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bionicjoey ,

Games with roguelike metaprogression:

  • Vampire Survivors: Practically an idle game. All you do in this is control your hero’s movement around a sea of monsters and your hero automatically attacks them. Surprisingly fun and strategically deep. Battery killer
  • Slay the Spire: card collecting strategy game
  • Bloons TD 6 (requires Netflix): Pop Bloons with monkeys. Battery killer
  • Into the Breach (requires Netflix): isometric strategy game from the same devs as FTL: Faster Than Light. Big emphasis on using near-perfect information to solve tactical fights like they are puzzles.

Puzzle games:

  • Any of the variant Sudoku apps from “Studio Goya” on the Play store. These are the official apps of the Cracking the Cryptic YouTube channel. Handcrafted puzzles tend to have a very interesting solution path that requires you to develop logic skills.
  • The Room. Play as Tommy Wiseau as he uncovers an Eldritch mystery by opening puzzle boxes. Very satisfying animations, neat story
  • Cultist Simulator. Honestly idk what to call this one but “puzzle game” kind of fits. This is a really fun game but requires a while to get a hang of. In fact the fun of the game is learning the game mechanics, since nothing is explained except through cryptic hints and riddles. The writing is incredible but you will probably lose a lot as you get the hang of it.

Other stuff:

  • Eternal Card Game: I’ll be honest, I haven’t played this in ages, but I remember it being a better MTG clone than MTG arena. The mechanics are almost the exact same feeling as MTG, but more adapted to the digital medium. Has some pay-to-win mechanics and microtransactions but honestly the pricing felt pretty fair to me and it’s not super in-your-face with it.
  • RCT Classic: Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 mobile port. It’s not as good as OpenRCT, but it’s still a lot of fun.
  • OpenTTD: Transport tycoon deluxe mobile port.
  • Papers Please: Glory to Arstotzka!
  • Townscaper: not really a game as much as an arts and crafts kit. You get a tile-based map and wherever you click it fills in a tile. Depending on how you fill in those tiles, they look like different little buildings, gardens, etc. really cute game with no stakes.
  • Mindustry: minimalist Factorio clone. Controls can be challenging on mobile but it’s still fun
drasglaf ,
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Slay The Spire alone can give you hundreds of hours, even thousands.

SuperSpruce ,

Great list but idk why you put “Requires Netflix.” None of these require Netflix.

bionicjoey ,

Maybe it’s not the case anymore. Bloons and Into the Breach were ported through Netflix’s game publishing thing. Maybe they opened it up at some point.

BurnSquirrel ,

I got really hooked on Armory and Machine, there is an A&M2 but I’ve never played it.

Its the kind of game that only has a mobile version, it rewards you for coming back to it like any bad mobile game, but there are no ads, nothing to buy, and I don’t think there is any data shared.

The premis is you are work on a machine, making it faster, better stronger, more automated, and more able to produce things. Things can be in turn, turned into items that let you travel and fight critters. The loot from the critters can be used to make your machine faster. Its all a vicious factorio-like loop, and show how fun these mobile mechanics can be when there is no company taking advantage of you.

Nusm ,
@Nusm@yall.theatl.social avatar

As far as puzzle games, SevenBloks is my most played game by FAR. I play on Toughness mode, and the games are pretty quick. It’s a combination of equal parts strategy and luck.

For sports games, Retro Bowl & Retro Bowl College (American football) are the best $1 per game I’ve ever spent. I’ve lost track of the number of seasons I’ve played on both.

oxjox ,
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Probably not what you’re looking for but this is my favorite time-waster.

abagames.github.io/crisp-game-lib-11-games/?pakup…

Nusm ,
@Nusm@yall.theatl.social avatar

Wow, this is actually simple but strategic. Thanks for posting it!

cheese_greater ,

Balloon Fight is hilarious and a stomper

Altomes ,

My favorite mobile games are

Don’t starve

Dead Cells

Emulating old RPG games through Delta or Lemuroid

popcap200 ,

Knights of the old Republic has been on there for a while.

Emulators.

Slay the Spire.

saltesc ,

I don’t think I’ve mobile gamed without emulators for like 4 or 5 gens of phones now. I was a young man back in those days…

grandma OP ,

I’ve never bothered to set up an emulator on my phone but it’s a great idea, any recommendations in particular?

aido ,
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GameBoy Advance games work really well IMO, they’re designed for small screens and lengthening aspect ratios leave tons of space for virtual buttons.

sturlabragason ,

Advance Wars is awesome. I played it only on mobile 😅

popcap200 ,

Basically anything really well rated should be fine!

wolf ,
  • Another vote for “Slay the Spire”, have bought it for all platforms and wasted too much of my time
  • Horizon Chase Turbo is a very good arcade racer
  • Danmaku Unlimited 2 and Danmaku Unlimited 3 for bullet hell shmups

Not arcade style, but Final Fantasy I-VI pixel remasters are IMHO great on phones.

ClassifiedPancake ,
  • Coffee Golf
  • mineswifter.com
  • Tomb of the Mask
  • Downwell
  • High Rise by smpl
  • Vampire Survivor
theywilleatthestars ,

Cultist Simulator

Tolookah ,

I use cutlist optimizer to figure out the best way to cut plywood panels, this confused me, as it’s not a game. CuLTist is different than cuTList

knightly ,
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I’ve rather enjoyed 20 Minutes Till Dawn

Klaymore ,
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I’ve only played it on PC but I like this quite a bit as well

folkrav ,

If you like roguelike card builders, Dawncaster is great

xmunk ,

Dawncaster is excellent. I was amazed at how deep the game is for a mobile deck builder.

It also uses an expansion based monetization rather than micro transactions and the expansions absolutely aren’t necessary to get a lot of enjoyment out of the game.

GiantRobotTRex ,

I really liked Dawncaster but then I didn’t play it for awhile and when I came back it had changed significantly and all the builds that I used to win with consistently no longer worked out. Honestly it’s probably more balanced now than before but I haven’t spent enough time with it to get good again.

folkrav ,

Honestly I’m just bad at it so I rarely finish a run regardless. But it’s fun at least, and I bought the expansions mostly to encourage the business model.

TomSelleck ,

Vampire survivors is one of the best time killers. Slay The Spire is also fun.

GiantRobotTRex ,

I’d add Slice and Dice to that list

lidd1ejimmy ,

damn i miss the old mario party for N64, i been meaning to find a good alternative free version

lidd1ejimmy ,

here is some variety:

Brawlhalla is legit, Shell Shockers is funny, agar.io is simple but dope

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