diff --git a/.github/workflows/updates/PPSSPP (PSP emulator).sh b/.github/workflows/updates/PPSSPP (PSP emulator).sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..194acb49dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updates/PPSSPP (PSP emulator).sh	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+webVer=$(get_release_raw hrydgard/ppsspp)
+all_url="https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/tree/$webVer"
+
+source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/update_github_script.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/credits b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/credits
index a627c7ecd5d..3460872914e 100644
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/credits	
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/credits	
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Added to pi-apps by @ryanfortner (Github)
+theofficialgman
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/description b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/description
index 97fd58baceb..126fd4c9687 100644
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/description	
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/description	
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 A PSP emulator that can run PSP games in full HD and can upscale textures also.
 
-To run: Menu > Games > PPSSPP
-To run in a terminal: ~/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL
+To run: Menu > Games > PPSSPPQt
+To run in a terminal: PPSSPPQt
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a546f65b391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install	
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=v1.16.6
+
+# remove deprecated files
+rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
+
+cd /tmp || error "Could not move to /tmp folder"
+install_packages build-essential cmake libgl1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libvulkan-dev libfontconfig1-dev qt5-qmake \
+  qtsystems5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5opengl5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libavcodec-dev \
+  libavdevice-dev libavfilter-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libpostproc-dev libswresample-dev libswscale-dev || exit 1
+git_clone https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules --depth=1 -b "$version" || exit 1
+cd ppsspp || error "Could not move to ppsspp folder"
+mkdir build || error "Could not make build folder"
+cd build || error "Could not move to build folder"
+# vulkan does not currently work properly (or at all) in SDL or QT backends on Linux https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/pull/13054 https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/11628
+# changing to vulkan in the UI does nothing and OpenGL continues to be used
+# enabling it causes no compilation issues and it can not be fully disabled (always shows in the UI) so keep it enabled
+cmake .. -DUSING_QT_UI=ON -DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG=ON || error "cmake failed to configure the build"
+make -j$(nproc) || error "Could not build ppsspp"
+sudo make install || error "Could not install ppsspp"
+# update timestamp of top level icon directory to signal icon cache to be refreshed
+sudo touch /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor
+rm -rf /tmp/ppsspp
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-32 b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-32
deleted file mode 100755
index d04a26439bb..00000000000
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-32	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Get dependencies
-install_packages libgl1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libvulkan-dev wget unzip || exit 1
-cd ~/
-rm -f ppsspp.zip
-wget -O ppsspp.zip https://github.com/ryanfortner/ppsspp-rpi/releases/download/v1.12.3/ppsspp_1.12.3_armhf.zip || error "Failed to download zip!"
-unzip ppsspp.zip || error "Failed to unzip PPSSPP!"
-rm -f ppsspp.zip || error "Failed to remove zip!"
-
-# Desktop entry
-echo "[Desktop Entry]
-Version=1.0
-Type=Application
-Name=PPSSPP
-Comment=PSP emulator
-Icon=$(dirname "$0")/icon-64.png
-Exec=$HOME/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL
-Categories=Game;" > ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop || error "Failed to create desktop entry!"
-
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-64 b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-64
deleted file mode 100755
index f01dca361e2..00000000000
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/install-64	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Get dependencies
-install_packages libgl1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libvulkan-dev wget unzip || exit 1
-cd ~/
-rm -f ppsspp.zip
-wget -O ppsspp.zip https://github.com/ryanfortner/ppsspp-rpi/releases/download/v1.12.3/ppsspp_1.12.3_arm64.zip || error "Failed to download zip!"
-unzip ppsspp.zip || error "Failed to unzip PPSSPP!"
-rm -f ppsspp.zip || error "Failed to remove zip!"
-
-# Desktop entry
-echo "[Desktop Entry]
-Version=1.0
-Type=Application
-Name=PPSSPP
-Comment=PSP emulator
-Icon=$(dirname "$0")/icon-64.png
-Exec=$HOME/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL
-Categories=Game;" > ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop || error "Failed to create desktop entry!"
diff --git a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall
index 61f4a0193a6..fa0d032ef57 100755
--- a/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall	
+++ b/apps/PPSSPP (PSP emulator)/uninstall	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 purge_packages || exit 1
-rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop || error "Failed to remove desktop entry!"
 
-rm -rf ~/ppsspp || error "Failed to remove install directory!"
+# remove deprecated files
+rm -f ~/.local/share/applications/ppsspp.desktop ~/ppsspp
+
+sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/ppsspp* /usr/local/share/mime/packages/ppsspp.xml /usr/local/share/applications/PPSSPPQt.desktop /usr/local/share/ppsspp /usr/local/bin/PPSSPPQt