ES-DE 3.4.0-56 is now available for download
Added 2025-11-07 16:56:23 +0000 UTCWe're happy to announce that ES-DE 3.4.0-56 for Android is now available for download!
This release introduces play time tracking to show for how long games have been played, using an identical logic to how it works in Steam. This does however require that themes get updated to support this feature, so make sure to update your themes regularly in the coming days and weeks as this functionality is getting rolled out by the theme developers. The bundled Linear theme already has support for this new feature.
Three new systems have been enabled as of this release, Valve Steam (steam) using GameNative and GameHub Lite, Sony PlayStation 3 (ps3) using aPS3e and Epic Games Store (epic) for which you can import and launch native Android games. For the steam and ps3 systems you can find setup instructions in the User guide or you could join our Discord server if you need support.
There is now also experimental support for running RetroArch in multi-user setups. This has currently been enabled for a handful of emulator entries to make sure we capture potential firmware bugs and similar that may prevent this from working. If it turns out to be stable across a wide range of hardware then this will be rolled out to all emulator entries in the future. Please report any RetroArch game launching issues you run into via our Discord server (you can see in the Changelog for which systems this new configuration has been enabled).
Another nice feature is that Samsung DeX is now supported by ES-DE, but this is actually due to a policy change by Samsung and not due to any changes inside ES-DE. Still this release contains some bug fixes that should make the DeX experience better. Just be aware that you need to use One UI 8.0 or later for this to work as Samsung has not enabled this on earlier OS releases.
Dual-screen devices have also received some love in this release and there is now a new menu entry in the Other settings menu named "Launch games on the other screen" to control on which screen to run games and emulators. There are also a couple of bug fixes and improvements that should make it a better experience to use ES-DE on dual-screen devices.
Translations to Arabic (ar_SA) have also been added in this release, as well as support for a number of additional regions when scraping using ScreenScraper.
There are many additional improvements in this release, as well as support for several new emulators, see the Changelog for all details.
Download link: ES-DE_3.4.0-56.apk
MD5 hash: bfcbdd95c5152c901939a52a59bfef2f
If you need support then please join our Discord server:
Enjoy the release!
Comments
This is already implemented for a number of systems, so it's very much emulator- and system-specific. For example aPS3e, Vita3K, Winlator and GameNative already works like this. If you need more info about this or clarifications etc. then please join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9
Leon Styhre
2025-11-13 09:11:54 +0000 UTCDo you plan on adding the ability to add individual games to the frontend and point? Or to provide more details... being able to add say games that are installed into an emulator and the rom files themselves are no longer there (cias for example)? Even the ability to just add a game entry and point it to an emulator would be swell.
Terse
2025-11-13 05:26:01 +0000 UTCIt sounds like you have a setup issue on your device, most likely a letter case mismatch for your system directories. I recommend joining our Discord server to get help to resolve this: https://discord.gg/42jqqNcHf9 In the very rare instance that your device is not supported (i.e. due to firmware bugs) and it's not possible to make it work, then please send me a DM and I'll refund you.
Leon Styhre
2025-11-12 08:02:48 +0000 UTCI wish I didn't pay for this. This is awful. Even with the xmls half my games won't launch because of some wierd ass file paths. Or I get black screen. or the emulator I specifically want to use aren't even in the xml. What a waste.
Adam Yaccarino
2025-11-12 03:50:37 +0000 UTC
