# DuckStation

> DuckStation HD PS1 PSX Emulator

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.github.stenzek.duckstation](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.github.stenzek.duckstation)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.github.stenzek.duckstation`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Stenzek
- **Category:** GAME\_ARCADE
- **Downloads:** 4,549,046
- **Rating:** 4.28 / 5 (18,224 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1-6297
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-02
- **First published:** 2020-09-13
- **Publisher country:** AU
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.stenzek.duckstation)
- **Website:** [https://www.duckstation.org/](https://www.duckstation.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.duckstation.org/privacy.html](https://www.duckstation.org/privacy.html)

## Description

DuckStation is an advanced emulator for the Sony PlayStation (PS1/PSX) console designed to deliver accurate emulation with high performance. It supports a variety of game image formats such as cue, iso, img, ecm, mds, chd, and unencrypted PBP, ensuring compatibility with legally dumped games.

Featuring OpenGL, Vulkan, and software rendering, DuckStation enhances your gameplay with upscaling, texture filtering, true color support, widescreen rendering without stretching, and precise geometry correction through PGXP. It supports up to 8 controllers with multitap, offers save states with preview screenshots, adaptive filtering, post-processing shader chains, and even RetroAchievements integration. Available on ARM and x86 devices, it balances performance and accuracy, offering features like CPU overclocking, runahead, and rewind for smooth play on capable hardware. This open-source project is provided under a Creative Commons license and remains unaffiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment.

## Rankings

- #25,896 — Overall
- #122 — Game arcade (Free)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`

## Review summary

DuckStation on Android is consistently praised for its top-tier PS1 emulation performance and accuracy, often described as the best Android PS1 emulator. Reviewers highlight its rich feature set, including upscaling, overclocking, CRT shader, and PGXP, along with solid external controller support. The app is free and ad-free, earning ongoing appreciation from users and the developer. While updates and some Android-specific quirks are noted, the overall sentiment is strongly positive, with nostalgia and accessibility driving widespread recommendation.

### Pros

- Excellent performance and smooth gameplay on Android even on low-end devices
- Widely regarded as the best PS1 emulator on Android with high accuracy
- Feature-rich with upscaling, overclocking, CRT shader, and PGXP
- External controller support (e.g., Xbox One controller) and good input versatility
- Free to use and ad-free; widely appreciated by the community and the developer

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