How to play Zenless Zone Zero on PC (Mac and Windows) – all methods

Zenless Zone Zero is a new project from HoYoverse. The game is similar to Genshin Impact, but in the urban fantasy genre. Released for iOS, Android, Windows and PS5, it uses Unity engine. And to play it, you don’t have to have a game console, a powerful PC or a gaming smartphone. If you use an Android emulator, Zenless Zone Zero runs perfectly even on laptops with an integrated graphics card. No lag, with an average of 60 FPS.

Additional benefits of playing on PC via Android emulator:

1. Controls will be available from the keyboard and mouse. This is much more convenient than using a touch screen.
2. Progress on the smartphone and PC will be synchronized.
3. When using the emulator, you can conveniently stream the game on YouTube or Twitch. With support for comments, donate alerts and other features.

In this article we will tell you in detail how you can install and play Zenless Zone Zero on PC.

Best android emulators for Zenless Zone Zero on PC

There are a lot of Android emulators for PC. Most of them are difficult to master, adapted to the needs of mobile application developers. But there are also those emulators that are ideal for inexperienced users, set up literally in a couple of mouse clicks. The best, according to the players themselves, are:

1. LDPlayer. Recommended for users using Windows. Supports all virtualization and acceleration technologies, including Hyper-V. And is well adapted to modern video cards.
2. BlueStacks. Recommended for MacOS users due to better optimization for this operating system.

These emulators are absolutely free. They have unobtrusive advertising and work on all compatible x64 processors. To play Zenless Zone Zero you will need any 4-core processor with AVX support (e.g. i3-3xxx). The graphics card must support OpenGL 3 or higher.

How to play Zenless Zone Zero on Windows

For Windows, it is recommended to use the Android emulator LDPlayer. Download it on the official website of the developers.

When you click “Download”, a small exe file will be downloaded. During installation, it downloads all the necessary files of the virtual machine. You just need to make sure that your hard disk has at least 35 gigabytes of free memory (for the emulator and the game).

Next you need to:

1. Launch the emulator using the icon on the Windows desktop.
   
2. After loading the interface of the virtual tablet, launch GooglePlay, authorize in your Google account. Then through the search, enter “Zenless Zone Zero”. Click “Install.”
   
3. Wait for the game to download. On the home screen of the virtual tablet will appear an icon to launch the installed application.
   

It should be taken into account that at the first launch the game will need to download about 30 gigabytes of data. The files are written to the same disk where the emulator is installed in Windows. And LDPlayer automatically activates virtualization acceleration services to improve performance in games.

How to play Zenless Zone Zero on Mac OS

Users on macOS are recommended to use BlueStacks emulator. Download the installation file for free on the official website of the developer.

After downloading the pkg file, you need to run it and agree to add a new application.

And to install Zenless Zone Zero you will need:

1. Launch BlueStacks. Select GooglePlay on the application’s home screen.
   
2. Authorize with a Google account. After that, the GooglePlay catalog will open to the user. Zenless Zone Zero should be entered into the search. And then click on “Install.”
   
3. Wait for the completion of the download of the game. The icon for launching Zenless Zone Zero will appear on the home screen of the virtual tablet.
   

At the first launch you need to agree with the “User Agreement” and wait until the game files are downloaded.

Tips for setting up Zenless Zone Zero on PC

To improve performance, it is recommended to set the following parameters in the settings of the game itself:

1. Antialiasing. Disable or minimum.
2. Effects quality. Low or medium.
3. Volumetric fog. Disable.
4. Light diffusion. Disable.

If the user has integrated graphics in a PC or laptop, then it is still recommended to set the FPS lock at the value of 30 frames per second. And at startup, the player can choose which server to connect to. Europe and Asia should be tried. The latter often wins in terms of ping (server response speed).

Alternative ways to download

You can still play Zenless Zone Zero on PC using the Epic Games Store. But it will be exactly the PC version. Its advantages: more customization, frequent free bonus distributions. To download the game will require:

1. Go to the Epic Games Store on PC.
2. In the search enter “Zenless Zone Zero”.
   
3. Click Get and wait for the installation to complete.

Note that to play through the Epic Games Store, the player still needs to create a HoYoverse account. It can then be synchronized with your Google profile.

Conclusion

Zenless Zone Zero is a demanding game, even the PC version. But if you use an Android emulator, the player will get not only more options in terms of customizing the controls, but also better performance. And will also be able to use macros, hotkey combinations.

What platform do you play Zenless Zone Zero on? Have you tried to play on PC through emulators and which one can you recommend to other players? Tell us about it in the comments.