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How to play Brawl Stars on PC – Explained

Why use your phone to play at home when you have a perfectly sized computer screen to use instead.

Since it’s original release, Brawl Stars has amassed a huge fanbase. With over 100 million plus downloads on the Android Play Store alone, it’s clear this game has cemented itself as favorite among mobile players. However, there may be a time where you want to see your Brawl Stars characters on a slightly bigger screen than your phone. Perhaps you want to experience the game in a different way. Whatever the reason is we’ve got you covered. We’re going to go through the different ways on how to play Brawl Stars on PC. Some of these methods require you to still use your phone, while others just require you have a working computer.

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How to play Brawl Stars on PC – Explained

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Our first method requires the player to mirror their mobile device to their PC. This can be done in different ways, such as connecting your phone to your computer via a cable, or installing a mirroring application on both PC and phone and connecting it wirelessly. This has its benefits, such as being able to easily start playing Brawl Stars on PC without having to reconnect to your account. The trade off sadly is that depending on if you are mirroring your screen wired or wirelessly, you may experience some amount of latency depending on the connection.

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Alternatively, the other option as to how to play Brawl Stars on PC will require you to install a mobile emulator on your computer. Doing so will allow the game to run off of a computer exclusively, allowing players to use their phones for other things while still playing Brawl Stars on PC. In order to do this, you can install one of these emulators, download Brawl Stars, and sign in to your account. This allows the game and any other mobile game to take advantage of your PC’s hardware and run much more smoothly compared to a mobile device. You also get the added benefit of being able to use a mouse and keyboard, or remap your controls entirely.


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Alex Garcia is a freelance writer for Gamer Journalist. Since joining the team in October of 2022, Alex has been covering news and writing guides from all corners of the gaming industry, with a proclivity for covering games such as Destiny 2, Vampire Survivors, and Honkai Star Rail, along with testing out the latest gacha games. In addition to his background in content creation and eSports, you'll find him streaming the latest AAA/Indie game titles on his Twitch in his off time, with a sprinkle of competitive FPS games every now and then (CS: GO, Valorant).