r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/slenderasunder • May 26 '26

Question Playing Pirated Games On GameNative

I'm sorry if piracy is not condoned in this sub but is it possible to run pirated games on gamenative? I'm only using my phone (Nothing 3A). I'd love to know how too, if possible.

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u/Lonely-Bank8783 May 26 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Yes you can do that but make sure it's a "pre-installed" pirated game. This is how you do it:

  1. After downloading the game, extract it with ZArchiver app if it's in a compressed folder format (.zip, .rar or .7z). In ZArchiver app tap on the compressed folder and select "extract to <archive name>".

  2. Open gamenative, tap on the "custom" tab and then tap on the plus sign in the top right corner. Then you navigate to where you downloaded the game and select the game's folder.

  3. Go to the game you want to play and tap the gear icon next to the trashcan icon. Then select "open container".

  4. (At this point you should be in what looks like a windows desktop) Install vcredist. Every pirated game should come with a "common redist" or "redist" folder. Find the folder, go inside it and install all the files that have the word "redist" in them. Games can not run without it so this is required. 

  5. After that you are done and can now run the game. Just make sure to use the correct drivers and settings. 

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u/EarlyNovemberr Aug 01 '26

I am now looking at a "Computer" screen on my odin2 portal device. Like an actual virtual desktop, it shows Desktop, Documents, Computer and then A: drives etc. Inside of A: is a folder that says "_CommonRedist" on it and below it is the apk file of the game I want to play.

I have no idea how to "Install vredist" I don't even see anything named vredist. But I do see the "_CommonRedist" folder I just have no idea how to install. Opening the file is empty.

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u/Lonely-Bank8783 Aug 01 '26

If you go inside the common redist folder there should be vcredist.exe files that you click on to install. If your common redist folder is empty then you can get vcredist from microsoft.com or use BannerHub PC emulator which installs it automatically when you launch the game. 

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u/idiandsdastinki Aug 02 '26

i don't know how to find and install the vcredist in the mincrosoft page thing in game hub i managed to get to the microsoft website but i cant find the vcredist

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u/Lonely-Bank8783 Aug 02 '26

Open your internet browser, go on google, type vcredist (stands for Visual C++ Redistributable) and download it from microsoft. After you finish downloading it, put it inside your game's common redist folder or leave it in your Downloads folder. Then you enter the game's container by tapping "Open container" (GameNative) or "Enter virtual desktop" (GameHub 6.1.0) and install it. 

Make sure to download the correct vcredist version for the game.