Playnite Extensions Collection

A collection of Playnite extensions developed to enhance and customize the experience in Playnite.

Table of Contents

• Tips and Donations
• Questions, Suggestions, and Issues
• Translations
• Download and Installation
• Usage
• Extensions
• Contribution Guidelines

Tips and donations

I create Playnite extensions and themes for the love of it—always free for the community.

While donations aren't expected, they're super appreciated! If you've found my work helpful and want to help out, every bit counts and keeps the projects going.

Thanks for considering supporting my Playnite-related work!

Questions, suggestions and Issues

If you have a question, suggestion, or encounter an issue, feel free to open a new Issue.

Translations

You can help to translate the extensions do different languages in the project's Crowdin page.

Download and installation

Option A. Click the Link of the extension in the table to go to the addon entry in the Playnite database and then click the Download button in the entry.

Option B. Download directly from Playnite in the addons browser.

Usage

Varies depending the extension functionality but in general. Refer to each extension thread in Playnite forums for the specific instructions.

Extensions

Generic

Icon⠀⠀	Name	Description	Database	Help
	Cooperative Modes Importer	Detects and adds features that indicate the cooperative features in games.	Link	Help
	Covers Collage Maker	Create and export customizable game cover collages from your Playnite library.	Link	N/A
	Details to Grid View Converter	Converts the layout in Details View to Grid View of supported Desktop Mode themes	Link	Help
	Display Helper	Offers functionality to configure your displays when starting games	Link	N/A
	Extra Metadata Fullscreen Mode Helper	Adds support for 'Extra Metadata Loader' extension usage in certain Fullscreen Mode themes	Link	Help
	Extra Metadata Loader	Adds functionality to support logos and videos media in compatible custom themes.	Link	Help
	Filter Presets Quick Launcher	This extension offers diverse functionality to quickly launch Filter presets from the top panel, sidebar or from Playnite's Search keyboard launcher.	Link	N/A
	Game Engine Checker	This extension will add a tag with the name of the engine used by the game. It's compatible with PC games that are available on GOG or Steam. The information is obtained from PCGamingWiki.	Link	N/A
	Game Media Tools	This extension is intended as a library mantaining tool and to make it easier to handle game media in your library.	Link	N/A
	Game Pass Catalog Browser	Browse the Game Pass catalog in Playnite and add its game to your Playnite library.	Link	Help
	Game Relations	This extension detects and displays other games in your library related to the game that is currently displayed using their metadata in supported themes.	Link	N/A
	GOG Second Class Game Watcher	Detects games with missing features or issues on GOG, and adds tagging and display options in Playnite.	Link	N/A
	Image Cache Size Saver	Extension to process the images in your Playnite images cache directory to save space.	Link	N/A
	Installation Status Updater	This extension updates the installation status of your games automatically by detecting if the game files are present.	Link	Help
	Library Exporter Advanced	Allows to export the Playnite library to a csv file with support to configure what data to export.	Link	Help
	Links Sorter	Simple extension that sorts the links of selected or all games in database by URL in ascending order (From A to Z, 0 to 9).	Link	N/A
	Log Open	Simple extension that will open your Playnite log file.	Link	N/A
	MAME Tools	Collection of tools for MAME games.	Link	N/A
	Nexus Mods checker	This extension will add a feature named "Nexus Mods" and add a link to the games mod page to games with mods available on Nexus Mods.	Link	N/A
	NVIDIA Freestyle checker	This extension will add a feature named "NVIDIA Freestyle" to NVIDIA Freestyle supported games in your library.	Link	N/A
	NVIDIA GE GameStream Export	This extension will export your selected games to NVIDIA Geforce Experience GameStreaming games database.	Link	N/A
	Play Notes	This extension provides an UI element with extensive functionality to create and manage notes, including markdown and multiple notes support.	Link	N/A
	Playnite Control Locker	This extension provides functionality to help in situations where your Playnite installation is shared with someone else and you want to limit certain functionality for safety reasons.	Link	N/A
	PlayState	This extension will let you suspend and resume your game at any moment with the configured hotkey.	Link	Help
	Prevent Sleep	Helps prevent the system and screen from sleeping.	Link	N/A
	Purchase Date Importer	This extension will obtain the purchase date from your Epic, GOG and Steam accounts and import them to the games in your library as added dates.	Link	N/A
	Save File View	This extension will open the save or configuration directories of your games.	Link	N/A
	Search Collection	This extension will search the currently selected games on different websites in your web browser.	Link	N/A
	Special K Helper	Provides functionality to improve using Special K with Playnite.	Link	Help
	Splash Screen	This extension can show an intro video and an image when starting a game.	Link	Help
	Steam Game Importer	Extension to add games from steam with manual input of steam Id or store link and importing a Depressurized file export.	Link	N/A
	Steam Game Transfer Utility	Extension to copy or move Steam games between your different Steam libraries.	Link	Help
	Steam Launcher Utility	This extension allows you to configure the way steam is launched when starting a Steam game in both Playnite Desktop and Fullscreen mode.	Link	Help
	Steam News and Players Viewer	Adds support to display news for Steam games in compatible themes.	Link	N/A
	Steam Reviews Viewer	Extension to see Steam reviews, trailers video and review video from within Playnite.	Link	N/A
	Steam Search	Search the Steam store directly from the Playnite Search bar.	Link	N/A
	Steam Shortcuts	This extension adds convenient menu items to the right-click context menu of games, allowing to quickly access a variety of Steam game related pages and components.	Link	N/A
	Steam Store Screenshots Viewer	Displays screenshots from the Steam store in Playnite.	Link	N/A
	Steam Trailers	Extension to view trailers from Steam in Playnite. Compatible with Steam games or games that are on the Steam Store.	Link	N/A
	Steam Wishlist Discount Notifier	Checks your Steam wishlist in a view in Playnite and checks and notified you of new discounts in the background.	Link	N/A
	Twitch link importer	This extension will add a Twitch Link to your selected games.	Link	N/A
	Web Explorer	Adds web browsing capabilties to Playnite with different features.	Link	N/A

Library

Icon⠀⠀	Name	Description	Database	Help
	Importer for Anilist	This plugin imports your anime and manga lists from AniList for viewing in Playnite.	Link	Help
	JAST USA Library	Import and manage your JAST USA store library directly within Playnite, including downloading your games.	Link	N/A
	NVIDIA GeForce NOW Library	Plugin for Playnite that checks for games enabled in the NVIDIA GeForce NOW service that are in your library and imports them.	Link	Help

Metadata

Icon⠀⠀	Name	Description	Database	Help
	Metacritic Metadata	N/A	N/A	N/A
	OpenCritic Metadata	N/A	N/A	N/A
	VNDB Nexus	Obtains metadata from VNDB and displays the visual novel information in supported themes.	Link	N/A
	Xbox Metadata	N/A	N/A	N/A

Themes

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Note: Themes are listed here just for recopilatory purposes. Each of them have a separate repository that should be used for suggestions and bug reports. To go to the theme repository, click in the theme name.

Name	Description	Database	Screenshot
Harmony	Clean theme with modern design for Playnite Desktop Mode.	Link
Helium	Theme inspired by Steam for Playnite Desktop Mode.	Link
Mythic	Theme inspired by Epic Games Launcher for Playnite Desktop Mode.	Link
Nova X	Theme inspired by the Xbox PC App for Playnite Desktop Mode.	Link
Stardust	Theme inspired by GOG Galaxy 2.0 for Playnite Desktop Mode.	Link

Contribution Guidelines

To maintain consistency and code quality, please follow these guidelines when submitting a Pull Request (PR).

General Contribution Rules

• Localization: If your PR includes new strings (e.g., text displayed in the UI), ensure they are properly implemented as localization strings within the localization dictionary.

• Code Formatting:

  • Use 4 spaces for indentation. Tabs are not allowed.
  • Always use PascalCase for public properties, e.g., MyProperty.
  • Private fields must begin with an underscore and use camelCase, e.g., _myPrivateField.
  • Use the var keyword to declare local variables, and ensure they are written in camelCase, e.g., var myVariable = "text";.

• Control Flow Statements:

  • Always use curly braces {} to encapsulate code blocks after control statements such as if, for, foreach, while, etc.
  • Example:

    if (condition)
    {
        DoSomething();
    }

Powershell extensions rules

• Functions names should use approved verbs and format: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/developer/cmdlet/approved-verbs-for-windows-powershell-commands?view=powershell-5.1
• Cmdlets must be use the full name without abreviations, for example:

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Stopped"}

instead of

Get-Service | Where {$_.Status -eq "Stopped"}