These require specific settings (e.g., changing from OpenGL to Vulkan, disabling "I/O on thread").
To play games on the emulator, you must obtain them as digital files, typically in or .CSO formats. While the official PPSSPP website provides the emulator itself, it does not host commercial game files for copyright reasons. How to Add Games
Few games remain broken. As of PPSSPP v1.18, less than 1% of the PSP library has issues.
Based on the official PPSSPP compatibility wiki and community testing (2020–2025), games fall into three performance tiers: