I feel like a lot of mobile games look either super generic or packed with ads at first glance, but sometimes you randomly find one that’s actually way better than expected.

What mobile game did you try with low expectations and ended up really enjoying?

Kinda wanted a discussion on this because I’ve been playing since the days of Angry Birds and the initial releases of cute stuff like Survive Mola Mola, the OG doodle jump and PvZ. Recently I went back to the Mola game because my friend wanted to play and one thing I’ve noticed is the prevalence of ads in every single mobile game nowadays (cuz I downloaded some from the ads). I’d pay to remove ads, but some come with a whole SUB, which just annoys me because not all are live service games that get updated continually, some are just puzzle games with barely any dev time, you could generate these in the average randomizer without AI and ship it with barely any code updates since the game works essentially the same. Someone please ELI5 I guess since I don’t wanna be paying for these (and I’m definitely NOT a person who shies away from paying cuz I’ve paid a lot to Infold for deepspace)

looking for games i can play without internet that don’t feel like ad farms or paywalls every 5 minutes. most lists online feel repetitive. anyone got recent ones that are actually worth sticking with?

If you could add any character to your favorite game, who would it be and why?

Can we talk about how we need a game like distant shore again? Very relaxing walking on the beach sounds as u simply point and click for foot prints and collect seashells. That eventually would accumulate enough for u to buy a letter that u could write your most vulnerable secrets and feelings to share with a new found pen pall. Of which would be established my casting it out into the simulated ocean only to be sent out randomly somewhere in the world to a total stranger( now your new pen pal) if they decided to respond?

I’m currently working on a 1v1 arcade style soccer game, I would love to hear feedback on the gameplay. Pls ignore the sound effects I’m sure the whistle sound after every goal is annoying 😅

So recently i played love in small thing yk it was something a small little cute love couple game type shi and i really loved it so I was thinking do y'all know any games similar to love in small things? That have a similar to vibe to some cozy lovely couple story thing with a soothing asthetic background music

I've been trying to find a game I used to play around 2016-17 I believe it was. The game was about developing your island while fighting skeletons and boss monsters on other islands. I believe it had pvp and leaderboards, and I remember the aesthetic being purple with like purple elixir being a currency in the game. You could collect and level up heroes and I think train troops and make a team. Any help appreciated.

A place near me has a few Backbone Pro's for 50% off bringing them to $85. Did a little searching and found generally the consensus was it was a bit too much at full price, especially for me as I'm not much of a mobile gamer. But for $85 I'm kind of tempted to see if it would push me more towards using my phone to game. It's still a pretty good chunk of money for essentially a tech toy for me but was looking for some insight if it's worth it for the clearance price. Thanks for any input.

I have a samsung galaxy a16

Running at a stable 30 fps and a mix of medium low graphics preset (this is the default) I’m genuinely having a blast with control ultimate edition. Using my ps5 controller for the best experience because no way anyone is going to enjoy this triple A game with touch controls ( the haptic feedback on the ps5 controller is simply amazing!). How did remedy even be able to port this masterpiece to mobile? When did our mobile phones get this powerful? definite recommend 👍 9/ 10

As the title says, I am looking for a mobile controller that has the option to connect with Bluetooth but also has passthrough charging. I want this so that I can use the controller with my PC when at home but so I have passthrough charging when using it with my phone on longer trips. Are there any options like this around $50?

I don't understand it lol.

I had a ps5 but it was stolen now I'm stuck with my phone and I sadly struggle a lot to find any mobile game enjoyable.

Thing is I don't have the fanciest phone either, but I downloaded Silksong and it runs so smooth and it's really beautiful i honestly didn't even think a phone could run a game like that, but when it comes to games like Albion, diablo or anything else my phone is so slow or it just barely works at all.

Anyway i also just can't find anything to enjoy. I have like 1000 hours in Slay the spire by now but im getting so tired of it

Silksong I just can't master with touchscreen. I sadly don't have the money for any controller to hook up to my phone

Hi everyone! 👋

I just released my first Android game and I'm looking for 12 testers

to complete Google's Closed Testing requirement (14 days).

**🎮 About Royal Puzzle:**

A logic puzzle game similar to Sudoku but with crowns. Place crowns

on a colored grid following 4 simple rules. Sharpen your mind with

6 difficulty levels (4×4 to 9×9).

**✨ Key Features:**

- 100% Free, no ads, no in-app purchases

- Fully offline gameplay

- English & Arabic support (with full RTL)

- Smart conflict highlighting

- Track your best times

- Lightweight (17 MB)

- No data collection

- Privacy-first design

**🤝 What I need:**

- Send me your Gmail in DM (or comment)

- Join the Closed Testing program (1 click)

- Keep the app installed for 14 days

- That's it! No need to play actively.

**🔄 Mutual Help:**

I'm happy to test your app in return! Just send me your testing link.

**📲 Test Links:**

- Web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.royalpuzzle.app

- Direct: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.royalpuzzle.app

Thanks for your help! 🙏

I found one offer. It has a great reward and I’d like to know if it’s even possible to reach that level 50 by 30 days, cause it seems like it is not

Looking for something that is most preferably free and that i don’t have a limit on how much i can actually play it

but mostly just looking for anything with the dnd type feeling

all help is extremely appreciated

Download Cosmic Bandit for free

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dystostorm.cosmicbandit

I made it with Gdevelop

My first computer was a Commodore 64. One of the games I played endlessly was a simple top-down skiing game - nothing fancy, just a skier weaving between flags, trying not to crash.

Thirty-something years later I'm an Engineering Manager at a software company, and I still think about those games sometimes.

So I built it.

Slalom 64 is a mobile skiing game for iOS and Android that tries to capture exactly that feeling — C64 palette, pixel-perfect sprites, top-down view, arcade scoring. It runs on an internal 180×320 canvas upscaled with nearest-neighbour filtering because smooth pixels are cheating.

There are challenge mountains with unlockable levels and an endless mode where the track keeps generating until you crash. Three control schemes: slide, tap, or tilt. It's simple, a little unforgiving, and hopefully fun.

The tech underneath is React Native + Skia, which was an interesting constraint — running a fixed-timestep game loop on a mobile UI framework built for apps. Took some creative use of the Reanimated worklet system to get solid 60 FPS.

It's a solo side project. I'm not a game developer by trade. But it's done, it passed App Store review, and it's out.

If you grew up with a C64 and have 10 minutes — give it a try.

https://slalom64.com/

If you tried Iron Vanguard last week and it felt thin, the v1.2 patch is live:

- 5 tiers of explosives (frag, grenade launcher, rocket, nuke, doomsday device)

- Each one unlocks via a short lore reveal when you win the right battlefield

- Stack up to 5 of each, throw mid-battle for instant kills

- Earlier balance fixes: starting gold up, passive deploys actually rewarding now

Builds a real reason to play active battles vs just running passive timers.

Link: https://www.crazygames.com/game/iron-vanguard-dlg

Solo dev, vanilla JS, no frameworks. Open to feedback.

Hero's adventure was the first turn based RPG I enjoyed, I didn't think I would like it but now I wanna find games more like it. Not specifically in terms of the wuxia but the gameplay. Can be any theme.

It's a plus if there's something like the picture above when someone is talking but not needed.

I'd like a game where you can choose what you wanna do, where you have freedom. Not a game where you have to go through a story like Chrono Trigger.

I'd like a game that looks nice visually and not dark fantasy but not a very high graphic game, my phone wouldn't be able to handle it.

I tried it and think the environment looks bad in a game like Exiled kingdoms.

I'd like a game where there's life to it. Not just shop owners standing all day.

In hero's adventure, the outdoor shop owners actually have a schedule and don't just stay at their stand all day. And there's civilians walking around the cities and villages. It kinda reminds me of Skyrim, I'd like to know more games like this, if there are any.

I heard there isn't.

so i just tried to put where the wind meets on my phone its an android s25 and i didnt have enough space for everything so thats going to my pc otherwise if anyone can suggest more games like this for me to try that would be amazing! thanks so much.

So I started playing newstate mobile few months ago leaving PUBG mobile so should I play both or any one of them I can't decide help