Ryujinx

Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

This article is about the emulation of a console or deprecated PC platform on Windows, macOS (OS X), or Linux.

Ryujinx

Developers
	Ryujinx team
Release dates
Windows	February 5, 2018

Ryujinx is a emulator for Nintendo Switch developed by gdkchan and the Ryujinx Team

Key points

Open-source and is curently in active development.

Progress is very fast and can run most commercial games very well (depending on your setup).

General information

Ryujinx Website

Ryujinx Compatibility List

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		GUI (Recommended.)
Developer website		Headless (No UI) builds here.
Official website		LDN (Local Wireless Emulation) builds here.

Has a built-in auto-updater.

Ryujinx Source Code (GitHub)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ryujinx\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ryujinx\bis\user\save

Video

Graphics options for Ryujinx.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Games natively render at 16:9, choosing any other aspect ratio option stretches the image.
4K Ultra HD		2-4x native resolution supported. Custom resolutions are allowed as well.
Field of view (FOV)		Depends on game, rare for first party games.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Auto or 2-16x anisotropic filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Natively depends on the game, FXAA, SMAA (Low, Medium, High, and Ultra) are offered as post process anti-aliasing in Ryujinx.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 1.0 Bilinear and Nearest Neighbor are also available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Also acts as the emulated console's Vsync. Disabling it uncaps the framerate, which speeds up or causes issues on some games.
60 FPS		Game dependent. It is possible to uncap the framerate by disabling Vsync: some games have minor/no issues, others speed up, others don't react at all. Some problematic games have mods.
120+ FPS		It is possible to uncap the framerate by disabling Vsync: some games have minor/no issues, others speed up, others don't react at all. Some problematic games have mods.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input options for Ryujinx. CemuHook example as well.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Full remapping of every button on the controller.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Sub-par touchscreen emulation.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Full remapping of every button on the controller.
Controller sensitivity		Based on game being played
Controller Y-axis inversion		Based on game being played

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Very limited games have mods. E.g, Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Some games have mods. E.g, Persona 5 Royal, Pokemon Legends: Arceus.
Light bar support		Changes the lightbar to a static blue and the player LED to one.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, Wired

Tracked motion controllers		Natively supports Dualshock and DualSense motion, CemuHook is also offered.
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging		Continuously scans for new inputs.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		8	Co-op, Versus, Hot seat Supports 8 controllers at one time.
LAN play		unknown	Co-op, Versus Available in the LDN build
Online play		unknown	Co-op, Versus Emulates Local Wireless, only available in the LDN build.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL		Not recommended for anyone on Intel or AMD graphic cards. OpenGL is usually more accurate than Vulkan but runs worse.
Vulkan		Relatively new, still in development.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				Experimental. Uses MoltenVK to translate Vulkan to Metal.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10, 11.
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	8GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	At least 110 MB for the Ryujinx installation.
Video card (GPU)	A video card/GPU that supports OpenGL 4.5 or higher, or Vulkan.

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	11 and later.
Processor (CPU)	Intel (Millage may very) or Apple Silicon.
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Common Linux distros
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	8GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	A video card/GPU that supports OpenGL 4.5 or higher, or Vulkan.