Welcome to Ryudeck — start here 👋

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Ryudeck is a Steam Deck-native Nintendo Switch emulator — a hard fork of Ryujinx, rebuilt to run as part of the Deck instead of as a desktop app ported onto it. Vulkan/RADV-only, handheld-first, tuned for the Deck's Aerith APU under SteamOS / Gamescope.

This is early, fast-moving development — some games run great, others have known issues being worked through.

🐛 Hit a problem? File an issue

If a game won't boot, crashes, renders wrong, or runs poorly, please open an issue using the Bug Report template. Good reports include: the game + Title ID, what happened, your Deck model (LCD/OLED), the build/commit, and the log from ~/.config/Ryudeck/Logs/. The more detail, the faster it gets fixed. Have an idea? Use the Feature Request template.

📖 Check the wiki first

• Game Compatibility — what's known to run, with screenshots + on-device fps.
• Wiki home — setup, keys/firmware, settings, troubleshooting.

💬 Discussions are for

Questions, sharing results, tips, and general chat. (For bugs, please file an issue so it can be tracked.)

⚖️ Important

Ryudeck ships no games, ROMs, firmware, or keys — you supply your own legally-obtained dumps. Don't attach ROMs/keys/firmware to issues. Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo; this project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo.

Thanks for being here — let's make the Deck the best way to play. 🎮