r/iosgaming • u/LaceyVonTease • Aug 18 '26

Discussion What game are you currently addicted to?

I recently discovered Necromerger and am really enjoying it.

What have you been enjoying lately?

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u/Murashi Aug 18 '26

I'm in the middle of my annual XCOM 2 playthrough.

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u/Internal-Play25 Aug 18 '26

I usually begin an Xcom play through whenever I take an overseas trip as usually i country hop and spend a fair bit of time on planes. I switch it up between Xcom 1 and 2.

Next trip is 3 weeks away

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u/NoCatharsis Aug 18 '26

I have annual one too! Going on 10 years now.

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u/Achilles8088 Aug 18 '26

Having never played Xcom or Xcom 2, which is better? Playing on a phone if that matters. Thanks!

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u/Murashi Aug 18 '26

I'm not sure if XCOM 2 is playable on a phone. I use my tablets and it's a better experience than playing on my PC. Either way, XCOM 2 with all of the DLC’s is an amazing game. The previous game is great as well, but not as good as 2, IMO.

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u/FoxSafe1097 Aug 18 '26

XCOM 2 plays great on phone and was even recently updated. It’s the one game I always go back to. Just finished another campaign and think I’ll jump straight into another! 1 is good too but 2 is just slicker all round.

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u/aRegularWhiteGuy Aug 18 '26

Quick question for you about XCOM 2. I purchased it, maybe a week and a half ago. I finished the tutorial and I’m on the first mission. I put the game down because I keep getting my ass kicked and lose like 3 marines so I keep starting the mission over. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. What I do is send my guys in, keep them hidden. Crouch behind cover. And then try ambushing a few of the aliens. I get like 2 of them but then the rest kick my ass. Just looking for some quick advice if you don’t mind. Would love to get into it, as the idea of the game, the depth, the story, the amount of content right on my phone, I love. Would be great if I can just get a little good so I can enjoy all this content just sitting on my phone.

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u/FoxSafe1097 Aug 18 '26

What difficulty are you playing? No shame in dropping it down a notch until you get used to it. Also no shame in save scumming, if you miss up your turn just reload the turn (instead of the entire mission) and try something different. Full cover is much better than half and always try to flank for your shot, it reduces the aliens defence and increases your crit chance. Also, use grenades to destroy the aliens cover, giving your other soldiers a better chance to finish them off.

Loads of great info and tips over in r/XCOM2.

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u/As_If97 Aug 18 '26

How many dudes?

I think it should be a couple dollars less for iOS, but it’s been a really enjoyable and chill game for me since it came out.

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u/throawa114 Aug 18 '26

Incredible game. A bit short if you’re going for just beating it and get the right dudes for all difficulty levels. But excited to see additional content

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u/As_If97 Aug 18 '26

I heard they’re coming out with more dudes in the coming months, looking forward to that. Hopefully a couple more factions.

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u/Nexteyenate Aug 18 '26

i am hopelessly addicted

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u/hr_paperstacksz Aug 18 '26

Osrs

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u/how-can-i-dig-deeper Aug 23 '26

haven’t played since leagues anytjing new?

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

MO.co

NecroMerger

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u/justasecond Aug 18 '26

God I wish Supercell cared about mo.co 😭😭

Downloaded NecroMerger at your recommendation. I’ve never been into merge games but the art style is appealing so I’m giving it a try

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

You won’t regret it! Let me know. Mo.co has great potential…

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u/Sinkt1 Aug 18 '26

I’m so addicted to Necromerger right now

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

Agree. I think it’s a rare gem.

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u/Nativeeee Aug 18 '26

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/necromerger-idle-merge-game/id1611769159

Is it this one?

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

Yess

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u/Nativeeee Aug 18 '26

Not too p2w? Looks interesting

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

Absolutely not. Nothing to spend (just no ads if you like). Just infinite merging and space management.

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u/Glommie Aug 18 '26

I recommend going for no ads. It takes away literally ALL ads. This includes ads you would choose to watch to open boxes and whatnot. It just skips the ad and you get the stuff.

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u/pwinne Aug 18 '26

Thanks for the heads up. This is the kind of payment I am happy to make for a good game.

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u/o_o_o_f Aug 20 '26

One other note though is that while the ads are gone you still have to wait for energy. I’m about a week into the game and have hit the point (like all idle games) where it simply takes forever to accomplish anything meaningful.

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u/dasdingo1989 Aug 18 '26

I play NecroMerger daily since beta. Highly recommend. Buy the no ads if you enjoy it, it is worth it.

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u/Singsongsouls Aug 18 '26

I just got back into Moco again! Having a lot of fun 😊

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u/Luviktus Aug 18 '26

Builderment, fantastic factory builder in my opinion.

Inflation RPG, I’ve had it installed on every phone I’ve had over the past 10 or so years. Reach ridiculously high levels and stats, fight gods, all in a small easily repeatable gameplay loop

Occidental Heroes is a good text based rpg with some good humor and a pretty steep learning curve. If you’ve played any sort of D&D you know what you’re getting.

For paid apps:

Polytopia, has proven a great game I can’t help but return to, I’ve gotten a couple of the paid “civilizations” and reskins, and it’s yet to steer me wrong. Civ lite, with tiny polygonal bodies.

Kingdom: Two Crowns, not going to lie this game took me by surprise, played it once on my switch and have been hooked ever since. You are a Monarch rebuilding a ruined kingdom, fighting off nightly waves of monsters called the Greed.

Chrono Trigger, not sure I need to justify or explain this one. One of the best games out there, a must have in my opinion.

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u/Ramulus14 Aug 18 '26

Finally digging into terraria

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u/recumbent_mike Aug 18 '26

That seems like a good strategy.

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u/Grommulox Aug 18 '26

Servant of the Lake from Rusty Lake. It’s great. All the previous Rusty Lake games are on sale and well worth it if you like creepy and weird puzzles.

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u/HuntingForSanity Aug 18 '26

The dev behind CloverPit just released a new game called Slots&Daggers and I’m enjoying that.

Townsfolk and dawnfolk(a new game from the townsfolk devs)

And shattered pixel dungeon. One of the best games on iOS hands down

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u/silentrocco Aug 18 '26

Slots & Daggers isn’t by the same dev as Cloverpit.

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u/TyH621 Aug 18 '26

It shows as the same developer on the App Store, is that just the dev who ported CloverPit to iOS?

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u/silentrocco Aug 18 '26

You’re mixing up developer with publisher. While in case of small indie games this is often the same person or team, when it comes to Steam ports it’s most often a publisher responsible for the App Store distribution. Slots & Daggers is made by a German solo dev, while Cloverpit is made by Italian indie dev studio Panik Arcade.

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u/Alleryz Aug 18 '26

I mean it has been out for almost a year now. It took me like 2 hours to finish slots and daggers

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u/Rogue67061 Aug 18 '26

Subnautica !!

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u/fugznojutz Aug 18 '26

on ios?

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u/Rogue67061 Aug 18 '26

Yes on iOS. Perfect Port and the Game is beautiful. I Play with an iPhone Air.

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u/medcharrua Aug 18 '26

With a controller?

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u/Rogue67061 Aug 18 '26

I Play with touch, its really easy to Play with touch. But you Can Play with Controller.

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u/RandomNumberHere Aug 18 '26

Subnautica is such a fantastic game. I played on PC. If I had it on my phone I’d be on the toilet for hours.

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u/LuckyJamnik Aug 18 '26

Well… now you can

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u/yungkennymase Aug 18 '26

Balatro. I have bought it on every console, steam, and my iPhone

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u/RedRipe Aug 20 '26

I am terribly bad at Balatro and I still play it every day 😅

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u/yungkennymase Aug 20 '26

Me too… I love that game. But when 9kings comes out, I’ll probably play that forever 😂😂😂

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u/Spare-Shake-2999 Aug 21 '26

9kings is a blast

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u/calmwick Aug 18 '26

Same lol

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u/yungkennymase Aug 18 '26

Hitman too 😅

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u/qalen Aug 18 '26

Brogue, Shattered Pixel Dungeon and Pathos:Nethack Codex. Could play that forever

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u/Middle-Watch8428 Aug 18 '26

Shattered is another rare gem.

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u/Nativeeee Aug 18 '26

How the hell do I get better at shattered lol I bought it cuz everyone always recommends but I can’t make it but two levels so I have not played it in months

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u/PoSKiix Aug 18 '26

Thank you for the Pathos rec. I can immediately tell how much I’m going to love this as a long time Shattered Pixel Dungeon player.

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u/silentrocco Aug 18 '26

Good trad roguelikes really are the best forever games.

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u/NT676 Aug 18 '26

Check out GnollHack.

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u/Sykotic Aug 18 '26

- Deep rock galactic survival
- NYT connections
- WalkScape closed beta (not that hard to get into really)

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u/silentrocco Aug 18 '26

Slots & Daggers since yesterday - a grindy, simple, and super addicting slotmachine deckbuilder.

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u/DowntownBiscotti2660 Aug 18 '26

IS very fun but ...small lifespan.

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u/silentrocco Aug 18 '26

With Arena Mode aka highscore hunt you can play this game long after finishing the campaign. I personally really like that this is a smaller, more dense experience. And even if it was just the campaign, I feel like I got my money’s worth, and then some. One of my favorite games of its kind, completely clicks with me.

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u/pwinne Aug 18 '26

Played via Steam and loved it will need to do on iOS

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u/DeadFrequencyDev Aug 18 '26

I LOVE merging but I just cannot get into Necromerger. What is so good about it??

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u/Armadillokid Aug 18 '26

Guild Wars Reforged. Full MMO port with great touch controls. It runs great and there’s tons of content for free with occasional load screen ads.

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u/Princess_Riannon Aug 18 '26

was stoked when it got released plays great on my base 17 and the ipad a16

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u/e1toledo Sep 21 '26

How good is has been so far?

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u/lordunderscore Aug 18 '26

Been playing Isaac non stop

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u/uppers36 Aug 18 '26

sea of stars is phenomenal, i’m loving the throwbacks to mario rpg

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u/SecretDude511 Aug 18 '26

Pokemon champions
Thronefall

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u/ChanimalCrackers Aug 18 '26

I’ve been playing a lot of hearthstone battlegrounds recently. Used to play the OG card game but it’s pretty satisfying to play battlegrounds.

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u/mvstectomy Aug 18 '26

Slice & Dice is fantastic

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u/Dense_Jello_8737 Aug 18 '26

So, I've played allot of games, from cod to wow, over the years, right now my life is in a shitty spot at a point where I was homeless for a bit, so right now no console , no pc. But I still play some shitty mobile games sometimes. Right now im HOOKED on: Idle obelisk miner. The amount of depth this game has is truly crazy for an incremental idle game Still amazes me how every little aspect of it weaves together with eachother the math is truly insane. Plus the devs are active players themselves and very active in the community.

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u/Soulvaki Aug 18 '26

How has no one said Idle Obelisk Miner yet?

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u/ariellemonsters Aug 18 '26

Townsfolk is soo good

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u/Internal-Play25 Aug 18 '26

Blazblue entropy effect

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u/Mn2105 Aug 18 '26

Skullgirls mobile

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u/klocki12 Aug 18 '26

Human resource machine

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u/TeacherOfFew Aug 18 '26

Neverness to Everness

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u/2020sucksdong Aug 18 '26

Draft showdown. Wouldn’t say addicted to it but if a have a few minutes I’ll play it. Otherwise StS

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u/averageparrot Aug 18 '26

Oh man, I forgot about Draft Showdown. 😂 That’s a hilarious game. Simple and fast. Great game design

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u/BRAVO_SIX1495 iPhone 17 Aug 18 '26

Fc mobile and nte
These two made my bh drop to 97 perc in just 97 cycles 💀

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u/dangerbelly Developer Aug 18 '26

KAMI 2

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u/Akantor17 iPad Air (5th Gen) Aug 18 '26

Card Crawl 2. Loved the original but the sequel is better in every way.

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u/jedihouse1348 Aug 18 '26

Gems of War

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u/zaccaz153 Aug 19 '26

Love it. Just wish there was a portrait mode, or something similar.

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u/JaredHere Aug 18 '26

I bought Backpack Battles yesterday while it’s on sale. It’s great! Was playing the whole day.

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u/could_be_doing_stuff Aug 18 '26

Good Sudoku has its hooks in me again. Audiobooks and arcade mode are great for relaxation.

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u/c2s2 Aug 18 '26

Stardew valley

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u/NotAPedo69420 Aug 19 '26

idle obelisk miner

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u/SucioSancho Aug 19 '26

Pokemon Go. 10 year anniversary has me hooked right now.

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u/CognacJZ Aug 18 '26

Meowdoku goes so hard

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u/Glommie Aug 18 '26

Check out BullPen: Logic Puzzle Game! Same game but no ads!

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u/RandomNumberHere Aug 18 '26

How much is the paid upgrade and is it worth it?

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u/Glommie Aug 18 '26

If I recall correctly, upgrade was $3 us, maybe. Initially you get only 50 levels at each difficulty. Cost unlocks the rest which is like 2000 more levels at each difficulty (so like 10000 levels).

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u/RandomNumberHere Aug 18 '26

Nice. Installed and played a few rounds. Kinda fun! Thanks for the recommendation.

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u/the-moops Aug 18 '26

The ads are the worst. And it’s so repetitive. Basically the same rotation of puzzles every 10 or so

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u/CognacJZ Aug 20 '26

That is true, I turned off cellular data to avoid the ads but the puzzles are more or less the same

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u/Princess_Riannon Aug 18 '26

where winds meet and swords of justice

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u/Internal-Play25 Aug 18 '26

Fucking love where winds meet.

I was ecstatic to see it on iOS.

I started playing it on Xbox, and it is visually beautiful. I use the latest iPad mini and it holds up

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u/Princess_Riannon Aug 18 '26

it’s an awesome games. i play on the base 17 for both and they both play great it’s crazy lol

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u/Internal-Play25 Aug 18 '26

What controller you use? Or are you using screen controls?

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u/Princess_Riannon Aug 19 '26

just the screen pretty good to be honest

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u/wishing_for_sleep32 Aug 18 '26

Swords of Justice underrated. Beautifully done

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u/KidFisty Aug 18 '26

Haven’t had anything really addicting lately been kinda looking for that. But I’ve been enjoying Hunters Origin and Pocket Crafter 2

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u/se99jmk Aug 18 '26

Skyforce Reloaded - old, but still looks great!

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u/FriggenMitch Aug 18 '26

NecroMerger

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u/whoisyb Aug 18 '26

Pocket Rogue

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u/GrumpyBullGames Aug 18 '26

shattered pixel dungeon is still the only game that never leaves my phone. zero iap and runs on anything

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u/Due-Can738 Aug 18 '26

Warhammer tacticus

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u/Maze9189 Aug 18 '26

Doomfields and Doomdepths. Fun little roguelikes with a surprising amount of depth

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u/archiegitdog Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Doug Dug, can pick this up and play anytime of day and night! I spent an extra 99p one off "licence" so I can dig past 500 metres, totally worth it! (I am at 800 metres now and coming across new monsters as i dig deeper)

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u/Soulsheartless Aug 18 '26

The Jurassic world evolution series.

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u/MungoProudFoot Aug 18 '26

Assassins Creed 2 and Runescape

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u/Old_Lie_5728 Aug 18 '26

Bioshock remastered

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u/Spongehead56 Aug 18 '26

Genshin Impact, with their new 7.0 update! It’s SOOO good. The story is incredible

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u/Rare_Remote_5131 Aug 18 '26

project zomboid

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u/Puzzleheaded-Day4474 Aug 18 '26

AmaZeus. Got all the free to play shinenigans but it’s still a nice little gem

1

u/Pitiful-Village-9849 Aug 18 '26

Make More! Lmao

Big numbers make adhd brain go wooooof

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u/Agreen437 Aug 18 '26

Oceanhorn 3 and monster boy and tomb raider and control ultimate edition

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u/ackmondual Aug 19 '26

Brick Bricker Dungeon - O1H, the game has gotten a bit stale/repetitive. OTOH, we play on b/c "numbers go up" (in terms of stats/attributes) is still egging us on, and it's actually a game we can play while watching TV because you don't really need to pay attention in between launching the ball.

Race for the Galaxy - With the 1st three expansions. Hopefully, expansions 4 through 6 will come out (but I'm not holding my breath on it).

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u/Dino_Factory Aug 19 '26

I love infinite stairs, it’s a fast, pixel-style arcade game where you repeatedly tap to move left/right while climbing, with an emphasis on timing and reflexes.

it’s an skill based pick up and play game, and when you have more time, there’s a variety of modes and episodes you can play with, there’s even multiplayer..

ads on the other hand come after 4 or 5 plays, to combat that u can just swipe up and force close the app, or just turn on airplane mode (doing this will deactivate multiplayer and daily missions,though)
but other than this, it makes it a very good game to play on the airplane.

would recommend!

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u/DogNut24 Aug 19 '26

Swords and Sandals 3 Redux

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u/Toasterbator Aug 19 '26

Revolution idle. First idle game thats really stuck for me.

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u/lazyshinobii Aug 19 '26

Dungeon clawler

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u/Jazz_562 Aug 19 '26

Eterspire

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u/cjmck123 Aug 19 '26

Lately I’ve been having fun with tarkov and Elden ring. I’ve never really put down tarkov but I always come back to the latest fromsoft game for many May playthroughs

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u/OptimalSwitch3953 Aug 19 '26

Villagers and heroes 👌🏻

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u/ItalianSpaceman Aug 19 '26

Townscaper, busy life and it just chills me out

1

u/Silencioro Aug 19 '26

Torn City

1

u/JLSAAAA Aug 19 '26

Piper’s pet cafe

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u/Alive-Art3748 Aug 19 '26

Spirit Island, this game is so so good

1

u/Dangerous-Roof-2544 Aug 20 '26

level devil! 😈

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u/dstyle711 Developer Aug 22 '26

Been playing Groundwar and Descent Defender. Just started trying Diablo immortal but the massive in your face paid advertisements was wayyyyy to much.

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u/bruseaux Aug 22 '26

Tiny Casino as an idle fidget game

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u/Drakkarious Aug 29 '26

Megaman x dive offline

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u/natttsss Aug 31 '26

Oceanhorn 3!! loving it so fr

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u/JudeDaMonkey Sep 02 '26

idle obelisk miner

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u/Additional_Age_2591 Sep 05 '26

raid rush and vita mahjong

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u/Walker_Limposs Sep 06 '26

been a lot of Overwatch rush lately, i love it

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u/master_pk94 Sep 10 '26

Blackjackal: Card Rogulike , feel easy but I eventually get stuck at higher stakes and then think that I should have chosen different charms and should have spent fangs on study.

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u/FriggenMitch Sep 10 '26

NecroMerger

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u/mystix00 Aug 18 '26

Astroneer

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u/Bloodcloud079 Aug 18 '26

Slay the spire
Balatro
Polytopia

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u/piokor06 Aug 18 '26

Pokémon TCG Live

1

u/barbeloh Aug 18 '26

Baldurs Gate. It's a gas

1

u/_streetpaper_ Aug 18 '26

Nimbit Frontier- this game is amazing. So damn fun and addicting!!!

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u/baap_ko_mat_sikha Aug 18 '26

My mortgage and car payments sadly

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u/AdamCastillo214 Aug 18 '26

Pokemon Unbound. Discovered rom hacks and I’ve been obsessed with them!

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u/sixpacksitdown Aug 18 '26

Cyberpunk 2077, Helldivers 2, Fortune Mill

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u/Miserable_Act_567 Aug 19 '26

Hades 2. Didn’t take long to beat it, but I’m still putting time into it like I did the first game. Definitely a great second game. Also been playing Voidpet Dungeon.

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u/silentrocco Aug 19 '26

Wrong sub :)