Steam ROM Manager
A bulk importer that adds emulated and non-Steam games to a Steam library along with artwork.
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About Steam ROM Manager
Steam ROM Manager adds games that Steam does not know about, such as emulator ROMs and games from other stores, to your Steam library in bulk. It sets up the shortcuts and fetches artwork for them, so the entries look like native Steam games in the library and in Big Picture mode.
It is maintained by the SteamGridDB project, whose artwork database it draws on. It is a useful companion for anyone running emulators through Steam, including on handheld PCs.
Strengths
- Imports many games at once
- Fetches artwork automatically
- Works with emulators and non-Steam games
Limitations
- Useful only if you use Steam as your launcher
- Parser setup takes some learning
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- SteamGridDB
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- People who want emulated games to appear in their Steam library with proper artwork
- Categories
- Emulators, Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Steam ROM Manager
Compare allSoftware that can replace Steam ROM Manager for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
BoilR
A tool that adds games from other launchers to your Steam library, with artwork included.
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.
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.
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.
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 necessarily a direct replacement.
EmuDeck
An installer that sets up and configures emulators on Steam Deck, SteamOS, ROG Ally and Windows.
RetroDECK
An all-in-one retro gaming Flatpak for Linux that bundles emulators with the ES-DE frontend.
Skraper
Scrapes artwork and metadata for game collections from ScreenScraper.
Steam
Valve's PC gaming platform and client for buying, installing and playing games, with community features.
