Playnest scans your PC and merges every game from Steam, Epic, and manual installs into one library โ then quietly removes the installer files and duplicates a regular scanner would happily list as games.
Windows 10/11 ยท ~76MB ยท No account, no sign-up
Steam only knows about Steam. Epic only knows about Epic. Nobody knows about everything else.
Naive scanners list the setup.exe or uninstaller instead of the game itself โ click it, and you get an install wizard, not your game.
The same install shows up in the Windows registry and in a folder scan โ without real dedup, one game shows up two or three times.
Fetching cover art means a network call per item โ if the library waits on that, the whole app feels stuck.
Plenty of similar apps bolt on "Discord integration" or "RGB control" that's really just made-up numbers with no real connection to your system.
Playnest runs locally on your machine only. No server, no syncing, no account to sign into.
During the initial setup wizard, Playnest scans Steam, Epic, the Windows registry, and install folders โ filtering out setup/uninstall files and duplicates automatically.
Every game and app lands in a single view with covers, search, and filters โ and clicking launches the actual game, not the installer.
A periodic background scan automatically picks up anything new you install, and app updates download in the background via GitHub Releases โ no need to come back to this page.
Every tool here reads or writes something real on your machine. If we couldn't wire a feature to something real, it didn't make the list.
Scans Steam, Epic, the Windows registry, and manual installs โ with real filtering of installer files and duplicates.
โ Real scannerOne page, two real switches: toggling Windows Game Mode in the registry, and switching power plans (power saver / balanced / performance) via powercfg.
โ Real registry + powercfgCounts the days you actually launched something through Playnest โ not a random number, a real activity log.
โ Real usage dataLive CPU, memory, and temperature straight from your machine's real sensors โ no invented FPS.
โ Real hardware sensorsPlaytime, genre breakdowns, and recommendations โ all calculated from your actual library, not a sample.
โ Real data from your librarySet it once (daily/weekly/never) and your library updates itself whenever you install something new โ no need to reopen the scan wizard.
โ Local background scanningCtrl+Shift+L brings Playnest to the front with search focused, from anywhere on your PC โ no hunting for the window.
Compact / Comfortable / Large โ choose how many cards fit on screen, just like Steam.
โ Saved per userVersion 3.1.0 shipped 9 "gaming tools" that turned out to be UI only โ with no real connection to the system. Instead of leaving them in as decoration, we deleted them outright.
Playnest automatically checks in the background for a new version on the project's GitHub Releases (electron-updater โ the same update technology most serious Electron apps use). Since version 3.21.0 it checks a few seconds after launch, then every 6 hours, and again when the PC wakes from sleep โ so it stays current even if you never close it.
v3.21.1 โ installer never waits on a hidden dialog during silent updates ยท v3.21.0 โ update checks every 6 hours and after sleep, one restart prompt per version, update log, sturdier error handling ยท v3.20.x โ completion status, launch counts, gamepad navigation, language consistency ยท v3.4.4 โ real automatic updates via electron-updater ยท v3.4.3 โ real welcome/finish pages in the setup wizard + branded-color button ยท v3.4.2 โ setup wizard with branded graphics ยท v3.4.1 and below โ stability, dedup, and scan fixes.
Free, local, no account. Download it, run the setup wizard, and your library appears within seconds.
โฌ Download Playnest v3.21.1Windows 10/11 ยท ~76MB installer