I just want to kill some time, I like simple arcade style games that aren’t using scummy corporate sales tactics to get me to play every day
Dead Cells and Peglin
Bloons TD? I whike away time on it occasionally.
Lichess. It’s also completely free.
Lichess! To waste time, but to feel smart about it.
I love it though
Knights of the old Republic has been on there for a while.
Emulators.
Slay the Spire.
I’ve never bothered to set up an emulator on my phone but it’s a great idea, any recommendations in particular?
GameBoy Advance games work really well IMO, they’re designed for small screens and lengthening aspect ratios leave tons of space for virtual buttons.
Advance Wars is awesome. I played it only on mobile 😅
FF Tactics Advance is one I return to fairly often.
I don’t think I’ve mobile gamed without emulators for like 4 or 5 gens of phones now. I was a young man back in those days…
Monument valley is pretty good and has no ads or micro transactions
Shattered Pixel Dungeon. If you like Roguelikes.
Steepest learning curve of any game I’ve played. So damn rewarding though.
I hate this game so much. I played 3 times yesterday.
That’s OK, you can also play it if you hate Roguelikes.
I’ve rather enjoyed 20 Minutes Till Dawn
I’ve only played it on PC but I like this quite a bit as well
With a little bit of know-how, you can get Balatro running on your phone, and Balatro is amazing.
To do it, buy the game then follow the instructions at https://github.com/blake502/balatro-mobile-maker
I just tried this, holy shit it works perfectly. This is real bad for my productivity.
Fair warning, the battery consumption is pretty high - plan accordingly.
This is a feature, not a bug. If my battery lasted longer I may never actually get off the toilet 😅
Reigns is quite fun
Slay the Spire.
Geoguessr.
Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic.
Can’t talk for the two others but Slay the spire will kill you allot of time!
Vampire survivors is one of the best time killers. Slay The Spire is also fun.
I’d add Slice and Dice to that list
I’m on iOS and actually pay for Apple Arcade. It’s been worth it. I don’t bother looking anywhere else for mobile games anymore.
Kingdom Rush has been fun and not needy. (The first one?)
Ive tried the second and it’s good too. Pretty fun tower defense and no need to buy anything or watch ads.
I’ve been playing half life using xash3D for this very reason. People are on multiplayer all the time, counter strike has players too. I’m really hoping to find people playing team fortress sometime.
Swordigo is the single decent mobile game. Still, I didn’t expect to see it already mentioned. Neat!
