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Adrià edited this page Nov 14, 2026 · 2 revisions

mkw-recomp turns your own dump of Mario Kart World (Nintendo Switch 2) into a native PC program for Windows and Linux. Nothing of the game ships with it: the setup builds the game on your PC from your copy.

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Installation Requirements, what dump you need, first setup, updating, where files live
Settings and mkw.ini Every option of the menu and of mkw.ini, resolution, ultrawide, HDR, frame rate
Controls Keyboard, controllers, Switch 2 controllers, hotkeys, remapping, local multiplayer
Troubleshooting Known errors by the line they leave in logs/mkw.log, and what to do
FAQ Game versions, LAN play, online, mods, Steam Deck, performance, legal
Reporting a bug What to attach so the report can be acted on

The short version

  1. Download the latest release: the .zip on Windows, the .AppImage on Linux.
  2. Run it, open Game files, choose your dump (folders or a .nup/.nx file) and press Set up.
  3. Press Play. F1 opens the settings in game.

If it stops, look up the last lines of logs/mkw.log in Troubleshooting before opening an issue.

Questions go to Discussions → Q&A, bugs to Issues.

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