OT: Best mobile/phone games these days?
I’m sitting here in the hospital with my 1-day-old daughter napping in my lap and realized the games on my iPhone suck. Does anyone have a game recommendation to help pass the time? I’ve enjoyed most of the popular ones in the past (Angry Birds, Candy Crush, etc.) for reference.
Thanks in advance.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:23 PM ^
8 Ball Pool. It's my go to for killing time.
Also, Trivia Crack
Slickdeals always kills time and takes my money.
February 17th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
I spent a lot of time on Trivia Crack. Good game. However, I'm not sure anyone else had this problem, but the game kept crashing on me (I have an iPhone). The only fix I could make work was uninstalling / reinstalling the app. Didn't take long but it was annoying.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:24 PM ^
Kingdom Rush is pretty good. Easy to use on mobile.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
Agreed. One of the best and do not have to pay at all. Though too.
musheoom Wars 2 has excellent single player but multi a lot of cheating goes on.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:24 PM ^
Euchre 3D
February 17th, 2022 at 2:30 PM ^
I have been playing this one for probably 10+ years now lol
February 17th, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^
Thirded. But your partner will annoy you a couple times a game. Ha ha.
February 17th, 2022 at 10:21 PM ^
You get to gold grandmaster yet?
I have no clue how anyone could win 10,000 games. You’d have to play like ten games a day for years.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
Great interface, frustratingly streaky deals.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^
The randomness could use a serious upgrade as there really isn't much random about the cards. Otherwise, it's a great game.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:26 PM ^
Wordle.
Bloons Tower Defense.
Congrats on your new family member!
February 17th, 2022 at 4:06 PM ^
Bloons TD 6+ to be precise
But if you like quirky, interesting and fun games, play Inside
February 17th, 2022 at 8:58 PM ^
Recommend wordle unlimited.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:27 PM ^
Haven’t done it in a while but temple run is pretty fun
February 17th, 2022 at 2:27 PM ^
Been playing Plants vs Zombies and Plants vs Zombies 2 with my son for years. Great games we always come back to.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:06 PM ^
My son and I love playing Plants v Zombies!
February 17th, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
3rd......my sons and I like PVZ too. He prefers PVZ1, I like PVZ2.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
Oh yeah and doodle jump still holds up well
February 17th, 2022 at 2:32 PM ^
Congratulations! Savor the little things while you can, they're gone too soon.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
Irresponsible Speculation. No app needed—just visit this board.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:34 PM ^
PUBG Mobile for me. Always looking for teammates.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:36 PM ^
with my 1-day-old daughter
Nice way to bury the lede! Congratulations on being a new father. There's nothing better.
February 17th, 2022 at 6:59 PM ^
Also nothing worse. Having a kid is the best and worst thing you can do to yourself. It will get a lot harder in a couple days and then be frikken miserable until you get the kid sleeping through the night (ferber method, sleep train the kid at ~5/6 months old) and get some semblance of a life (and sleep) back.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:41 PM ^
Congrats!
I'm loving Retro Bowl, which is basically Tecmo Bowl but with a lot of little flourishes.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^
This is the game my kid and I play when offline and bored. It's fun.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:43 PM ^
Pong all the way!
/s
February 17th, 2022 at 2:44 PM ^
Ballz, Wordle
February 17th, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^
If you find Wordle too easy, try Quordle. Four times the fun.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
Two Dots has been my go-to for a while now. Low stakes, no time constraints, similar to Candy Crush I guess. It's fine to burn some time.
February 17th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^
Royal Match-Solitaire Tripeaks-Phase 10-Charm King
February 17th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
The Wolf simulator (your a wolf, go kill other animals, online with other players/wolfs). Impressive multi player game.
Adventure Capitalist
My kids also enjoy many of the ones mentioned above.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:03 PM ^
First things first--congratulations!
Now, with that out of the way, looking at my phone and the stuff my daughter has placed on it for car trips when her own phone is out of juice, I got:
Pink (?)
Roblox
ProjectMakeup (maybe not so much)
Among Us
Jelly Dye
Bubble Shooter
and
Crossword. . .
February 17th, 2022 at 3:04 PM ^
Roblox and Among Us are definitely 2 of my boys favorites. Roblox is actually a 32 billion dollar company!
February 17th, 2022 at 3:03 PM ^
I've been playing Evony, not really a good game, but very addictive if you like opening lots of prize boxes and farming resources and attacking enemies.
If there's enough people we could get a michigan alliance. It's just hard not to fall into the trap of micro-transactions, but I never pay for any games.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:30 PM ^
Sounds a bit like a game I used to indulge in called Lords & Knights.
Is Evony also a real-time strategy game?
February 17th, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
It is. I used to love Evony, but after I had kids I found it really difficult to be online 24x7 to prevent attacks, farm NPC for resources, etc. I have moved away from those types of games to something I can play more leisurely.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
They look very similar.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:07 PM ^
First off, congrats!
I like puzzle games so I do sudoku and woodoku (spin on tetris).
More time consuming games, Warships Blitz can be addicting, WGT golf if you're a golfer.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:08 PM ^
Retro Bowl might look like a Tecmo Bowl clone, which it is, but it's also soooooo deep with a Franchise mode that's better than anything Madden has and gameplay that's better than it has any right to be. Super addictive.
Also, your players can get busted for things like drugs or sneaking in hookers, and you need to figure out whether to discipline them or look the other way. Soooo... pretty realistic.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:09 PM ^
I don't have many games on my phone, but I play Boom Beach daily. It's been around for quite some time and has three different playing venues on it. Same folks who made Clash of Clans. Pretty easy to setup strategy game.
February 18th, 2022 at 12:12 AM ^
I was big into clash of clans but lost my from the cloud some how. I may start over
February 17th, 2022 at 3:14 PM ^
If you like golf I have played Golf Clash and it is a good way to kill time…
February 17th, 2022 at 3:15 PM ^
The mobile version of Rome: Total War is a great way to accidentally spend 9 hours on your phone.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
I'd rather do something less addictive than an RTS game. Something like heroin, maybe
February 17th, 2022 at 3:55 PM ^
Yeah, I loved that game on PC, and I am scared to download it to my phone.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:27 PM ^
Congrats on the new baby!!
I'm more of a puzzle guy and have Sudoku as my go to time killer (when I read all the MGoContent first!). I have Freecell and Jigsaw HD on the iPad.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:29 PM ^
I have 2 games on my phone... Splendor and Ticket to Ride.
Both are board game-ish.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^
If you like those you might want to try Wingspan
February 17th, 2022 at 3:30 PM ^
Nothing new, but I play Words With Friends every day of my life. I even play with a friend from high school's dad on a daily basis, and I haven't talked to that friend in over a decade.
February 17th, 2022 at 3:54 PM ^
I play NBA 2k mobile (not to be confused with all the other NBA games). It has it's bugs but it's a game you can be perfectly competitive while not spending any money. And, although you have to wait for energy to replenish, you can do multiplayer games to pass the time, or you can just log in twice a day at your leisure so you don't have to be ultra competitive.
Essentially you earn player cards for your lineup. They are current and hall of famer NBA players. You train them up. There are different "tiers" of player cards as you progress so you are challenged. Players can be fitted with shoes and a mentor to further increase stats.
At the end of the season, the game resets and you lose all your gear, cards, etc. Your top players become mentors for next year and their bonus status depend on how much you leveled them up the year before. I'm currently on my 3rd season so my roster is getting pretty deep.