Pirated Games Mega Thread
Important: Make sure to always have uBlock Origin and FastForward extensions when visiting any of the sites mentioned here. These extensions are for preventing unnecessary popups and ads appearing on the websites to ensure a fast and safe browsing experience.
Required Components:
You will need to install some/all of these before downloading any games (legitimate or pirated!) to stop games crashing due to missing software on your computer:
Important must-have software/extensions.
- 7-Zip - for opening 7z/Rar archives. (Kind of made redundant as Windows will have native support for them soon.)
- Parsec - play local multiplayer games from anywhere.
- LogMeIn Hamachi - Emulates LAN/Local internet connection, Basically a VPN for lan emulation. Similar to Parsec.
- RadminVPN - SImilar to Hamachi, better choice for Windows users.
- GGNTW - Steam Workshop Downloader
Game Search Engines
These are easy search engines to find your games.
- Rezi.one - Recommended for finding most games. DDL Search Engine
- Custom Google-based Pirated Games Search Engine
- Jackett - Torrent search engine application.
- Hatt - DDL Search engine application.
Torrent Sites
You will likely need a VPN to download torrents to avoid receiving Copyright notices from your ISP - unless, your country does not care about piracy. Read more in the VPN section further in this thread. Torrents are P2P downloads - you download from other people who have downloaded the file. No servers are involved.
- 1337X - Do not download torrents from IGG Games. For linux, download from johncena141
- RuTor
- RuTracker
- MacTorrents - macOS
Torrent Software
- qBittorrent
- Transmission
- Vuze
- LibreTorrent - for Android devices.
Direct Download Sites:
Direct Downloads are any normal download. You download the file from a server through a web browser. It is significantly safer to download this way and you will not need a VPN. In some cases, you will need a VPN to access blocked filehost sites (e.g. ZippyShare is blocked in some EU countries). It is recommended to use a Download Manager mentioned further down the Mega Thread to help manage your downloads.
Note:- While most of the stuff on Archive.org, OldGamesDownload and MyAbandonware are safe, some can be unsafe too since the sources for the games there often have blurry lines! Please be careful when downloading anything from there!
Old/Retro PC Games
Modern PC Games
- CS.RIN.RU - Steam Underground Community - useful if you cannot find a crack in rezi/other sites, requires free registration
- SteamRIP.com
- Ovagames
- GOG Games - DRM-free games.
- Online-Fix - provides online fixes/bypasses for games.
- Torrminatorr Forums - useful for GOG/Linux games.
Other platforms
- iPhone Cake - iOS
- Macbed - macOS
- NXMAC - macOS , also provides torrents. Alternative domain
- CMacked - macOS
- Mobilism - Android, requires free registration.
- Zamunda - for Linux releases. Requires free registration. In order to download Linux games you'll have to navigate to "Банани" (Bananas) and choose "Linux Games" from the filters.
Direct Downloading Software
- JDownloader2
- Internet Download Manager.
- Motrix - hybrid torrenting/download manager
- FreeDownloadManager - hybrid torrenting/download manager
Miscellaneous
- UltimMC | PollyMC | TL Legacy | SKlauncher (for download,disable adblock) - for Minecraft.
- Moriya Shrine - For Touhou games.
- ARMGDDN - Telegram group for PCVR Games.
- f95zone - For NSFW games.
Repacks:
Repacks are highly compressed games, designed for people with slow/limited internet bandwidth. Once you download them, you must install them on your computer which can take a long time due to file decompression.
- FitGirl Repacks
- DODI Repacks
- CPG Repacks - useful for anime/vn games.
- M4ckD0ge Repacks
- KaosKrew
- Scooter Repacks - (archive)
Release Networks:
Please note, none of these sites provide downloads, only information on Scene/P2P releases. Looking to see if a game is cracked? Check here!
- CrackWatch
- predb.me
- xREL
- r/RepackWatchers - For repacks only.
- r/RepackWorld - For repacks only. Sister subreddit of r/PiratedGames
ROM Sites:
- r/Roms Megathread
- Vimm's Lair
- Ziperto
- CDRomance
- Myrient
- NXBrew - Nintendo Switch
- Game-2U - For PS4 games (use FastForward extension to bypass ad shortlinks)
- Gnarly Repacks - Retro games
Emulators:
Note: Some of these sites may require BIOS/key files. They're marked with * .
- GameTechWiki - The Emulation Wiki - You can find BIOS files for these emulators on this site
- ares * | MAME * | Mednafen * | RetroArch * - Multi-system Emulators
- bsnes | Snes9x - for SNES games.
- Project64 | RMG | simple64 - for Nintendo 64 games.
- Dolphin Emulator - for GameCube / Wii games.
- mGBA | VBA-M - for GBA games.
- DeSmuME | melonDS - for DS games.
- Cemu - for Wii U games.
- Citra - for 3DS games.
- Ryujinx * | Yuzu * - for Nintendo Switch games.
- DuckStation * | ePSXe * - for PlayStation 1 games.
- PCSX2 * - for PS2 games.
- PPSSPP - for PSP games.
- Vita3K - for PSVita games.
- RCPS3 - for PS3 games.
- Xemu * - for original XBOX games.
- Xenia - for XBOX 360 games.
- KEGA Fusion * - for SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive games.
- Mesen2 | puNes - for NES games.
- Flycast | redream - for Dreamcast games.
* May require additional BIOS/Key files to play games
Tools:
- Auto CreamAPI - Automatically set your game up for CreamAPI.
- Auto Steamworks Fix Tool - Automatically create Steamworks Fixes.
- CreamAPI - Unlock pirated DLCs on legitimate Steam Games.
- CreamLinux - CreamAPI, but for Linux.
- Lucky Patcher - Patch Android Apps (better with root)
- Nemirtingas Epic Emulator
- Origin DLC unlocker
- RIN SteamInternals - A Broad Collection of Steam Tools
- ripped.guide - contains a massive list of tools related to piracy.
- Plutonium - Dedicated Call of Duty servers, with mod support.
VPNs:
Tor is NOT a VPN, it will not protect you when torrenting!
Unsafe software:
- Bittorrent - Same as Utorrent, has ads, trackers, and is unsafe.
- Utorrent - Same as Bittorrent, has ads, trackers, and is unsafe.
- CCleaner - Owned by Avast.
- Avast - Notorious for collecting and selling user data.
Untrusted sites / uploaders:
- AGFY - scam links
- AimHaven - Malicious redirect ads
- Apunkagames
- BBRepacks - Fake BlackBox Repacks, contain malware.
- Corepack - Stolen releases and has been caught with malware.
- Crohasit - Has affiliations with owners of SteamUnlocked.
- Downloadly - contains cryptominers
- GameFabrique - Adware installers, uploads from untrusted sites such as IGG Games
- Gam3rb - Malicious fake download links on the page.
- IGG Games / PCGamesTorrents / LoadGames - they doxxed mercs213 (owner of GoodOldDownloads), package their own DRM as well as malware and exploit you for ad revenue.
- Kickass Torrents - Malware Risk.
- Nexus Games / WorldOfPCGames / steamrepacks - malicious downloads
- OceanOfGames - High malware risk.
- RepackGames - mislabel games and steal releases.
- Seyter/Qoob - repacks contain bitcoin miners.
- SteamUnlocked / GOG Unlocked / ROMs Unlocked - slow downloads, malicious link redirects and uploads stolen from IGG Games and nosTEAM.
- TLauncher - contains spyware
- kLauncher (minecraft) - contains malware
- The Pirate Bay / TPB - Malware Risk. Skulled users and the uploader "dauphong" aren't safe either.
- Wifi4games - malware downloads.
- xGIROx - repacks contain bitcoin miners.
- nosTEAM - Malware risk, Uploaded BTC miners.
- untrusted 1337x uploaders: IGG Games, haxNode, SadeemPC, SadeemAPK, IGI30, CracksHash, CrackingPatching and anr285.
- Any site with a scene group name in the URL - SCENE GROUPS DON'T HAVE SITES! (Examples such as, Skidrow, Codex, Reloaded, and CPY. They do not have sites.)