CLUSTER GAMES-LAUNCHER-GAME · 84 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2023-03-27
Game launchers and library managers
The cluster comprises desktop and terminal-based game launchers, library managers, and compatibility-layer tools that install, organize, and launch games from specific titles to multi-storefront collections. Dated entries before the index start appear from August 2015 through July 2026, with a long tail of mostly one or two entries per month and a slight increase in frequency in 2026. Traction is led by nova-launcher (87 stars), with launchpad-lalapalooza at 56 stars and RustArcade at 4 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled
Operator · 19 open source · 1 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 61spicy-launcher0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceA launcher for Spicy Lobster games that installs and runs them.
- 62Steam0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop launcher providing an online game store with automated installation, updates, cloud saves, and social features for PC gaming.
- 63stardust-xr-protostar0★6 mostaleliveopen sourcePrototype launcher tool that manages and starts Stardust XR applications.
- 64theophany-bin0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceGame library manager and launcher that organizes and launches ROMs, Steam, Epic Games, and eXoDOS titles for players.
- 65lncvrt-games-launcher0★19 daysliveopen sourceAn official launcher application for Lncvrt Games.
- 66Airshipper0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceOfficial launcher for the open-source voxel RPG Veloren, providing installation and game management for players.
- 67seed0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceA launcher for the Flax game engine that helps manage game projects.
- 68plutonia-bin0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceLauncher for the game Plutonia that provides a graphical interface to start the game and manage its updates.
- 69DOOM & Wolfenstein RPG0★11 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid game launcher that runs Doom and Wolfenstein RPG, requiring users to obtain and load original game files.
- 70artix-games-launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA launcher that provides access to all Artix Entertainment games from a single application.
- 71notparadoxlauncher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceProvides an alternative launcher for Paradox games, enabling users to start and manage their game library.
- 72Cartridges0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA game launcher that imports games from sources like Steam and Lutris and manages them.
- 73nextgenarcadia-gamelauncher-090★1 yrabandoned—ai-builtGame launcher application that organizes and launches video games for players.
- 74graycrown-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGame launcher for managing and launching video games.
- 75fsolauncher-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop launcher that starts FreeSO, an open-source remake of The Sims Online, and manages game launch.
- 76d2launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGame launcher that starts Diablo 2, loads the Median XL mod, and opens related statistics tracking.
- 77fsolauncher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop launcher that starts FreeSO, an open-source remake of The Sims Online, and manages game launch.
- 78vlauncher-ve0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher that starts games built on the VoxelEngine, providing a simple way to run engine-based titles.
- 79qzdl0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceZDoom launcher that lets users set launch options and start the game.
- 80chunky-launcher0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher that starts a rendering application for creating images from video game worlds.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.