I do like having games on my phone, but it’s always a struggle looking for games with 0 microtransactions. So would like a game I can out right pay for, or one with ads. The ability to disable ads for $5 is chill though.
I’ve played a lot of games that you can “have fun being f2p” but some days I just get really sick and tired of games I play trying to sell me things every 30 seconds.
So do you guys have any?
If not I may go back to playing GBA games on my phone XD
If you enjoy puzzle games then Baba is You, Snake Bird and Railbound will keep you busy for quite a while.
Balatro and Slay the Spire both have a lot of reply value. Very different games.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a really good roguelike for mobile. Ton of variety, no ads, only thing you can buy is a supporter pack that gives the ui a different fringe color, and that doesn’t get pushed.
Papers Please
Some good ones from the fdroid app-repo.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon - already mentioned roguelike
SGT-Puzzles - already mentioned microgame puzzlers
Frozen Bubble - already mentioned bubble-shooter
Vector Pinball - already mentioned pinball
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.artificialworlds.boxstacker/index.html - Physics puzzler
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.simondalvai.ball2box/ - flick ball to the box for 3-stars
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail/ - Massive story quest driven RPG
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.chadenas.cpudefense/ - Tower defense on a PCB
https://f-droid.org/packages/ch.logixisland.anuto/ - trad tower-defense
https://f-droid.org/packages/it.alessandropira.wesnoth114/ - hex turn-based fantasy RPG
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.lettucepie.flickybee/index.html - flick the bee through the course
Stardew Valley! It was worth the $5 already in vanilla, then it got updated with more content at no extra charge and then again. And now 1.6 is around the corner with even more. It is the love child of one dev that keeps on giving and giving and giving. And there are tons of mods of all kinds including entire world overhauls that adds even more replayability. Very much recommended.
Yellow and the subsequent games are pretty interesting puzzle games
Slay the Spire is one of my favorite games of all time, and has a nice android port I play before bed all the time. No ads, just caw caaaw
Threes
Fun puzzle game that got ripped off by 2048 and it’s endless clones. They wrote a blog post on how shitty mobile game development can be.
Whatever emulator you can run and the ROMs of your choice.
Endless Sky is a solid space trader and combat game, free on f-droid
Frozen Bubble is a pretty fun bubble bobble clone, also on f-droid
Arx Libertatis allows you to play the full version of Arx Fatalis, a super in depth underground RPG inspired by Ultima Underworld. You need the PC game files to transfer to your phone though.
Freeciv on Android is an almost feature complete re-creation of Civilization 5 with minimal graphics. You can also download the JAR and run it on a desktop if you have a Java SDK installed. As a Civ player that started with 4, I found it easier to pick up than freeciv which is trying to replicate something more like Civ2.
Halls of Torment released recently and seems to be a direct port of the PC version. I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit
I used a 3 month trial for Play Pass and have found quite a few games through it. It strips out ads and microtransactions and gives you all the content for free, at least in my experience so far. Some of the games in this thread are included. I’m debating keeping it after the trial
I have the following games on my iPhone:
- Infectenator - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/infectonator/id547566699?l=en-GB
- Plauge Inc. - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/plague-inc/id525818839?l=en-GB
- Mini Metro - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/mini-metro/id837860959?l=en-GB
- Reigns - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/reigns/id1114127463?l=en-GB
- Freeways - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/freeways/id1203896014?l=en-GB
- Myst - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/myst-mobile/id6444813759?l=en-GB
- Chrono Trigger - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/chrono-trigger-upgrade-ver/id479431697?l=en-GB
- 80 Days - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/80-days/id892812659?l=en-GB
- Netwalk - https://apps.apple.com/se/app/netwalk-network-puzzle-pro/id1614316916?l=en-GB
Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic, if you feel like playing rollercoaster tycoon 1/2 on your phone. They slightly altered the UI to make it more touch friendly.