diff --git a/applications/icons/Retro Gaming.png b/applications/icons/Retro Gaming.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..313172bc
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diff --git a/bin/omarchy b/bin/omarchy
index 28bca7fe..bcf820aa 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy
+++ b/bin/omarchy
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[default]="Default application selection"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[dev]="Omarchy development tools"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[drive]="Drive selection and encryption"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[font]="Font management"
+GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[games]="Game launchers and helpers"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hibernation]="Hibernation setup and removal"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hook]="User hook runner"
 GROUP_DESCRIPTIONS[hw]="Hardware detection and controls"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-games-retro-cores b/bin/omarchy-games-retro-cores
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a81e9bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-games-retro-cores
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=List installed RetroArch core names
+
+set -e
+
+core_dir="/usr/lib/libretro"
+preferred_cores=(
+  "Amstrad CPC|cap32"
+  "Arcade FBNeo|fbneo"
+  "Arcade MAME|mame"
+  "Commodore Amiga|puae"
+  "Commodore C128|vice_x128"
+  "Commodore C64|vice_x64"
+  "Commodore VIC-20|vice_xvic"
+  "Nintendo DS|desmume"
+  "Nintendo Game Boy / Color|gambatte"
+  "Nintendo Game Boy Advance|mgba"
+  "Nintendo GameCube / Wii|dolphin"
+  "Nintendo NES / Famicom|mesen"
+  "Nintendo 64|parallel_n64"
+  "Nintendo SNES / SFC|snes9x"
+  "NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16|mednafen_pce_fast"
+  "NEC PC Engine CD / TurboGrafx-CD|mednafen_pce"
+  "NEC PC Engine SuperGrafx|mednafen_supergrafx"
+  "Sega Dreamcast|flycast"
+  "Sega Mega Drive / Master System / Game Gear|genesis_plus_gx"
+  "Sega Saturn|kronos"
+  "Sony PlayStation|mednafen_psx_hw"
+  "Sony PlayStation Portable|ppsspp"
+)
+
+[[ -d $core_dir ]] || exit 0
+
+for preferred_core in "${preferred_cores[@]}"; do
+  label="${preferred_core%%|*}"
+  core="${preferred_core#*|}"
+  [[ -f $core_dir/${core}_libretro.so ]] && printf '%s (%s)\n' "$label" "$core"
+done
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-games-retro-install b/bin/omarchy-games-retro-install
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a5b0acb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-games-retro-install
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Create a desktop launcher for a RetroArch game
+# omarchy:args=[core path-to-game]
+# omarchy:examples=omarchy games retro install snes9x ~/Games/roms/snes/game.sfc | omarchy-games-retro-install /usr/lib/libretro/mgba_libretro.so ~/Games/roms/gba/game.gba
+
+set -e
+
+if (( $# == 0 )); then
+  mapfile -t cores < <(omarchy-games-retro-cores)
+
+  if (( ${#cores[@]} == 0 )); then
+    omarchy-notification-send -g "󰯉" "No RetroArch cores found" "/usr/lib/libretro"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  core=$(omarchy-menu-select "RetroArch core" "${cores[@]}") || exit 0
+  [[ -n $core ]] || exit 0
+  core="${core##*(}"
+  core="${core%)}"
+
+  game_path=$(omarchy-menu-file "Retro game" "$HOME/Games/roms" "7z bin ccd chd cue dmg elf fds gb gba gbc iso lha m3u md n64 nds nes pbp sfc smc swc zip z64") || exit 0
+  [[ -n $game_path ]] || exit 0
+elif (( $# == 2 )); then
+  core="$1"
+  game_path="$2"
+else
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-games-retro-install [core path-to-game]"
+  echo "Example: omarchy-games-retro-install snes9x ~/Games/roms/snes/game.sfc"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f $game_path ]]; then
+  echo "Game not found: $game_path"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ $core == */* ]]; then
+  core_path="$core"
+else
+  core_path="/usr/lib/libretro/${core}_libretro.so"
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -f $core_path ]]; then
+  echo "Core not found: $core_path"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+game_name=$(printf '%s' "${game_path##*/}" | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//; s/[[:space:]]*([^)]*)//g; s/[[:space:]]\+/ /g; s/^ //; s/ $//' | perl -Mopen=locale -pe 's/(^|[[:space:]])([^[:space:]])/$1\U$2/g')
+desktop_name="$game_name"
+desktop_id=$(printf '%s' "$desktop_name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs '[:alnum:]' '-' | sed 's/^-//; s/-$//')
+desktop_dir="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
+desktop_file="$desktop_dir/$desktop_id.desktop"
+icon_dir="$desktop_dir/icons"
+icon_path="$icon_dir/Retro Gaming.png"
+
+mkdir -p "$desktop_dir" "$icon_dir"
+[[ -f $icon_path ]] || cp "$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/applications/icons/Retro Gaming.png" "$icon_path"
+
+cat >"$desktop_file" <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=$desktop_name
+Comment=Play $game_name with RetroArch
+Exec=retroarch -L "$core_path" "$game_path"
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Icon=$icon_path
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=Game;Emulator;
+EOF
+
+chmod +x "$desktop_file"
+update-desktop-database "$desktop_dir" &>/dev/null || true
+
+omarchy-notification-send -g "󰯉" "$game_name installed" "Start it with Super + Space"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu b/bin/omarchy-menu
index d9583ec8..93908a5f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu
@@ -600,8 +600,9 @@ show_install_ai_menu() {
 }
 
 show_install_gaming_menu() {
-  case $(menu "Install" "  Steam\n  RetroArch\n󰍳  Minecraft\n󰢹  NVIDIA GeForce NOW\n  Xbox Cloud Gaming\n󰂯  Xbox Controller\n󰍹  Moonlight (GameStream)\n  Lutris (Battle.net)\n󱓟  Heroic (Epic Games)") in
+  case $(menu "Install" "  Steam\n󰯉  RetroArch\n󰍳  Minecraft\n󰢹  NVIDIA GeForce NOW\n  Xbox Cloud Gaming\n󰂯  Xbox Controller\n󰍹  Moonlight (GameStream)\n  Lutris (Battle.net)\n󱓟  Heroic (Epic Games)\n󰯉  RetroArch Game Launcher") in
   *Steam*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-steam ;;
+  *"RetroArch Game Launcher"*) omarchy-games-retro-install ;;
   *RetroArch*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-retroarch ;;
   *Minecraft*) install_and_launch "Minecraft" "minecraft-launcher" "minecraft-launcher" ;;
   *GeForce*) present_terminal omarchy-install-gaming-geforce-now ;;