# Bloodborne: a native Windows port of the PS4 executable

> Bloodborne PC Windows Port runs the PS4 game's x86-64 executable directly on a Windows PC. It adapts a Linux port with Win32 memory, threading, and file services, while a shadPS4-based core translates PS4 graphics to Vulkan; the user supplies the decrypted game files.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Mrsuss60/bloodborne_pc_windows_port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Mrsuss60/bloodborne_pc_windows_port/blob/ce83b806b9975185b801355d73fb5ea50aa5b314/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bloodborne-pc-windows-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bloodborne-pc-windows-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/bloodborne-pc-windows-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or 11, a Vulkan 1.3 GPU, and an x86-64 CPU with AVX and SSE4.2 are required.
- **Prerequisites:** A user-provided decrypted Bloodborne CUSA03173 version 1.09 dump containing eboot.bin is required.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Mrsuss60/bloodborne_pc_windows_port/blob/ce83b806b9975185b801355d73fb5ea50aa5b314/README.md>

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