RPCS3: Installing Patches for The Last of Us, Uncharted, and Others

First off, it's worth noting that patches for the RPCS3 emulator aren't a silver bullet. The RPCS3 developers primarily use them as workarounds for issues that haven't been fully resolved yet. Still, these "workarounds" can often provide a noticeable performance boost or even get previously unplayable or crash-prone games up and running.

We created this guide to avoid constantly reiterating the routine, monotonous patch installation method in future tutorials. Now, we can simply link back to this post.

That's the intro out of the way. Let's dive into patch installation:

September 15, 2020 update:

As of RPCS3 emulator version v0.0.12-10891-6540393d Alpha | HEAD, installing patches is a breeze. To download the latest patches, follow these steps: Launch the emulator, navigate to the "Manage" menu, and then select "Game Patches":

Then click the "Download latest patches" button at the bottom of the window:

If you've followed the steps correctly, you'll then see a message like this:

This means everything went smoothly. The patches have downloaded, and you can now proceed to apply them.

Additionally, if you're overwhelmed by the sheer number of available fixes, just check the "Only shows owned games" option. This will filter the patch list to only show games installed on your emulator:

We created this guide to avoid constantly reiterating the routine, monotonous patch installation method in future tutorials. Now, we can simply link back to this post.

That's the intro out of the way. Let's dive into patch installation: