Box64 lets you run x86_64 Linux programs (such as games) on non-x86 Linux systems, like ARM, RiSC-V or LoongArch (the host system needs to be 64bits little-endian).

There are a some YouTube channel where you can see box86 and box64 in action: MicroLinux, PILabs and The Byteman at least…

Portal with RTX launched from Steam on an Ampere ARM64 machine (with an RTX4060 GPU)
Portal with RTX running on ARM64

To see which games were confirmed to run (or not) on box86 and box64, see also this page (updated live from the list of issues in a dedicated GitHub repo).

Box86 is the legacy 32bits version of Box64, used to run 32bits linux apps (like games) on 32bits Linux OS like Debian or Ubuntu.

Because box86 uses the native versions of some “system” libraries, like libc, libm, SDL, and OpenGL, it’s easy to integrate and use with most applications, and performance can be surprisingly high in some cases.

Many games already work without much tweaking, for example: WorldOfGoo, Airline Tycoon Deluxe, and FTL. Many of the GameMaker Linux games also run fine. (There’s a long list, among them are Undertale, A Risk of Rain, or Cook Serve Delicious.)

Skifree using Wine running on an OpenPandora

Latest posts:

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  • New Box64 v0.4.0 released
    Happy new year, and happy new release of Box64! The new version brings a ton of new enhancements and fixes to all 3 supported platforms, with Steam running not only on Arm64, but also on RiSC-V and on Loongarch! And this is the Linux version of Steam, not the Windows one (but the Windows one…
  • New Box64 v0.3.8 released
    And a new release of Box64 is tagged. v0.3.8 has a new DynaCache feature and a ton of fixes and improvements to dynarec & wrappers. Lets dig in. Fixes everywhere There are numerous fixes everywhere in this release. Dynarec opcodes, wrappers, memory tracking and management. All those fixes, along with more wrapped function have improved…
  • New Box64 v0.3.6 released
    A new release for Box64 has been tagged! for this release: more bugfixes, some speedup, and a new sub-project: WowBox64. Bugfixes For bugfixes, there has been numerous fixes to the Dynarec, for all 3 supported backends. And some special care has been ported on the x87 side of things (well, not for LoongArch has the…
  • New Box64 v0.3.4 released
    A new released of Box64 appeared. While previous version introduced lots of new features, this version is more of a stabilisation released. For example, last version introduced Native Flags, this version fixed many bugs introduced with it. So more things are now running. Same for Box32. Many fixes have been done and box32 is running…