I think like 98% of mobile games are pretty much trash, but there are some diamonds in the rough.

In the past I’ve enjoyed:

  • Monument Valley
  • 2048
  • Fruit Merge
  • Hashi
  • Papers Please
  • Baba is You
  • Balatro

I’m getting bored of my usual picks lately. I’m looking for something that’s quick to jump in and out to pass the time, not something heavy. But hard puzzles or strategy totally fit!

Is the FF Tactics port good? Better alternatives?

  • webpack@ani.social
    1·
    2 hours ago

    bloons td 6, prolly the best tower defense game, has tons of content and casual and competitive game modes

    note that it has microtransactions/dlc but I never spent more than the $7 I got it for

  • Pulptastic@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Enjoy Sudoku, CrossMe, Universal Paperclips. The first two I casually play now and then, the last one I obsess about and play nonstop to completion once or twice a year.

    • SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Thank you for mentioning spaghetti and marshmallows, I never would’ve remembered that game otherwise! Too bad there’s no version currently though.

  • Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 hours ago

    I don’t know if this counts, but on my old android tablet back in the day, I use to play Titanfall Assault (?)

    Really never played a mobile game as fun as that. I miss it whenever I think about it.

  • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    15 hours ago

    Hole.io

    It’s completely ad-laden garbage but I looove the art style for some reason and the actual gameplay outside of the weird resource management shit they added to sell in-game currency is soooo satisfying.

  • groet@feddit.org
    2·
    17 hours ago

    You (and anyone reading) should replace 2048 with “threes”. Its the original game that 2048 is based on (developer claims they never knew threes already existed but not sure about that), it has way more details and love aaaaaand it actually works as a game. In 2048 you win by going down,left,down,left,down,left, repeat until high score. In threes you actually have to think

    • tatterdemalion@programming.devOP
      1·
      9 hours ago

      In 2048 you win by going down,left,down,left,down,left, repeat until high score.

      That’s not true. But I can see how threes would be harder. There’s also a similar game called “suika” or “fruit merge” that is quite fun.

  • Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    16 hours ago

    I like unciv which is an open source clone of civ 5 I think. If you like games like Vampire survivors I would also recommend Magic Survival which to my knowledge is the or one of the first games in that style for mobiles