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Ludus.
Your games, ready to play.

Ludus is a free game launcher for Windows and Linux. Discover games, organise your library and keep your downloads and saves together.

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LudusLauncher — Store
The Ludus store, showing a featured game and a row of game covers

01 / THE LAUNCHERTake a look at the launcher ↗

Find a game. Keep it close.

AAA, indie and retro. Search a title and Ludus looks through every source you've added at once.

What happens when you click install

From discovery
to play.

Search for a game, choose a download and follow its progress in the app.

01

It finds the game

Search all your added sources from one place.

02

Choose a download engine

Two download engines: libtorrent for swarms and aria2 for direct links. Choose an engine and resume interrupted downloads.

03

Follow the installation

Keep track of the files being downloaded and installed, including supported DLCs and manifests.

04

It keeps your progress

With cloud saves enabled, Ludus backs up supported games when you close them.

02 / A closer look

Have a look around.

The Ludus browsing grid: new releases with cover art, source counts and Play buttons
New releases · sources per game · play from the card

Know what you're opening.

Browse game covers, genres and available sources before opening a game page.

Games you already have get a Play button on the card — the launcher knows where they live.

v1.7

What's new in Ludus.

Version 1.7 in detail

Change the look of your launcher, discover Epic titles and pick up where you left off. Version 1.7 brings new ways to personalise Ludus, keep your progress and get around the app.

The Ludus theme creator, with colour controls and a live purple and pink preview
01 / YOUR LOOKChoose your colours. See the result as you edit.
The Ludus keyboard guide, highlighting Ctrl K and explaining the command palette shortcut
02 / YOUR SHORTCUTSClick a highlighted key to learn what it does.
  • 01

    Make a theme your own

    Choose background, text and accent colours in the visual editor. Adjust fonts, corners and spacing, then preview the result before applying it.

  • 02

    Share your setup

    Export your theme as a file or publish it through your connected GitHub account. The theme store shows ratings and install counts to help you find something you like.

  • 03

    Keep your saves close

    With cloud saves connected, supported games are backed up after you close them. Compressed backups can now reach 25 MB per game.

  • 04

    Find saves in more places

    Ludus checks more common save locations, including Windows Saved Games. You can also choose the folder yourself when a game needs a different path.

  • 05

    Browse Epic titles

    Epic titles join the catalogue with game descriptions, artwork and trailers where available. Open a game page to see its details before choosing a download.

  • 06

    Learn the shortcuts

    Open the interactive keyboard guide to see what each highlighted key does. Try a key or click it to read its action, including where the shortcut works.

  • 07

    Open your profile quickly

    Click your account in the store to open your profile. The guest label now updates after you sign in, and you can rotate your profile card in its interactive 3D view.

  • 08

    Choose how you download

    Pick the available engine before starting a download. Store searches reuse artwork that's already loaded, so browsing doesn't keep requesting the same covers.

Read all version 1.7 changes
The Ludus mascot peeking through the Windows logo
Make yourself at home

Your library.
Your rules.

Download the installer and follow the steps. You can start browsing as a guest.

New installations start with default settings and no saved accounts. Download for Windows or Linux below. Check installer SHA-256 hashes.

Help

Questions, answered.

Yes. Ludus is free to use. There are no paid plans or subscriptions.

Ludus has a separate open-source demo with basic local features. The full launcher and its online services use private code.

Yes. Linux x64 ships as an AppImage and a .deb package. The current build requires glibc 2.39 or newer, such as Ubuntu 24.04+, Debian 13+ or Linux Mint 22+. Windows 10 and 11 are supported.

Yes. Sign in with the same account on your other computers. With cloud saves enabled, you can restore backups for supported games.

The installer is not digitally signed. Windows may ask you to check the publisher before opening it. Download from this page and compare the file with the published SHA-256 hashes.

Yes. Choose a theme, adjust the interface in Settings or create and share your own look. The app interface is in English on Windows and Linux.

Open Sources in the app, follow the link to the source directory, then paste a JSON link into Ludus and click Add.

Open a ticket on the Discord server for help with Ludus.

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Played everywhere.

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