Bloodborne for Windows

Bloodborne for Windows runs the PlayStation 4 version of Bloodborne as a native Windows program. The game’s own x86-64 code runs directly on the PC’s processor, a runtime written for this one game replaces the console’s system libraries, and the graphics are translated to Vulkan with a renderer derived from shadPS4. It is built on bbport, the Linux port by deadinside28, and adds a Windows launcher with every setting in one window in 13 languages.

It offers NVIDIA DLSS on RTX cards, AMD FSR 3.1 and FSR 4, native TAA, unlocked frame rates with a cap up to 120, and output from 720p to 4K. Many of the game’s effects, such as chromatic aberration, motion blur and depth of field, can be switched off, and there is a cheats page, mod and patch loading, an Add to Steam button and updates from the launcher that keep saves and settings. Online play is in beta: messages, bloodstains and ghosts from other hunters work, while summoning with the bells is unconfirmed.

The character preview on the creation screen stays empty, and some AMD cards still crash when the game world loads. Above about 120 FPS the game’s own movement slows down. The download contains no game files. It needs version 1.09 of Bloodborne, dumped from your own console.