allrecomps

Project type: Recompilation

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — UltraTears

Early static recompilation of Tears of the Kingdom 1.4.3 for Windows. The builder creates a native executable from your own extracted game; Steam Deck through Proton remains experimental.

ToWindows · Steam Deck
Development stage:Release available
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — UltraTears
Source ↗ · Artwork of the original game; it does not demonstrate this port’s compatibility.

Multiplayer

Support in this project — multiplayer in the original game may differ.

Local

On the same device

Not confirmed

LAN

Over a local network

Not confirmed

Online

Over the internet

Not confirmed

“Documented support” means reported by the project. AllRecomps has not tested matches or servers. “Not confirmed” does not mean the feature does not work. Report a correction ↗

About this project

Translates Switch ARM64 code into C and native x86-64, with host services and Vulkan graphics.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Compatibility

Windows 10/11 x64, AVX2, Vulkan 1.3 with VK_EXT_shader_object and 16 GB RAM. Only your own extracted ExeFS/RomFS with update 1.4.3; encrypted NSP/XCI/NCA are rejected.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Documented support and independently tested compatibility are different. AllRecomps has not run these games.

Development progress

First public version v0.1.0-beta distributes a builder, not a prebuilt game. The author reports title, prologue and Great Sky Island tests.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Known limitations

Other PCs/GPUs and the full world are not validated. Steam Deck/Proton is still being tested; shader hitches remain and no settings menu is available yet.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Getting started

Extract the builder, place ExeFS/RomFS under game and run setup.bat. The executable is compiled locally; preserve data and userdata when updating.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Manual source builds require Python 3.14+, MSYS2 CLANG64/LLVM and the documented shader translator. Budget build/output space in addition to the game dump.

Source: Official project documentation ↗ · Checked Oct 25, 2026

Some projects require files from your own copy of the original game. Follow the official instructions.