Submitted 7 months ago by darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to games@lemmy.world
I’ve played most popular roguelikes like Balatro, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, etc. So are there any good Android games that aren’t roguelikes?
Baba is you is one of the best puzzle games I’ve ever played
Shapez is a great factory/automation game. Maybe better on a computer, but still good on the phone.
There are also a lot of good boardgames with android apps: Star Realms, Dominon (expensive), Splendor, etc.
I recently tried Star Traders: Frontiers and have been enjoying it. It’s a space RPG with turn based combat and a focus on ship management.
Chaos rings (idk there might be 4 games) Zenobia (seven games maybe) Emulators
Xcom 2 has an Android port. It’s not technically a roguelike. 🤷♂️
I love Duet by Kumobius
Great call-out, I love this game. Fun to just get in the flow and twist.
The Myboy Emulators let you load gba roms onto your phone to play, i have FF6 and a few pokemon games.
Roller Coaster Tycoon 1/2 are on the google play store.
I listed some decent Android games I know of in a past thread.
The real secret is to look for board game adaptations and stuff you’d normally find on Steam.
I also have expanded my list for when I have the Play credit and desire for more mobile games:
Also u can try pixel dungeon mindustry they are also good and old games (not mine!
oh PD is rogue
Planscape torment is in there if you want some old school crpg.
ScummVM is an old point and click adventure game engine with a ton of classics (Sam and max, day of the tentacle, Indiana Jones, etc).
lichess.org for free chess, puzzles and matches for different modes
Alphacross is pretty good for crosswords but it looks like they don’t let you add your own sources which is a bummer and a couple sources have circled letters in puzzles that don’t show up that can make it a little janky
I’m not sure what kind of games you are looking for but I’ve been playing Honkai Impact 3rd. The android version doesn’t have controller or mouse support but it has keyboard support and it’s fine. I think every action is mapped to the keyboard but the game doesn’t always tell you what everything is, the only one I’m not sure of is specifically the swiping QTE but QTEs are not used very often, so I never really had an issue with just using the touch screen for those. I would also imagine that Mihoyo’s other games are good too but I haven’t played them yet.
Another game I can suggest is Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga, if you like that kind of game. As far as I can tell, it’s mostly identical to the PC version but with the one difference being that the multiplayer has been removed.
I enjoy necromerger for a merge game. Very minimal ADs. Has a fun story and events.
My first purchase when I get a job will be Baba is You. Looks really good and has great reviews.
Stardew valley is on mobile.
Antimatter Dimensions is the best idle game ive ever played. Top 3 at the very least. While not much of a “game” I still want to plug it.
The original, Magic Survival!
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vkslrzm…
Free and fun to play. Minimal ads with a purchase to remove. Just got a huge new update. Inspiration of Vampire Survivors (also a great game!) and many others.
I use Mini Review for most of my android game finding. I find that if they give an overall score of 8 and above, I almost always like the game.
I’m currently enjoying the idle clicker Magic Research 2 It doesn’t feel like most idlers. There’s monsters to fight that need some strategy and a pretty good plot where I actually read everything! Most games have plot that is so boring and rehashed that it’s not worth reading, but Magic Research 2 was a lot of fun. I played the demo a bit and bought the full version before running into whatever limits were in the demo.
Balatro is rogue like? Maybe I don’t understand the genre as much as I thought.
No, it’s rogue-lite. Not -like. Rogue-lite games have randomized runs, permadeath, and (often tons of) meta-progression involving spending stat points, or unlocking new skills or weapons. In many games, the difficulty decreases by unlocking new skills and adding stats. Sometimes the games increase their enemy difficulty as you earn victories, in order to balance the difficulty with all the new choices and skills you have.
Rogue-likes, on the other hand, are turn-based dungeon crawlers that have very little or no meta progression. They may have training wheels like being forced to start with a simple class and unlocking additional ones doing simple things in-game. They do this to avoid overwhelming new players with character choices, and not to make the game easier as yoy play. You get better by learning the game, and not by unlocking more things or adding to stats.
The definition of roguelike has been stretched to the point of near-uselessness, lol. Nowadays, any game with permadeath and “runs” is classified as a roguelike.
Personally, I’d prefer it if we stuck a little closer to the Berlin Interpretation definition.
These days when people say roguelike they just mean a game that divides its gameplay into short, disconnected runs instead of one long, continuous save. It unfortunately has nothing to do with whether a game is anything like Rogue.
Yes, the term is often misapplied, but Balatro has the other key part of actually being a roguelike which is leveling up your build periodically from a randomly selected set of options. The bosses are also randomly selected. It very much is a roguelike
Angry birds
Exiled Kingdoms is a great old-school RPG. Paid but worth it.
I’m working hard on a mobile first rpg, plans for a small demo in two months if things go well!
Free Android Games (incl. FOSS ✅️) - no ads, no IAPs, no gacha: infosec.pub/post/31044526
My favorite PAID games on the Play Store (+ user recommendations 💬): infosec.pub/post/31044866
Not my links, came across them a little while ago. Haven’t gone through full lists, just skimmed them, but they look good.
Recently finished Hobo: Tough Life. It was a fun play though
I really like The Quest for being a simple first person, dungeon crawler RPG. There’s an overworld and towns and a story, so it’s not just straight dungeon crawling. Nothing mold-breaking, but for a mobile game that I just want to fill some time when I have nothing else in my pockets, it absolutely does the trick.
Stardew Valley is on Android.
I really like Unciv: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unciv.a…
Mini Metro is great.
Some of my favorites:
I had a bigger list around somewhere but I can’t find it… These games are all pretty darn good though.
I forgot about the EBF games. So much fun
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Mindustry has a version that runs on android. You can also play CDDA and Dwarf Fortress over SSH. I would suggest using screen so that you can easily reconnect to your session if you are disconnected. Played both over the covid lockdowns as I was staying with my partner and I would SSH to my PC to play. Used an external keyboard as my phone screen was pretty small, better on a tablet.