How many people are playing RetroArch right now?

RetroArch has 727 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 848 and an all-time peak of 923 on Mar 2026.

What is the all-time peak player count of RetroArch?

923 concurrent players on Mar 2026.

RetroArch was released on Steam on 14 Sep 2021.

Update cadence · public branch

PICS live

293 days

Since last public build

17 Nov 2025, 22:27 UTC

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Median interval

Pattern appears after five builds

Builds in 30 days

0 with patch notes · 0 unannounced

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Downloaded in 30 days

Quiet · no builds in 30 days

All 4 builds since 2025 · UTC

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16 published · from the developer’s Steam news feed

Latest 16 months ago

Published	Title	Build
16 months ago	RetroArch 1.21.0 releasemajor RetroArch 1.21.0 has just been released. Changelog · AUTOCONF: Enable alternative display name in autoconfig files · AUTOCONF: Make autoconfig failure messages optional · AUDIO: Option to mute on rewind · AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix app launch when pipewire service is stopped · AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix speedup with threaded video mode · AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix latency setting and microphone handling · AUDIO/PIP…	18265107
20 months ago	RetroArch 1.20.0 releasemajor RetroArch 1.20.0 has just been released. Changelog · AUDIO: Fix audio handling in case of RARCH_NETPLAY_CTL_USE_CORE_PACKET_INTERFACE · AUDIO: Include missing audio filters on some platforms · AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Add PipeWire audio driver · AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Add PipeWire microphone driver · APPLE: Hide threaded video setting · APPLE: Use mfi joypad driver by default · APPLE: Include holani, noods, mr…	—
2 years ago	RetroArch 1.19.0 releasemajor RetroArch 1.19.0 has just been released. Read the full article on our website here . Changelog AI: Revert AI translation to previous version (fix for translation not working with HW rendered cores) APPLE: Try to use system preferred language APPLE: Correctly register for filetypes uniquely APPLE/MFI: improved Switch Online controller support through MFi AUDIO: Bring back audio toggling on menu…	—
2 years ago	Version 1.19.0 released

RetroArch

Major patches only

Date	Day	Time	Patch title	Build ID	Branch	Depots	Download Δ
6 Sep 2026new	Sun	08:00	No patch notes · unannounced build	25149779	nightly	15	—
5 Sep 2026	Sat	07:54	No patch notes · unannounced build	25138507	nightly	17	—
4 Sep 2026	Fri	07:54	No patch notes · unannounced build	25119026	nightly	31	—
17 Nov 2025	Mon	22:27	No patch notes · unannounced build	20833747	public	31	—

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