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?
Steam emulation
Favo kills a lot of time for me. As does 2048 and any nonogram game.
Enjoy Sudoku, CrossMe, Universal Paperclips. The first two I casually play now and then, the last one I obsess about and play nonstop to completion once or twice a year.
Literally any nonogram games
Occationally one of these physics mini-games:
- Soccer physics
- Wrestle jump 2
- Basic biking
And for a short (fart-joke) laugh:
https://boern.itch.io/diarrhea-4
(but that’s Browser/Windows/Linux based - not Android directly)P.S. Still searching for a modern Android port of Spaghetti and Marshmallows
Thank you for mentioning spaghetti and marshmallows, I never would’ve remembered that game otherwise! Too bad there’s no version currently though.
Been playing a ton of dicey dungeons recently.
I don’t know if this counts, but on my old android tablet back in the day, I use to play Titanfall Assault (?)
Really never played a mobile game as fun as that. I miss it whenever I think about it.
bloons td 6, prolly the best tower defense game, has tons of content and casual and competitive game modes
note that it has microtransactions/dlc but I never spent more than the $7 I got it for
Solomon’s Keep and Solomon’s Boneyard are fun
My favorite game on Android is currently Krumit’s Tale, followed by Shattered Pixel Dungeon.
It’s completely ad-laden garbage but I looove the art style for some reason and the actual gameplay outside of the weird resource management shit they added to sell in-game currency is soooo satisfying.
Been playing Open Sudoku, it’s great
If you’re open minded to emulation there are tons of options for consoles on android. The ones I use are AetherSX2 for PS2 games, myBoy for GBA, PPSSPP for PSP, and then if you want to get real crazy OpenMW for Morrowind and Winulator for 2000s era PC games (I have TESIV Oblivion running on a dog water Android phone at 30 FPS with Winulator).
You (and anyone reading) should replace 2048 with “threes”. Its the original game that 2048 is based on (developer claims they never knew threes already existed but not sure about that), it has way more details and love aaaaaand it actually works as a game. In 2048 you win by going down,left,down,left,down,left, repeat until high score. In threes you actually have to think
In 2048 you win by going down,left,down,left,down,left, repeat until high score.
That’s not true. But I can see how threes would be harder. There’s also a similar game called “suika” or “fruit merge” that is quite fun.
I would hate to know how many hours I’ve spent on this game. It’s disgustingly addictive. I love it.
