There’s a PS5 game emulator for PC that can run games at 60FPS, but there’s a catch
- ID
- 29357
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 28 Sep 2026, 9:59 PM
- Fetched
- 28 Sep 2026, 11:42 PM
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- SoyaCincau
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- malaysia-tech
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- https://soyacincau.com/2026/09/28/ps5-emulator-sharpemu-60fps-games/
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Summary
- Score
- 2.5
- Created
- 28 Sep 2026, 11:43 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
SharpEmu, a PlayStation 5 emulator for PC introduced in July, claims some PS5 games run at 60FPS. It's written in C#, uses Vulkan and MoltenVK for graphics calls, targets Windows, Linux, macOS, Windows on ARM and Apple Silicon, and runs the console's Zen 2 x86-64 CPU instructions natively on standard PCs. Of 55 titles tested — including Demon's Souls, Silent Hill: The Short Message and Gran Turismo 7 — only 6 are fully playable at 60FPS: Dreaming Sarah, Void Terrarium, New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja, Tetris Forever, Hoa, and Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered.
Why it matters
Be clear with the room: this does not change anything you ship. The concrete takeaway is the 6-of-55 ratio — the headline '60FPS' applies to small titles like Tetris Forever, not Demon's Souls, so nobody should plan on emulating PS5 games on a PC yet. The one genuinely reusable detail is architectural: a C# codebase with Vulkan plus MoltenVK reaching Windows, Linux, macOS, Windows on ARM and Apple Silicon is a reference point if you're shipping a cross-platform .NET desktop app with GPU rendering.
Discussion angle
The gap between 'it runs' and 'it's playable': 55 titles tested, 6 playable — ask the room what the last 10% of compatibility work looks like in their own projects, and whether the C#/Vulkan/MoltenVK stack is a realistic cross-platform option for anything they're building.