Alternatives to Steam ROM Manager

A bulk importer that adds emulated and non-Steam games to a Steam library along with artwork. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Steam ROM Manager.

  • BoilR

    A tool that adds games from other launchers to your Steam library, with artwork included.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    BoilR focuses on pulling games from other launchers into Steam with artwork in one pass, and is MIT or Apache-2.0 licensed for Windows and Linux only.

  • Playnite

    A Windows game library manager that pulls Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, Ubisoft and emulated games into one interface.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    Playnite puts emulated and store games into its own MIT-licensed Windows library instead of adding them to Steam, and runs only on Windows 10 or 11.

  • LaunchBox

    Windows game launcher and database with a couch-friendly Big Box mode.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    LaunchBox imports emulated games with artwork into its own closed-source Windows launcher, with Big Box mode behind a paid licence, rather than using Steam.

  • ES-DE

    Emulator front end with 150 systems preconfigured and a built-in scraper.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    ES-DE is a standalone emulator frontend with a built-in scraper on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, so games launch from it instead of from Steam.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.