I think like 98% of mobile games are pretty much trash, but there are some diamonds in the rough.
In the past I’ve enjoyed:
- Monument Valley
- 2048
- Fruit Merge
- Hashi
- Papers Please
- Baba is You
- Balatro
I’m getting bored of my usual picks lately. I’m looking for something that’s quick to jump in and out to pass the time, not something heavy. But hard puzzles or strategy totally fit!
Is the FF Tactics port good? Better alternatives?
Not exactly fresh meat but if you want some old school proper mobile gaming experience, before it got enshittified…
Galaxy On Fire.
The first game sadly never got the HD treatment but it is still playable - that is if you can find an Android device that can still run 32bit apps, or a patched APK.
The second game got an HD release but didn’t get the “big screen” treatment, at least on iOS. But at least the game is available from the App and Play Stores.
The third game sadly got its servers pulled in 2020, though I have heard about modded APKs floating around that can work without the servers… but to be honest that game was quite the let-down compared to previous instances.
The developers of these games went on to work on CHORVS and Everspace 2, but to me neither game gave back that OG GoF feeling.