Playing Garena Free Fire on PC is possible. Below we will explain how to do it in simple steps.
Garena Free Fire is one of the most popular battle royale genre games on the market today. With the honor of having been the fourth most downloaded game in the world in 2018, the immense fame that this title possesses at the moment is comparable to that of great products such as Fortnite or Minecraft. Exclusive to Android and iOS devices, PC players are left out of the equation for now.
Due to its shooter nature, it is possible that some may see complex to use the mobile to shoot and prefer to play on a computer, with the possibility of using keyboard and mouse. Still, all is not lost. We leave you with this guide.
Play Free Fire with Bluestacks
Since there is no dedicated PC version of Free Fire, the only solution we computer gamers have if we want to play it, is to go the emulation route. And what is this emulation? In the software field, an emulator is a program that is able to replicate a console or device in order to play games on it. Specifically, the emulator we will use will be BlueStacks, which will allow us to run Android applications on operating systems such as Windows or Mac (with the possibility of using keyboard and mouse in certain games).
The safest way to download BlueStacks is through its official website HERE, where you can download it easily and directly. Note that to run BlueStacks, you will need a computer that has Windows 7 or higher, 4GB of RAM and 5GB of storage. In case you have Mac, the minimum will be Mac OS Sierra, 4GB of RAM and 4GB of space. As you can see, these requirements are not particularly high, so any low-end computer could run it without problems.
Once you have checked the features of your PC, download the BlueStacks installer from its page and double-click on this to get started. When you choose Install Now, it will begin downloading data for further execution and installation. When finished, the program will run and we will see an interface that will remind us slightly to that of an Android tablet. At this point, the methods we are going to describe to install Garena Free Fire are applicable to any mobile game or apk, so that you can keep it in mind in the future.
The first method – and the easiest – is to go to the Google Play Store itself and search for Free Fire. Google Play will show you the versions compatible with your system, just like on mobile. Even so, here we shouldn’t have any problem with that since our computer more than meets the minimum requirements. Remember that you have to log in with your own Google account, otherwise you will not be able to access the store.
In case you don’t see Garena Free Fire in the Google Play Store, search for the game’s APK and download it. An APK is an executable file on Android, like an .EXE on Windows. These files can be shared without problems, but remember: you must download them only from official or reliable sources, to avoid any mishaps. If you already have Garena Free Fire APK, just double-click on it and BlueStacks will run it instantly.
Set up game controls
Playing on PC offers you certain advantages that on mobile we don’t have yet, such as using keyboard and mouse. By default, BlueStacks brings preconfigured controls for many popular games, but also lets us change them in case we do not like them. Regarding Garena Free Fire, the controls are already adapted to keyboard and mouse, but if you want to change any of its options, you just have to go to Game Controls (located in the menu bar on the right) and adjust the parameters according to your preferences.
