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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|[[Genymotion]]|Windows, Linux, macOS, Linux|[https://www.genymotion.com/download/ 2.12.1{{GenymotionVer}}]
|{{✓}} (Non-Dev Versions)
|VirtualBox
|Windows
|[https://www.memuplay.com/ 5.6.2]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|High
|{{✓}}
|-
|LDPlayer
|Windows
|[http://en.ldplayer.net/ 3.41]
|{{✓}}
|VirtualBox
|{{✗}}
|-
|[ARC Welder <br /><small>(Google Chrome)</small>|Windows, macOS, Linux, macOS<br/>Chrome OS
|[https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc 50.5021.602.0]
|{{✓}}
The VM column describes what backend technology the emulator uses. Emulators labeled with "VirtualBox" sometimes needs the user to install [https://www.virtualbox.org/ Oracle VM VirtualBox]. Usually, it is installed automatically.
===ComparisonComparisons===;[[Genymotion]]:An A closed-source Android emulator with hardware-accelerated 3D graphics and USB host support, available for Windows, MacmacOS, and Linux. In its latest versions, it has pretty good compatibility with commercial games. It's a commercial product though, aimed at software developers and QA teams. You'll need to create an account and download the free non-commercial use license available. Except for pay-to-remove "free for personal use" watermark on the screen, paid builds to add features only useful for Android app developers.
Setting up the emulator itself is not too hard, but a bit of tinkering is required to add the Google Play store and [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528952 ARM processor emulation] (what you need essentially here to play the commercial releases) as well as [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/genymotion-users/JpO8HR39PR0/NpSkrnsB8d8J Xbox 360 controller support]. Not noob-friendly, but if you're experienced enough with Android to know your way around a rooted filesystem it shouldn't be too hard.
;MEmu
:A free Android emulator with very good accuracy, sometimes outperforming BlueStacks.
;LDPlayer
:An Android emulator also with good accuracy. When testing games along side Nox, LDPlayer shows to have better performance/compatibility with games.
;Droid4x
;Windroye
:(With the 'e' suffix) uses VirtualBox, but still offers better performance than BluestacksBlueStacks. The Play Store is installed by default and has no stability issues found in Windroy. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans/comments/31lklr/misc_windroye_for_pcfaster_than_bluestacks_262_mb/ A related Reddit topic can be found here.]
;Android x86
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Android emulators]]
