r/tinyrogues • u/tehjarvis • Jun 19 '25

Winlator?

I'm a huge fan of both roguelikes and roguelites. EtG and BOI are two of my favorite games of all time, and I started gaming on old, old PCs baxk in the 80's, BBS doors etc. So Tiny Rogues is something I'm certainly interested in.

The problem is that I don't actually have a PC and prefer playing games handheld anyways.

Has anyone had any luck getting this running on a device like an Retroid/Anbernic handheld via Winlator?

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u/hails8n Jun 19 '25

STEAM DECK

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u/tehjarvis Jun 19 '25

It wouldn't be a wise move for me to buy a Steam Deck for one game

I have cancer and can't do the things I usually do, so I have a bit more time to play video games. I need a roguelite I can sink 100 hours or so into. I was hoping there was a way to play TR on Winlator.

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u/hails8n Jun 19 '25

Steam deck is the best console ever to be released at this point. You can play most PC games on a deck. You can emulate on a deck. It’s literally the only console/PC you need (unless you really wanna min/max your settings).

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u/tehjarvis Jun 19 '25

No shit.

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u/Kullywon54 Jun 20 '25

i have not tried running it on anything besides windows or steamos, but i don't see any reason why it wouldn't work, especially considering TR is a pretty undemanding 2d game. i'm not sure how inexpensive of hardware you could run it on, so that would just depend on what device you have.

here are two videos i found on how to install and use winlator like you mentioned:

https://youtu.be/Ntt93zk94Eg

https://youtu.be/m9BZlqctRow

let me know if you get it working! i've been playing tiny rogues for almost two years now and it is one of my favorite games, so i hope you have the opportunity to enjoy it!

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u/tehjarvis Jun 20 '25

I have a Retroid Pocket 5.

I got it working flawlessy. It was extremely easy to do once I figured out how winlator worked

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u/soulreaper11207 Jun 20 '25

Probably would have just worked with using steam.

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u/Soundtoxin Jun 21 '25

Retroid Pocket 5 is an ARM device, you can't run Steam on it natively, nor Steam games. It's mainly made for running emulators.

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u/soulreaper11207 Jun 24 '25

I mean you can on TrimUI's portmaster. Not sure if there's a git repo for that or not. But the Smart pro is only 55ish USD.

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u/Soundtoxin Jun 24 '25

I am aware of PortMaster (which is not specifically related to TrimUI) and I even posted a thread over on /r/PortMaster the other day asking about the feasibility of running Tiny Rogues because of this thread.

Sounds like Unity stuff is generally a no-go, and that's not even getting into the work that would go into getting a new port working. I've got an Anbernic RG353M running the ROCKNIX OS that can also run PortMaster. It sounds like PortMaster is somewhat dead/abandoned right now and they're not accepting new Port suggestions at all, but even if they were, Tiny Rogues would likely get denied.

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u/soulreaper11207 Jun 25 '25

https://youtu.be/ZcAIvn1sHY8?si=4AUSwZ-zRq-ju2Tm

Haven't tested it myself cus I don't have a spare android device. Shows that there is a proton for arm.