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?
Swordigo
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.
Uhhhh BALATRO!!!
10€ for card game?! Are you real??
Not €10 10 $
I’m just giving you shit but yes, how have you not heard about this game yet, watch some Youtubers play it and see why it’s so fucking great holy shit do you like ads in your face every three minutes and micro transactions and no free updates, you do you hon I pay for quality. The soundtrack the visual design the fucking game itself, there’s so much good going on in this game. I support it 1,000,000%.
I payed for most of my games but 10€ is to much for a game like this. Im from Europe so my prices are in € not $. Often for 1€ higher than $ prices. Like its not enough that 10€ is more than 10$ alredy…
You can find copies online with some mild searching.
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Mobilism is one such website where one can procure such items for Android
To try things out before buying of course.
If they are using iPhone, their chances of being able to find a pirated copy and getting it to work are practically zero without deep technical knowledge
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
I found Gorogoa pretty interesting.
Infinitode - a tower defense game with a lot of meta progression
Into the Breach
You’ll just need to find a patched .APK to play without a Netflix account.Wish I could find one. Never trust the sites I see it on
I use https://www.androeed.ru/ and haven’t had any problems. You’ll need a browser that can translate for you.
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How do you like FSB spyware on your phone?
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/
A dream of mine is to make good mobile games, no ads, just a single low purchase. Realistically it just wouldn’t be economically viable at all unless there is a free version with ads. But also realistically most mobile gamers aren’t using a controller and touchscreens suck.
People on iphone dont have a problem with paying a couple of bucks for a good game so you could make a lot of money if game is realy good…
Yeah but I would have to bootstrap myself on Android first to get an ios devkit :(
Although I have also considered cornering the Mac gaming market for basically the same reasons
The Room by fireproof games. Probably one of the first actual proper mobile games. Its spawned clones no IAP, no crap. Just fun, hard af puzzles.
Hoplite. Fun little iso turn based roguelike. Vampire Survivors. Reverse bullet-hell roguelike. Has spawned so, so, so many clones… GTA:Chinatown Wars Have not played this is a very very long time, but i’m sure it still holds up (if its available). Old school (2d birds eye view) gta style.
These are games that work well without a controller, The Room actually would play worse with one. If at all.
Then of course theres emulators and roms and stuff.
I think the opposite of a bullet hell is a bullet heaven, and vampire survivors counts.
Puzzle Heros rpg - this is a turn based match 3 game with diagonals and a time limit to match as many tiles as you can, this powers up your colour coded heros and you use them to defeat/harvest food based enemies to stock your food stalls. Stalls make money, money levels up heros, etc.
It’s a ‘reskin’, albeit a very minorly changed one, of Match Quest, and the art/design is all really well done in an old school 8bit pixel style, with some really beautifully done layered scenery.
It gets a bit grindy and will take forever if you want to win every hero and level them all up to max, but as a casual game to dip into a few times a day to collect profits and loot old levels, and then spend twenty minutes or so playing levels, it’s very fun.
I also recommend Flappy Dragon. It’s a resin of the bird game, I think, idk I never played that one. The physics is fun and well thought out for each dragon and the dragons all have really nice designs.
Oh and it’s probably been mentioned a ton on this thread already but Simon Tatham’s Puzzles is a fantastic app full of puzzles that can be played offline.
The correct answer is video game steaming with a controller hooked up. Otherwise it’s Minecraft… And that’s it.
Some PC ports that handle touch controls well, like Xcom 2. And emulators.
Yeah, plenty of indie games do really well on mobile formats. Slay the Spire, Balatro, Vampire Survivors, etc… All of those have really basic click-and-drag controls, which means they translate to touchscreen really well. Or if you’re willing to use a Bluetooth controller, (I keep one in my bag), then games like Dead Cells or emulators.
Yes yes there’s been some incredible Android ports for PC games recently, other than XCOM 2, there was also GRID Autosport and more recently GRID Legends. And recently the original Subnautica also got ported. There was also Alien Isolation if you’re into horror games lol
Didn’t see it here yet, but Dawncaster is a really good roguelite deck builder that was actually designed around a phone UI so doesn’t feel clunky.
Backpack Battles
Very fun strategic game, there are MTX in the game, but they’re not necessary to play in the slightest.
I have bought a few things to support the Devs though.
