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Last updated on: 2026-08-04
Android Apps > Personalization > Beacon Game Launcher
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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

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

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.

⭐️ Beacon is an Android launcher designed to enhance your classic gaming experience.

⚙️ Add your preferred emulators, curate your retro game collection, and launch games directly from the app.

🎮 Your retro game library is enriched by automatically scraping cover art and metadata.

Recent changes:
Added support for some new emulators
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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
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Beacon Game Launcher compared with similar apps

Common keywords of similar apps

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Keywords missing from this app

Emulator Classic Support Console Gaming App Play Save Files Gba Controls Device Experience Enjoy Features Interface Performance Screen Load Smooth Users Legally Anytime Roms Fast Supports Psp Favorite Multiple Rom Library Wide Devices Emulation Titles Style User Video Compatibility High Snes Controller Clean Arcade Consoles Button Customizable

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

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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Technologies used by Beacon Game Launcher

Beacon Game Launcher is requesting 15 permissions and is using 47 libraries.
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