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Any good mobile games? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I would really love to kill some time on my phone. The games I have tried include: Slay the spire, shattered pixel dungeon, unciv, dead cells. Other than that, are there any solid phone games or otherwise ports, paid or not?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Roguelikes really do fit the mobile format, don't they?

Peglin has a decent port, too, and it's also a good fit. Solitairica is a fun mobile-first take that may scratch the Balatro itch when you're done with Balatro.

For people who are into more linear stuff, Capcom and Square have ported a lot of their portfolio. The Phoenix Wright games are there, a bunch Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, too. The Layton games as well, which are a good match for smaller sessions. They went ahead and put the painfully underrated Dragon Quest Builders in phones, but you'd better have a beefy phone and/or a power bank for that one.

Oh, if you were able to play Dead Cells on a phone effectively you may also be interested to know that Bloodstained and Castlevania SotN both have competent mobile ports. I wouldn't choose those versions over a handheld, but hey, they exist.

Speaking of unexpected but decent ports. The old Baldur's Gate games, for some reason.

Oh, Mini Metro is in there. Human Resource Machine is in there, if you want to brush up on your assembly coding skills while you poop. Hearthsotne and Marvel Snap are good to play on phones if you are into competitive CCGs...

I think this is no longer making sense. It's like asking if there are any decent games on Steam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These are really great games, thanks! Though I completely disagree with the steam part. There's a big difference between steam and Google play with google play containing the most shittiest, ad-riddled, pay-to-win games. I just wanted to find the diamonds among the rough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Discoverability is crappier on mobile stores, but there's no shortage of good games. I mean, it depends on good for what and what types of experiences you're looking for, but the content absolutely is there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I absolutely agree with you on that part. Discoverability is definitely worse on android of course.