Play Android Games on a PC with BlueStacks

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This wikiHow teaches how to play Android games on your PC by installing the BlueStacks Android emulator.

Steps

Installing BlueStacks

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Visit bluestacks.com.
  3. Click the Download BlueStacks button.
  4. Wait for BlueStacks to download. It's fairly large, and may take a few minutes depending on your connection.
  5. Run the BlueStacks installer. You'll be notified in your browser when the download is finished. You can also find it in your Downloads folder.
  6. Click Yes when prompted by Windows.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Next if the installation location is suitable. You can click Brose and select a different installation location if you'd like.
  9. Click Install.
  10. Click Finish.
  11. Click Sign in with Google. This is the quickest way to get up and running in BlueStacks.
  12. Log in with your Google account. If you don't want to use your regular Google account with BlueStacks, you can create a new free one.
  13. Click Allow.
  14. Click Done.
  15. Close the BlueStacks TV window. This isn't necessary, and may hurt game performance if you keep it open.
  16. Select your language.
  17. Click the "Next" button. It looks like a large Play button.
  18. Click Continue.
  19. Sign in with your Google account again. This is for the Android emulator that runs BlueStacks, and will provide you access to the Play Store.
  20. Scroll down and click the "Next" button. It looks like a Play button
  21. Click No Thanks when prompted for payment information. If you want to purchase paid games from the store, you'll need to enter a payment method. If you're just planning on playing free games, you don't need to add one.
    • If your Google account already has a payment method associated with it, you won't be prompted to add one.
  22. Click OK to proceed through the tutorials. You'll be shown the various parts of the interface.

Installing a Game

  1. Click the Play Store button. You'll find this at the top of the Android tab in BlueStacks, which is the main screen.
  2. Click the Google Play search field. This will be at the top of the Play Store.
  3. Type the name of the game you want to install.
  4. Click the game from the list of search results.
  5. Click the Install button. If the game costs money, you'll need click Buy instead and use the payment method associated with your Google account to purchase it. It is highly recommended that you try a free version first if possible to make sure the app runs well in BlueStacks (many apps don't).
    • BlueStacks does not support games that require Android 5.0+
  6. Click Accept.
  7. Click Open. This button appears after the game has installed.
    • You can also launch any installed game by clicking the All Apps button on the Android tab (it looks like a grid).
  8. Install a game from an APK file. You can use APK files, which are Android app installers, to install a game instead of going through the Play Store:
    • Click the APK button in the left navigation menu.
    • Browse for the APK file on your computer in the window that appears.
    • Open the APK file in BlueStacks.
    • Click Install and wait for the app to install.

Playing the Game

  1. Click to tap. Clicking on the screen emulates a tap with your finger.
  2. Click and drag to tap and drag. If the game required you to drag objects with your finger, you can click and drag them with your mouse.
  3. Click the Shake button to shake your screen. If the game requires you to shake the device, you can click the Shake button on the side of the window.
  4. Click the Controller or keyboard mappings button. You'll see this in the upper-left corner of the window. It looks like the arrow keys on your keyboard.
  5. Click the Tap option.
  6. Click on the screen to add a tap shortcut. When you press the key associated with this shortcut, a tap will occur where the shortcut is placed on the screen.
  7. Assign a key to your tap shortcut. This key will perform the tap action.
  8. Continue adding tap shortcuts. This will allow you to play games that require more than one tap at a time.
  9. Click the D-Pad option. This will allow you to create a directional pad that you use with keys.
  10. Click on the screen where you want to place the directional pad.
  11. Click each pad direction and assign a key.
  12. Click the Swipe option.
  13. Assign keys to act as swipes.
  14. Click the Tilt button.
  15. Assign keys to act as tilting the device.
  16. Click the X button.
  17. Click Save Changes.
  18. Use your new controls to play the game. Controller mappings only apply to the current game, which means you can set up custom controls for each game you have installed.

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