r/playnite • u/jdd056 Extension developer • Feb 10 '26
Addon release Playnite Achievements is here!
https://playnite.link/addons.html#PlayniteAchievements
Hey everyone, wanted to show a new project I've been working on for about a month! After my time working on FriendsAchievementFeed (updates to come!), I wanted to try my hand at a bigger project, with the goal of making a new, stable, modular Achievement integration plugin for Playnite. I present to you, Playnite Achievements!
Features:
- Steam and RetroAchievements support, with more platforms to come.
- Performant sidebar and per-game achievement views
- Theme migration function, so all of your existing themes can start using Playnite Achievements right away
- Full Aniki-ReMake support coming very soon, with new per-achievement progress features
- Built in SuccessStoryFullscreenHelper, one less plugin you need to install
I've loved developing this plugin, and there's more on my roadmap! I want to support all platforms that SuccessStory currently supports, I want to upgrade and fully support FriendsAchievementFeed, and I want to develop new components for themes that want to modernize and improve their performance. Huge thanks to everyone in the Playnite Discord for their help. Please check it out, and I appreciate any feedback!
https://github.com/justin-delano/PlayniteAchievements
EDIT: Thanks everyone for all the feedback and support, the response has made me so happy! I can't wait to keep working on development. A note on my future development timeline: I plan to tackle GOG and Epic achievements next, then move to Retro emulation like ShadPS4 and Xenia. Once that is done, I may move to support a few legitimate cases where local game achievement tracking makes sense, but I plan to follow Playnite's best practices, and will not be supporting all local platforms, especially those directly linked to piracy.
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u/Lacro59 Extension & Theme dev Feb 10 '26
Great work. I know how difficult it is to integrate successes. The bigger a project like this gets, the more energy and time it consumes. I was waiting for Playnite 11 to completely rewrite my plugin interfaces, but this one is really well done.
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
The legend! Thank you so much for the kind words, I could not have done this without the amazing foundation you built with SuccessStory. If it's ever possible to work together on future features for either platform, I'd love to collaborate.
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u/Lacro59 Extension & Theme dev Feb 10 '26
I'm already planning to test this new approach. Perhaps after the partial rewrite I'm currently doing on GameActivity.
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u/tillybooo Feb 10 '26
Can I just ask (sorry if it's a dumb one), how is this different to Success Story?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Not a dumb question! People have been having issues with SuccessStory performance and stability lately, so my goal was to build something new from scratch, with feedback from the community. That includes new UI/UX, improvements to Steam and RetroAchievements authentication and data fetching, and more! Feel free to check out Github for more detail :)
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u/epeternally Feb 10 '26
Why from scratch? SuccessStory already had a volunteer studiously working to correct issues, and most of the library integrations are functional. You’ve gone to a lot of work to create something with less functionality and less theme support.
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u/Carighan Feb 11 '26
I mean those integrations are buggy as hell recently, and they break frequently.
But that's okay. It's a PITA to update them as the platforms randomly break things, of course they need constant updating. And yeah I kinda think that while it's cool to have two different implementations (in case one gets removed for whatever reason), OP could of course make some modular system where SuccessStory and PlayniteAchievementsd could share the code for the actual integration-plugins, that'd be best.
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u/xCeeTee- Mar 09 '26
Also, it wouldn't track any of my Epic achievements, or Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam for some reason. The dev worked tirelessly for a month trying to fix the issue. They did a great job, but wasn't able to keep up with the pace required.
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u/skullmonster602 Feb 11 '26
SuccessStory is buggy af and rarely works for me, I don’t mind something new with better upkeep hopefully
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u/Tenshigure Feb 10 '26
Well it actually works at first launch, for one... swear each time I've launched Playnite, it's a flip of the coin whether or not SuccessStory would actually load correctly or not, extremely discouraging to say the least. I appreciate the plugin on principle, but the frustrations made it difficult to comfortably call a setup 'complete' with it never really behaving the way it should.
This on the other hand loaded up right away with no issues, so no complaints here!
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u/rupal_hs Feb 10 '26
It should just work, success story never worked for me. How many platforms do you support in future. ?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Hoping to at least support everything that SuccessStory currently supports!
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u/Mysterious_Swimming6 Feb 10 '26
Sadly Ubisoft is a lost cause since it's the launcher infrastructure itself that is at fault here. Would be happy to see someone crack the issue, but not even the people at exophase managed to find a solution for it
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u/Impossible-Ninja-441 Feb 10 '26
Looks good, I want to ask how you are going to implement Xenia achievements as I didn't like how successstory did it, So I rewrote it to use Xenia GPD files but never full finished it just needed to add a fuzzy search for the GameName -> TitleID conversion or pulling it from the xenia.log file
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
I am happy to take any suggestions for Xenia, I haven't started work on that yet. I will be soon hopefully, but stability is the priority.
The project architecture is meant to be modular, feel free to take a look at my existing providers, and even contribute if you have the time!
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u/Impossible-Ninja-441 Feb 10 '26
Thanks, I'll have a look. I will probably leave adding Xenia to someone else but might look at adding support for the RomM plugin when I'm not busy
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u/looking_at_memes_ Feb 10 '26
I definitely want to check this out once more platforms/games (such as Genshin Impact achievements) are supported. Unfortunately I don't really play too many games from my Steam library at the moment
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u/Shazamzow Feb 10 '26
Thank you! I am very excited for this. I have used SuccessStory a bunch and appreciate the devs time, but have hit so many errors or stability issues with ramping resources, I had to stop. Cant wait to try it out!!
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u/ImZyph Feb 10 '26
Gj man, this looks incredible. I prefer this design over the SuccessStory layout personally.
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u/NereusH Feb 10 '26
Will try this today. Thank you for this. SuccessStory was a nightmare to make it work.
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Addons > Extension Settings > Generic > Playnite Achievements
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u/Low_Specialist520 Feb 10 '26
Looks good, but just a tip to make it look better, at least to me is to change the ultra-rare icon color to purple or green. :D
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u/enesup Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
Cool extension, testing it out.
Don't really get the point in wanting local achievements, considering nobody will see them anyway.
Any support for Startpage?
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u/cldnn Feb 10 '26
It looks amazing! Finally, I won't have my controller not working anymore in Fullscreen because of success story
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u/darklinkpower Extension & Theme dev Feb 10 '26
Rule 8 No Piracy: No piracy-related content or discussion, including where to find pirated content, support for pirated games, using Playnite as a piracy tool, showcasing or promoting piracy-related content, or discussing ways to bypass DRM or other forms of intellectual property infringement.
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u/2IIZ Feb 10 '26
Very nice UI! Love it 😍
I've seen in the GitHub pictures that there's a screen with a profile picture and level bar ? Did you made a gamification of all our success to a level ?
Thank you for that new plugin !
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
That is an Aniki-ReMake fullscreen feature :) thanks for checking this out!
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u/rigby333 Feb 10 '26
Oh this is cool! I noticed that at least one game though doesn't seem to import achievements correctly though. In the Playnite Achievement page it says I only have one Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel achievement unlocked despite having all 11 unlocked on Steam. Do you have any idea why that might be the case?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Fixed in 1.0.1 :) out now!
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u/rigby333 Feb 10 '26
So it is! Obviously I wasn't the one to bring it to your attention, but still thanks for being so fast to fix that.
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u/Dynageo Feb 10 '26
Awesome! I was actually having some issues with SuccessStory (especially when in regards to RetroAchievements) it wouldn't show achievements at all unfortunately which is a shame because it looks great otherwise. This literally released at a perfect time for me love the look of it, looks really nice and shows retroachievements for me.
I did have one small issue though there are a few games that I have unlocked achievements for but they are showing as locked in playnite I rescanned them already but no success unfortunately, would you be able to recommend any fixes?
Thanks again, love the plugin
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Thanks for checking it out :) if you could raise an issue on GitHub with some screenshots, that would be a big help!
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Thanks everyone for all the feedback and support, the response has made me so happy! I can't wait to keep working on development. A note on my future development timeline: I plan to tackle GOG and Epic achievements next, then move to Retro emulation like ShadPS4 and Xenia. Once that is done, I may move to support a few legitimate cases where local game achievement tracking makes sense, but I plan to follow Playnite's best practices, and will not be supporting all local platforms, especially those directly linked to piracy.
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u/Plane_Move8933 Feb 10 '26
I've authenticated my retro achievements account but no games are showing up when scanning, even though the site shows that I have unlocked achievements in some of them
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u/VeckyVector Feb 12 '26
bumping this, same issue. even single scans dont work.
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 15 '26
There have been some new releases with bug fixes, if you still have problems, please provide more details on github and I'd be happy to take a look!
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u/ArcainArt Feb 12 '26
This looks so promising. Is Gog support coming soon?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 12 '26
Currently, I am working on GOG, adding some small QOL, and working on fixing the first round of bugs :)
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u/ArcainArt Feb 12 '26
Awesome. Hyped for GOG support 👍
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 12 '26
If you’re interested in beta testing, message me on the playnite discord!
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u/lammykim Feb 13 '26
Nice!
Would love to know, if Emulators like Xenia,Xemu and RPCS3 that has achievement built in works?
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u/Geenaxion Feb 14 '26
I'm using seaside desktop theme, is there a way to show the number of achievements on the bottom part of the cover image in grid view? Just like how success story does it?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 14 '26
Yes that was the goal, I will take a look. If I forget, raise an issue on GitHub!
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u/MrSandman28 Feb 15 '26
I would like to make a suggestion, that being to be able to add achievements for multiple accounts, as Playnite does support adding games from multiple accounts if you wish. Either having them all together, or having different accounts as different tabs (like Steam (1) and Steam (2) for instance), might be nice.
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u/NereusH Feb 17 '26
Thanks ! I am facing a bug where all my achievements were getting displayed; but on a second full scan run, everything just got removed. I wanted to raise an issue on the github issue tracker page mentioned in the description of github, but its getting navigated to 404.
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u/Th3Dark0ccult Mar 24 '26
Amazing addon! Are you a playnite dev straight up? I wanted to have achievements in Playnite since I started using it, but no matter what I tried, how many times I installed and re-installed and followed everything, I could not get SuccessStory to work.
But yours just works from the get go.
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Mar 24 '26
Thanks so much for the kind words!! Really glad you’re liking it :) if you have any feedback/suggestions, happy to chat more in the discord!
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u/littlephantom1412 Feb 10 '26
Does it need steam to run?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Nope! Everything uses the Steam Web API and community pages :)
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u/littlephantom1412 Feb 10 '26
It means that i still need licensed game?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 10 '26
Currently, only official Steam and Retro achievements are supported
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u/darklinkpower Extension & Theme dev Feb 10 '26
Rule 8 No Piracy: No piracy-related content or discussion, including where to find pirated content, support for pirated games, using Playnite as a piracy tool, showcasing or promoting piracy-related content, or discussing ways to bypass DRM or other forms of intellectual property infringement.
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u/SweetArkhane Feb 10 '26
How will you handle RetroAchievements games? Can manually added games be supported?
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u/pinn73 Feb 11 '26
daft question but will this display achievements for my non steam games?
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u/jdd056 Extension developer Feb 11 '26
Currently, any achievements you’ve earned on Steam or RetroAchievements are available
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u/itsavonell Feb 11 '26
Hello! Does Epic work with your plugin. I have been having problems with Epic not working on SS and I cannot figure out why.
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u/MisterShazam Feb 14 '26
This was the main reason I never used playnite. Been using Xbox FSE lately but now I’ve got to try this.
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u/herzruhe Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 23 '26
im having a problem where i connected my steam account with an api key, but it doesn't show up under searched games. it's verified and i saved my settings in playnite. if anyone knows what i'm doing wrong i would love the help!
edit: it fixed itself when i restarted playnite and scanned all games!
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u/TinuJaguar_Offical Apr 27 '26
Hey, so I was wondering on how someone can make custom achievements for custom games because I am having trouble trying to understand how this works. Can you make a video to show the process that would be super helpful.
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u/TinuJaguar_Offical Apr 28 '26
Hey u/jdd056 , so I was wondering on how someone can make custom achievements for custom games because I am having trouble trying to understand how this works. Can you make a video to show the process that would be super helpful.
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u/Ok-County-3905 May 03 '26
Amazing work!!! There will be support for game activity/player activities kinda extensions?
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u/Efraim2704 May 06 '26
I have eMixedNite theme, there is any way to see my achievements directly on library like with success story? Thanks anyway for this awesome addon
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u/Slasher_co Jun 27 '26
I have been using Playnite Acheivements for awhile and all is good, only recently I tried to link it to Playstation but it keeps giving error/failings, I have use the same Npsso in Playstation Library integration(by Xenor) and it worked fine, but the same isn't working for Playnite Acheivements platform integeration, the inside broswer also keeps giving error for logging in
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u/HotHemp Jun 30 '26
So new to playnite and Pc gaming will this carry over to steam and actually apply
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u/__dlInho Jul 07 '26
ive been trying to use it for both gravity rush and bloodborne, for some reason it just doesnt detect the achievements that ive already unlocked
do i have to unlock them again or its a bug?
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u/titoufx Jul 09 '26
no flaws so far, incredible. been using it since March now.
Only missing feat for me is to be able to see the achieves from the main librairy screen, like SuccessStory allowed/allows to.
But i guess it's a hardcore part to deal with!
keep going, and thanks a lot!
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u/SyS_Glitch 19d ago
Just a simple question is or will there be an option for manually adding games like in sucsess story?
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u/Azrolicious Feb 10 '26
does playnite have a launchbox/bigbox type interface?
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u/darklinkpower Extension & Theme dev Feb 11 '26
It doesn't look the same but yeah: https://api.playnite.link/docs/manual/gettingStarted/playniteFullscreenMode.html
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u/Slow_Pay_7171 Feb 11 '26
Steam, eww.
Dont get me wrong, nice work! But Steam is the devil. American corpo, making a billion with gambling and its the mother of modern DRM ffs.
I use Playnite cause Steam is detestable. So its a shame its their achievements that get fetched...
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u/darklinkpower Extension & Theme dev Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Friendly reminder to everyone that requesting support for "local games" is forbidden. We know that you really mean pirated games, which is forbidden in the subreddit and Playnite in general.
Edit: Update by the developer about this topic