What the projects actually require
No project in this set publishes a recommended gaming PC. The cells below are the minimums in each README on 15 Oct 2026. A blank cell means the README did not state one.
Unofficial notes. No game files, BIOS, firmware, keys, ROMs, or mirrored builds. Download each project only from its official GitHub repository.
| Project | CPU | GPU | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| KytyPS5 | 64-bit x86. On macOS, Apple Silicon with Rosetta 2. | Vulkan 1.3 with a current driver. The README points shader work at AMD RDNA 2 documentation. | The README does not publish a RAM minimum. |
| SharpEmu | The README ships x64 builds. It does not publish a named CPU extension list. | A Vulkan-capable GPU and a current driver. Settings can be per game or global, or passed on the CLI. | The README does not publish a RAM minimum. |
| AnyPS5 | x86-64 with AVX2, FMA, F16C, BMI1, BMI2, LZCNT, and MOVBE. Startup names a missing extension and stops. Intel needs an extra conversion step. | Vulkan 1.1 with graphics, compute, and a swapchain. A discrete GPU is preferred. | Windows commits direct memory at map time, up to 13824 MiB, so RAM plus pagefile has to cover that. 16 GB is only a floor when the pagefile is large. |
| Prosperity | On Linux: an x86-64 CPU from the last 10 years with AVX, SSE4.2, and BMI1, or an aarch64 host. Android: a recent processor. | Vulkan 1.4 or newer. The README also asks for at least 8 GB of VRAM on Linux. | 16 GB on Linux. 12 GB on Android, with a note that 8 GB may work for some games. |
Steam Deck
A Deck is a Linux PC with a Vulkan GPU, so the Linux builds are the ones that can even start. That is not a gameplay report. This site still has no verified AnyPS5 Deck session as of 14 Oct 2026. SharpEmu's own rows are mostly Windows reports. Prosperity is the project whose README already names Linux as the primary tier, including a path people use on a Deck, and it still needs modules the project does not ship.
AnyPS5 has a longer requirement note, including the Windows commit limit and the exact CPU extensions, on its own page.