diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/NativeLibrary.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/NativeLibrary.kt
index 18cee9e7b..49951cbbd 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/NativeLibrary.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/NativeLibrary.kt
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ object NativeLibrary {
         return uninstallTitle(titleId, mediaType.value)
     }
 
+    external fun nativeFileExists(path: String): Boolean
+
     private var coreErrorAlertResult = false
     private val coreErrorAlertLock = Object()
 
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/adapters/GameAdapter.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/adapters/GameAdapter.kt
index 36e8aee83..d43ea5a60 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/adapters/GameAdapter.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citra/citra_emu/adapters/GameAdapter.kt
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ import org.citra.citra_emu.databinding.DialogShortcutBinding
 import org.citra.citra_emu.features.cheats.ui.CheatsFragmentDirections
 import org.citra.citra_emu.fragments.IndeterminateProgressDialogFragment
 import org.citra.citra_emu.model.Game
+import org.citra.citra_emu.utils.BuildUtil
 import org.citra.citra_emu.utils.FileUtil
 import org.citra.citra_emu.utils.GameIconUtils
+import org.citra.citra_emu.utils.Log
 import org.citra.citra_emu.viewmodel.GamesViewModel
 
 class GameAdapter(
@@ -153,12 +155,21 @@ class GameAdapter(
         if (holder.game.isInstalled) {
             return true
         }
-
-        val gameExists = DocumentFile.fromSingleUri(
-            CitraApplication.appContext,
-            Uri.parse(holder.game.path)
-        )?.exists() == true
+        val path = holder.game.path
+        val pathUri = path.toUri()
+        var gameExists: Boolean
+        if (BuildUtil.isGooglePlayBuild || FileUtil.isNativePath(path)) {
+            gameExists =
+                DocumentFile.fromSingleUri(
+                    CitraApplication.appContext,
+                    pathUri
+                )?.exists() == true
+        } else {
+            val nativePath = NativeLibrary.getNativePath(pathUri)
+            gameExists = NativeLibrary.nativeFileExists(nativePath)
+        }
         return if (!gameExists) {
+            Log.error("[GameAdapter] ROM file does not exist: $path")
             Toast.makeText(
                 CitraApplication.appContext,
                 R.string.loader_error_file_not_found,
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
index f84413c25..f4a30610c 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
@@ -1124,4 +1124,10 @@ jboolean Java_org_citra_citra_1emu_NativeLibrary_uninstallTitle(JNIEnv* env, job
     return true;
 }
 
+jboolean Java_org_citra_citra_1emu_NativeLibrary_nativeFileExists(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj,
+                                                                  jstring j_path) {
+    const auto path = GetJString(env, j_path);
+    return FileUtil::Exists(path);
+}
+
 } // extern "C"