DuckStation Downloads & RevenueDuckStation · Google Play
DuckStation gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
DuckStation is #149 in Games › Arcade Free on Google Play in United States and charting in 16 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperStenzek
CategoryGames › Arcade
PriceFree
Released
Installs1M+
Rating★ 4.2 (19k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
📈Entered the top 100📦Updated to version 0.1-8974-g1efe969f7📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on Google Play
Full timeline · 10 events in the last 12 months
- 📈DuckStation entered the top 100Top Free · Arcade · JP
- 📦DuckStation updated to version 0.1-8974-g1efe969f7Update to API 36.
Fix security issues.
Fix edge-to-edge display issues. - 📈DuckStation entered the top 100Top Free · Arcade · ES
- 📈DuckStation charting in a new country in 2 chartsMexico · Netherlands
- 📈DuckStation charting in a new country in 3 chartsSpain · Thailand · Taiwan
- 📈DuckStation entered the top 100Top Free · Arcade · CA
- 📈DuckStation charting in a new countryUnited Arab Emirates
- 📈DuckStation entered the top 100Top Free · Arcade · IT
- 🆕DuckStation first spotted by AppInsiderSaudi Arabia
- 🆕DuckStation released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.2 ★
19k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#149
Games › Arcade FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
50
▲ +9% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
DuckStation on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.github.stenzek.duckstation
Publisher
CONNOR WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN
Publisher country
Australia
Content rating
Everyone
DuckStation downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where DuckStation's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › ArcadeFree | #149 |
 Japan | Games › ArcadeFree | #118 |
 United Kingdom | Games › ArcadeFree | #116 |
 Germany | Games › ArcadeFree | #190 |
 South Korea | Games › ArcadeFree | #175 |
 France | Games › ArcadeFree | #165 |
 Italy | Games › ArcadeFree | #109 |
 Canada | Games › ArcadeFree | #142 |
 Brazil | Games › ArcadeFree | #149 |
 Spain | Games › ArcadeFree | #98 |
 Australia | Games › ArcadeFree | #160 |
 Indonesia | Games › ArcadeFree | #124 |
 Mexico | Games › ArcadeFree | #157 |
 Netherlands | Games › ArcadeFree | #171 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › ArcadeFree | #198 |
 Thailand | Games › ArcadeFree | #167 |
Apps near DuckStation on the chart
Games › Arcade Free, around #149.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.2 ★
19k ratings
Measured
Ratings
19k
Measured
Written reviews
862
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
50
▲ +9% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
3
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.4★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
49/100
faster than 46% of Game arcade apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About DuckStation
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) / PSX / PS1 console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is to be as accurate as possible while maintaining high performance.
A "BIOS" ROM image is required to start the emulator and to play games. A ROM image is not provided with the emulator for legal reasons, you should dump this from your own console using Caetla/Unirom/etc. Games are NOT provided with the emulator, it can only be used to play legally purchased and dumped games.
DuckStation supports cue, iso, img, ecm, mds, chd, and unencrypted PBP game images. If your games are in other formats, you will need to re-dump them. For single track games in bin format, you can use https://www.duckstation.org/cue-maker/ to generate cue files.
Features include:
- OpenGL, Vulkan and software rendering
- Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers
- Widescreen rendering in supported games (no stretching!)
- PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation (fixes texture "wobble"/polygon fighting)
- Adaptive downsampling filter
- Post processing shader chains (GLSL and experimental Reshade FX).
- 60fps in PAL games where supported
- Per-game settings (set enhancements and controller mapping for each game individually)
- Up to 8 controllers in supported game with multitap
- Controller and keyboard binding (+vibration for controllers)
- RetroAchievements in supported games (https://retroachievements.org)
- Memory card editor (move saves, import gme/mcr/mc/mcd)
- Built in patch code database
- Save states with preview screenshots
- Blazing fast turbo speeds in mid to high end devices
- Emulated CPU overclocking to improve FPS in games
- Runahead and rewind (do not use on slow devices)
- Controller layout editing and scaling (in pause menu)
DuckStation supports both 32-bit/64-bit ARM, and 64-bit x86 devices. However, due to it being a more accurate emulator, hardware requirements can be moderate. If you have a 32-bit ARM device, please do not expect the emulator to perform well - you will need at least a 1.5GHz CPU for good performance.
If you have an external controller, you will need to map the buttons and sticks in settings.
Game compatibility list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H66MxViRjjE5f8hOl5RQmF5woS1murio2dsLn14kEqo/edit?usp=sharing
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited. This project is not affiliated in any way with Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Duck icon by icons8: https://icons8.com/icon/74847/duck
This app is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International License (BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Games shown are:
- Hover Racing: http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636
- Fromage: https://chenthread.asie.pl/fromage/
- PSXNICCC Demo: https://github.c
A "BIOS" ROM image is required to start the emulator and to play games. A ROM image is not provided with the emulator for legal reasons, you should dump this from your own console using Caetla/Unirom/etc. Games are NOT provided with the emulator, it can only be used to play legally purchased and dumped games.
DuckStation supports cue, iso, img, ecm, mds, chd, and unencrypted PBP game images. If your games are in other formats, you will need to re-dump them. For single track games in bin format, you can use https://www.duckstation.org/cue-maker/ to generate cue files.
Features include:
- OpenGL, Vulkan and software rendering
- Upscaling, texture filtering, and true colour (24-bit) in hardware renderers
- Widescreen rendering in supported games (no stretching!)
- PGXP for geometry precision, texture correction, and depth buffer emulation (fixes texture "wobble"/polygon fighting)
- Adaptive downsampling filter
- Post processing shader chains (GLSL and experimental Reshade FX).
- 60fps in PAL games where supported
- Per-game settings (set enhancements and controller mapping for each game individually)
- Up to 8 controllers in supported game with multitap
- Controller and keyboard binding (+vibration for controllers)
- RetroAchievements in supported games (https://retroachievements.org)
- Memory card editor (move saves, import gme/mcr/mc/mcd)
- Built in patch code database
- Save states with preview screenshots
- Blazing fast turbo speeds in mid to high end devices
- Emulated CPU overclocking to improve FPS in games
- Runahead and rewind (do not use on slow devices)
- Controller layout editing and scaling (in pause menu)
DuckStation supports both 32-bit/64-bit ARM, and 64-bit x86 devices. However, due to it being a more accurate emulator, hardware requirements can be moderate. If you have a 32-bit ARM device, please do not expect the emulator to perform well - you will need at least a 1.5GHz CPU for good performance.
If you have an external controller, you will need to map the buttons and sticks in settings.
Game compatibility list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H66MxViRjjE5f8hOl5RQmF5woS1murio2dsLn14kEqo/edit?usp=sharing
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited. This project is not affiliated in any way with Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Duck icon by icons8: https://icons8.com/icon/74847/duck
This app is provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International License (BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Games shown are:
- Hover Racing: http://www.psxdev.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636
- Fromage: https://chenthread.asie.pl/fromage/
- PSXNICCC Demo: https://github.c
What's new in 0.1-8974-g1efe969f7
Update to API 36.
Fix security issues.
Fix edge-to-edge display issues.
Fix security issues.
Fix edge-to-edge display issues.