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Are there actually any good mobile games?

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    Wish I could find one. Never trust the sites I see it on

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    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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      Piggybacking onto this (all of these are FOSS):

      Endless Sky is a 2D sandbox space sim. It's a spiritual sequel to the old Escape Velocity: Nova, and has very active development.

      Feudal Tactics is an extremely simple strategy game that can nonetheless be quite hard.

      Battle For Wesnoth is a whole-ass fantasy campaign turn-based strategy game that has been ported to mobile. Think Warcraft but turn-based.

      Arx Libertatis is a port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person RPG. This one is still on my list to try out, but it looks interesting.

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      Feudal Tactics looks like a Slay clone. My favorite Slay clone is Konkr, playable in a browser.

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        You can find copies online with some mild searching.

        ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
        Mobilism is one such website where one can procure such items for Android
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        To try things out before buying of course.

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        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

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          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?

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            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.

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            I think the opposite of a bullet hell is a bullet heaven, and vampire survivors counts.

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              How do you like FSB spyware on your phone?

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              (Hey, your ignorance is showing. You might want to do something about that.)

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              • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                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?

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                Hoplite - hex dungeon puzzle
                Spelltower - word puzzle
                X-COM (on a bigger screen)

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                • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                  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?

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                  You Must Build a Boat is an RPG/match 3 hybrid with no shady shit. Pay once. Own the game. It's pretty fun.

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                  • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                    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?

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                    Slay the spire, balatro, Ascension, melvor, plague inc, terraforming Mars, unciv, shapez...

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                    • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                      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?

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                      I honestly think Hayday is one of the best free farm games, It does have paid currency but it's not forced on you.
                      You can watch optional Ads for a few daily random items but these are not forced, you're the one who has to click the ticket near the mail box.

                      Supercell make some of the best games that aren't fully scummy.

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                        Slay the spire, balatro, Ascension, melvor, plague inc, terraforming Mars, unciv, shapez...

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                        Vampire survivor is good too

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                        • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                          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?

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                          The only good mobile games that i can think of are ports.

                          Like Knights of the Old Republic.

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                            Puzzles by Simon whatshisface
                            https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles

                            Bunch of puzzle games, no monetisation

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                            CMV: Towers and Unequal are literally impossible to beat at their harder/hardest difficulty levels without any cheating or guessing.

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                            • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                              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?

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                              Shattered Pixel Dungeon is quite a timekiller on the phone

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                              • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                                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?

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                                Old school RuneScape

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                                  I haven't gotten this for a very unusual and stupid reason. I'd want it on my phone, and on my pc\steam deck; but don't want to pay for it twice, out of spite.

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                                  I refuse to but it on mobile because I already bought it on steam.

                                  Because when I get into balatro I get hooked hard, and the last thing I need is immediate access to fucking crack every where I am.

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                                    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.

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                                    I really, really liked it, but the gatcha mechanics became too much for me. I just want to shoot cartoons in a plane, god damn it.

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                                      10€ for card game?! Are you real??

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                                      Belatro won all sorts of awards, including GDC game of the year. $10 for an award winning game is nothing. Probably the most addicting game I'd played in years, and I'm not even into that type of game.

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                                      • archmageazor@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                                        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?

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                                        NYT Games app. Realistically its just advertising to get you to buy an NYT subscription. The Mini and Wordle are good for killing a few minutes each day.

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                                          NYT Games app. Realistically its just advertising to get you to buy an NYT subscription. The Mini and Wordle are good for killing a few minutes each day.

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                                          Isn't the mini behind a paywall now?

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