
By making sure (as much as you possibly could) the source you got it from is safe.
You'll reduce the risk.
But also, when was he not deranged in the past 15 years?
I could give you a few real-life examples where it’s been helpful to me, but honestly, there are probably hundreds more depending on the person—as long as it’s used properly and not treated as flawless or final.
I’m a kindergarten teacher.
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I describe what we’ve done in class, and it turns that into a short caption for the school’s daily social media post. Saves a bit of time.
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For weekly assessments, I speak freely about each child’s week, and it generates a well-written comment. That’s a moderate time-saver, and I learn better phrasing from its output as I'm a non-native English speaker.
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It helps me brainstorm new daily activity ideas based on specific goals or parameters. I choose the ones that fit and tweak them as needed.
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When I’ve tried multiple strategies with a difficult child, I use it to get fresh suggestions for guidance or behavior management. I still apply my own experience to decide what works best.
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It helped me plan a trip based on location, time, and several other factors—and it provided a lot of useful details I hadn’t considered.
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It’s replaced Google for many tasks: it’s faster, often more accurate (if prompted clearly), and definitely more efficient for basic info.
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I also use it for translation, and in many cases, it gives better or more natural results than Google Translate.
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It helped me rewriting this very comment (till point 7) as I'm busy with something else so I saved time spellchecking and rephrasing.
I was thinking the exact same thing the other day. I still meet users of opposite opinions here—which was never a problem, but exchanges are mostly at a polite, educated, and respectful level. Nothing like the childish POS that lurk in Reddit in every sub.
If some people find it too hard or stupid to be on Lemmy, then that's people I doubt will enrich my online experience in any way.
Just to clarify something that has been bothering me for some time, a "religious person" isn't necessarily homophobic. A "BIGOT religious person" might be—and usually is.
I've been religious (Christian Catholic) all my life, very much so in my childhood, and my family is still very involved with church on a daily basis, with my dad being a deacon. None of us is homophobic and never was.
I'm not very knowledgeable in Bible, but I believe Jesus himself (son of God) never ever talked about or against homosexuality in his teachings, but rather he always promoted compassion and tolerance towards everyone. The homophobic bits in the Bible come from people in the culture of the time. Even Jesus's disciples weren't perfect, I believe that's well known.
Extra OT:
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Jesus, although promoting peace and tolerance, did famously get mad when a holy place got exploited and turned into a place of trade and commerce (oh the irony! Imagine what he would today...).
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He also wasn't very tolerant of hypocrites, of rich people who advertised their minimal-effort charity acts while looking down at poorer people's charity donations, of people in power who lacked compassion, and other POS categories like that.
Dude was legit rad. Most self-proclaimed "Christian Bible lovers" will never understand how revolutionary and "communist" he actually was. They're stuck with some words from common people victim of the culture of the time.
Listed under "Extras and emulators/engines"! Thanks for the entry :)
I'm not sure what was on itch.
Superluminal Vagrant Twin is on itch and apparently can be played in browser.
Yes, this list.
You're welcome! Have fun :)
OK the game has been delisted. Thanks for checking!
Added, thank you :)
Are these browser games, or they have a file to be loaded into Fabularium, or both?
I found them on itch.io, but I'd appreciate some links (if any other) and some more info about the kind of games they are, like:
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are they apps?
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browser games?
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roms for emulator?
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FOSS or not?
Sorry if I sound pedantic, but I go through many entries to verify, get links for, and classify into genre. Thanks :)
Added, thanks :)
Thanks for the explanation. I see the advantages of it, I'm just not sure that's necessarily more efficient or needed for my lists—there aren't lots of changes usually, and I enjoy the process anyways. I might give it a try at some point though!
Thanks! Added both :)
So, it kinda works similarly to an emulator? Plus it can create text adventures, it seems. Am I correct? I'm not familiar
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not familiar with how Codeberg works (first time I heard about it actually), but I'll look into it as soon as I have more free time. For now, I'm OK with Lemmy posting.
If you're not bothered, mind explaining how it'd be more efficient or convenient? Keep in mind that I work on this EXCLUSIVELY from a phone, because for me sitting at a PC desk=work (I mean the boring one that pays the bills lol).
Added, thanks for the entry! I used the F-droid link as I believe it is more user friendly. Both F-droid and GitHub versions are on the same v. number.
Added. Thank you!
Have you heard about ScummVM?
It's a virtual machine that can run old PC games, including Zork, Secret of Monkey Island, etc. Here's a list of games it should run: https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Where_to_get_the_games
The other day I was playing The Curse of Monkey Island on ScummVM on my phone and it ran quite well.
Totally! I mean, among the categories/genres already in the list, I thought "Management" was the most fitting. The game does fall under a few other genres (sandbox, space trading, etc.), but I can't have a genre for a single game or the list would look too long and scattered—harder for users to browse, IMO.
Usually, I wait to have 2 or more games of the same subgenre to open a new category for them :)
Thanks for the heads up. Since this is a user-recommendation list and I haven't played the vast majority of these games (I merely double check on the surface, Google, Perplexity), just a question before I delist the game:
- have you been playing the game yourself to the point you reached a pay wall?
If yes, consider the game nuked.
I tried playing the game a bit, but some puzzles aren't too quick to solve so I haven't met any paywall yet.
NOTICE: I'm reuploading this as I lost my first account on lemm.ee (the instance was shut down) so that I can continue updating the list through this new account. The previous version of this list is now deprecated—links to that post might no longer work.
Latest entries - 10 July 2025:
- Subnautica 💬 🎮
120FPS
- Survival crafting
Other recent entries
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Streets of Rage 4 💬 🎮 - Beat 'em up
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Retro City Rampage DX 💬 🎮 - Action shooter
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Laya's Horizon 💬 - Netflix games
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Levelhead 💬 🎮 👥️ - Platform**
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Crashlands 2 💬 🎮 - Survival crafting**
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Ogu and the Secret Forest 🎮 - Action adventure
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Wreckfest 🎮 👥️ - Racing
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Gamedeck 🎮 - Extras
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Beacon Game Launcher 🎮 - Extras
Introduction
This is a list of all games, sorted by category, that I've purchased, loved, and finished (or played extensively) over many years and I'd like to recommend as they're all excellent and without predatory monetization or gacha system.
Edit: now I'm also including the most recommended titles by the community - which I haven't playtested yet or I'm not particularly interested in - marked with 💬. Please check entry criteria below before commenting.
Some of the games may be free with IAP's, but EXCLUSIVELY to unlock the full game, DLCs, or remove ads (no gacha or energy/gambling mechanics, "diamonds", pay-to-win, or any recurrent cash-grab bullshit of sort).
[Disclaimer: chances are some items in this list will inevitably be removed from Play Store as time goes by, or will not be compatible with future Android versions. I'll do my best to always keep it updated, but feel free to PM me if you come across any unavailable title and I'll make a correction]
I'm planning to keep the list updated for personal reference with the new games I'll play and like, or old games I've played that will come to mind later. So feel free to save it and check out new entries every so often.
My ultimate goal is to promote worthy content and honest/talented devs, hoping to see more quality games in the future, rather than the cancerous cash-grab machines the Play Store is regrettably riddled with. And, of course, to let everyone have a great time playing great titles ;)
Entry criteria for user recommendations 💬
- paid Play Store games compatible with recent Android versions
- no ads or infinite microtransactions. Allowed: ads-removal, full-game unlock, or proper DLCs
- you love the game and think it's worth the price
- must include link and, possibly, genre
I will still use my discretion and judgment to filter the entries, in an effort to try and keep the list's quality high.
[If you want to play or recommend free games, without ads or microtransactions, here is the list for you.]
THE LIST
Legend
🌟 - top favorite
👑 - top favorite and masterpiece status
💬 - recommended by the community, but I haven't played it yet or not my favorite
🎮 - controllers are supported and, usually, strongly recommended
🎮❗️ - controller recommended but not supported—you need a controller mapping app like Panda
📱 - portrait orientation (either exclusively or optional)
👥 - includes multiplayer
120FPS
- 120 FPS on supported devices
[Game title] - delisted, but you might still see it in the store if you've purchased it
Action shooter
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Lara Croft: Guardian of Light 🌟 🎮 👥
120FPS
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Door Kickers: Action Squad 🎮 (2D side-scroller action shooter)
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Space Marshals 🌟 🎮 (3rd person shoooter - top down/isometric; space-western theme - touch controls work great)
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Space Marshals 2 🌟 🎮 (touch controls work great)
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Space Marshals 3 🎮 (touch controls work great)
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Neon Chrome 🌟 🎮 (3rd person shoooter - cyberpunk theme, top down/isometric view - touch controls work great)
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Time Recoil 🎮 (3rd person shoooter - top down/isometric with slow-mo mechanics - touch controls work great)
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Smash Hit
120FPS
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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath 🌟 🎮 (it might crash on Adnroid 15/newer phones - 1st person shooter/3rd person platformer - adventure, bounty hunter - fantasy western setting; ported from Xbox)
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Retro City Rampage DX 💬 🎮 (8-bit pixel art - arcade feel)
Action-adventure platformer/hack-n-slash
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Grimvalor 🌟 🎮
120FPS
(2.5D hack and slash medieval fantasy platform/RPG) -
Shadow Blade 🌟 🎮 (2D hack and slash action platform)
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Swordigo 🎮❗️ (2D RPG action-adventure platformer; requires controller mapping app if you want controller support - free with 2 IAPs that add compass or coin doubler, and either of them remove ads too)
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Oddmar 🎮
120FPS
(2D action-adventure platformer) -
Ninja Arashi 🎮 (2D hack and slash action platformer - free with IAPs to remove ads)
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SAMURAI II: VENGEANCE 🎮 (top down/isometric hack and slash)
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Dead Cells 💬 🎮
120FPS
(roguelite action platformer)
Platformer
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Nameless Cat 🎮❗️
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Dadish 🌟 🎮 (2D platformer, pixel graphics, easy)
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Dadish 2 🌟 🎮 (2D platformer, pixel graphics, medium difficulty)
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Dadish 3 🎮 (2D precision platformer, pixel graphics, hard difficulty)
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Suzy Cube 🎮 (3D platformer, good rip-off of Super Mario 3D Land)
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MouseBot 🌟 (3D platform-like)
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Sonic Runners Adventures 🌟 (2.5D platformer)
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Levelhead 💬 🎮 👥️
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Leo's Fortune 💬 🎮
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Levelhead 💬 🎮 👥
Metroidvania
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Prince of Persia: Lost Crown 🌟 🎮 (platform hack-n-slash - if bugs, try one of these: copy save onto a different slot; load game and save w/o connecting controller, then connect; backup+reinstall)
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Carrion 🌟 🎮 (inverted horror, pixel art - touch controls are recommended over a controller)
Beat 'em up
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TMNT: Shredder's Revenge 🌟 🎮 👥️ (beat 'em up with story mode and fun multiplayer - IAP to unlock complete edition with all DLCs - free if you have Netflix)
Turn-based RPG
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince 🌟
120FPS
(3D monster-collecting turn-based JRPG - ported from Switch. Great game and touch controls. It includes all DLCs. No controller support, but no need here. I recommend this game for flagship devices from 2023+ and with a TEC cooler) -
Final Fantasy - Pixel Remaster 🌟 🎮 (2D turn-based JRPG)
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Final Fantasy II - Pixel Remaster 🌟 🎮 (2D turn-based JRPG)
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Final Fantasy III - Pixel Remaster 🌟 🎮 (2D turn-based JRPG)
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Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) 🌟 🎮 (3D turn-based JRPG)
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Final Fantasy V - Pixel Remaster 🌟 🎮 (2D turn-based JRPG)
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Final Fantasy VI - Pixel Remaster 👑 🎮 (2D turn-based JRPG - the best version of the best 16-bit FF)
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Final Fantasy Dimensions 🌟 (fantastic 2D turn-based JRPG, old school graphics, totally worth it)
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Chaos Rings III 🌟 (excellent 3D turn based JRPG by Square Enix. A bit pricey, but totally worth it)
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Chrono Trigger 👑 🎮 (2d turn-based JRPG - best 16-bit JRPG in history, originally on SNES. This mobile port—from the Steam version—is excellent and I haven't had a single issue with touch controls, bugs, or glitches whatsoever)
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Epic Battle Fantasy 5 (2D turn-based RPG with funny dialogs, adult jokes, 4th-wall breakers - it contains a couple IAPs to unlock extra content, remove ads)
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Monster Hunter Stories 🌟 (3D turn-based RPG)
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Doom & Destiny 🌟 (humorous 2D turn-based RPG)
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Doom & Destiny Advanced 🎮 👥️ (humorous 2D turn-based RPG. Touch controls work great)
Tactical RPG
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Final Fantasy Tactics: WotL 👑 (strategy/RPG)
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Ticket to Earth 🌟 (puzzle/strategy with some RPG elements)
Action RPG
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Trials of Mana 🌟 🎮❗️ (it's a port from console/PC but critically lacks controller support. You can use Panda Gamepad Pro - recommended - or Mantis to achieve that)
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The Bard's Tale (3D action RPG adventure - this game has some optional IAPs: they can easily be ignored but they're there. Also, some users experienced an auto-save bug that corrupts ALL save files, so I recommend disabling auto-save altogether. I'm keeping the game listed here for now as I still consider it a true premium game and I haven't personally experienced any bug)
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Evoland 🎮 (action/adventure RPG with 2D and 3D graphics and a mix of genres. Touch controls work great)
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Evoland 2 🌟 🎮 (action/adventure RPG with 2D and 3D graphics, mix of genres; controller recommended)
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Pascal's Wager (soulslike) 💬 🎮
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Star Wars: KOTOR 💬 🎮
CRPG
Text-based RPG
Roguelite (cards, dice, deck builder, action)
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Monster Train 🌟 (cards, deck builder)
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Solitairica 📱 (cards)
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Balatro 🌟 (cards, deck builder; poker-inspired roguelike)
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Indies Lies 🌟 (cards, deck builder; inspired by Slay the Spire; free and with three paid DLCs which will also remove ads, add extra story modes, characters, and new mechanics)
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Meteorfall: Journeys 📱 (cards, deck builder)
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Slay the Spire (legendary deck builder; PC port)
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Dicey Dungeons (dice; it plays like a roguelite deck-builder)
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Luck be a Landlord 💬 📱 (slot)
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Slice & Dice 💬 📱 (dice)
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Dawncaster 💬 📱 (cards, deck builder)
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Dead Cells 💬 🎮
120FPS
(roguelite action platformer)
Action adventure/Zelda-like
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Ogu and the Secret Forest 🌟 🎮 (unlocking the full game through IAPs is quite pricey on the Play Store so maybe check the Epic Store—I got it for free there)
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Anodyne 🌟 🎮❗️ 📱 (lanscape/portrait. Adding controller support through Panda is a must if you want to finish the game)
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Legend of the Skyfish 2 🎮 (Zelda-like with a fishing rod for weapon)
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Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion 🎮 (humorous, Zelda-like, pixel art adventure; achievements didn't work correctly, but they might have been fixed after I played it)
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Oceanhorn 🌟 🎮 (3D Zelda-like action adventure)
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Afterplace 💬 🎮 📱
120FPS
(landscape/portrait)
Puzzle adventure
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Ghost Trick 🌟 (story based)
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The Almost Gone 📱 puzzle mistery
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Lumino City 3D puzzle in a beautiful hand-crafted world
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Framed re-arrange the panels of a noir story comic book
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Little Nightmares 🌟 🎮 (horror puzzle platformer, great port from consoles, not too scary)
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Very Little Nightmares 🌟 📱 (horror puzzle platformer, isometric; little jump-scares; good simple puzzles)
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty 🌟 🎮 (puzzle-platformer adventure)
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Starman (isometric puzzle) work of art in sound, visuals and gameplay; creative and minimalistic, very relaxing
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Fractal Space HD 🌟 🎮 (3D first person puzzle. Touch controls work great) this game has a very good story and great gameplay. There's a free non-HD version
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Monument Valley (1&2) 🌟 📱 (3D isometric puzzle)
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Limbo 🌟 🎮 (2D puzzle/platformer. Touch controls work great)
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The Room series (3D puzzle) some of them may have non-necessary IAPs to unlock hints, I can't remember honestly
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Lara Croft Go
120FPS
(turn-based puzzle) -
To The Moon 🌟 (story-driven puzzle RPG) this is not for everyone, but I loved the story and the music
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Old Man's Journey (stress-free puzzle game with an emotional story)
Point-and-click adventure
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Fran Bow 🌟 (point and click/puzzle - psychologic soft horror) Excellent story and gameplay. [Edit: the old one, divided into chapters, is here]
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Lost Echo (point and click/puzzle adventure)
Simulation/management
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Beholder (story-driven building management sim)
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Game Dev Story 📱 (game company management)
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Stardew Valley 💬 👥️ (Farming RPG)
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Sid Meyer's Railroads! 💬 (tycoon, management)
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The Pyraplex 💬 📱
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Ninja Village 💬 📱
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Dungeon Village 💬 📱
Worker placement survival
- This War of Mine 💬 (DISCLAIMER: as of April 2025 multiple users still report crashes, but I'll keep the game here because it is otherwise worth it, and devs often donate part of the profits to victims of various wars)
Survival crafting
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Subnautica 💬 🎮
120FPS
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Dysmantle 💬 🎮
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Crashlands 💬 🎮 👥️
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Crashlands 2 💬 🎮
Survival horror
Racing
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Wreckfest 🌟 🎮 👥️
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Horizon Chase 🌟 🎮 (arcade car racing - modern retro style. Touch controls work great)
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Riptide GP: Renegade 🎮 👥️
120FPS
(jet ski arcade race. Touch controls work great) -
GRID Autosport 💬 🎮 👥️
120FPS
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GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition 💬 🎮 👥️
Sport
- OK Golf 📱
Tower defense
- Cursed Treasure Tower Defense (single IAP to remove ads)
Idle
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Magic Research 💬 📱
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Magic Research 2 💬 📱
Netflix games
(require an active Netflix subscription)
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TMNT: Shredder's Revenge 🌟 🎮 👥️ (beat 'em up with story mode and fun multiplayer)
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Monument Valley 3 📱 (puzzle adventure)
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Arranger (puzzle adventure)
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Laya's Horizon 💬 (gliding adventure)
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The Case of the Golden Idol 💬 (point-and-click mystery)
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The Rise of the Golden Idol 💬 (point-and-click mystery)
Extras and emulators/engines
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AppSales is an app that will make you save some money by notifying you when specific games (or apps) in the Play Store go on sale. Just add the games you wish to buy to the AppSales' watchlist and you'll get notified when the price gets cut.
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Panda Gamepad Pro 🎮 is a tool that allows you to map your controller for touch inputs, practically adding controller support to those game that don't have it.
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Gamedeck 🎮 (game launcher/front-end for controllers)
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Beacon Game Launcher 🎮 (game launcher/front-end for controllers. Also optimized for emulators)
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Retroarch 🎮 (emulator for almost all consoles) "jack of all trades" emulator, the only one that supports analog triggers for Xbox One S controller. It has a bit of a learning curve, and other individual emulators might offer better performance
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Dolphin 🎮 best emulator for GameCube and Wii
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Delta Touch [9 x Doom engines] 💬 (engine for Doom games)
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Quad Touch 💬 (engine for Quake games)
Delisted or outdated
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JYDGE 🌟 (3rd person shoooter) -
Shadowgun (3rd person shooter) -
Space Invaders Infinity Gene (shoot 'em up) 📱 -
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (turn-based RPG) -
Ys Chronicles I 🎮 (2D action RPG) -
Ys Chronicles II 🌟 🎮 (2D action RPG) -
Haipy (2D platformer, pixel graphics) (platformer) -
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition 🌟 (puzzle adventure) -
DISTRAINT 2 (puzzle adventure) -
Toby: The Secret Mine (puzzle adenture) -
The Silent Age (point and click adventure) contains IAPs to unlock episodes (point-and-click adventure) -
Sally's Law (puzzle platformer) -
Pool Break Pro 3D Billiards Snooker (online and offline pool/billiard with single player and multiplayer modes) (pool/billiard)
Happy gaming ;)
ps: please let me know if there's any wrong information about the games included in this list (especially regarding IAPs or availability) so that I'll fix the post if necessary.
NOTICE: I'm reuploading this as I lost my first account on lemm.ee (the instance was shut down) so that I can continue updating the list through this new account. The previous version of this list is now deprecated—links to that post might no longer work.
Latest entries - 8 July 2025:
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Fabularium ✅️ (F-droid) - Extras and emulators/engines
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Obsolete - Platformer
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Falling Lightblocks ✅️ (official website, GitHub, or browser play) - Puzzle
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LibreSudoku ✅️ (F-droid) - Puzzle
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Minesweeper - Antimine ✅️ (F-droid) - Puzzle
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Endless Sky ✅️ (F-droid) - Management
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Breakout 71 ✅️ (F-droid) - Arcade
Other recent entries
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Kids Memory Game ✅️ (GitHub or Play Store) - Educational
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The WereCleaner - Stealth
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Fractal Space ☕️ - Puzzle
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Orzmic (itch.io) - Rhythm
Introduction
I recently realized there are still, to this day, some actual "hidden gems" in the Play Store. Not the fake ones everyone talks about which, in a way or another, often have a catch or aren't very "hidden". I mean free games with no ads or IAPs of any kind that are fun to play.
So I was thinking maybe it's time to compile a list of them. Please suggest the ones you've found and enjoyed!
Edit: I'm now including free games (no piracy) from other sources beside the Play Store (which will be specified within brackets), such as GitHub or F-droid. If they're also FOSS, like all F-droid games, they'll have this green checkmark ✅️. For the games that have both F-droid and Play Store versions, the green checkmark is for the F-droid version.
I won't try them all as I did with my premium games list, because you could simply download and try them for yourself without spending a dime. I'll simply list them.
‼️Also, please do checkout MiniReview - Game Reviews for more free games that match the following criteria (use the "Browse" tab and select the correct filters). The same app for iOS - App Store - is here.‼️
I've saved this post so to keep it updated over time, for my own reference and for your benefit. So feel free to save it and check out new entries every so often.
Entry Criteria
- FREE
- NO ADS
- STRICTLY NO IAPs (except donation buttons, but I'll have to check first)
- NO PIRACY
- it has to be a legit, full game you've played and liked. No demos, no emulators (everyone knows RetroArch anyways)
- no entire repositories. You can recommend them in the comments if you want, but this list is for individual games you'd like to recommend
- if it's a Play Store game, it should be compatible with the latest Android version at the time of entry
- must include a link to the game, especially if from sources outside the Play Store. Not direct-download links, just links to the page
- sketchy sources won't be considered. Play Store, GitHub, and F-droid are welcome
[If you want to recommend paid games, without ads or predatory microtransactions, here is the list for you.]
THE LIST
Legend
✅️ - FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software). Listed on top in their respective categories
☕️ - includes option to donate, with or without minimal cosmetics only
[Game title] - delisted
Shooter
Stealth
Platformer
Rhythm
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osu!(lazer) ✅️ (official website or GitHub)
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Orzmic (itch.io)
Arcade
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Breakout 71 ✅️ (F-droid - roguelike brick breaker)
RPG
Roguelike dungeon crawler
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon ✅️ (F-droid)
Deck builder
Adventure
Puzzle
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LibreSudoku ✅️ (F-droid)
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Minesweeper - Antimine ✅️ (F-droid)
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Falling Lightblocks ✅️ (official website, GitHub, or browser play) (tetris clone)
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Techmino (GitHub) ✅️ (tetris clone)
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AAAAXY ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)
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Minesweeper - Antimine ✅️ (F-droid)
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Zoysii - Logic game ✅️ (F-droid)
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2048 (Privacy Friendly) ✅️ (F-droid)
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Flowit ✅️ (F-droid)
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Gauguin ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)
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Simon Tatham's Puzzles ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)
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Fractal Space ☕️ (first-person puzzle, great story)
Tower defense
- Anuto TD ✅️ (F-droid)
Strategy
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Unciv ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)
Management
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Endless Sky ✅️ (F-droid - space trading)
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Drill Down ✅️ ☕️ (itch.io)
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Mindustry ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)
Racing
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SuperTuxKart ✅️ (GitHub, F-droid, or Play Store)
Simulation
Casual
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Lato ✅️ (F-droid)
Visual novel
Educational
- Kids Memory Game ✅️ (GitHub or Play Store)
Extras and emulators/engines
- Fabularium ✅️ (F-droid - engine and maker for text-based adventures, interactive books)
Delisted or outdated
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SuperTux (platformer) -
SuperTux Classic (platformer) -
Bad Trip (platformer) -
Dribble (outdated platformer)
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Phigros (rhythm) -
Lofi Ping Pong (rhythm) -
Code challenges and puzzles (puzzle) -
Rocket League Sideswipe (sport/competition) -
Butterfly Soup ☕️ (visual novel) -
Butterfly Soup 2 (visual novel)
Free games with minimal ads/cosmetic IAPs
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Zombotron Re-Boot (shooter - contains ads)
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Dock The Rocket (arcade, physics - contains cosmetic IAPs)
Happy gaming ;)
ps: please let me know if there's any wrong information about the games included in this list (especially regarding the ones with free donations) so that I'll fix the post, if necessary.

In case anyone is curious, this is my new account in a different instance (tchncs), which keeps the same old username/profile pic. My previous account (lemm.ee) was lost in the lemm.ee shutdown and, since I was offline due to traveling, I couldn't migrate. I was able, however, to recover my two lists of games.
The lists are now here:
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Free games: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/40095267
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Premium games: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/40095654