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Conway's Game of Life on Windows Pc

Developed By: Gaurav Hirlekar

License: Free

Rating: 3,8/5 - 203 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 1.21
Size 250.3 KB
Release Date June 30, 13
Category Puzzle Games

What's New:
Changes in v1.2- Changed rule picker dialog from check boxes to toggle buttons.- Better rule picker dialog layout on narrower screens.- Added help button in... [see more]

Description from Developer:
The Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.

Touch the screen to bring cells to life and observe how they participate... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Conway's Game of Life and play on Windows PC. Conway's Game of Life is free Puzzle game, developed by Gaurav Hirlekar. Latest version of Conway's Game of Life is 1.21, was released on 2013-06-30 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of Conway's Game of Life is 3,8. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 203 users, 32 users had rated it 5*, 105 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Conway's Game of Life on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Conway's Game of Life on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Conway's Game of Life on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install & Play using BlueStacks
  2. Install & Play using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Play Conway's Game of Life using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Conway's Game of Life" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Conway's Game of Life on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Conway's Game of Life" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.21.

Download Conway's Game of Life 1.21 on Windows PC – 250.3 KB

The Game of Life is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.

Touch the screen to bring cells to life and observe how they participate in the game of Life.
You can also randomly fill the canvas with cells and see how the story pans out.

You can also change the rules of the game and see how life reacts.

From this v1.2 onwards, the source is available as a repository on GitHub, so that anyone who is interested can view and modify the code to create an even better performing and prettier looking game. The link to the aforementioned repository is https://github.com/nighthawkOne/ConwaysGameOfLife

Changes in v1.15
- Fixed bug in touch gestures arising from differences in the way different screens report size of touched area.

Changes in v1.1
- Added tips dialog for an easy introduction to using the app.
- Added new settings activity using swiped tabs and fragments.
- New settings such as 'anti-alias'.
- Fixed bug in random fill.
- Settings changes are persistent between sessions, with an option to revert to default settings.
- Better swiping with two different types of swipe trails, settable in settings menu.
Changes in v1.2
- Changed rule picker dialog from check boxes to toggle buttons.
- Better rule picker dialog layout on narrower screens.
- Added help button in menu which opens Wikipedia page on Conway's Game of Life.
- Fixed bug which resulted in crashing on all android levels below ICS.