When I read about gaming on Android phones (the “native” kind, not emulation!), the posts and comments usually revolves around big-budget ports, blockbuster mobile releases, and increasingly powerful hardware. Games like Red Dead Redemption, Subnautica, and Tomb Raider are pretty damn clear indications of just how far smartphones have
  • QuadratureSurfer@piefed.socialEnglish
    12·
    15 hours ago

    Definitely some good games out on the F-Droid store. The article goes into details of each of these, but here’s a TL/DR:

    Top 3:

    • Breakout 71
    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon
    • AAAAXY

    Honorable Mentions:

    • SuperTuxKart
    • Unciv
    • Mindustry

    Emulator for others:

    • Lemuroid

    Mention of uncertainty for future of F-Droid due to Google’s upcoming developer verification requirements

  • sbeak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    6·
    14 hours ago

    Simon Tanthem’s Puzzles is also really good, there are so many good puzzles.

    My top 3 for those puzzles would probably be Bridges (connect islands with bridges, each island requires a certain number of bridges), Signpost (find a path following all the arrows), and Inertia (move a ball to collect gems and avoid mines, it moves a bit like an air hockey puck with little friction).

    Note that some of the instructions that involve white / black symbols need to be reversed if you use dark mode, it made it a little confusing for me in certain puzzles. If you are a light mode creature, this issue does not apply to you.

    • sbeak@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      Honourable mention to Untangle (self-explanatory) and Dominosa (find all the unique “dominoes”, pairs of numbers like 1 3, 5 6, etc., in a grid without any repeats). The latter is very difficult, even in the default “easy” mode.

  • Dogiedog64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Dolphin Emulator runs decently on most android phones these days, and that opens up all SORTS of fun options!