RetroArch has been downloaded 6.5 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 88 thousand times. It is ranked in the top 100 action apps.
User Ratings
RetroArch is rated 3.84 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 40 thousand ratings.
App Information
RetroArch is FREE to download. The APK download size is 180.28 MB. The latest version available is 1.22.2 (2026-08-26). The last update was on August 26, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play January 2014.
Description
RetroArch is an open-source project that makes use of a powerful development interface called Libretro. Libretro is an interface that allows you to make cross-platform applications that can use rich features such as OpenGL, cross-platform camera support, location support, and more in the future.
It comes with its own built-in collection of applications to provide you with a 'one-stop-shop' for entertainment.
Libretro and RetroArch are perfectly suited for creating games, emulators and multimedia programs. If you want to learn more, go to our website (listed below).
IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ!!! This version of RetroArch differs from the one available on our website (www.retroarch.com) in that there is no Core Downloader, in compliance with the Google Play Store's policies. This version supports 50 cores max. If this is not enough for your needs, there are two options:
* Get RetroArch Plus, also available for free on the Play Store (this supports up to 127 cores). This version requires Android 8.0 or higher. * Get RetroArch from our website (www.retroarch.com) and download the APK and install it. This version has the Core Downloader and is considered the 'full-fat' version.
Pros of the Play Store version vs. the website APK: * Automatic weekly updates of both cores and RetroArch. Cons of the Play Store version vs. the website APK: * Only 50 cores supported max
FEATURES: * Eye-candy menus to choose from! * Scan files / directories and add them to game system collections! * View database information about each game once added to a collection! * Download programs ('cores') online * Update everything! * Download Game & Watch games and play them with our exclusive Game & Watch emulator! * Built-in input remapping * Ability to remap controls * Ability to enter and load cheats * Multi-language support! * Over 80+ programs('cores') now and counting! * Play multiplayer with NetPlay! * Take screenshots, save states and more!
* No DRM * No restrictions on usage * Open-source * No push ads * No spying * No ads period
Join us on discord for support and netplay matchmaking https://discord.gg/C4amCeV
Visit our Youtube channel here for tutorials, gameplays, news and development progress! https://www.youtube.com/user/libretro https://www.youtube.com/RetroArchOfficial
For info and help, see our documentation site - https://docs.libretro.com/
Get a detailed PDF report for RetroArch with download trends, rating history,
and key performance statistics — useful for competitive research or tracking your own app.
Learn more
Are you the developer of this app? Join us for free to see more information about your app and learn how we can help you promote and earn money with your app.
Okay this app does not work with talk back unfortunately due to the opengl rendering, and I need an update within the next 2 months that adds full Talk Back support does not work with talk back screen reader
★★★★☆daktah· May 15, 2026
I don't understand why you're not allowed to queue multiple core downloads at once, on PC you can queue up every single core on the list, so you can do something else while you wait for the downloads to finish, here it makes you wait until one is fully installed before it lets you select another turning a 5-minute process into 30+ minutes even though it lets you queue up the other updates. Makes no sense. Really, there should be a "download all cores" option both here and on PC, no reason not to.
★★★★☆Noah Brady· Feb 15, 2026
PLEASE I BEG OF YOU ADD SD CARD SUPPORT TO THE MOBILE VERSION OF PETRARCH AS WELL AS THE PLUS MOBILE VERSION I BEG OF YOU ITS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS EVERY OTHER VERSION OF THIS IS BETTER
★★★★★Mitch Baker· Jan 11, 2026
One of the best emulators. All thanks, appreciation, and respect to the Retro Arch team.
★★★★★Allen Yu (AllenYu1984)· Jun 24, 2026
A decent emulator all in one app, with achievements, NES and SNES can take a challenge to get all trophies. Best games, Contra, Super C, B-Wings, Mega Man 1 to 6 and more. But it doesn't run the arcade games like D & D Tower of Doom, because it's my nostalgia arcade game. Anyway, still 5 stars and thanks ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
★★☆☆☆Orion Parsons· Jul 12, 2026
Most unintuitive emulator I've ever used roms just show black screen, so I tried installing a bios and ended up just giving up because absolutely nothing would work or make any sense whatsoever also the directory where the bios supposedly goes is locked down by yoyr phone by default
★☆☆☆☆Ash Nelson· May 21, 2026
Don't install from here! Google has bricked this version! It is outdated and error-prone compared to recent versions.
★☆☆☆☆Luigi Mario· Jul 24, 2026
Saving stopped worked on recent updates. In game saves aren't saved after closing a game, and save states now get stuck on 0% when before they were instant with no progress % at all. There's also confirmation for menu options (like closing a game) only they sometimes don't work and lock you on that menu. I'm using mgba core if that helps. But seriously, I hate when updating an app completely breaks it. I regret updating.
★☆☆☆☆Heet888· Mar 12, 2026
Guys please download the app from website, the app from play store doesn't have like half of the cores and whenever I launch a game it crashes, the app from website works way better.
Subscribe to see full ranking history in this country
AppBrain offers valuable information about your app and those of your competitors. Join AppBrain for free and claim this app to view more ranking data, view history etc.
Each subscription will automatically renew 3 days before the expiration date for
the same time period. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the renewal.
