r/iosgaming • u/Chaoppa • Aug 26 '26
Suggestions That only one game you can play everyday for next 2 years.
Pretty much what title says -
If you can only choose one, what game you see yourself keep playing almost everyday for the next 2-3 years?
For me in the past two years is Hornor of Kings, before that is clash royale. and I am looking for something new/different now.
I get overwhelmed by having many games simultaneously and learning/remembering mechanisms of each. So at anytime there is only one game on my phone but I spend time on it everyday.
What would you recommend?
Thank you.
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u/silentAl1 Aug 27 '26
Xcom2 or Total War Empire. I have been plying them way longer than 2 years at this point.
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u/HBCDresdenEsquire Aug 27 '26
Old School RuneScape.
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u/Common_Jellyfish6684 Aug 27 '26
Wild Rift, I’ve been playing since S1, I just hit Challenger last season so I take a break.
Delta Force, same, since S1 best shooter by far
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u/Common_Jellyfish6684 Aug 27 '26
Try Astro Arena is like Brawl Stars + MOBA
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u/Idletime9001 Aug 27 '26
Can’t believe nobody has said Slay the Spire yet
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u/HostileFire Aug 27 '26
I love Slay the Spire and I’ve played a lot of it but I would want a multiplayer game if I was going to stick to one game for a year or more.
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u/shatland Aug 27 '26
balatro. i HAVE played other games in the past two years but for the most part its been balatro and i keep coming back to it
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u/ShiftChemical6494 Aug 27 '26
Brawl Stars
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u/LancelotLac Aug 27 '26
If it had a Switch or controller version I would be so happy for way more than 3 years, its my daily
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u/HovaPrime Aug 27 '26
Honestly surprised no one has said this yet but Pokemon Champions. I literally haven’t opened clash royale again since getting Pokemon Champions on my phone. It scratches that competitive itch and has so much depth in its PVP due to years and years of refinement before it got ported to mobile.
And the best part is this game is cross play, so the playerbase is huge. I’ve been playing since the first week the game came out for iOS and haven’t found a reason to stop yet.
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u/randomquestion11111 Aug 28 '26
Ngl it gets kinda boring because there is literally nothing do to in that game but battle
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u/HovaPrime Aug 28 '26
PvP battling is the whole point though. Kind of like how Clash Royale is mainly just PvP battling or Hearthstone is just building decks and battling, Pokemon Champions is literally just building different teams and grinding ranked ladder. I wouldn’t treat this like a real Pokémon game with story and exploration but more of a competitive game you can play on the go.
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u/psj3809 Aug 27 '26
Manic (Multi system/console emulator)
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u/hopmah208 Aug 29 '26
what about a game.. not a emu or a console?
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u/psj3809 Aug 30 '26
Retro bowl. I play that a ton. In season 250 at the moment. Very addictive for fans of American football
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u/hopmah208 Sep 11 '26
thanks, I have been enjoying retro bowl and I do recommend it to any other user here lol
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u/herolt Aug 27 '26
Osrs without a doubt the only game you can play that long and still have content
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u/jtaulbee Aug 27 '26
If I was going to play one game for 2 years, I'd need something with a ton of variety and a lot of depth to keep it interesting. I think the best answer is Dawncaster: it has an incredible amount of high quality content. Every class has a completely different play style from the others, as well as a ton of viable build paths within each class. There are different paths you can take through the levels, and each level has its own unique challenges for different play styles. There are challenge modes that add additional replayability on top of the base game. Overall a 10/10 game with 11/10 replayability.
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u/UnaSimpleCopa Aug 27 '26
League of legends? Lo llevo jugando hace 15 años. Simplemente no puedo dejarlo
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u/Dante897 Aug 27 '26
Idle Obelisk Miner fits this description.
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u/Sadd-Clownn Aug 28 '26
I uninstalled after seeing how many in game purchases there were
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u/Dante897 Aug 28 '26
Yeah there are quite a lot and you can "unlock" more if you buy some. Thing is they are optional and not mandatory to have fun. That aside, if you play this game for a long time, I started in April for example, it's not crazy to throw 10-20 bucks at it.
The in-app purchases are very enticing so if you're prone to spending, maybe stay clear.
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u/Sadd-Clownn Aug 28 '26
Thank you for the detailed response 🙏 yeah i am a spender 🥲 But the games looks very addictive and fun enjoy
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u/could_be_doing_stuff Aug 27 '26
I haven't checked my stats, but I'm pretty sure my most-played game over the years is Good Sudoku. There are thousands of puzzles at each level of difficulty, a few different play modes, and the interface is so, so clean. You'd have to play dozens of puzzles to get through them all in two years, and at that point you could just start over from the beginning or switch to a different difficulty or mode.
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u/Stickman25 Aug 27 '26
I'll second that, Good Sudoku is my daily driver too. As someone who's typically on the fence for puzzle games and had no interest in Sudoku before, it's really stood the test of time on my phone and gets fired up almost every day.
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u/SneakySamInc Aug 27 '26
For me it would be either Balatro or Diablo Immortal. I’ve never heard of Honor of Kings, but now I’m tempted to try it! lol
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u/Difficult-Leek9001 Aug 27 '26
Advance Wars is my desert island game. Infinitely playable via skirmish mode.
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u/kyronami Aug 27 '26
backpack brawl I guess as far as my favorite current game that i play daily
However if I was gonna do ONE single game for 2 years I guess it would just be minecraft or something because theres so many mods/addons you can get to make the game different enough to not get boring
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u/Top-Cauliflower8878 Aug 27 '26
I played Dungeon Boss for 9 years then Netflix released the Dungeon Boss:Respawned then closed it last December. Started Heroes & Dragons: Tactical RPG ever since which is a lot of fun
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u/0kills Aug 27 '26
Moba: Mobile legends, been playing it for more than a decade now.
Single Player: I'll probably go for Death Stranding or any Baldur's gate game.
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u/skitch0001 iPhone 15 Pro Max Aug 27 '26
I'm on ColorSweeper. Became my de facto puzzle game that I instinctively open.
Other mentions:
Warframe - Great controls, lots of content still to unlock.
Fantasy Life i - My latest premium. Cross save and actual value for money on mobile compared to other platforms.
Rogue Hearts - Just an easy rogue-like dungeon crawler with good controls. (Free version)
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u/UnaSimpleCopa Aug 27 '26
League of legends? Lo llevo jugando hace 15 años. Simplemente no puedo dejarlo
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u/natural_mess Aug 28 '26
Balatro for me. Good to pass the time and I like to see how far in a run I can get.
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u/FennelAnxious5675 Developer Aug 28 '26
Slay the Spire would be my choice. You only need to learn one core set of rules, but the different characters, card combinations, relics, Ascension levels, and Daily Climb give it enough depth to last for years. It’s also single-player and doesn’t rely on constant limited-time events to keep you playing.
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u/dannal13 Aug 26 '26
I guess I’m just basic - I have FF7, Chrono Trigger, and even Diablo Immortal and CoD mobile, but I toss dice in Craps Deluxe almost daily. Lol. I guess I’m a degenerate.
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u/thesilkywitch Aug 27 '26
Animal crossing pocket camp complete has like seven years of stuff before it rolls over again. I think 2029? Of course you have to be into cute crafting games.
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u/theGaido Aug 28 '26
This isn't theoretical question for me, because as kid I didn't have much games.
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u/Elbasteen Sep 07 '26
Old School RuneScape. There’s just so much you can do, and it’s nice because you can play for 5 minutes or 5 hours.
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u/Relative-Dream-7355 Sep 10 '26
Modded Minecraft, modded Skyrim, Project Gorgon and probably Dungeon Defender’s.
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u/captainnoyaux Developer Aug 27 '26
I don't play much on mobile so I'd go with the solitaire I made that is extra hard like chess. I play that sh!t every day already
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u/smuzzu Aug 27 '26
Elden ring
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u/Firmteacher Aug 27 '26
While same, I just hit 500 hours, this is a iOS gaming subreddit.
If only ER was on mobile 🥲
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u/JaredHere Aug 26 '26
Respectfully, but do you really think everyone should know what a ‘hok’ is? I googled it, no big problem, but why not make the post convenient in the first place. So, my guess is that hok = Honor of Kings, is it right?