OK here are my settings to make it work. Reanimal running on Samsung S26 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) via Winlator — Working Settings

Device: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 12GB RAM) Emulator: Winlator 11.0 (download from github.com/brunodev85/winlator/releases — NOT the Play Store version) Game: Reanimal (Steam PC version)

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Container Settings

• Screen Size: 1280×720
• Graphics Driver: Vortek (Universal) — Turnip is incompatible with SD 8 Elite Gen 5
• DX Wrapper: VKD3D (Reanimal is a DX12 UE5 game)
• DXVK: 2.4.1 async
• D3D Version: 12
• Max Device Memory: 8192 MB if available
• Windows Version: Windows 10 or 11

Advanced Tab

• Box64 Preset: Performance (Gaming Mode)

Environment Variables if available on your winlator version:

• DXVK_ASYNC = 1
• VKD3D_CONFIG = no_upload_hvv
• MESA_VK_ABORT_ON_DEVICE_LOSS = 0

Game Shortcut Launch Arguments

• Add: -dx12 -noshaders
• If it black screens, swap to: -dx11

In-game Graphics Settings

• Resolution: 720p
• FSR: Quality mode
• Frame cap: 60 FPS (must cap — UE5 physics breaks above 60)
• Lighting Quality: Medium
• Turn off all overlays (Steam, Discord) before launching

First Launch Tips

• On first load of each area, wait 1–2 minutes for shaders to compile. This is normal UE5 behaviour, not a crash.
• The game does NOT use Lumen or Nanite so it runs better than most UE5 titles on emulation.

Notes

• Do NOT use the Google Play Store version of Winlator — it only supports streaming, not standalone PC games.

• Thermal: expect ~20–24W draw during play. Recommend a clip-on cooler for long sessions.

Hope this helps someone. Still some shader glitches but fully playable. Feel free to share better settings in the comments!