Anyone know how to play compressed android games?

FlamingoMan

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Sometimes whenever iIdownload games on here for android they will instead of being an apk file will be a compressed file instead does anyone know how to run them? Ive tried decompressing them and searching for a run file but I can't seem to be able to find a .exe file or anything like that. Do I need a special application to run them or? Any help appreciated
 

moskis22

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Wich games are you talking about?
It depends on the game, rpgm usually needs an emulator, renpy ones are apk, html with your browser...
 

FlamingoMan

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Feb 2, 2020
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Wich games are you talking about?
It depends on the game, rpgm usually needs an emulator, renpy ones are apk, html with your browser...
For example depravity the game downloads as a compressed file which i dont know how to run
 

moskis22

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For example depravity the game downloads as a compressed file which i dont know how to run
I just downloaded it, it's an apk file, installed and no problem so far
No need of decompressing it, check if you have the right file (it's 1'15 gb)
 

Jonboy80

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I've had this happen once or twice in the past. If using a program that extracts it doesn't work, try changing the extension from .zip or .rar to .apk

I'm not sure why it does that but it does.
 

moskis22

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I've had this happen once or twice in the past. If using a program that extracts it doesn't work, try changing the extension from .zip or .rar to .apk

I'm not sure why it does that but it does.
The game he said is not compressed, it's an apk file, so probably he has the wrong file
 

Jonboy80

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The game he said is not compressed, it's an apk file, so probably he has the wrong file
Which is why I suggested renaming the file extension to .apk as I have had a couple of games I downloaded that were in an archive format for some strange reason. The most recent was Witch Trainer Silver a few months back. It was crashing in JoiPlay so deided to try the apk version and after extracting the archive I downloaded here, the .apk was a .zip file. Renaming it gave it back it's icon and allowed me to install it. Not that it helped me as it still crashed in the same place after speaking to Hermione.