Are there actually any good mobile games?
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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?
For games currently out and available:
• Slay The Spire ( a bit more than just something to pass the time with IMO, but again, it's a direct port from PC )
• SuperTuxKart ( I personally don't like the mobile version over control issues I have, but it's still real fun IMO, if you like good kart racers )
• Feudal Tactics ( definitely a time passer on smaller maps )
• HyperRogue ( trippy non-Euclidean game )
• Shattered Pixel Dungeon ( I suck at it, but it's a fun enough dungeon crawler )
• Mindustry ( PC port is more my style, but fun base defense resource extraction game overall )
For games to come out hopefully soon:
• Maze Mice ( I'm addicted to that game and am half tempted to buy it on mobile when it drops if the dev provides a way to buy an APK for the game instead of going through g••gle play. Think Superhot meets Pac-Man meets roguelite ( rougelike? ) )
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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?
F-Droid has a port of Endless Sky but I've not figured out the controls yet.
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It's not poker. It's a deckbuilding game based on poker hands.
Pirate it if you want. You will probably want to pay for it after a few hours.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I tried pirating, but I couldn't find an APK that isn't sketchy as fuck, and I don't want the PC version because this is the kind of game I'd rather play on mobile to kill time at work.
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Yes, several:
Ports of PC games:
80 Days
Gris
Myst (2021 release)
Gone Home
Papers, PleaseThen you have pure phone games
Mini Metro
Reigns
FreewaysThen you have old web browser games ported to the phone:
Plauge Inc.
InfectenatorThere are plenty more, these are just a few that I have on my phone
wrote last edited by [email protected]I didn’t realize there was a Gone Home port on mobile! I’m gonna check that out, thanks!
I just want to add that there are a bunch of great PC ports:
Alien: Isolation
(Alien: Blackout might not be available anymore)
What Remains of Edith Finch
Life is Strange
Night in the Woods
GTA III Trilogy
JourneyEdit: formatting and added Journey
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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?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yeah game-enjoyment is subjective. Mobile games don't require a 2-hour tutorial before full game starts so people play them. I seen people play the "ad-spam" games on bus without being bothered by the ads.
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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?
I mean... not sure if it counts as mobile but the entire history of console gaming up to few years ago works on emulators, so that's a VAST choice. Sure you might dislike 99.99% but if there is even 0.01% you enjoy, that's hundreds of games if not more!
Check https://search.f-droid.org/?q=emulator and consider a BT controller.
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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?
There's a free mobile game called sky that I'd highly recommend, it's extremely calming but also very well made.
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You could check out https://www.darkpattern.games/
It's a website that ranks games based on how awful or not awful they are.
I love this concept but no ratings shouldn't be 5 stars by default.
Should be 0 neutral and -10 dark + 10 positive.
I see a lot of negative comments on 5 rated games
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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?
If you're into deck building give "Dominion" a go. The base game is free (which is absolutely playable) and a good way to get into the swing of the game. The AI is a cheating bastard through, so either play it on "easy" or play with some friends. It's SERIOUSLY addictive.
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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?
baba is you is pretty good.
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I mean... not sure if it counts as mobile but the entire history of console gaming up to few years ago works on emulators, so that's a VAST choice. Sure you might dislike 99.99% but if there is even 0.01% you enjoy, that's hundreds of games if not more!
Check https://search.f-droid.org/?q=emulator and consider a BT controller.
can't forget about NetherSX2. It's a little bit of a pain to set up but it gives you all the PS2 options.
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can't forget about NetherSX2. It's a little bit of a pain to set up but it gives you all the PS2 options.
Out of curiosity why is it not on F-droid?
I don't mind installing myself the
.apkviaadbbut the more I learned about how positively strict the process to publish to it is (via https://github.com/Mentra-Community/MentraOS/issues/1168 ) then I also take absence from F-droid as potentially warning side a project isn't truly open or rely on proprietary parts or anti-pattern. -
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?
Slice and dice, infinitnode
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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?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Besides the waiting, Clash of Clans is actually decent.
(And besides a few youth sins) I am 100% free to play)
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Slice and dice, infinitnode
I lost a full day to that free demo
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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?
I've been playing old electron engine game like icewind Dale & Baldur's gate. Even Neverwinter nights runs & plays great.
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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?
I really like the polybridge series of games. Bridge puzzle game worh great mechanics.
Lots of good PC ports. The Kotor series and Baldurs gate 1 and 2 and icewind dale ports are good.
Autochess is fun. Lots of opportunities to spend money but none are important, just cosmetic.
Balatro is good (if you like that game as i do)
And also a series of games called "doors" are fun to pass the time. Like a puzzle box where solving one element opens another until the door is opened.
It is 99% crap on the stores though. I tend to get ports and emulators for most of my mobile gaming.
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I've been playing old electron engine game like icewind Dale & Baldur's gate. Even Neverwinter nights runs & plays great.
Emulated? Ported?
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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?
I must have spent days playing Smash Hit
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Emulated? Ported?
They are the enhanced edition ports i would imagine. Ive played through icewind dale fully on my foldy information rectangle.
Played through most of bg1 and going to play the err midqual? Between bg1 and bg2 called siege of dragonspear before i go on to bg2. Characters can be imported between all three.
