# Demon's Souls: native Windows port of the PS3 game

> This is a native Windows build of Demon's Souls for the PlayStation 3, USA release BLUS-30443. The README says PPU and SPU code is statically recompiled to C and C++ with ps3recomp and rendered with Direct3D 12.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/timboat/demons-souls-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/timboat/demons-souls-recomp/blob/51f864092f0ef3c0e4f623d7dff660b0b517fbd4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/demons-souls-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/demons-souls-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/demons-souls-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- No game files are included. SETUP builds the game on your PC from your own disc image.
- The README says the whole game seems playable, with sound, music, and movies, on keyboard and mouse or an Xbox controller.
- The repository's code and patches are MIT-licensed. ps3recomp is credited as MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/timboat/demons-souls-recomp/blob/51f864092f0ef3c0e4f623d7dff660b0b517fbd4/README.md>

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