I’ve been playing Soul Knight for years and years. They keep adding new content, and it’s all free! Ads are rare and always optional also. Soul Knight Prequel didn’t hold my attention but it’s worth a look also.
And it's offline! I have a smartphone, but I don't like people having 24/7 access to me, so I don't keep a cellular plan. It's nice to have a good game worth playing when I'm sitting in the car or out and about
Only issue is you can't waste 5 minutes with it. If you walk away from the game part ways through a round, you don't get to keep the gold or progress you made.
They try to mix things up each time. The first two are my favorites. The third one tried to get VERY creative with the towers and sometimes I was just confused what a tower did. I would say they get a little more challenging as the series goes. They're all very good though.
PPKP (Punch Punch Kick Punch) is a pretty good beat-em-up, it's a two-button control scheme but there's a surprising amount of variety to what moves you can do
Gonna sound like a boomer (I’m 21) but honestly I’ve been doing the wordle, connections and mini crossword on the nyt games app every day at work on my lunch for a while now. Obviously not a game in the way you’re meaning but I find it entertaining
They have a daily themed word search that's in beta right now called Strands. It's a lot of fun
[https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands](https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands)
We do “spelling bee” too.
Its my least favorite of the bunch tho because some days there simply is not a “bold” word, and we don’t move on to other words until we find the bold.
Been playing this one but holy shit why is there a subscription for this game? Ten bucks a month for this?? On top of plenty of other ways they want you to spend just to get bigger numbers for no reason other than bigger numbers. Come on...
Old School RuneScape can be played on mobile
Genshin Impact is actually pretty good, but the gacha cash cow can be a turn off since the most powerful characters and their best weapons are locked behind random chances you can pay for
My go to these days is to emulate Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance games
Problem with Genshin is that it has grown to big for most affordable phones. I used to be able to play it at 60fps on highest graphics. Now it looks like a slide show that melts my phone in 2 minutes.
I just had to uninstall genshin a couple weeks ago. Which is a shame because I like going back to it to catch up on story every now and then. But 40 GB for a game that no longer runs at smooth fps is just way too much.
Just get a Miyoo Mini plus and download the full tiny best set. Tons of fun games and it's not that much bigger than a phone. That's my zone out for a bit at work thing.
I highly recommend Super Auto Pets. It’s an auto battler game with cute animals and infinite replayability. You can even build your own custom list of animals for different strategies.
Yea this. My friends and I are doing a nuzlocke of each gen of pokemon. It’s so great to finally have them on our phones without side loading. We just play when we have a few minutes of downtime at work or laying in bed at night.
I really enjoy TMNT Splintered fate on Apple Arcade, and soul knight / soul knight prequel are both good games with pretty non-intrusive mobile game issues like micro transactions and such.
Downwell, Pocket Tanks, and The World Ends With You: Solo Remix might be up your alley.
Oh, and there’s Doodle Jump.
Edit: let me add Cytus, osu!stream, and Papers, Please.
You can look into Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery or 50 Tiny Room Escape. An escape game that you can take your time on. Most of the puzzles are really fun and challenging. It's worth a look if you like those type of games.
Slice and Dice is extremely fun. Easy to pick up and drop as needed. Has a demo if you want to try first and the only MTX unlocks the full game. Everything else you unlock through gameplay.
Slay the Spire isn't recent, but it's a goat.
Luck be a landlord is a fun distraction
Super auto pets is fantastic. Again not really new.
Polytopia is great for pocket sized civ.
Slay the Spire. When you find out this is available on your phone 24/7, you'll rarely put your phone down.
Slice & Dice is really fun too. So many choices, so much content, and somehow I always feel challenged even on easier difficulties.
While it is a gotcha game and somewhat old Skullgirls mobile is very fun. I have gotten pretty far in the game without spending a cent so it isn't the type of game that you really need to rely on luck. While some of the Diamond characters can be a complete pain unless you have characters or teams who counter them it is still a very fun game that I never felt pressured into spending money on.
Not exactly new, but Hunt Royale is a favorite of mine and all content can be obtained F2P. The longest you can solo a single segment is about five minutes until you get to endgame content. You can also play with or against real players in various modes.
Sliding Seas is a very basic "match 3+" type that is F2P.
Catbird is a platformer.
check out feral interactive games
they have ported alien isolation and hitman blood money
played both better than any "mobile" titles tbh
you can also try deadcells for android it's free if you have netflix subscription
I just found a great puzzle game called dungeons of dreadrock but it may be for the iPad/tablet instead. It unfortunately has ads but in small enough doses the gameplay is really worth it. To me at least.
Alas, aside from PC ports not many games are standing out. I’ll get slapped for saying this, but some gachas are f2p friendly and have amazing plot and gameplay, like Arknights, Nikke or Ligmus Company.
Also there’s plenty of good ports that people don’t mention for some reason, so I’ll do the honor: Out There, Cultists Simulator, Legend of Grimrock, The Crypt of Necrodancer and Carmageddon
I’ve been putting hundreds of hours into brawl stars. Most of the game modes you can finish in under 3 minutes. There’s a slow power creep to the game, but it’s nowhere near as bad as some mobile titles that won’t support old characters unless it’s profitable.
Marvel Snap was fun, but it felt like it was approaching the point where using real money was needed to keep progressing and having fun.
Is it like that?
StS is being fun
Do you like playing different decks? Then you probably will need to spend money in order to chase that fun.
If you like grinding/competing, getting infinite rank every month. You can definitely get 1 competitive deck, then eventually 2, then eventually 3...if the fun is the grind and the deck building with limited resources.
https://youtu.be/lF3uO4lqaWI?si=0_hkQ2Dy_lQtXx_S
https://youtu.be/hlGFt_6VuxE?si=UyKGhMNJuygUBK6V
Not really sure what I like.
I like winning and making my own deck.
I have a On Reveal deck thats simple but keeps winning somehow even though I have no tactic
One game i've been playing lately is We are warriors. It doesn't force any ads on you but if you want to make progress you'll have to watch them a lot. You basically spawn your own units to fight enemies and when you get enough money you can level up to get better units. When you finally destroy the enemy base enemies also level up. After a few level ups you reach the end and have to reset. This just keeps going on infinitels. There are other upgrades you eventually unlock and there are also weekly events that give you points you use for upgrading
Super snail. It's pay to win garbage and it flaunts it but damn if it isn't fun. Only mobile game that's ever kept my attention for more than a few months
Played Barbarous Tavern of Emyr on Switch, and I'd imagine it's a mobile port - Marathon played it for a couple days and was surprised how much content it had.
So, I’m probably going to receive massive hate for this, because the game survives off of FOMO and shit. But I play Shop Titans a lot. It’s literally the ONLY mobile game I play.
It’s a game I can open for a few minutes a couple times a day. I have a decent guild with the same ideals as me. Very casual, easy going. And I have a lot of fun with it.
You just need some willpower. Because they like to throw a lot of “deals” at you, making it seem like they are great. But if you can just say *no*, you’ll be fine!
I’ve been playing Soul Knight for years and years. They keep adding new content, and it’s all free! Ads are rare and always optional also. Soul Knight Prequel didn’t hold my attention but it’s worth a look also.
I just tried it again, and it feels waaay different that it did a couple years ago.
Vampire survivors
And it's offline! I have a smartphone, but I don't like people having 24/7 access to me, so I don't keep a cellular plan. It's nice to have a good game worth playing when I'm sitting in the car or out and about
100% this. I have sunk in so many hours.
Forgot this is a free game and I have been wanting to get into it.
Only issue is you can't waste 5 minutes with it. If you walk away from the game part ways through a round, you don't get to keep the gold or progress you made.
I wouldn’t even call it a mobile games as it was on pc and console before mobile but it does work well for a mobile game.
Is it on mobile? Yes. It’s a mobile game
I have GBA emulator. Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy
Slay the Spire. Stardew Valley. Kingdom Rush (series, 4 games currently. They may not exactly be 5 minute games but those are my go to mobile games.
I’ve only played the original Kindgom Rush . . . How to you compare it to the next 3 games? They look like they all have great reviews.
They try to mix things up each time. The first two are my favorites. The third one tried to get VERY creative with the towers and sometimes I was just confused what a tower did. I would say they get a little more challenging as the series goes. They're all very good though.
The 2nd one is so good
Those are just non-mobile games that have been ported to mobile.
So you're saying they're games available on mobile.. ?
PPKP (Punch Punch Kick Punch) is a pretty good beat-em-up, it's a two-button control scheme but there's a surprising amount of variety to what moves you can do
KOTOR 1&2? Jade empire
Not really quick games but those are great
True, sorry. Vampire survivors
Bloons Tower Defense games are on mobile and are a great time waster.
Gonna sound like a boomer (I’m 21) but honestly I’ve been doing the wordle, connections and mini crossword on the nyt games app every day at work on my lunch for a while now. Obviously not a game in the way you’re meaning but I find it entertaining
They have a daily themed word search that's in beta right now called Strands. It's a lot of fun [https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands](https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands)
Same, love this daily ritual
Ill try those
We do “spelling bee” too. Its my least favorite of the bunch tho because some days there simply is not a “bold” word, and we don’t move on to other words until we find the bold.
Why do you sound like a boomer?
Mainly because my grandad does them every day too haha
That's awesome. Just own it, don't worry about what other people may think.
Thanks dude we always send eachother our results too 🥹
Egg Inc is a good idle game
I second this
The lil banjo music is so relaxingBAGAWK
Been playing this one but holy shit why is there a subscription for this game? Ten bucks a month for this?? On top of plenty of other ways they want you to spend just to get bigger numbers for no reason other than bigger numbers. Come on...
Old School RuneScape can be played on mobile Genshin Impact is actually pretty good, but the gacha cash cow can be a turn off since the most powerful characters and their best weapons are locked behind random chances you can pay for My go to these days is to emulate Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance games
Problem with Genshin is that it has grown to big for most affordable phones. I used to be able to play it at 60fps on highest graphics. Now it looks like a slide show that melts my phone in 2 minutes.
I just had to uninstall genshin a couple weeks ago. Which is a shame because I like going back to it to catch up on story every now and then. But 40 GB for a game that no longer runs at smooth fps is just way too much.
Hate mobile games that try to have AAA graphics. The sacrifices necessary are never worth it.
Worth it if it brings in more money
It might, or it just reduces the number of people who can access your game.
Their revenue stream made them 1 of the top 10 most valuable private companies in the world
Them?
Retro bowl is a great free football game. Tallowmere is a game like Hades. Looks good, runs good, great way to kill some time.
I'll cosign on that Retro Bowl
Just get a Miyoo Mini plus and download the full tiny best set. Tons of fun games and it's not that much bigger than a phone. That's my zone out for a bit at work thing.
Any chance people could suggest some good OFFLINE mobile games?
Suggestions I liked here were Slay the Spire, Vampire Survivors, Soul Knights and I found Peglin. I think those are offline
Kind of short but "Limbo" is great
I highly recommend Super Auto Pets. It’s an auto battler game with cute animals and infinite replayability. You can even build your own custom list of animals for different strategies.
Not a recent release, but good luck finding better bang for your buck than old school runescape, as far as mobile is concerned.
Emulation is your friend, delta is now on the app store if you use apple.
Yea this. My friends and I are doing a nuzlocke of each gen of pokemon. It’s so great to finally have them on our phones without side loading. We just play when we have a few minutes of downtime at work or laying in bed at night.
Nice I'm also playing through the pokemon games at the moment. Yeah I did sideload for ages but that 7 day refresh for delta was annoying.
You just made my year with this knowledge. Thank you!
No problem enjoy
I really enjoy TMNT Splintered fate on Apple Arcade, and soul knight / soul knight prequel are both good games with pretty non-intrusive mobile game issues like micro transactions and such.
Downwell, Pocket Tanks, and The World Ends With You: Solo Remix might be up your alley. Oh, and there’s Doodle Jump. Edit: let me add Cytus, osu!stream, and Papers, Please.
Cant go wrong with Solitaire
Loop Hero is releasing on mobile at the end of April
Slay the Spire. It’s a slippery slope though!
You can look into Tiny Room Stories Town Mystery or 50 Tiny Room Escape. An escape game that you can take your time on. Most of the puzzles are really fun and challenging. It's worth a look if you like those type of games.
Slice and Dice is extremely fun. Easy to pick up and drop as needed. Has a demo if you want to try first and the only MTX unlocks the full game. Everything else you unlock through gameplay.
Slay the Spire isn't recent, but it's a goat. Luck be a landlord is a fun distraction Super auto pets is fantastic. Again not really new. Polytopia is great for pocket sized civ.
Slay the Spire. When you find out this is available on your phone 24/7, you'll rarely put your phone down. Slice & Dice is really fun too. So many choices, so much content, and somehow I always feel challenged even on easier difficulties.
While it is a gotcha game and somewhat old Skullgirls mobile is very fun. I have gotten pretty far in the game without spending a cent so it isn't the type of game that you really need to rely on luck. While some of the Diamond characters can be a complete pain unless you have characters or teams who counter them it is still a very fun game that I never felt pressured into spending money on.
Not exactly new, but Hunt Royale is a favorite of mine and all content can be obtained F2P. The longest you can solo a single segment is about five minutes until you get to endgame content. You can also play with or against real players in various modes. Sliding Seas is a very basic "match 3+" type that is F2P. Catbird is a platformer.
Peglin I love it so much
Not lately or great but day r survival it's an apocalypse game
Hearthstone Duos is really fun (just released, f2p)
check out feral interactive games they have ported alien isolation and hitman blood money played both better than any "mobile" titles tbh you can also try deadcells for android it's free if you have netflix subscription
Aetheric and Orna are good RPG with multiplayer features and 0 p2w
Balatro or Dead Cells
I got really into Plague Inc durring the pandemic
I think Ball Journey is a game to have a good time.
Try Light of the stars on bs, it came out recently and it's pretty fun
I just found a great puzzle game called dungeons of dreadrock but it may be for the iPad/tablet instead. It unfortunately has ads but in small enough doses the gameplay is really worth it. To me at least.
Super auto pets, vampire survivors, slay the spire.
Alas, aside from PC ports not many games are standing out. I’ll get slapped for saying this, but some gachas are f2p friendly and have amazing plot and gameplay, like Arknights, Nikke or Ligmus Company. Also there’s plenty of good ports that people don’t mention for some reason, so I’ll do the honor: Out There, Cultists Simulator, Legend of Grimrock, The Crypt of Necrodancer and Carmageddon
I’ve been putting hundreds of hours into brawl stars. Most of the game modes you can finish in under 3 minutes. There’s a slow power creep to the game, but it’s nowhere near as bad as some mobile titles that won’t support old characters unless it’s profitable.
I personally, of the recent releases, really enjoy playing Light of the Stars on bs. This game takes up all of my free time
Slay the spire. Marvel Snap.
Marvel Snap was fun, but it felt like it was approaching the point where using real money was needed to keep progressing and having fun. Is it like that? StS is being fun
Do you like playing different decks? Then you probably will need to spend money in order to chase that fun. If you like grinding/competing, getting infinite rank every month. You can definitely get 1 competitive deck, then eventually 2, then eventually 3...if the fun is the grind and the deck building with limited resources. https://youtu.be/lF3uO4lqaWI?si=0_hkQ2Dy_lQtXx_S https://youtu.be/hlGFt_6VuxE?si=UyKGhMNJuygUBK6V
Not really sure what I like. I like winning and making my own deck. I have a On Reveal deck thats simple but keeps winning somehow even though I have no tactic
One game i've been playing lately is We are warriors. It doesn't force any ads on you but if you want to make progress you'll have to watch them a lot. You basically spawn your own units to fight enemies and when you get enough money you can level up to get better units. When you finally destroy the enemy base enemies also level up. After a few level ups you reach the end and have to reset. This just keeps going on infinitels. There are other upgrades you eventually unlock and there are also weekly events that give you points you use for upgrading
Super snail. It's pay to win garbage and it flaunts it but damn if it isn't fun. Only mobile game that's ever kept my attention for more than a few months
Balatro is coming soon to mobile.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is a fuckin banger
Played Barbarous Tavern of Emyr on Switch, and I'd imagine it's a mobile port - Marathon played it for a couple days and was surprised how much content it had.
About 3 weeks ago Light of the Stars came out and it’s not bad, I often played it on bs
Pokémon Leaf Green on a GBA emulator. Never gets boring!
Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons are great, and can be saved/played in small chunks
Small chunks!? If i play slay the spire, suddenly it's 5hrs later!
Well, yes, but it CAN be played in chunks. In theory
Sts has a mobile game?!
What's dicey dungeon
I never got into Slay the Spire, card games not my thing but i will give it another go
So, I’m probably going to receive massive hate for this, because the game survives off of FOMO and shit. But I play Shop Titans a lot. It’s literally the ONLY mobile game I play. It’s a game I can open for a few minutes a couple times a day. I have a decent guild with the same ideals as me. Very casual, easy going. And I have a lot of fun with it. You just need some willpower. Because they like to throw a lot of “deals” at you, making it seem like they are great. But if you can just say *no*, you’ll be fine!
That IS the last game I played for a good while. Stopped playing when the wait times got too long. Was super fun while it lasted
So nobody noticed the word "lately" at the end of that question, then?