Slice and Dice is a good rogue-like dice builder with no bullshit.
No ads. No DLC - there's a demo game and full version. And the mechanics are solid with no grindy bits.
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Absolutly love this game, great replayability.
I have just discovered Card quest which is taking up a lot of my spare time at the moment.
Knights of the old Republic has been on there for a while.
Emulators.
Slay the Spire.
I've never bothered to set up an emulator on my phone but it's a great idea, any recommendations in particular?
GameBoy Advance games work really well IMO, they're designed for small screens and lengthening aspect ratios leave tons of space for virtual buttons.
There is a curated list of "no-bullshit" mobile games, without microtransactions and all of that horrible stuff: https://nobsgames.stavros.io/
My favorites so far:
- Monument Valley 1+2
- Riptide GP: Renegade
- Badland
- Galaxy on Fire 2 HD
Monument Valley absolutely ROCKS
Badland is a banger. Remember playing it as a kid plenty
SLAY THE SPIRE!
shattered pixel dungeom
This ! No ads, no in app purchase, only fun !
I have played it on and off for years. Once I get into a run, i play it out, but otherwise it's easy to put down, forget about for a while. Great entertainment without the addiction
Vampire survivors is one of the best time killers. Slay The Spire is also fun.
I'd add Slice and Dice to that list
- Monument Valley is an amazing mobile game although not arcade style
- Alto's Adventure/Odyssey are pretty solid
- Duet is a great arcade style game
- HyperRogue is a neat non-Euclidean roguelike https://roguetemple.com/z/hyper/
dungeon cards, shattered pixel dungeon, or just read manga
Probably not what you're looking for but this is my favorite time-waster.
https://abagames.github.io/crisp-game-lib-11-games/?pakupaku
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
Great list but idk why you put "Requires Netflix." None of these require Netflix.
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.
Bloons may have been ported to netflix, but the Bloons games release native on tons of platforms.
Slice & Dice is the best game I've ever gotten on my phone, I bought it over Thanksgiving in 2021 and haven't stopped playing it since. It's similar to deck builders, but dice based.
It's $7 on mobile, but has a good free to try demo. So you can see if you like it for free. It's also available on Steam and itch.io
The game is still in active development, but the dev only releases updates every 1-1.5 years. The updates are absolutely massive though and add a ton of content.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon. If you like Roguelikes.
Steepest learning curve of any game I've played. So damn rewarding though.
Geometry Dash
Just installed it. 25 attempts in to level 1. This isn't for me. I get it, but its so annoying. Uninstalled, no regrets.
Decidedly not arcade, but I absolutely love Shattered Pixel Dungeon as a phone timekiller.
This and solitaire are the only games I would install on my phone.
If you like roguelike card builders, Dawncaster is great
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.
Honestly Iβm just bad at it so I rarely finish a run regardless. But itβs fun at least, and I bought the expansions mostly to encourage the business model.
Jetski.
Chess (on Lichess, either browser or app)
Got time? Practice openings or play online.
No time? Play 1 minute games online.
Inconsistent time (have to go any moment) or just casual? Practice puzzles.
Everyone in here sleeping on pocket city 1 and 2. 1 is free w/ads or 2.99 and 2 is 4.99