# Unicorn Overlord PC: rehosting the PS4 game on Linux and Windows

> Unicorn Overlord PC runs the PlayStation 4 Unicorn Overlord executable on Linux and Windows through a game-specific loader and host runtime. It adjusts executable addresses, implements imported PS4 system functions and routes GPU commands through a shadPS4-derived Vulkan layer. The author reports playing through the prologue and first chapter battle, with saving and loading working.

- 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/hachi23/unicorn_overlord_pc>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hachi23/unicorn_overlord_pc/blob/d183d1877f8ab9e8b4fb147a6f045ebb4c9df013/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unicorn-overlord-pc-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/unicorn-overlord-pc-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/unicorn-overlord-pc-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a dump of the documented CUSA36381 release with update 1.04 merged, or the listed Hong Kong 1.05 package.
- **Prerequisites:** Run on 64-bit Linux or Windows 10 1903 or later with a Vulkan 1.3 GPU supporting sparse buffers.
- **Limits:** The game has not been played to the end; ultrawide and language-mod support are experimental.
- **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hachi23/unicorn_overlord_pc/blob/d183d1877f8ab9e8b4fb147a6f045ebb4c9df013/README.md>

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