Is there a PC port of

Yes. ACNHRecomp v0.7.0: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) as a native PC, Mac and Android game by Nycolazs. It's playable now, and it runs natively on PC rather than through an emulator.

Is the Animal Crossing: New Horizons PC port an emulator?

No. It's a native build of the game's code for PC (a decompilation, static recompilation or native port), so it runs like a PC game.

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ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS RECOMPILED TO RUN NATIVE ON PC, MAC AND ANDROID

Q: Do I need my own copy of

Yes. Your own Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3.0.2 recommended; 3.0.3, 2.0.7 and 1.0.0 supported), prepared from your own copy. Playing also needs the project's ACNHRecomp-Importer, which is shared on its Discord rather than on GitHub. No game files included.

ACNHRecomp v0.7.0: Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) as a native PC, Mac and Android game

Nycolazs's ACNHRecomp statically recompiles the Switch code of Animal Crossing: New Horizons into native code for Windows, Linux, macOS (Apple silicon) and Android, reimplementing the system services the game calls and translating its NVN graphics to Vulkan. It's built on the framework of SuperMarioWonderRecomp. v0.7.0 (3 November) adds amiibo from your own dumps, time travel and native 60 FPS, and fixes Android black screens. It's a fan-made work in progress: back up your saves. The project includes no game code, keys or firmware and doesn't decrypt anything.

Nintendo Switch → Windows · Linux · macOS · Android · by Nycolazs · 2026-11-03

You need: Your own Animal Crossing: New Horizons (3.0.2 recommended; 3.0.3, 2.0.7 and 1.0.0 supported), prepared from your own copy. Playing also needs the project's ACNHRecomp-Importer, which is shared on its Discord rather than on GitHub. No game files included.

How to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on PC

Download the release for your system.
Use ACNHRecomp-Importer (from the project's Discord) to turn your own copy into the game folder.
Point ACNHRecomp at that folder and play.

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