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This really upsets me and periodically bums me out. I used to like trawling through the top lists to see the various games that were on mobile. This is back in like 2011-2013. Typically monetization was either a free/premium version split, or an energy system. Now it's beyond 99% garbage with 99% of the last 1% being ports. The 1 of 1? Slice and Dice, that game rocks.
Good mobile game = ports from PC games and emulators
miHoYo games could be so much more if they are PC/Console games instead of mobile.
The only truly mobile game that I can think of that I can say is good is Pokemon GO, and I don't even like it but is the only game that truly uses the uniqueness of the mobile platform as a game feature.
At least there is Stardew Valley.
A year ago or so I would have said Clash Royale. But now... nah.
You'll find plenty of videos that explain this better than I can, but at this point the devs clearly hate the community, the game is more pay to win than ever, evolutions are completely broken and the devs barely care to balance the game anymore.
It's pretty obvious that right now they just want to squeeze as much money as possible from the game before it completely dies out.
There's an insane number of PC ports. You can play Myst or GTA SA.
On the multiplayer side, genshin is very much your traditional MMO, if you like that. You can also play Eve or Hades star.
In terms of a competitive scene for years we had vainglory (forever in our hearts), and now we have LoL wild rift.
Gotta plug one of my favorite mobile game studios: Afterburn. They only have 3 puzzle games. All are relatively short and 100%-able. Every single one is fun and full of heart. Golf Peaks, Inbento (bought by Crunchyroll), and Railbound.
i remember polytopia used to be good
I have been enjoying Slice and Dice. Roguelikes scratch a certain itch for me.
It's really bizarre how phone gaming's golden age was before the smartphone era, having buttons helped a lot. Later java ME games and symbian everything were very cool, I still listen to the songs of Asphalt 4 to this day.
Don't get me wrong there are cool games too after mihoyo started getting ambitious, but they also ported their games to PC and consoles where it's better to play.
the only good mobile game was MCPE, now it's minecraft bedrock
Back when PUBG first came out, I did not have a powerful PC yet. However, I could enjoy the mobile version of the game and, by the time I built my first PC, I had gained extensive knowledge that equated to a good head start. At its height, PUBG mobile was awesome. Moreover, when with friends, we could all just decide to play it together on our phones, to matter where we were.
If you have android you can run some pc games on it but not everything runs
I think netflix has some half decent games these days, like Storyteller, Gamedev Tycoon and Terra Nil
Among us
I enjoy Magic: the Gathering Arena. And there are a few decent rogue likes
Rocket League side swipes is undisputed best mobile game on the shitter
I can't believe nobody mentioned Vampire Survivors yet? I know it's a port, but it's amazing on mobile.
Some indie mobile games are great (Nameless cat, Zombie catchers (before being aquired by DECA), Simon Tatham's puzzles, foss fdroid games (Simple Solitare), Cookie clicker, etc.
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You can play Half-Life (Xash3d) or Half-Life 2 (native port) on it, that's something.
Or, even use box86 and box64 to run Steam and/or PC games in a Wine environment
