Toolchains
Games that share a toolchain share a path: the same build steps, the same modding hooks, often the same people. Start here to mix and match.
PortMasterPorts of PC games to Linux handhelds, many built on readable engines.1,321GameMakerGameMaker games ship bytecode that tools such as UndertaleModTool read and edit.577UnityUnity games ship .NET assemblies that decompile almost back to source.363GhidraProjects built on the NSA's open-source reverse-engineering suite.252PSXRecompStatic recompiler for PlayStation games.228ReXGlue / XenonRecompStatic recompilers for Xbox 360 PowerPC code. The ReXGlue SDK, released in February 2026, made about 250 recomps possible within months.215GodotGodot games ship scripts and scenes that unpack to readable source.213reaReverse Engineer Anything: an MCP server that drives Ghidra, IDA or Hopper from an agent.151decomp-toolkitToolchain behind most GameCube and Wii decompilations.111splatBinary splitter used by most N64, PlayStation and PS2 decompilations.106SkoolKitDisassembly toolkit for ZX Spectrum games.104LÖVELÖVE games ship their Lua source inside the executable.98ca65 / cc656502 assembler used by many NES and 8-bit disassemblies.93N64RecompStatic recompiler for Nintendo 64 games, usually paired with the RT64 renderer.90so-loaderLoads Android games' native libraries on other systems.89snesrecompStatic recompiler for Super Nintendo games.77nesrecompStatic recompiler for NES games.67Flash / RuffleFlash games decompile from SWF bytecode and run again through Ruffle.66xboxrecompStatic recompiler for original Xbox games.62gbarecompStatic recompiler for Game Boy Advance games.48RGBDSAssembler toolchain for Game Boy disassemblies.45agbccThe GBA C compiler recreated for matching Game Boy Advance decompilations.43pcrecompRecompiles old Windows games into modern native builds.41PS2RecompStatic recompiler for PlayStation 2 games.40ps3recompStatic recompiler for PlayStation 3 games.39reccmpMatching-decompilation tooling for Windows games built with old MSVC.31ZILInfocom's original Zork Implementation Language sources.30RSDKDecompilations of the Retro Engine behind the modern Sonic re-releases.9OpenGOALCompiler and runtime for Naughty Dog's GOAL language (Jak and Daxter).4segagenesisrecompStatic recompiler for Sega Genesis games.3