I think like 98% of mobile games are pretty much trash, but there are some diamonds in the rough.
In the past I’ve enjoyed:
- Monument Valley
- 2048
- Fruit Merge
- Hashi
- Papers Please
- Baba is You
- Balatro
I’m getting bored of my usual picks lately. I’m looking for something that’s quick to jump in and out to pass the time, not something heavy. But hard puzzles or strategy totally fit!
Is the FF Tactics port good? Better alternatives?
Limbo is pretty great.
Unciv - Open source Civ game based on Civ V
CDDA and Dwarf Fortress, you can play it over SSH. Also Steam Link.
I was expecting some dlsite games since this has the NSFW tags.
I assume a mod tagged this as NSFW, b/c I didn’t do it (intentionally anyway).
I find it odd, b/c if browsing this thread is not suitable for your workplace, then really browsing any thread at work is NSFW.
EDIT: I removed the tag. Hopefully it was just an accident on my part and mod doesn’t get mad at me.
You shouldn’t be playing mobile games at work. Therefore, NSFW
mindustry is good
Also I’m playing Morrowind on OpenMW these days
What?! That’s hilarious that Morrowind can now be a phone game - I may have to try this soon!
Try the latest release of OMW on GitHub. F-droid one didn’t work for me
https://github.com/xyzz/openmw-android
The source’s archived but it’s still playable
Shattered Pixel Dungeon may be the best android game available at the moment.
Yep, this
I’ve probably sunk several hundreds of hours into it at this point
The fact it’s still being actively developed for like over a decade is just icing on the cake
Yassss shattered yasssss
My most played android game is probably the port of Simon Tatham’s puzzle games. It’s available on GitHub, F-Droid or Google Play.
My other pick would be TIC-80, there’s thousands of games on there
God, i remember those puzzle games from my Nokia N900. They played much better with a stylus.
Libresudoku and Plague, Inc
For anyone interested: your have way more options for favorite game on Android than you think.
Emulation works great on modern phones. Eden emulator runs Switch games and some work very well with just touchscreen controls (e.g. Into the Breach).
If you’re ok with on screen controllers or with carrying around something like an 8bit Zero 2or Micro, then you could emulate a mind-blowing number of consoles and games.
Mini metro has to be my top. Simple costs money so no ads (mandatory for me). You are basically just creating subway lines to move shares around and manage flow.
I would love if it had some kind of sync between Steam and Android.
Magic survival
The game that inspired vampire survivors. Also it’s way better than VS.
Terraria. It’s $5.
Not exactly fresh meat but if you want some old school proper mobile gaming experience, before it got enshittified…
Galaxy On Fire.
The first game sadly never got the HD treatment but it is still playable - that is if you can find an Android device that can still run 32bit apps, or a patched APK.
The second game got an HD release but didn’t get the “big screen” treatment, at least on iOS. But at least the game is available from the App and Play Stores.
The third game sadly got its servers pulled in 2020, though I have heard about modded APKs floating around that can work without the servers… but to be honest that game was quite the let-down compared to previous instances.
The developers of these games went on to work on CHORVS and Everspace 2, but to me neither game gave back that OG GoF feeling.
Slay the Spire
Polytopia
Bloons 6
LoLdle
I’m not playing much on Android, but I have enjoyed Open Sudoku, and I was surprised Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is free on Android, which I enjoyed on PC.
I can second Open Sudoku. Not only is it FOSS and it lets you download more puzzles from wherever, but it’s actually the best implementation of mobile Sudoku I’ve played imo.
