Mobile games usually get a bad rep as they’re usually asset flips and/or MTX-ridden and/or ad-filled, etc., and I’m sure this is actually the case for most games on the app/play store. But are there any ones that are actually good, maybe just something to pass the time with?
yes, if you like emulation. Just put a gamecube in there, maybe a playstation. I had fun with hoyo stuff too, but fuck the gacha mechanics.
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there are a couple, a lot of them are ports of PC Rogue-like Games.
alphabetically, these are the ones installed on my phone that I actually play.
Balatro Bloons TD 6 Luck be a Landlord Mindustry Mini Metro / Mini Motorways Monument Valley 1+2 Peglin Shapez Super Auto Pets Turmoil
Crying Suns falls into this category, being a FTL/Pauseable RTS mix
The Battle of Polytopia is a fantastic turn based strategy that I’ve spent way too much time playing.
Beholder is also great on mobile. Similar authoritarian setting to Paper’s Please, lot’s of decisions, consequences and replayability.
I Love Hue is a super relaxing colour puzzle game.
Unciv
You Must Build a Boat is an RPG/match 3 hybrid with no shady shit. Pay once. Own the game. It’s pretty fun.
Slay the spire, balatro, Ascension, melvor, plague inc, terraforming Mars, unciv, shapez…
Vampire survivor is good too
I think no one mentioned these yet: My favorite tablet games are the ports of old BioWare classics like Baldur’s Gate 1+2, Icewind Dale, … Excellent ports imo, bur I did play them on a 10" tablet, I wouldn’t try to play them on a phone. https://www.beamdog.com/games/
Snake
Me and the boys rolling into the function with our state-of-the-art Nokia 3310s
I honestly think Hayday is one of the best free farm games, It does have paid currency but it’s not forced on you. You can watch optional Ads for a few daily random items but these are not forced, you’re the one who has to click the ticket near the mail box.
Supercell make some of the best games that aren’t fully scummy.
Scrolled the entire page. Just to not see hill climb racing, and slither.io
Infinitode - a tower defense game with a lot of meta progression
Recently I really enjoyed Acecraft which is a gatcha bullet hell with cuphead art style. Its really charming and very much skill based to a point. The only negative is this constant clicking on shit to collect all of the coin garbage which eventually made me quit it but it was fun for a while.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is quite a timekiller on the phone
Hoplite - hex dungeon puzzle Spelltower - word puzzle X-COM (on a bigger screen)
