• @pory
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    181 year ago

    Here’s my games folder:

    Finding mobile games that aren’t live service garbage is tough but at least a lot of good PC games just port to android.

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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      1 year ago

      Here’s mine. Ignore the background.

      Yep, there’s a grass touching simulator. I mostly play Bus Simulator: Ultimate, though it gets my battery temperature to 55°C. Enough to hurt on fingers.

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  • kamiheku
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    161 year ago

    In addition to being good games, neither has any microtransactions, ads, or any of that BS, was happy to give the devs some money.

  • @grue
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    1 year ago

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Endless Sky, and Mindustry (especially that last one, which I haven’t seen anybody else mention yet).

    I get all my games from F-Droid, not any commercial app store.

    • PAPPP
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      21 year ago

      How is Endless Sky on Android?
      I’ve been playing Escape Velocity/Override/Nova for as long as they’ve been a thing, and have done like 3 laps on Endless Sky on Linux as they’ve added content, the most recent one firmly placing it as the best execution of the genre for me, but I’m not sure how it would translate to a little touchscreen device.

      • @grue
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        21 year ago

        I play on both Linux and Android, so I can directly compare. The UI buttons are a little small and the combat is a little different because you’re poking the screen where you want to go instead of using arrow keys, but it’s equally fun on either platform.

      • netburnr
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        11 year ago

        Wow. EV is a name I haven’t thought about in a long time. What a classic that was.

    • @jaackf
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      11 year ago

      I’ve started to play endless sky today, really enjoying it so far! Although I’m playing it on my mac but still

  • @keanu0396
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    101 year ago

    For me, it’s using emulation. I’m currently playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door from the GameCube, and there are very few android games that can match the quality of older AAA titles.

    Plus, no microtransactions!

  • @aluminium
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    91 year ago

    Stardew valley. Such a good game that plays great, especially on tablet.

    • @Oodleskaboodles
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      41 year ago

      I usually play on and off. My wife saw me playing and got it, now she’s addicted. Our son saw that I had it on the switch too and started to play it this weekend. Now they are Stardew crackheads.

    • @helmet91
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      11 year ago

      We’ve started it with my girlfriend, both on Android, and we’re hooked. We’re even considering buying the PC version for the multiplayer features.

    • @PapaTorque
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      11 year ago

      Yes! I’m playing special surprise pixel dungeon as my preferred variant right now.

    • @9point6
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      11 year ago

      This and slay the spire are basically the only two games I play on my phone these days

  • @TwilightVulpine
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    81 year ago

    Vampire Survivors. It makes my phone catch fire but it is fire

  • Pretzelise
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    71 year ago

    Orna RPG! It’s a GPS game like Pokemon Go with a classic RPG style, no pay to win options, a great community, and Devs who listen to feedback with regular updates.

    Genuinely the best GPS game I’ve played by a long shot.

  • @EvonoOP
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    61 year ago

    Mine are bloons td 6, league of legends, and rocket league.

  • @j4k3
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    61 year ago

    Open Sudoku and Endless Sky. ES saves the game as a text file. If you play it on PC and save a file the last line of the text file is the only difference. You can play the game on both and save back and forth. I only have FOSS apps. I don’t have any google stuff at all. Both of these are from F-Droid.

    • @PapaTorque
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      21 year ago

      I love this game but the ui is frustratingly small. Do you know of anyway to make it bigger? Or at least increasing the font size or something?

      • @j4k3
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        31 year ago

        I just play it differently on Andy vs PC. On PC I’m aggressive with a smaller force and take a lot more risks. On mobile, I “talk softly and bring a big stick.” I usually use a large force around me and use the grouping feature to control my own security and fire power. I don’t worry about firing at stuff myself and all of my weapons are turrets on my own ship. This is how I deal with the resolution difference in practice.

        There is a resizing setting for the screen resolution. The main thing to be aware of when swapping between mobile and PC is that last line I mentioned. Save a new game on both platforms and you’ll see the last line is the over all layout setting for mobile versus PC. They use a completely different interface. If you use the PC version on mobile bc you didn’t change the last line on the save file, it can be impossible to play.

  • @M4775
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    My favorite Android game has always been, and still is, OSMOS. It used to be in the play store. You can still get it on Android from Hemisphere. There’s also iOS, Ipad, Steam (for Linux), OS X and Windows versions. I love this game so much I keep an ancient 7" pad with Marshmallow 6 offline just for it (Because I had the original on it - You don’t need an ancient device).

    • @TwilightVulpine
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      21 year ago

      It’s a good while I don’t hear about Osmos, it’s a fun game.

    • dantheclamman
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      21 year ago

      Lots of good memories of Android humble bundles, playing Osmos and Eufloria. Too bad that program petered out

  • @throwsbooks
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    61 year ago

    Bloons TD 6. Only game I’ve had installed for years, the pop pop pop makes my brain happy in a way I can’t explain.

    • @EvonoOP
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      21 year ago

      Exactly its a mix of everything its a great TD , with nice graphics and the sounds are simple yet so worth it.

      • @throwsbooks
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        21 year ago

        And you pay once and that’s it! It’s got frequent updates, and I’ve never felt pressured to spend in their store. Was actually happy to buy some heroes after a while, considering how much mileage I’ve gotten out of it.

        • @EvonoOP
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          21 year ago

          Yes exactly , Monetization seems to be done good its “optional” there but isnt needed at all. you actually get tons for free.

  • PAPPP
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    51 year ago

    The only commercial Android game I regularly play is Wordscapes. It’s an almost embarrassing level of enduring basic bitch addiction, I don’t engage with any microtransaction bait, I have a systemwide ad blocker… and I love it.

    Otherwise it’s all Emulators and Open Source (covered well elsewhere in this thread).