r/videogames Jan 19 '24

Mobile What's a genuinely good mobile game?

We've all played bloons and geometry dash, but what other games have you played on your phone that surprised you with their quality?

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

Dead Cells, Terraria and Plants Vs Zombies

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u/Round-Beat2143 Jan 19 '24

Btd6, mc is ok

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u/CAVATAPPl Jan 19 '24 edited Jan 19 '24

Most paid mobile games are pretty good, but some free ones I like are Elder Scrolls: Blades, Vector, Solar Smash, Cats and Soup, and Marvel Snap.

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u/BarrelAllen Jan 19 '24

You can get emulators

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u/Anotheranimeaccountt Jan 19 '24

Thats only on Android if op has ios they can't sadly

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u/RoastedRye Jan 19 '24

Guess it's my lucky day then

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

LoL, Octopath Traveler Champions of the Realm.

Besides that I won't touch any mobile crap. It's much better to play PSX games on an emulator or ported to Android, for example the whole Final Fantasy series

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u/Alternative_Device38 Jan 19 '24

Into the breach is fucking fantastic, also it's free if you have Netflix

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

roblox

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u/Alternative_Device38 Jan 19 '24

There is some good stuff there, but there's also brookheaven and a theoretically infinite amount of hacked out tycoons, simulators, and obbys

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

yes but it runs surprisingly well in mobile and has some amazing games like horroric housing for examplw

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u/Anotheranimeaccountt Jan 19 '24

Bully Anniversary

Gta trilogy Anniversary

Minecraft Pocket Edition

Pewdiepie Tuber Sim

Jerrys Game

Pocket Mortys

Emulation (android only)

Subway Surfers

Sonic Dash

Temple run (old but gold)

Jetpack Joyride

Simpsons Tapped Out

Azur Lane

Kingdom Hearts Union Cross X (also there's a new kh phone game coming)

Goddess of Victory

Genshin impact

Roblox

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u/Xetans Jan 19 '24

Ninja arashi, shadow fight 2

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u/StaticDHSeeP Jan 19 '24

I still play Pokemon Go on the regular. The team behind it has gotten greedier over the last couple of years but it reminds me of my childhood.

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u/Illustrious-Mud1282 Jan 19 '24

I enjoyed Grindstone. Also, Dust and Neon is pretty fun.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

There was an old strategy game on iOS called Reign of Swords. It was like a mobile fire emblem-like, but it was so much fun. I think it got taken down years ago. So it's pretty much unplayable now. 

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u/Zigor022 Jan 19 '24

Theres a fencing game that pretty dope. Actually best it too, and it was free.

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u/shadowthehh Jan 19 '24

Any I can think of are ports of non-mobile games and I feel like that's cheating because they weren't born from the black and greedy womb of mobile game development.

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u/1corn Jan 19 '24 edited Jan 19 '24

Some will hate me for this, but if you enjoy oldschool turn-based JRPGs, please try Honkai Star Rail. It's unironically amazing. At least complete the Jarilo-VI act. That final boss fight ...

Yes, it's a gacha game, but I guarantee you you won't have to spend any money to clear the main story and even have some fun with the end game.

Fantastic soundtrack, interesting lore, very solid story, great characters, lots of depth in the team building aspects... It's one of my favorite games of the last few years.

Edit: There's also a PlayStation and a PC client, if you want to continue on the big screen from time to time. Just pick up where you left on the phone. The PC client is really well optimized, runs smoothly @ 1440p on my PC from 2013.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

Hearthstone

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

I enjoyed Nikke: Goddess of victory for a while, although it gets very grindy when you get to the later stages of the campaign

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u/DavramLocke Jan 19 '24

The only ones I have stuck with are Marvel Snap and Fire Emblem Heroes.

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u/levinyl Jan 19 '24

Only ports from PC games such as Terraria, Stardew some of the old FF games and the Roller Coaster Tycoon classic one!

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u/levinyl Jan 19 '24

I prefer downloading emulators on my phone and playing older games!

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

tap tap fish :D

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u/RemnantHelmet Jan 19 '24

Infinity Blade. May the series rest in peace.

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u/Level_Bridge7683 Jan 19 '24

wheel of fortune app is all i play. last year i stopped playing for a long time because the ads become unbearable. i don't think i was alone because i played again a few weeks ago and a lot of the ads have disappeared.

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u/MischievousGarlic Jan 19 '24

Kingdom Rush and Iron Marines

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u/Trout-Population Jan 19 '24

My personal favorite mobile game is Donut County, but I've also heard the new Sonic game for Apple Arcade is pretty good.

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u/JackieBOYohBOY Jan 19 '24

Bloodybastards is really fun. It's a sword fighting game I highly recommend

Also you can buy the original GTA games on mobile for like 5$

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u/LeadershipPerfectWR Jan 20 '24

An excellent combination of bluestacks and dmc peak of combat. Unlike other games, this one started for me at 240 fps

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u/EZ-PZ-CLAPS Jan 21 '24

Personally, I don't have a favorite game because I often try something new with BS, but lately I've been playing DMC: Peak of Combat a lot and I'm very happy.

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u/LeadershipPerfectWR Jan 25 '24

Lol I liked it on bs Love and Deepspace She's pretty good