Best Bottles Alternatives in 2026

20 apps from game compatibility layers ranked against Bottles on the same published basis.

  1. 1Bottles vs cnc-ddraw
  2. 2Bottles vs GameHub
  3. 3Bottles vs Bannerlator
  4. 4Bottles vs DXVK
  5. 5Bottles vs PlayOnLinux
  6. 6Bottles vs Sober
  7. 7Bottles vs TDF
  8. 8Bottles vs vkd3d-proton
  9. 9Bottles vs Winlator
  10. 10Bottles vs Porting Kit
  11. 12Bottles vs Box64
  12. 13Bottles vs Hangover
  13. 14Bottles vs Proton-CachyOS
  14. 15Bottles vs VKD3D
  15. 16Bottles vs FAudio
  16. 17Bottles vs FEX-Emu
  17. 18Bottles vs D7VK
  18. 19Bottles vs Darling
  19. 20Bottles vs Box86
  20. 21Bottles vs OpenNative

Bottles alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1cnc-ddraw6.6Free planFreeAndroid, Linux, Mac, Windows
2GameHub6.5Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Mac
3Bannerlator6.4Free planFreeAndroid
4DXVK6.4Free planFreeLinux, Windows
5PlayOnLinux6.4Free planFreeLinux, Mac
6Sober6.4Free planFreeLinux
7TDF6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
8vkd3d-proton6.4Free planFreeLinux, Windows
9Winlator6.4Free planFreeAndroid
10Porting Kit6.3Free planFreeMac
12Box645.5No—Android, Linux
13Hangover5.5No—Linux
14Proton-CachyOS5.5No—Linux
15VKD3D5.5No—Linux, Mac, Windows
16FAudio5.4No—Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS
17FEX-Emu5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
18D7VK5.3No—Windows, Linux
19Darling5.3No—Linux, Windows
20Box865.2No—Linux
21OpenNative5.2No—Android
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Questions about Bottles alternatives

What is the best alternative to Bottles?

cnc-ddraw, number 1 in game compatibility layers with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: GameHub, Bannerlator, DXVK and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Bottles?

cnc-ddraw is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.