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RetroArch RetroArch is an open source and cross platform frontend/framework for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications
Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 30 Oct, 22:34 UTC | 590 |
| 29 Oct, 22:32 UTC | 567 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMay 2022 | 362 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onAugust 2022 | 394 | 1.1× | Holds players well (better than 96% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onMay 2023 | 395 | 1.1× | Holds players well (better than 94% of 7,653 other games) |
RetroArch grew to 1.1× the average players it had at its launch in May 2022 after 3 months and 1.1× after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 19 Oct) | 506 | −35 | −6.6% | 778 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 542 | −1 | −0.2% | 894 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 543 | +46 | +9.4% | 895 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 496 | +3 | +0.7% | 840 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 493 | −8 | −1.6% | 770 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 501 | −11 | −2.1% | 813 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 512 | −32 | −5.9% | 839 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 544 | +27 | +5.3% | 925 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 517 | +5 | +1% | 855 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 512 | +56 | +12.3% | 873 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 456 | −14 | −3.1% | 717 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 470 | +41 | +9.7% | 740 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 429 | −35 | −7.5% | 743 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 464 | −50 | −9.7% | 745 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 513 | +28 | +5.7% | 818 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 486 | −17 | −3.4% | 777 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 503 | +36 | +7.7% | 769 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 467 | −12 | −2.5% | 795 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 479 | +1 | +0.2% | 806 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 478 | −21 | −4.3% | 777 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 500 | +5 | +1% | 811 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 495 | +85 | +20.7% | 812 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 410 | −6 | −1.4% | 649 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 416 | −2 | −0.4% | 664 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 418 | −24 | −5.4% | 673 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 441 | −10 | −2.2% | 709 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 451 | +30 | +7.2% | 743 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 421 | −26 | −5.8% | 667 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 447 | +5 | +1% | 690 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 442 | +11 | +2.6% | 735 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 431 | −22 | −4.9% | 707 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 453 | 0 | −0.1% | 775 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 454 | +5 | +1.2% | 732 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 448 | +66 | +17.2% | 729 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 383 | +15 | +4.2% | 613 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 367 | −27 | −6.9% | 618 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 395 | +21 | +5.6% | 620 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 374 | −9 | −2.3% | 636 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 383 | −10 | −2.5% | 615 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 392 | −4 | −0.9% | 611 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 396 | +1 | +0.3% | 668 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 395 | −35 | −8.1% | 680 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 430 | +50 | +13.3% | 747 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 379 | +13 | +3.6% | 765 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 366 | −18 | −4.8% | 623 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 385 | +39 | +11.2% | 620 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 346 | +11 | +3.2% | 544 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 335 | −5 | −1.4% | 544 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 340 | −17 | −4.7% | 572 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 356 | −37 | −9.5% | 594 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 394 | +50 | +14.5% | 700 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 344 | −18 | −5.1% | 552 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 362 | +87 | +31.4% | 687 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 276 | +42 | +18.1% | 620 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 234 | +58 | +32.9% | 427 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 176 | −18 | −9.2% | 360 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 194 | −18 | −8.4% | 335 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 211 | +31 | +17.2% | 346 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 180 | +19 | +11.6% | 294 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 162 | −18 | −9.8% | 295 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 179 | −101 | −36.2% | 350 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 281 | — | — | 474 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
