I’m on the lookout for android games. I don’t mind paying either to remove ads, or to get the game.
What are some good casual ones that get you hooked. The only requirement is no ads, offline play is a plus. I’d rather pay for the game then have to deal with an ad-network. (And if there are links to sites with good lists, that would be cool to see too)
Dicey Dungeons
Game of the year nomination: Balatro!
Full game is 10 bucks, but so worth it!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playstack.balatro.android
Be careful if you value your time
Best money I’ve ever spent on an app. When you break down how much time I’ve spent playing it, $10 is a steal.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It’s free to play with no ads but I would encourage you to support the creator (who is also the mod of the lemmy instance) if you can.
It’s a rouge like dungeon crawl. You’re going to die and start over a lot, but totally worth it when you win.
Seconded
It’s one of the few roguelikes that actually holds pretty close to the core of Rogue, too - completely turn-based, procedurally generated, with an emphasis on what you find rather than level-up abilities. Great game.
I should try the Cleric soon, I’ve just got so many other games rn…
Cleric isn’t out yet but I’m looking forward to trying it.
Someone previously shared this site (darkpatterns.games) that reviews and filters games based on whether they have predatory ads or gameplay mechanics. Useful resource.
I second Bloons td 6 and balatro. I would also add vampire survivors.
Bloons TD 6 is crazy good
Some of my top picks:
- Slice and Dice: Rougelike dice based rpg with lots of replayability
- Peglin: Rougelike pinballish game
- Bad North: Real-time strategy game that plays well on the phone
- Baba is you: Amazing puzzle game
All but slice and dice have pc versions (to my knowledge), but all of them play perfectly on the phone and are easy to play a round or two at a time.
Agreed on Slice and Dice.
My recommendations:
- Anodyne (Google Play | Humble Bundle | Humble Widgets)
- Chloe Playtime (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Codemancer (Itchio | Itchio)
- Dandara (Google Play)
- Deep Down Dungeons (Google Play)
- Defense Zone 2 (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Downwell (Google Play)
- Final Fantasy VI (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Final Fantasy VII (Google Play)
- Ittle Dew (Google Play | Humble Bundle | Humble Widgets)
- Jack Quest (Google Play)
- Lost in Dungeon (Google Play | Itchio)
- LYNE (Google Play | Humble Bundle | Humble Widgets | Itchio)
- Metal Slug (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Metal Slug 2 (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Metal Slug 3 (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Metal Slug 4 (Google Play)
- Metal Slug X (Amazon Appstore | Google Play)
- Quest of Dungeons (Amazon Appstore | Google Play | Humble Bundle | Humble Widgets | Itchio)
- Tallowmere (Google Play | Itchio | Steam (free DLC for paid game; comes with an APK))
- The Liar Princess and The Blind Prince (Google Play)
- Tyrant’s Blessing (Google Play)
- VVVVVV (Google Play | Itchio | GitHub (though code is FOSS, assets aren’t and you get from the paid version))
how many of these are exclusive to mobile? setting a lot of games I could get on a better platform
None - all are multi-platform.
That’s a lot of games! (But no descriptions 🥲) Any turnbased games, especially tactic/strategic ones in there?
Deep Down Dungeons, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Quest of Dungeons and Tyrant’s Blessing are turb-based RPGs, and Tyrant’s Blessing specifically is a tactical RPG.
Thanks! That tyrants thing looks like it’d float my boat!
Lumino City is a beautiful point and click type game that I’m really enjoying. Paid. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.noodlecake.luminocity
i recommend Vector Pinball for simple fun, and Luanti (formerly Minetest) which has many gamemodes, including classical Minecraft experience. You can also just buy Minecraft.
Don’t Starve: Pocket edition is a fun paid survival.
60 Seconds is also good.
Vector pinball looks like a good time waster. A paid game like that is PinOut.
Dredge is getting a mobile release in February
Monument Valley & 2
Shapez Mobile
