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Hydra Launcher

Download, play, track your stats and manage your games all in one place.

The definitive game launcher for all your gaming needs

Hydra is a game launcher that allows you to download, play, track your stats and manage your games all in one place.

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Embedded Downloader

Hydra's built-in downloader client centralizes all your sources in one place, so you can download games with lightning speed.

Windows & Linux Support

We want to give you the freedom to game on your platform of choice without compromise.

Constant Updates

With regular updates, you can count on the latest features and bug fixes to keep your game library running smoothly.

What is Hydra?

We believe gaming tools should be in the hands of players. That's why we created Hydra - a versatile game launcher that lets you download games, track achievements, monitor playtime, and connect with friends, all in one place.

Join thousands of players who've discovered a better way to manage their gaming life.

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced cover

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales cover

The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered cover

It keeps getting better!

We have lots of cool features

Convenience of a modern game launcher combined with the freedom and flexibility of a decentralized platform.

Custom Themes. Download thousands of community-made themes for your launcher.

Achievements. Unlock achievements, showcase your gaming prowess, and compare your progress with friends. All within the Hydra ecosystem.

MysticWarrior

Friends & Status. Connect, see what they're playing, view their achievements and their beautifully customized anime girl profiles.

Cloud Save

Cloud Saving. Hydra Cloud's seamless sync ensures you can pick up right where you left off, across all your devices.

Customizable Profile. Craft an eye-catching combination, showcase your accomplishments, and personalize your Hydra presence.

Playtime Tracking. Monitor your hours spent in each game and brag about it to your friends!

Big Picture. An enhanced interface with native controller support, for your laid-back gaming sessions.

Modern Games

Classics

Classics. Bring your own ROMs from PS1, PS2, PS3, and Nintendo systems from NES to GBA. Hydra organizes them, matches covers, and launches them through DuckStation, PCSX2, RPCS3 or RetroArch.

Now in Hydra: Classics

Your classics library, finally in one place.

PS1, PS2, PS3, and Nintendo classics from NES to GBA. Organized, matched, and ready to launch. Hydra Classics turns the ROM folders on your machine into a clean library with covers, metadata, and one-click play.

DuckStation

PlayStation 1

PCSX2

PlayStation 2

RPCS3

PlayStation 3

RetroArch

NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA

A real catalogue

LaunchBox metadata, properly. Covers, release years, genres, multi-disc handling, and a separate Classics catalogue page that doesn't get tangled up with your PC library.

Matched automatically

Point Hydra at your ROM folders and it figures out the rest. Disc swaps, region tags, multi-disc sets. Anything it can't confirm, you can map by hand in a click.

Memory cards, safe in the cloud

PS2 memory card management built right in. Rename, duplicate, organize. Hydra Cloud users get full card backup and restore across devices, so a lost SSD doesn't mean lost saves.