Is your child always playing games on mobile for hours together draining the battery of your Android phone. You don't have an Android mobile but want to try an awesome game that you played on your friend's mobile. You don't necessarily need to have an Android device to play Android Games, if you know how to play Android Games on PC you can turn any Windows machine into an Android-based arcade.
Emulators acts as the middleman between Android apps and your PC. Android emulators/simulators are largely required to run Android Apps and games on PC (Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10).
Emulators acts as the middleman between Android apps and your PC. Android emulators/simulators are largely required to run Android Apps and games on PC (Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10).
How to Play Android Games on PC
#1. BlueStacks : An Android emulator which is free and easy to install. Once you install it, you can run BlueStacks into a separate window at your Windows desktop. It allows you to connect with Google Play Store and install the apps and games. You can also use Cloud connect feature provided by this application which lets you sync the apps from your phone or tablet with the BlueStacks installed on your Computer. To use this feature you've to install BlueStacks cloud connect on your Android mobile, once synced, apps can be installed from the cloud.
#2. Genymotion : It is quite impressive with its speed and features and the best alternative to BlueStacks. It allows drag and drop installation of apps and games, you can test any app or game in a big screen. It's also support the sensor system and open GL.
#3. Manymo : It is a browser based emulator and does not require any installation to run the Android apps and games. You can also embed any Android apps or game at any webpage by using this browser based emulator.
#4. Windroy : Easy to use, one click installable emulator. It directly run on Windows architecture hence considerably faster and supports 3D based games. You can install apps by going to installation directory and placing .apk files in Windroy\windroy_root\data\app folder.
#5. Droid4X : It has some silent features such as it comes pre-rooted with play store installed. It's pretty fast, doesn't lag and allows you to configure your keyboard as a controller.
#6. Andyroid-Andy OS : This emulator supports some unique features which aren't supported by other Android emulators such as using your phone as remote control while playing games, ARM support. You can directly install apps in your Andy emulator through your host's desktop browser. Andyroid is an advanced alternative to Genymotion as both of them require VirtualBox to be installed on the system.
#7. Live Android : A complete OS for Android games and apps which can boot separately in a laptop or desktop computer. You can also it in VMware or VirtualBox to test the Android Apps and Games.
#8. Android X-86 : The desktop version of the Android OS which can run natively in AMD and Intel processors. You can install just like the Windows or Linux operating system in your X-86 based computers. It supports devices like Del Inspiron Mini Duo, Samsung Q1U, ASUS Eee PCs, Viliv S5, Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet and Viewsonic Viewpad 10. You can also install it on a Virtual Machine using VMware or VirtualBox.