These are the Android emulators for PC and Mac I recommend in 2026

We talk a lot about emulating PC experiences on our phones, but what about putting phones on PC? Let's look at the best Android emulators.

You can run PC games like Cyberpunk 2077 on Android now, and it’s not streaming

Cyberpunk 2077 on Android is now playable without streaming. ETA PRIME shows it running locally through PC emulation, with ...

Android gaming has to be taken seriously after this — this liquid-cooled Chinese phone just ran the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077, and I’m shocked

Android phones are so powerful now that they can emulate AAA PC gaming, as Cyberpunk 2077 now runs above 30fps on the ...
TweakTown

Cyberpunk 2077 runs on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5-powered phone with PC emulation at 20-50FPS

ETA Prime runs Cyberpunk 2077 running through PC emulation on the Red Magic 11 Pro phone with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 at 20-50FPS.
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This gaming phone just ran Cyberpunk 2077 at playable frame rates via emulation

Nubia's gaming flagship achieves a mobile gaming milestone by emulating the full PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 at 30-40 FPS. With FSR enabled, performance jumps to 50 FPS, proving AAA PC gaming is now ...
Hackaday

There’s Always Room For Another Cycle Accurate PC Emulator

While many Hackaday readers will have their own pieces of classic hardware lovingly preserved, it still remains that most of us get our fix of retro goodness through emulation. And while there are ...
TechSpot

Switch emulation on PC lives on thanks to Yuzu's offspring, Suyu

Keep dumping: The Yuzu emulator may be dead, but Switch emulation will continue to progress as if (almost) nothing happened. Suyu is a new project aimed at continuing ...

'They can never kill emulation': Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch emulation, handing DMCAs to various emulators on GitHub

It might be time to back up some files.