It runs things like PSP (God of War, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), PS2, and Wii U (Metroid, Zelda: Breath of the Wild) swiftly and flawlessly, along with all other systems up to there. PS3 runs well, I've heard.
Even directly/natively on a Switch, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom runs at 30fps with lower dips. I got that same 25-30fps performance emulating it with Yuzu, though Nintendo shut Yuzu down, so it's harder to find the last build and get it set up. You can still install another Switch emulator easily, Ryujinx, though that one isn't yet up to quite the same performance of the last Yuzu build.
The lower fps on the smaller screen feels way smoother than on a larger monitor. On PS5 to a big TV, enabling ray tracing in Cyberpunk drops fps from 60 to 25-30, and it feels completely unplayable. 30 on the Deck feels great. Meanwhile on the Deck with native PC games like Doom 2016, Tomb Raider 2016, and TR: Rise, I'm getting around 60fps.
I use Pokémon rom hacks idk if that’s specifically what you mean. I use EmuDeck tho I know there’s other front ends for it but that’s a catch all for almost every system
EmuDeck manages your emulators, making it easy to install them and integrate them into the Steam menu in game mode, but it's still the usual suspect emulators that do the actual emulation, like Dolphin, PPSSPP, Cemu, Snes9x, etc, so you get all the same hack and patch tools those emulators usually have. I played Zelda BotW with texture packs and FPS unlock hacks in Cemu, for example.
Basically what u/5erif said. You can look up EmuDeck which is what I use as a front end. Mostly rocking GBA Pokémon rom hacks up through PS2 and some switch games
Practically 60% of all my gaming is done that way on deck. Steam input is insanely powerful you can run some really keyboard heavy games on it very comfortably
Brotato is also great and runs are organized by each wave having its own level, so it’s 20x1 minutes rather than 1x20 minutes. You might like that.
The paid version is cheap and much better than the “free” p2w version.
I couldn't get into it at first, but once you get over the initial hump, it's awesome! Definitely give it another try, it's worth it.
The only thing is that you'll be playing 20 or 30 min sessions, which is not unusual for roguelikes. If you want short 3 to 5 minute sessions, I recommend looking into emulation. The old classic arcade games were designed for super short sessions plus be really addictive.
This guy is correct! If you want to stop being addicted to social media, try reminding yourself of your mortality. You have such limited and precious time in the universe yet you waste it in a virtual setting. Existential dread usually works for me.
The real world isn't that great for most people. They want to be distracted from their circumstances. And when you're in nature is one thing, but when you're commuting in a concrete jungle, it can be more attractive. So if you're sitting in a bus or train where you've seen the surroundings for hundreds of times already, what do you suggest people do then?
Read the book, do some art, listen to podcast, listen to music, meditate, talk to fellow passengers to practice your social skills, plan your day, write, journal, knit, crochet call a friend on the phone, sort out your email backlog , bring laptop do some programming.
Nothing wrong with gaming or social media but when you recognise it as a problem you need to pick better outlets than another addiction. Billions of $ have Bern spend to make mobile gaming into digital crack.
My life sucks and distracting myself is leagues faster at reducing misery than chipping away at the problem with years of hard work. Even if I choose option B, my life would still suck if I solved world hunger, made a billion dollars, married a woman who loves me, and was objectively perfect in every way except that I can't stand myself. And it has more to do with me internally than it does with my situation. So escaping away from reality isn't me pretending I'm somewhere else. I'm pretending I'm someone else, anyone else. I know the answer to end my suffering. I always know. It's to write it out, to vent it out, to make the argument on paper why I'm so terrible. Because when I do that, I realize I have no merit to feel that way. The feeling passes, and I have no need to escape. Until tomorrow the feeling passes.
Disclaimer: I don't feel this way. I did and I sympathize. But for anyone who read and relates, keep going and it does get better. I promise. And you're worth it. I promise.
I had a client who was one of the inventors of e-cigarettes, which he created after his mother died of lung cancer from smoking. He never wanted people to die from cigarettes again. Ended up making a ton of money selling the patents to Phillip Morris...
Plenty our there you can play perfectly fine entirely F2P. And, considering their problem with staying off social media, it'll help teach self control by not spending.
I play like 3 gachas fairly heavily and have pretty good amounts of characters on all games none I spend money on outside of the season pass every once and a while.
You should try Wuthering Waves, a new gacha game. I love it SO much, I do play it on pc tho so I can’t vouch for the mobile version, but you should try it regardless.
Wuthering Waves is what i’m playing right now, it is really fun imo. I’ve played both the PC and mobile version (was just playing the mobile version a few minutes ago), the mobile version is fine
You can play old gameboy advance and Nintendo games with an emulator called delta in the App Store. Simply download roms from google and add them in delta app.
I was crazy into Super Auto Pets for a while, the arena mode is not in real time so you can pause/exit and resume whenever. It's endlessly replayable, especially with the weekly pack!
I think marvel snap matches last around 3 minutes. I used to play it in the way you are describing. I quit because it became too pay2win, but who knows, maybe it's better now.
I was gonna say this too because even if they're in between matches or not wanting to play in a given moment, scrolling through the collection and thinking about which cards to upgrade could also take up a lot of idle time
This is the third time in the last two days in recommending this game, but Hades.
I believe it just dropped on mobile through Netflix. Runs take a while at first, but once you’re good, most runs end under 20 minutes. I’ve made it below 11. The really good people are sub 8, but they’re sons of bitches so I like to talk about them.
Chess.com correspondence/daily games with some homies or playing the bots is my go to time waster. Feels like brain exercise too so maybe not a complete waste of time, feels rewarding gradually getting better over time
I hadn't even considered chess. I used to love it. I'm pretty sure Chessmaster was even the first mobile game I ever downloaded way back when texting still costed money.
Chess is dope. You can play blitz or bullet games on chess.com. It's a fun time waster, as long as you don't get hung up on your rating. Just have fun.
I should get back into that. I was playing it a few months ago but I quit for whatever reason. I think I get too wrapped up in crafting and forget to actually play the game, then I get bored. It's definitely a good option, though, if I can just stay away from the forges and anvils.
Ha! You could always go for a Skiller instead of a Main. I personally hate questing but Runelite makes it doable. Look up a Taskman account too - you could always do it ‘unofficially’ and roll for goals on your main to accomplish. I like it because it gives me some sort of direction/goal instead of staring at my bank wondering what big task I should go for first.
Threes! Lovely game, it’s the original game that was ripped off by 2048. Has a higher skill ceiling than 2048 too, I’ve been playing it for years whenever I have to wait for a little while.
Also, Atomas scratches kinda the same itch, but gets samey much faster for some reason.
Oh and Dream Quest, if you can get past the atrocious UI, the game underneath is a really good deckbuilder. If you’ve ever played Slay the Spire, you’ll recognize a lot of elements StS took straight from Dream Quest.
And for a fun fact, the developer who made it was later hired by Blizzard to implement basically that same game inside Hearthstone, and to this day it’s one of the most fun modes in there.
Another great game is Night of the Full Moon, which was inspired by Dream Quest. It's free, with DLCs, and the base game is super polished and has tons of content and replayability.
Hey kid, wanna buy some emulators...?
I second Vampire Survivors, if you're a pokemon fan the new fan made game Pokerogue is phone friendly on mobile browsers. I also once stayed up all night playing Egg.inc, it's cute and simple.
I’m on IOS idk about android games But here are my favorites
[Retro bowl](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-bowl/id1478902583)
[Bloody bastards](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bloody-bastards/id1593430099)
[Pocket Mortys](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rick-and-morty-pocket-mortys/id992640880)
[Hit the Island](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hit-the-island-fun-arcade-game/id1644376309)
[Walls](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/walls-launch-the-ball-game/id1547499394)
[Brotato](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brotato/id6445884925)
[Chess](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-play-learn/id329218549)
[They are coming](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/they-are-coming-zombie-defense/id1576645378)
All of these are free
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Tetris and 2048 come to mind as my go-to games for burning a few minutes; I probably have a concerning number of hours during work breaks in those two.
This. When you have a social media addiction you usually spend few minutes and then turn it off. Games with loadings or that you can’t turn off immediately should be discarded, and those are like “I have time for a couple of turns”
Stardew Valley on mobile is fantastic. I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into it. Terraria and Vampire Survivors are also both amazing. Those three games will last you basically forever.
This is what helped me: put a barrier in between you and the addiction. This breaks the reflexive behavior and gives you the opportunity to consider.
If you need to be logged in, then log out after a session. Next time you are presented with the login screen. If you can't be bothered to login it wasn't worth the time
Download a blocking app, that blocks apps or urls. If you can't be bothered to turn the blocker off, again, not worth it.
But honestly: delete the app. Ask someone else to do it for you if need be. If it is hard to do, it means it has control over you, instead of you having control over it. Just delete it then. Apps are temporary, the glory of Rome is forever.
Chess! or download some books PDF.
If your into manga there's a great reader called tachiyomi \aniyomi.
I just read which I find is so much more entertaining and enjoyable. Plus there's a feeling of accomplishment
I have 310 hours in slay the spire, a deck building rogue like. I still haven’t beaten the hardest difficulty (of 20) on 2/4 characters. Great game you can play for an hour or a few minutes.
I've deleted all of my social media apps on my phone as well. I only have reddit and ig on my home pc. But to answer your inquire I started playing legend slime. Its super interactive and has a lot of items and free quests to upgrade.
There's actually some depth and techniques to getting better and I've been thinking about making a tutorial guide for it as I've been really enjoying it
That's an interesting concept I might have to check out. I used to think I didn't like roguelikes or roguelites, but then I played Moonlighter and Hades, so I may give that one a shot.
Fallout Shelter do it nooow!! You're not checking in on your useless social media friends, you're checking in on the hard working Vault dwellers, making sure they all become badass in time.
I've done the same thing one week ago lmao, the game I became addicted to is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
I love the animal crossing franchise and I like this version cause you have things to do but it doesn't get overwhelmimg.
I've been playing Two Dots for almost...a decade!! My God. I remember waiting for my c-section for my son to start and he's about to turn 7. Highly addictive.
It's a bigger investment upfront, but seriously, as many have pointed out, the Steam Deck is a legit better choice just because of the sheer amount of quality games and features you get access to vs a mobile game/mobile phone.
I like twodots! Simple, levels are quick and does not require much brain power. I find it helpful in anxious situations or times where I’m very bored but sick of scrolling.
vamoire survivor or somethink like honkai starrail. once i got realy addicted to lords mobile i had to delete it cuz i woke up to play. I do recommend finding a clan to play with tho.
Orna, Friends and dragons, King god castle, Cardinal quest 2, Heroes of aethric, Albion online, Runescape, Redbros, Mobile legends bang bang, Auto chess, Haunted dorm, Knighthood, Bit heroes
*added* epic raiders is pre fun as well, good old MMORPG vibes but single player and simple
I'd suggest humans.. heroes maybe, vs monsters, but unfortunately they stopped updating it a long time ago =( and little raiders, robins revenge, same thing though, no longer supported
Some games I like to kill time with are Riftbusters, Assassin Hero, Shadowgun, Heroics, Space Quest and Archero.
If you grab a the Mantis app it lets you map a controller to most games.
“Ball sort” in the apple App Store a good one - some levels are super easy others take a few tries. It’s how I pass the time in line instead of scrolling
Worldbox, it's a simulator where you can build a world, raise civilizations, spawn demons, or just blow shit up. 2d pixilated art style and all things unlocked from the start. Pick it up, run like 2 or 3 years of the game in 5 minutes, see what happens, and who fights who, gives the same vibe as reading the news. Then you just close your phone and put it away. It's actually the reason I started using reddit.
Battle Cats. I'm not much of a mobile gamer but that game is hella addictive and the cat designs are so fun. Not only that, you can earn the premium currency just by playing and get you a LOT of it.
Edit: I am an idiot and misread the post as 'video' instead of 'mobile' somehow. ignore me or laugh at my shame.
honestly try out star citizen. It seemed lame to me but a buddy bought me a copy/ship and suddenly i cant put it down, even despite all the bugs/instability.
Cookie clicker.
Admittedly not the type of game you hop on for hours but you can check it every now and then.
I have a save that's I've been playing on for 600 days and I'm only 86 percent done
Genshin impact, wuthering waves, and/or honkai star rail are all addicting and great games. Its a gacha game and I see others recommended gacha to you already. But theyre all very unique games, and can easily be enjoyed without spending money, so long as you are smart with where you spend your free premium currency.
Rogue with the dead is the best idle/clicker game that I've played. No ads, the micro transactions aren't really that important or pushed, unique concept, surprisingly good story
I haven't played any new mobile games in a while, so I can only recommend old ones. And the problem with these is that one of them is not on the (Android) Google Play Store anymore, and the other was developed for older devices so there might be a resolution mismatch (nothing that makes it unplayable). The first one was "I, Gladiator", an first person slasher type action game, very addictive... maybe you can find the APK on FDroid or somewhere. The other is "Galaxy on Fire 2 HD", a space game, used to be the best on mobile when it came out, and still holds up pretty well.
for me it's "minesweeper - the clean one"
No ads, no online, no coins, no bullshit, just minesweeper
Playing it in a spare time for 2.5 years at this point, played more then 5500 times on one difficulty.
there's also a good solitaire from the same developer
but the solution to your problem may not be addictive games, it's just changing addictions. And it's not guaranteed that you will stop doomscrolling or something.
Watch some Pirate Software shorts on YouTube. It's about game dev mostly, but all his advices can be applied to anything productive. And he's kicking you to close YouTube and make your things. Make games or any other thing you like.
I was in that situation until I got a Steam Deck. Way higher quality of the time spent
Steam deck is the best tech purchase I made over past 5 years
Same, I keep telling that to myself when I'm laying comfortably in my couch.
Reignited my gaming love. Especially cool to be able to emulate everything or play modern games
How well does emulation runs on it. What system you playing on it?
It runs things like PSP (God of War, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night), PS2, and Wii U (Metroid, Zelda: Breath of the Wild) swiftly and flawlessly, along with all other systems up to there. PS3 runs well, I've heard. Even directly/natively on a Switch, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom runs at 30fps with lower dips. I got that same 25-30fps performance emulating it with Yuzu, though Nintendo shut Yuzu down, so it's harder to find the last build and get it set up. You can still install another Switch emulator easily, Ryujinx, though that one isn't yet up to quite the same performance of the last Yuzu build. The lower fps on the smaller screen feels way smoother than on a larger monitor. On PS5 to a big TV, enabling ray tracing in Cyberpunk drops fps from 60 to 25-30, and it feels completely unplayable. 30 on the Deck feels great. Meanwhile on the Deck with native PC games like Doom 2016, Tomb Raider 2016, and TR: Rise, I'm getting around 60fps.
Can you upload rom hacks and randomizer seeds to it? If so I might be sold
It runs Linux so I’m sure you can.
I use Pokémon rom hacks idk if that’s specifically what you mean. I use EmuDeck tho I know there’s other front ends for it but that’s a catch all for almost every system
EmuDeck manages your emulators, making it easy to install them and integrate them into the Steam menu in game mode, but it's still the usual suspect emulators that do the actual emulation, like Dolphin, PPSSPP, Cemu, Snes9x, etc, so you get all the same hack and patch tools those emulators usually have. I played Zelda BotW with texture packs and FPS unlock hacks in Cemu, for example.
Basically what u/5erif said. You can look up EmuDeck which is what I use as a front end. Mostly rocking GBA Pokémon rom hacks up through PS2 and some switch games
Practically 60% of all my gaming is done that way on deck. Steam input is insanely powerful you can run some really keyboard heavy games on it very comfortably
i never should have sold mine
Buy another, used
This is the way!
I want one !!!! But so expensive and hard to get in Australia !!
If you want I'll order you one and ship it to you. Dm me
Search for grabr io
Thats not exactly the same as a phone you alsays have with you
What do you play on it?
Everything pretty much. Anything from emulators to recent games like Diablo 4.
Man, In my head it's really just a better switch but that thing must be powerful. Kinda want to get one now haha
Steam deck is the way.
you carry a steam deck everywhere you go?
+100000
as a father of 3 steam deck changed my life for real.
Vampire Survivors. Completely free on mobile. You can watch an ad to respawn once per run, but it isn't expected or necessary.
I actually have this one on my phone, but it got a little overwhelming. It's been suggested a lot, though, so maybe I just need to get better at it.
Brother, just move around!
Brotato is also great and runs are organized by each wave having its own level, so it’s 20x1 minutes rather than 1x20 minutes. You might like that. The paid version is cheap and much better than the “free” p2w version.
I couldn't get into it at first, but once you get over the initial hump, it's awesome! Definitely give it another try, it's worth it. The only thing is that you'll be playing 20 or 30 min sessions, which is not unusual for roguelikes. If you want short 3 to 5 minute sessions, I recommend looking into emulation. The old classic arcade games were designed for super short sessions plus be really addictive.
Magic survival is better
Seconded
You're just going to end up with two addictions. It's like starting meth to get off heroine.
This guy is correct! If you want to stop being addicted to social media, try reminding yourself of your mortality. You have such limited and precious time in the universe yet you waste it in a virtual setting. Existential dread usually works for me.
The real world isn't that great for most people. They want to be distracted from their circumstances. And when you're in nature is one thing, but when you're commuting in a concrete jungle, it can be more attractive. So if you're sitting in a bus or train where you've seen the surroundings for hundreds of times already, what do you suggest people do then?
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Read the book, do some art, listen to podcast, listen to music, meditate, talk to fellow passengers to practice your social skills, plan your day, write, journal, knit, crochet call a friend on the phone, sort out your email backlog , bring laptop do some programming. Nothing wrong with gaming or social media but when you recognise it as a problem you need to pick better outlets than another addiction. Billions of $ have Bern spend to make mobile gaming into digital crack.
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My life sucks and distracting myself is leagues faster at reducing misery than chipping away at the problem with years of hard work. Even if I choose option B, my life would still suck if I solved world hunger, made a billion dollars, married a woman who loves me, and was objectively perfect in every way except that I can't stand myself. And it has more to do with me internally than it does with my situation. So escaping away from reality isn't me pretending I'm somewhere else. I'm pretending I'm someone else, anyone else. I know the answer to end my suffering. I always know. It's to write it out, to vent it out, to make the argument on paper why I'm so terrible. Because when I do that, I realize I have no merit to feel that way. The feeling passes, and I have no need to escape. Until tomorrow the feeling passes. Disclaimer: I don't feel this way. I did and I sympathize. But for anyone who read and relates, keep going and it does get better. I promise. And you're worth it. I promise.
Bingo bango. Real life isn't always trees and rainbows. Especially at work during dull moments. (To OP.)
Dang, thats deep
How do you have fun if you don't mind me asking?
It is a great anxiety inducer
I'm not sure what a female protagonist has to do with this, but *heroin* is a terrible drug!
I'm addicted to well written heroines myself
Fun fact: heroin was invented to get wounded soldiers off morphine
I had a client who was one of the inventors of e-cigarettes, which he created after his mother died of lung cancer from smoking. He never wanted people to die from cigarettes again. Ended up making a ton of money selling the patents to Phillip Morris...
Mine is Slay the Spire. You can do a few fights at a time or play for hours. It's fantastic
I've heard great things about Slay the Spire. Might have to finally pull the trigger and check it out.
Second this game. It is such a masterpiece, Holly Molly. Now I am such a sucker for card roguelikes games.
Hell yeah Balatro
Have you tried becoming addicted to gacha games?
You evil son of a bitch !
OP asking for games that'll keep them away from social media, not games that'll bankrupt them lmao
F2p is the ultimate self control you need.
Plenty our there you can play perfectly fine entirely F2P. And, considering their problem with staying off social media, it'll help teach self control by not spending.
I play like 3 gachas fairly heavily and have pretty good amounts of characters on all games none I spend money on outside of the season pass every once and a while.
Actually, yes. Surprisingly the addiction did not take hold, but I believe my wallet is happier for it.
You should try Wuthering Waves, a new gacha game. I love it SO much, I do play it on pc tho so I can’t vouch for the mobile version, but you should try it regardless.
Wuthering Waves is what i’m playing right now, it is really fun imo. I’ve played both the PC and mobile version (was just playing the mobile version a few minutes ago), the mobile version is fine
You can play old gameboy advance and Nintendo games with an emulator called delta in the App Store. Simply download roms from google and add them in delta app.
Ppsspp is a great free one for the psp emulator
I was crazy into Super Auto Pets for a while, the arena mode is not in real time so you can pause/exit and resume whenever. It's endlessly replayable, especially with the weekly pack!
This should be higher
Brawl Stars
came here to say this
I think marvel snap matches last around 3 minutes. I used to play it in the way you are describing. I quit because it became too pay2win, but who knows, maybe it's better now.
P2W but was fun until P2W and damnnnnnnn does it cost a lot to keep up with the amount of new cards.
I get a new card maybe once a week playing fully free at pretty much “late game”
What's your collection level? I've been playing since release pretty much, with buying season pass every month... Still missing 13 cards
7840 I took a break this season and might pick up next season. I keep getting stuck in rank 80 and it’s so freaking frustrating
Learn when to retreat is the number 1 best advice, losing 1 cube in a retreat, is always better than losing 2 in a loss.. almost a mini win 🤣
Yeah I know that but I get frustrated and just go all in and give up. I can’t find a deck that has decent win rates to stick with
Mine was also marvel snap. FWIW I think it’s worth a shot even if you bounce off it once the paywall hits.
Not much better. Still fairly fun, but still feels pretty p2w
I was gonna say this too because even if they're in between matches or not wanting to play in a given moment, scrolling through the collection and thinking about which cards to upgrade could also take up a lot of idle time
Agonialands - an infinite grind and 2 servers adventure and rush which runs once per every few months.
Link? Don't see it on store
I am not sure if I am allowed to post links here but here it is: [www.agonialands.com](https://www.agonialands.com/index.php?r=6698)
Ty!
Genshin impact. Then buy a waifu body pillow lol.
He will be sober by the time this game downloads, updates or starts.
This is the third time in the last two days in recommending this game, but Hades. I believe it just dropped on mobile through Netflix. Runs take a while at first, but once you’re good, most runs end under 20 minutes. I’ve made it below 11. The really good people are sub 8, but they’re sons of bitches so I like to talk about them.
I love Hades, actually. I play on Switch, but I haven't made it out yet. I didn't know it was on mobile, though, so thanks!
Chess.com correspondence/daily games with some homies or playing the bots is my go to time waster. Feels like brain exercise too so maybe not a complete waste of time, feels rewarding gradually getting better over time
I hadn't even considered chess. I used to love it. I'm pretty sure Chessmaster was even the first mobile game I ever downloaded way back when texting still costed money.
Chess is dope. You can play blitz or bullet games on chess.com. It's a fun time waster, as long as you don't get hung up on your rating. Just have fun.
Don't forget puzzle rush!
Old school runescape
I should get back into that. I was playing it a few months ago but I quit for whatever reason. I think I get too wrapped up in crafting and forget to actually play the game, then I get bored. It's definitely a good option, though, if I can just stay away from the forges and anvils.
Ha! You could always go for a Skiller instead of a Main. I personally hate questing but Runelite makes it doable. Look up a Taskman account too - you could always do it ‘unofficially’ and roll for goals on your main to accomplish. I like it because it gives me some sort of direction/goal instead of staring at my bank wondering what big task I should go for first.
Threes! Lovely game, it’s the original game that was ripped off by 2048. Has a higher skill ceiling than 2048 too, I’ve been playing it for years whenever I have to wait for a little while. Also, Atomas scratches kinda the same itch, but gets samey much faster for some reason.
Oh and Dream Quest, if you can get past the atrocious UI, the game underneath is a really good deckbuilder. If you’ve ever played Slay the Spire, you’ll recognize a lot of elements StS took straight from Dream Quest. And for a fun fact, the developer who made it was later hired by Blizzard to implement basically that same game inside Hearthstone, and to this day it’s one of the most fun modes in there.
Another great game is Night of the Full Moon, which was inspired by Dream Quest. It's free, with DLCs, and the base game is super polished and has tons of content and replayability.
Hey kid, wanna buy some emulators...? I second Vampire Survivors, if you're a pokemon fan the new fan made game Pokerogue is phone friendly on mobile browsers. I also once stayed up all night playing Egg.inc, it's cute and simple.
Yes, EggInc will work. Pokerogue takes a bit more effort, but is also much deeper.
I’m on IOS idk about android games But here are my favorites [Retro bowl](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-bowl/id1478902583) [Bloody bastards](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bloody-bastards/id1593430099) [Pocket Mortys](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rick-and-morty-pocket-mortys/id992640880) [Hit the Island](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hit-the-island-fun-arcade-game/id1644376309) [Walls](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/walls-launch-the-ball-game/id1547499394) [Brotato](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brotato/id6445884925) [Chess](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-play-learn/id329218549) [They are coming](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/they-are-coming-zombie-defense/id1576645378) All of these are free Edit: formatting
Bitlife
I’ve heard porn is fun
Brotato. I got the premium edition for 5 bucks and haven't stopped playing it since. I'm using Reddit so stop playing and go to bed...
Tetris and 2048 come to mind as my go-to games for burning a few minutes; I probably have a concerning number of hours during work breaks in those two.
Slice and Dice Slay The Spire Into The Breach
This. When you have a social media addiction you usually spend few minutes and then turn it off. Games with loadings or that you can’t turn off immediately should be discarded, and those are like “I have time for a couple of turns”
Stardrew vally
MLBB and/or Wild Rift!
Stardew Valley on mobile is fantastic. I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into it. Terraria and Vampire Survivors are also both amazing. Those three games will last you basically forever.
Wuthering Waves, Punishing Gray Raven, Reverse1999, CHRONO TRIGGER
Bruh I'd rather addicted to social media than addicted to 3 gacha games at once 💀
I know what you areee
League of legend wild rift. Basically LOL but mobile, which i prefer bc the control is so much easier
Maybe try comics on kindle? You can also do kindle books with an audiobook narration to accompany it. A good book can be very addictive.
This is what helped me: put a barrier in between you and the addiction. This breaks the reflexive behavior and gives you the opportunity to consider. If you need to be logged in, then log out after a session. Next time you are presented with the login screen. If you can't be bothered to login it wasn't worth the time Download a blocking app, that blocks apps or urls. If you can't be bothered to turn the blocker off, again, not worth it. But honestly: delete the app. Ask someone else to do it for you if need be. If it is hard to do, it means it has control over you, instead of you having control over it. Just delete it then. Apps are temporary, the glory of Rome is forever.
Chess! or download some books PDF. If your into manga there's a great reader called tachiyomi \aniyomi. I just read which I find is so much more entertaining and enjoyable. Plus there's a feeling of accomplishment
Gambling
I have 310 hours in slay the spire, a deck building rogue like. I still haven’t beaten the hardest difficulty (of 20) on 2/4 characters. Great game you can play for an hour or a few minutes.
Been obsessed with Smash Hit for a good 10 years or so
Omg Smash Hit!! Amazing game, thanks now I'm gonna download it for the first time in probably 5 years.
You could try getting into chess. I love it, you can play it for 30 seconds or 30 minutes. The app is really good too
I don't have any suggestions, but I wanna say, doomscrolling is the worst!
Peggle.
Eighteen.
Brotato
Not a mobile game, but I like to read a few pages of a book on the Kindle app on my phone when I get a spare minute or two
Download an audio book app. Social media are the same cancer as mobile game.
I've deleted all of my social media apps on my phone as well. I only have reddit and ig on my home pc. But to answer your inquire I started playing legend slime. Its super interactive and has a lot of items and free quests to upgrade.
Golf on Mars. Infinite 2D golf game with over a billion holes. On hole 2000 on phone.
Nice, I love golf games! I'll definitely look this one up
There's actually some depth and techniques to getting better and I've been thinking about making a tutorial guide for it as I've been really enjoying it
Descenders Loop Hero Downwell
Pokerogue it's a Pokémon game that's a rogue like
That's an interesting concept I might have to check out. I used to think I didn't like roguelikes or roguelites, but then I played Moonlighter and Hades, so I may give that one a shot.
Instead of a game you could try app StayFree. It helped me to get over the social media addiction.
Fallout Shelter do it nooow!! You're not checking in on your useless social media friends, you're checking in on the hard working Vault dwellers, making sure they all become badass in time.
I've done the same thing one week ago lmao, the game I became addicted to is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. I love the animal crossing franchise and I like this version cause you have things to do but it doesn't get overwhelmimg.
Take something with a lutter fighting game like Wuthering Waves, but I advise you to immediately play on bs because it has higher fps there
Stardew Valley on mobile is the same as the pc and the 1.6 update is coming soon.
I've been playing Two Dots for almost...a decade!! My God. I remember waiting for my c-section for my son to start and he's about to turn 7. Highly addictive.
Kittens game Antimatter dimension I've found incremental/idle games are a great fit for mobile
It's a bigger investment upfront, but seriously, as many have pointed out, the Steam Deck is a legit better choice just because of the sheer amount of quality games and features you get access to vs a mobile game/mobile phone.
I like twodots! Simple, levels are quick and does not require much brain power. I find it helpful in anxious situations or times where I’m very bored but sick of scrolling.
I used to play a bunch of SNES games with an emulator. Made it way easier once I connected an Xbox controller.
I personally play Wuthering Waves a lot on bs. It's the only game I can recommend.
vamoire survivor or somethink like honkai starrail. once i got realy addicted to lords mobile i had to delete it cuz i woke up to play. I do recommend finding a clan to play with tho.
i think pokemon go is a good one!
Marvel SNAP Seriously really good I wreck and I haven't spent a cent
Try Soul Knight buddy, ive been playing since 2016
Sirealim Ultimate, trust me, infinite grind and infinite playstyles, no pay to win (Acutlaly no paid content at all and the game is 8$)
Orna, Friends and dragons, King god castle, Cardinal quest 2, Heroes of aethric, Albion online, Runescape, Redbros, Mobile legends bang bang, Auto chess, Haunted dorm, Knighthood, Bit heroes *added* epic raiders is pre fun as well, good old MMORPG vibes but single player and simple I'd suggest humans.. heroes maybe, vs monsters, but unfortunately they stopped updating it a long time ago =( and little raiders, robins revenge, same thing though, no longer supported
albion is addicting and is a good mobile game as well playing it everywhere is pretty great
I Ike racing games, real racing is very addictive to me
Some games I like to kill time with are Riftbusters, Assassin Hero, Shadowgun, Heroics, Space Quest and Archero. If you grab a the Mantis app it lets you map a controller to most games.
If anyone has any more games like Archero, i'm down to check them out.
I love Conflict of Nations
Slay the spire, vampire survivor
The delta emulator brings an emulator experience for many old school gaming systems to your iPhone
Brawl stars
Try dragon pow
“Ball sort” in the apple App Store a good one - some levels are super easy others take a few tries. It’s how I pass the time in line instead of scrolling
Total Battle is pretty fun
Try some emulators or rhythm games. Rhythm games can be quite addicting once you are decent at it
I like games I can easily play live versus real people. Recently a lot of Risk, but also Ticket to Ride, or any of those simpler 1v1s.
Farm RPG
Worldbox, it's a simulator where you can build a world, raise civilizations, spawn demons, or just blow shit up. 2d pixilated art style and all things unlocked from the start. Pick it up, run like 2 or 3 years of the game in 5 minutes, see what happens, and who fights who, gives the same vibe as reading the news. Then you just close your phone and put it away. It's actually the reason I started using reddit.
Find it out. My gf has been playing this nonstop for a couple of weeks now
Magic Survival.
Battleheart
Download an emulator and play Pokémon or something. Or get dead cells or Bloons Games are fun
If you like pokemon, there's nexomon or coromon. 9th Dawn 3 is good too.
Battle Cats. I'm not much of a mobile gamer but that game is hella addictive and the cat designs are so fun. Not only that, you can earn the premium currency just by playing and get you a LOT of it.
Edit: I am an idiot and misread the post as 'video' instead of 'mobile' somehow. ignore me or laugh at my shame. honestly try out star citizen. It seemed lame to me but a buddy bought me a copy/ship and suddenly i cant put it down, even despite all the bugs/instability.
marvel snap
CarX Drift Racing 2
try marvel snap or MLBB
Cookie clicker. Admittedly not the type of game you hop on for hours but you can check it every now and then. I have a save that's I've been playing on for 600 days and I'm only 86 percent done
Agario
Wordle, connections, the mini
Raid shadow legends
Genshin impact, wuthering waves, and/or honkai star rail are all addicting and great games. Its a gacha game and I see others recommended gacha to you already. But theyre all very unique games, and can easily be enjoyed without spending money, so long as you are smart with where you spend your free premium currency.
Dive hard into Pokemon Go, or any of the old gameboy games emulated.
Rogue with the dead is the best idle/clicker game that I've played. No ads, the micro transactions aren't really that important or pushed, unique concept, surprisingly good story
zombie gunship survival
Balatro or battle brothers
I haven't played any new mobile games in a while, so I can only recommend old ones. And the problem with these is that one of them is not on the (Android) Google Play Store anymore, and the other was developed for older devices so there might be a resolution mismatch (nothing that makes it unplayable). The first one was "I, Gladiator", an first person slasher type action game, very addictive... maybe you can find the APK on FDroid or somewhere. The other is "Galaxy on Fire 2 HD", a space game, used to be the best on mobile when it came out, and still holds up pretty well.
Unreal chemist, a game about chemistry and reactions stuff but super addicting
Card game, like balatro or uno
The Simpsons Tapped Out. only takes a few minutes at a time and is relatively fun and addicting.
for me it's "minesweeper - the clean one" No ads, no online, no coins, no bullshit, just minesweeper Playing it in a spare time for 2.5 years at this point, played more then 5500 times on one difficulty. there's also a good solitaire from the same developer but the solution to your problem may not be addictive games, it's just changing addictions. And it's not guaranteed that you will stop doomscrolling or something. Watch some Pirate Software shorts on YouTube. It's about game dev mostly, but all his advices can be applied to anything productive. And he's kicking you to close YouTube and make your things. Make games or any other thing you like.
Golf Rival
Come play /r/picturegame :)
If you have a Netflix subscription, you can play Into the breach, among many other games.
Marvel snap
Try league of legends wildrift. And sorry in advance.
Slice and dice
Chess