I think like 98% of mobile games are pretty much trash, but there are some diamonds in the rough.
In the past I’ve enjoyed:
- Monument Valley
- 2048
- Fruit Merge
- Hashi
- Papers Please
- Baba is You
- Balatro
I’m getting bored of my usual picks lately. I’m looking for something that’s quick to jump in and out to pass the time, not something heavy. But hard puzzles or strategy totally fit!
Is the FF Tactics port good? Better alternatives?
My partner and I often collaborate on Lexica (basically Boggle but you can choose some game modes) while waiting for food in a restaurant. Sometimes also Lichess of late
Simon Tatham’s puzzle game collection is already mentioned in the thread. I can only recommend it again
“Slay” is a paid little puzzle game that’s a lot of fun (iirc like 5€ one time up front via Google Play). Very intuitive but I’ve not seen the concept before. The author made a bunch of small fun Windows games and ported this particular one to Android (maybe also available on the dark side, who knows). With a honorable mention of Antiyoy (expanding upon the concept) that you can also find there, the open source implementation is called Feudal Tactics