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SharpEmu

SharpEmu is an experimental C# PlayStation 5 emulator. The README says development and testing use dumps from consoles the developers own, and that the repository contains no copyrighted firmware or game data. Official channels named in the README are sharpemu.app and the GitHub repository.

Unofficial notes. No game files, BIOS, firmware, keys, ROMs, or mirrored builds. Download each project only from its official GitHub repository.

  • PS5 emulator
  • GPL-2.0
  • GitHub figures checked 2026-10-15
Latest tag
v0.0.5-nexus-release.2 (2026-10-08)
Stars / forks
6,300 / 573
Language
C#
CPU
The README ships x64 builds. It does not publish a named CPU extension list.
GPU
A Vulkan-capable GPU and a current driver. Settings can be per game or global, or passed on the CLI.
RAM
The README does not publish a RAM minimum.

What is cited

sharpemu.app/compatibility on 15 Oct 2026 tracked 9,215 PS5 games and marked 97 as tested: 42 playable, 19 in game, 5 menus, 18 boots, 13 nothing. Those labels are community reports, not a promise that the same build will match on your PC. Examples from that page: Hollow Knight Voidheart Edition playable at a reported 60 FPS (14 Oct), Hollow Knight: Silksong playable (6 Oct), Ghost of Yotei in game at about 1 FPS (12 Oct), Demon's Souls reaching gameplay but heavy (5 Oct), Gran Turismo 7 booting only (30 Sep).

v0.0.5-nexus-release.2 was published on 8 Oct 2026 for commit 47d4c07. The notes mention shader fixes and Demon's Souls page-fault work. A playable indie report and a 1 FPS open-world report can sit on the same database. Read the row before you treat a title as done.

Install from the official release

  1. Download the tagged release

    The official tag is https://github.com/sharpemu/sharpemu/releases/tag/v0.0.5-nexus-release.2. Archives are named sharpemu-0.0.5-nexus-release.2-win-x64.zip, linux-x64.tar.gz, and osx-x64.tar.gz.

  2. Ignore lookalike download sites

    If a site is not sharpemu.app or github.com/sharpemu/sharpemu, it is not the project. Do not complete a survey to unlock a build.

  3. Read a compatibility row before you test

    https://sharpemu.app/compatibility/ is the project database. Match the commit or release named on the row. A July report does not describe the 8 Oct build.

  4. Keep game files off this website

    SharpEmu expects a legally obtained copy. This page does not link to ROMs, ISOs, BIOS files, or firmware.

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