Android games
Play store is unusable tripe. I member back in the day there being websites and forums that actually gave honest insight into what was good and what was trash. Anything like that today? Where does one find the good android games nowadays while avoiding all the shovelware crap?
Try F-Droid, there’s some good quality games in their listing, and it’s a lot more transparent than the Play store.
There’s also a lot more indies (whether new or old) that have made it to mobile, like Stardew Valley, Terraria and Dungeon Clawler, so it’s worth checking out the “premium” category on the Play store to find some decent games too
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Emulators are where it’s at on Android, at least for me. There’s a handful of good native android games but you can play so so many fantastic old games using emulators.
Here’s a thorough guide on setting it up:
retrogamecorps.com/…/android-emulation-starter-gu…
And a link for ROMS collections:
It seems like a lot to take in just to play some games but I promise it’s easier than it looks to get up and running.
I thought I had a couple of counter examples, but every good game on my phone has a steam port (or originated on PC).
I really thought Miracle Sudoku would be phone only, but even that exists on steam.
In terms of browsing Google Play there are two alternative ways I’d recommend.
First one is AuroraStore, grab it from F-droid:
The second option is AppFinder, grab that from their website here:
Actually the official google “play games” app has a nice feature that should be included in play store: it can filter for games without purchases.
Other than that, the mentioned minireview app has good filters.
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