if you get scummvm and dig up some downloads, the backyard sports series (until football 2002, which itself is buggy on scummvm) is very fun
you can also buy them officially if you so choose
Magic Survival. It was the inspiration for Vampire Survivors, a fantastic game in its own right. You can lose so much time to these games.
These are the best I’ve found that also have no trackers in them (most are in f-droid, a couple from aurora/playstore):
- shattered pixel dungeon (roguelike)
- breakout 71
- endless sky (space trader)
- pewpew live (stick shooter)
- vroomies (odd swipe racer)
- Datawing (super fun racer/timetrial drifting game, best out of all of them IMO. Not on f-droid)
- the frostrune (point and click adventure)
- ScummVM (emulator for classic point and click games, many of which are free)
- Arx Libertatis (an engine to run Arx Fatalis, though you need the OG game files, which isn’t free, but… Yarr)
I think Star Wars Kotor and Kotor 2 have android ports. Those are great RPG’s, but not free.
Datawing is so good dude. I’ve played expensive Steam games with far less enjoyable gameplay and funny writing.
While not free, I can recommend both Slay the Spire and Balatro as ideal mobile games. You won’t regret it if you manage to find the spare cash
Also not free, but the Zachtronics Solitaire Collection is cool too. I think you can get it for $5
Plus Dead Cells, however for some reason I cannot comprehend it has that annoying “Something went wrong” message for if you don’t have Play Store installed/enabled. (I think this is a part of Play Integrity)
I second both of these. Add in Rogue Adventure and Polytopia, and you will be set for years of commuting.
Depending on what you’d want to emulate, emulators can be very efficient on low-end hardware (i.e. gpSP for GBA).
But often times ultra shit on screen controller
Inexpensive Bluetooth controller options are available to solve that problem too, though I was just suggestion the basics.
USB-C controllers that plug into the phone’s charging port are also a good option. Just remove the protective casing and slide it in.
Been emulating for years with it, but it’s also good for mobile games that do well with controllers. BackBone is the first one that comes to mind.
I can confirm that both of these are great if you like either puzzles or rogue-likes, respectively. Simon Tatham’s Puzzles is easily my top played mobile game.
This isn’t related to the question, but:
Excuse me, is that the promotional art for Total Overdose, a game I had only assumed had been lost to time and everyone forgot existed (not that it was good)?
Yes it is! And the game isn’t lost to time, it’s available on GOG. Though I admit it was a lot better when I was 12
Can also search through MiniReview. It has a robust filtering system including monetization type, network connectivity, and sub genres that is way better than any other way I’ve seen to find games on your own
Three that I like to play when commuting
Breakout 71 https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.lecaro.breakout/ - This one is great though all the powerups make it a bit too easy if you play it for a while. But it’s a good one if you just want get into playing something quickly.
Ball2Box https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simondalvai.ball2box/ - It’s a pretty simple game but surprisingly addictive if you’re like me trying to get a perfect score on each level (there’s a ton of levels).
Calculate https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.rechnen.app/ - Practice doing math in your head!
Awesome text based mystery horror puzzle game, works in browser
Just started playing, looks really good so far
It’s amazing. I was totally hooked until finish.
Any picross game. Don’t have android so I don’t have anything specific to recommend, but it was my goto time killer before switching to books.
AKA nonograms. I found one on fdroid but the interface isn’t nearly as good as the nonograms galaxy on the play store. They have one banner ad at the bottom but I use a DNS ad blocker so I don’t see it
I’ve really been enjoying Slice and Dice. A rpg dungeon crawler where your party and enemies abilities are represented by 6 sided dice. Each face has an attack, defense or debuff ability. You can collect items and level up your characters through the dungeon. The more you play the more classes, items enemies and game modes you unlock.
The game state saves when you close your phone or leave the app and there’s enough rng that gameplay doesn’t get stale. You can play it with your phone in vertical or horizontal orientation and with only your thumb so your other hand is free
Try games from yiotro, particularly Antiyoy - great strategy/puzzle games, even if graphically modest. Card Crawl is also pretty good if you like a quick card game. If you want foss, Gauguin is a cool sudoku-like on fdroid.
How dare you use Total Overdose with that title :(
Only not nsfw image availiable in gallary
Offline Games from JindoBlu.
A variety of timewasters with more added pretty regularly.
