Beacon Game Launcher

1.8.22

NERDS TAKE OVER

4.26

1,038 reviews

10,000+
Downloads

$2.99

Transform your device in a game console

4.26 · 1,038 reviews · 10,000+ downloads · #11 in Personalization

Pros & Cons

Direct game launching from the launcher for streamlined retro play
Integrates with preferred emulators for a tailored setup
Auto-scraped cover art and metadata to enhance your retro library
Active updates adding new emulator support

Does not contain games or emulators within the app, relying on external sources
Launcher-focused experience may have fewer built-in features than full emulation suites

About Beacon Game Launcher

Beacon Game Launcher is a personalization app developed by NERDS TAKE OVER.

Download Statistics

Beacon Game Launcher has been downloaded 43 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.9 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 personalization apps.

User Ratings

Beacon Game Launcher is rated 4.26 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 1 thousand ratings.

App Information

Beacon Game Launcher costs $2.99 to download. The APK download size is 5.90 MB. The latest version available is 1.8.22. The last update was on April 16, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Beacon Game Launcher requires Android 7.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play August 2023.

Description

Does not contain games or emulators.

More data about Beacon Game Launcher

Price	$2.99
Total downloads	43 thousand
Recent downloads	1.9 thousand
Rating	4.26 based on 1 thousand ratings
Ranking	Top ranked
Version	1.8.22
APK size	5.90 MB
Number of libraries	47
Designed for Android	7.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Beacon Game Launcher has been downloaded 43 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 64 downloads per day.

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Comments on Beacon Game Launcher for Android

★★★★★ Aurel Florinel Văduva · Jan 19, 2026

The game doesn't start and all I get is a black screen when using pizza boy c paid version for Game Boy. How do I fix this? The emulator works normally if I just open it from the app instead of trying to open a Game Boy game from the beacon launcher. UPDATE: I changed the file handling to standard, that only made some games work. I switched to gbc. Emu and gba.emu. Great emulators from that guy, but I will miss the multiplayer of pizza boy. Love the front end so far, light and easy to use.

★★★★★ JD York · Jul 21, 2026

Beacon is an excellent game launcher, but it has some pretty glaring bugs. I want to give it credit and say I really the UI and that it does a good job of looking and feeling modern. My main gripe is that it black screens when launching games via Retroarch if you do it too quickly between games. You need to wait a few minutes or clear the app cache for games to launch again correctly. If that was fixed I would give it 5 stars.

★☆☆☆☆ Coty Whitsell · Mar 24, 2026

Has the worst scraper I have ever seen, consistently getting perfect hashed and torrent zipped No Intro roms wrong. Even Lemuria is better than this.

★★☆☆☆ Marley Listmann · Jan 1, 2026

I can't add any game hub games, why not add the option to import the home screen shortcut game hub exports.

★☆☆☆☆ Laith Swais · Apr 21, 2026

The developer doesn't listen to the community, there's a feature that has been requested by many users for more than 2 years and still not added.

★★☆☆☆ David · Jun 4, 2026

This launcher doesn't want to play any games from dolphin, just launch the dolphin app instead. When I look how to fix this problem I get the same generic answer...switch the file handling to "standard" or "legacy" but that never works.

Google Play Rankings for Beacon Game Launcher

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
39	United States	Overall	Top Paid
19	Mexico	Overall	Top Paid
42	Canada	Overall	Top Paid
23	Australia	Overall	Top Paid
61	France	Overall	Top Paid
50	United States	Applications	Top Paid
34	Spain	Overall	Top Paid
11	United States	Personalization	Top Paid
20	Mexico	Applications	Top Paid
41	Canada	Applications	Top Paid

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