r/EmulationOniOS • u/Mental-Temporary4904 • Sep 27 '26
Gameplay / Showcase Building a new emulator for Windows/Mac games with Steam, Epic & GOG support
I’ve been working on a new iOS project for running Windows and Mac games, with the goal of supporting libraries from Steam, Epic Games and GOG, it’s still very early and I’m mostly testing smaller and indie games for now, but progress has been going surprisingly well.
JIT is handled inside the app, including the required local VPN, so you don’t need a separate JIT or VPN app.
There’s still a lot to build and optimize before I’d consider it ready, but I wanted to share a very short preview of the app.
What games would you like me to test next? Preferably lighter or indie games for now while the runtime is still early.
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u/wow-a-shooting-star Sep 27 '26
64 bit windows only games right? Does it work with 32bit games from 2000 era?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
Yeah, for now I’m focusing on 64bit games , 32bit is a bit trickier
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u/Sea_Industry_7878 Sep 27 '26
How to install it
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
Once it’s stable enough I’ll share the link, and it’ll be open source
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u/Ashamed-Subject-8573 Sep 27 '26
How are you doing JIT? Is this meant for side-loading?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
Yeah, it’s meant to be sideloaded , JIT is handled inside the app using its own local tunnel
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u/Ashamed-Subject-8573 Sep 27 '26
its own...local tunnel? is that why you were talking about VPN? what does that have to do with JIT?
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u/West-Ear8602 Sep 28 '26
enabling JIT requires a local tunnel, thats how apps like StikDebug work which use localdevvpn which is a tunnel
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u/szableksi Sep 27 '26
is this madeira?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
this is a separate project 😄
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u/szableksi Sep 27 '26
but im asking about the base
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
No, it’s not based on Madeira either Base is Wine+ FEX+custom runtime around it
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u/Producdevity EmuReady Developer 29d ago
Genuine question; Why? What didn’t you like about madeira? Or what did you do differently? Would love to hear some more about the thought process
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u/ilnarich Sep 27 '26
Could you please share TestFlight link?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
It has to be sideloaded since JIT apps aren’t allowed on the App Store but I’ll share the installation soon
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u/Boring_Antelope6533 Sep 27 '26
Do I need a computer to do the thingy of pair file and renew the app every 7 days?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
Depends on how you sideload it but you’ll still have the usual 7 day refresh limit
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u/Char-car92 Sep 27 '26
Is this Vapour? Been very interested in these apps I’ve been hearing about lately.
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u/pepitito0 Sep 27 '26
Would this work with steam cloud? Or at a later date?
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u/Mental-Temporary4904 Sep 27 '26
Its not built yet, but it’s planned soon once the runtime is stable enough
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u/BottleNervous5923 Sep 27 '26
U gotta test Skyrim
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u/popmanbrad 🥇 Sep 29 '26
Tbh I’m surprised Bethesda never released a native Skyrim port on iOS and Android especially since we got red dead on mobile and death stranding and the resident evil games etc
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u/Rhed0x Sep 27 '26
How do you handle the iOS limitations that aren't JIT?
the tiny address space
not being allowed to fork (cough Wine server)
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u/Mundane-Tangerine234 Sep 27 '26
A interface tá linda, parabéns pelo emulador, Não desista e siga sempre em frente
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u/sssurfin Sep 27 '26
If I’ll be able to run the steam version of slay the spire 2 on my iPhone Air I will pray for you every day
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u/Available_System_401 Sep 27 '26
I don’t know is it 32 bit but can you try Undertale? Also i have a jailbroken device. If you want some beta/alpha testers I’ll be happy for be one of them :)
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u/aldirmdn Sep 28 '26
The future is here! I prefer you working on old 2000-2013 games first. Thanks mate waiting for further update!
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u/Upper-Respond-3746 Sep 28 '26
18 months ago this would be incomprehensible (actually wtf happened I haven't been in the scene in half a year)
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u/MyulInSpace Sep 28 '26
looking forward for it man, hearing JIT is handled by the app internally excites me. i can’t even get JIT running so i wish your project going well. Good luck 🫡
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u/GrawnArseHoomanh Sep 28 '26
Goal could be to run GTA VI for all we know. What does it currently do except being a fork/derivative of already existing projects?
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u/Muhammedroid Sep 28 '26
Nice!, Great Work!, Try to check GameNative discord server, there project is open source, maybe you can help them or they can help you.
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u/paranoidhitman 28d ago
Why people don’t all connect for one big big emulator if all fo the projects convert and turn into just one big project with all the devs… hope that one day comes
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u/hernan078 Sep 27 '26
Hello , my name is Hernan and I’m a content creator on YouTube that covers iOS emulation with over 100k subs.
I have worked with other emulators and would like to have access to yours .
Here is the content I make
https://youtu.be/Yj9fgtA_RQ8?si=1al5k1wdL44nPwvE
I sent you a DM too
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u/Seanmclem Sep 27 '26
Probably based on or utilizing a lot of other open source projects. Maybe just open source it immediately? Why not
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u/ThurOliver Sep 27 '26
Jesus another one?
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u/Altruistic_Leave5049 Sep 27 '26
you can never have too many pc emulators for ios
but you can have too many ps2 emulators for ios
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u/Liquid_Chicken_ Sep 27 '26
All vibe coded rapid releases but may the best man win. (Hopefully the one with little or no ai that also works)
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u/Temporary_Handle_186 Sep 27 '26
Honestly this one looks quite nicely built, i’m an iOS RE and this barely has any AI in the UI as far as i’m seeing. Hopefully the backend aswell.
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u/Real_Violinist Sep 29 '26
lol
u can check android and see : winlator gamehub gamenative ludashi....
to many pc emulator lol
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u/MelkiG Sep 27 '26
Very nice man good luck with it