LaunchBox for Windows 14.0 is here! 🚀

📋 Full release breakdown and changelog:
https://feedback.launchbox-app.com/changelog/launchbox-for-windows-140

This is more than just an update. LaunchBox 14.0 is one of our biggest Windows releases in years, bringing major new features alongside improvements to the everyday parts of LaunchBox and Big Box you use most.

📖 LaunchBox Reader gives your manuals, strategy guides, magazines, PDFs, EPUBs, and more a proper home inside LaunchBox and Big Box, complete with layouts, bookmarks, resume support, and controller navigation.

🕹️ Big Box gets a brand new controller friendly Filter / Sort experience, alongside smoother navigation, improved media handling, and plenty of polish across the overall browsing experience.

⚡ Everyday LaunchBox features have received some serious attention too. List View and Image Grid have been reworked for faster browsing, Options are now searchable, game extras are easier to organize, and the new LaunchBox Media Engine overhauls how video and audio playback are handled.

There’s plenty more packed into 14.0, including smarter startup and shutdown handling, new premium 3D cases, improved emulator setup, better play session tracking, and a huge number of fixes and improvements across the board.

Happy Gaming! 🎮

This release introduces an exciting new addition: Steam Library Imports 🙌

You can now connect your Steam account directly from Android using a simple QR code, import your Steam library (including Family Sharing titles), download Steam artwork and trailers, and launch supported games through emulators like GameHub Lite and GameNative. 🎮

We’ve also added a brand-new Security Controls system, giving you the ability to protect library management features behind a PIN. Perfect for arcade cabinets, shared devices, or creating a kid-friendly setup. 👶

Alongside that, we’ve added support for new platforms including Sega Model 3, Arduboy, WASM-4, and Xbox, plus a huge batch of new emulator integrations, RetroArch core mappings and overall app reliability.

This release brings major upgrades to RetroAchievements, Save Management, setup flows, and media handling across LaunchBox & Big Box 🎮

🏆 RetroAchievements Expansions

RetroAchievements now pulls in Time to Beat and Time to Master stats, adds richer and filterable achievement browsing in Big Box, and allows configurable RetroAchievements stats directly in LaunchBox’s top navigation bar.

💾 Expanded Save Management

Save Management has also received a huge expansion, adding automatic backups, save version history, grouped saves, and brand-new Dolphin & PCSX2 save support for GameCube, Wii, WiiWare, and PlayStation 2.

📥 Better Setup & Media Handling

We’ve also overhauled the Welcome Wizard with clearer staged progress and better setup visibility, alongside new in-app video playback controls, restored Steam trailer downloads, smoother media browsing, and plenty more polish throughout the app.

🧺 System Tray Support Is Now Free

Oh, and tray support is also now completely free for all users!

Checkout the linked changelog for full details