursive1
23 ↴
rootgameinstall
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pattern*.state7
recursive1
24 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state8
recursive1
25 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathstates
pattern*.state9
recursive1
26 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/fbneo
pattern*.memcard
27 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/fbneo
pattern*.fs
recursive1
28 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.sav
recursive1
29 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.dsv
recursive1
30 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.mcd
recursive1
31 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.mcr
recursive1
32 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.ngf
recursive1
33 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathconfig
pattern*.slangp
recursive1
35 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathconfig
pattern*.glslp
recursive1
36 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathconfig
pattern*.cgp
recursive1
37 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves
pattern*.ngf
recursive1
43 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathconfig/remaps/
pattern*.rmp
recursive1
44 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/
pattern*.bin
recursive1
45 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/
pattern*.png
recursive1
46 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/
pattern*.sfo
recursive1
47 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/PPSSPP/PSP/SAVEDATA
pattern*
recursive1
48 ↴
rootgameinstall
pathsaves/
pattern*.gci
recursive1

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/PSP/SAVEDATA *
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/config *.opt
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.mcr
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.srm
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.dsv
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/fbneo *.hi
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/fbneo *.nv
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/USA/Card A/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/USA/Card B/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/JAP/Card A/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/JAP/Card B/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/EUR/Card A/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/User/GC/EUR/Card B/ *.gci
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state1
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state2
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state3
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state.auto
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state4
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state5
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state6
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state7
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state8
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/states *.state9
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/fbneo *.memcard
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/fbneo *.fs
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.sav
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.dsv
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.mcd
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.mcr
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.ngf
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/config *.slangp
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/config *.glslp
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/config *.cgp
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves *.ngf
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/config/remaps/ *.rmp
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/ *.bin
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/ *.png
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/ *.sfo
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/PPSSPP/PSP/SAVEDATA *
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/RetroArch/saves/ *.gci
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