How to play games with Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)?

Introduction

Genymotion SaaS supports installing and playing Android games.
Users should consider several caveats.

Google Play Store is not preinstalled

Google Play Store is not preinstalled.
The Google Play Store can be obtained by installing the Open Gapps package.
Detailed steps are available in "How to install Google Play Store (and other Google Apps) in Genymotion?"

Most games are available only for Android arm64

Most games are only available for Android arm64.
Use an arm64 image for the virtual device rather than x86 or x86_64.
Very few games are available for Android x86, especially modern games.
For best results, use Android 14 or Android 15 arm64 images.

Compatibility List

Here is a compatibility list for some of the most popular Android Games.
Fail means the game cannot be installed.
Partial means installs but starting a game is not possible.
Works means installs and works without problems.
All games have been tested using Android 14 & 15.

| Game | Status | |---|---| | 8 Ball Pool | Partial | | Among Us | Works* | | Arena of Valor | Works | | Block Blast | Works | | Brawl Stars | Fail | | Call of Duty: Mobile | Partial* | | Candy Crush Saga | Works | | Clash Royale | Fail | | Clash of Clans | Fail | | Free Fire / Free Fire MAX | Works | | Genshin Impact | Works* | | Honkai Impact 3rd | Partial | | Honkai: Star Rail | Fail | | Honor of Kings | Works* | | Jujutsu Kaisen (Джуджутсу Кайсен) | Works* | | Last War: Survival Game | Works | | Ludo King | Works* | | Monopoly Go! | Works* | | Pokemon GO | Fail | | PUBG Mobile | Works* | | Roblox | Partial | | Royal Match | Works | | Subway Surfers | Works | | Summoner Wars | Works |

*Cannot be installed from Google Play Store. Use Uptodown, ApkPure or an APK instead.

About Gaming enhancements

Genymotion SaaS does not offer macros or keyboard mapping.
If you wish to make a feature request to have this feature added in the future, feel free to open a discussion at our Github public discussion board.

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