Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/25/compendium-of-ios-games-worth.html
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Enter the Gungeon isn’t on there? For shame! FOR SHAME!
You can now pet the dog!
Oh wait - iOS isn’t the same as the MacOS, is it? Nvm.
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Don’t suppose anyone has some recommendations for Android? Disappointed that the article made it possible to sort it by several kind of criteria, but failed to include one for America’s largest mobile platform.
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I keep this list bookmarked and check it out every few months. They’re doing a public service.
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Surprised Lemmings didn’t make the list. It’s a surprisingly good F2P adaptation of the classic.
They point out:
I’m not far through the list, still in the "c"s, but I’ve played a lot of what’s listed and don’t disagree with the choices so far. Although I had forgotten about Campfire Cooking, so I grabbed it.
(edit) I’ve seen a few listed, like Tiny Thief, that won’t work unless they are updated. Which is a shame; particularly with that one. I really liked it, and hadn’t finished it before the Apple App-pocalypse happened.
Neat! I’d heard news of a brazenly unlicensed version once, but was not aware it made an official comeback a few months ago. (Quite odd that Sony never saw fit to release the originals on GOG or Steam or whatever.)
ETA: Ah, fudge, not compatible with my modest device. (Probably a memory requirements thing.)
Kind of disappointed that Pokémon Go is on the list instead of Ingress. But Ingress is more of a community than an app. Especially now that the buggy Ingress Prime is out there to replace the original, now rebranded Scanner [REDACTED] and will go dark in September.
Actually, considering the bugs in the latest Ingress Prime release, I am not surprised. But I shall still keep up the fight, go to Mission Days and First Saturdays, and hope to visit another Anomaly.
Lots of good stuff missing there. Like any of the Ace Attorney games, Microsoft’s Solitaire (even with its F2P elements), and Song Pop all seemed to be missing.
Putting any Clash of Clans title on any “best of” list also imparts a big credibility drop for me. That said there were some interesting titles on that list that I’ll definitely be checking out.
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Any list without Kingdom Rush, a tower defense game, and sequels on it is incomplete. One of that studio’s other games is on there, Iron Marines, but I like the Kingdom series better.
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Speaking of which, have you heard that the translation patch for The Great Ace Attorney is out?
https://scarletstudy.gq/purchasing-guide/
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Pleased that the “The Room” series is there. It’s my favorite.
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Android links for the main list:
80 Days - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkle.eightydays&hl=en_US
868-HACK - not on Android
The Arcana - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nixhydragames.thearcana&hl=en_US
Arena of Valor - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ngame.allstar.eu&hl=en_US
Artemis - not on Android
Banner Saga - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.stoicstudio.BannerSaga&hl=en_US
Beglitched - not on Android
Blackbar - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.colinpcornaby.blackbar&hl=en_US
Blackbox - not on Android
Bloop - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.bloop&hl=en_US
Bounden - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.GameOven.Bounden&hl=en_US
Brogue - not on Android
Burly Men at Sea - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brainandbrain.burlymenatsea&hl=en_US
Bury Me, My Love - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plug_in_digital.emma&hl=en_US
Campfire Cooking - not on Android
Cinco Paus - not on Android
Clash Royale - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supercell.clashroyale&hl=en_US
Corrypt - not on Android
Cosmic Express - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmicexpressgame&hl=en_US
Dandara - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rawfury.longhathouse.Dandara&hl=en_US
Dandy Dungeon - not on Android
Data Wing - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DanVogt.DATAWING&hl=en_US
Desert Golfing - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.captaingames.golf&hl=en_US
Device 6 - not on Android
Downwell - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.downwell&hl=en_US
Dream Quest - not on Android
Drop7 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zynga.drop7&hl=en_US
Faster Than Light - not on Android
Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix.android_google.ffxvpe&hl=en_US
Fingle - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.duncanogle.fingle.app&hl=en_US
Finger Tied - not on Android
The Firm - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.sunnysidegames.thefirm&hl=en_US
Fortnite - This is available on Android, but you’ll need to google the unique download process.
Freeways - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.captaingames.freeway&hl=en_US
Getting Over It - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.gettingoverit&hl=en_US
Glitch Tank - not on Android
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.agoodsnowman&hl=en_US
Grayout - not on Android
Her Story - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MrSamBarlow.HerStoryGame&hl=en_US
Hearthstone - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone&hl=en_US
Helix - not on Android
Helsing’s Fire - not on Android
Hidden my game by mom - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.jp.ne.hap.mom&hl=en_US
holedown - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grapefrukt.games.bore&hl=en_US
Hoplite - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magmafortress.hoplite&hl=en_US
Human Resource Machine - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tomorrowcorporation.humanresourcemachine&hl=en_US
Hundreds - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.semisecretsoftware.Hundreds&hl=en_US
Imbroglio - not on Android
Iron Marines - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ironhidegames.android.ironmarines&hl=en_US
INKS. - not on Android
Kero Blaster - not on Android
King of Dragon Pass - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herocraft.kodp&hl=en_US
Kuron and the Jelly Islands - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dofilab.kuronjelly&hl=en_US
Lara Croft GO - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareenixmontreal.lcgo&hl=en_US
Learn Cryptic Crosswords - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teazel.learn.cryptic.crosswords&hl=en_US
Letterpress - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.solebon.letterpress&hl=en_US
Lili - not on Android
Linelight - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mydogzorro.linelight&hl=en_US
Lost Frontier - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MikaMobile.LostFrontier&hl=en_US
Lumino City - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.noodlecake.luminocity&hl=en_US
Metamorphabet - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vectorpark.metamorphabet&hl=en_US
Mini Metro - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.codepoint.minimetro&hl=en_US
Monument Valley - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ustwo.monumentvalley&hl=en_US
The Mummy: Dark Universe Story - not on Android
ねこあつめ (Neko Atsume) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.hit_point.nekoatsume&hl=ja
Neon Chrome - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.the10tons.neonchrome&hl=en_US
New York Times Crossword - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nytimes.crossword&hl=en_US
OLO - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.generalcomp.olo&hl=en_US
Oquonie - not on Android
Osmos - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hemispheregames.osmos&hl=en_US
Out There: Ω Edition - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miclos.google.games.outthere&hl=en_US
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bandainamcoent.pacmancedx&hl=en_US
Papers, Please - not on Android
Pocket Run Pool - not on Android
Pokémon GO - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nianticlabs.pokemongo&hl=en_US
the battle of Polytopia - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.midjiwan.polytopia&hl=en_US
Prune - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Polyculture.Prune&hl=en_US
Pudding Monsters - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeptolab.monsters.free.google&hl=en_US
Rayman Adventures - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubisoft.raymanadventures&hl=en_US
Rayman Fiesta Run - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubisoft.rayman.fiestarun&hl=en_US
Really Bad Chess - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.reallybadchess&hl=en_US
Reigns: Her Majesty - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolver.reigns2&hl=en_US
Road Not Taken - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spryfox.roadnottaken&hl=en_US
Rolando - not on Android
The Room - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.FireproofStudios.TheRoom&hl=en_US
Rusty Lake Hotel - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.RustyLake.RustyLakeHotel&hl=en_US
Rymdkapsel - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grapefrukt.games.rymdkapsel1&hl=en_US
Sage Solitaire - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.sagesolitaire&hl=en_US
Seabeard - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backflipstudios.seabeard&hl=en_US
see/saw - not on Android
[the Sequence] - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onemanband.thesequence&hl=en_US
Skullgirls - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.autumn.skullgirls&hl=en_US
Skulls of the Shogun - not on Android
Snakebird - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.NoumenonGames.SnakeBird_Touch&hl=en_US
Sorcery! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inkle.sorcery1&hl=en_US
Space Invaders Infinity Gene - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.taito.am.siInfinityGene&hl=en_US
Spaceteam - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sleepingbeastgames.spaceteam&hl=en_US
Strategery - not on Android
SteamWorld Heist - not on Android
Subsurface Circular - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cr0ss.subsurface&hl=en_US
Subterfuge - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snappytouch.subterfuge&hl=en_US
Super Hexagon - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.distractionware.superhexagon&hl=en_US
Super Mario Run - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.zara&hl=en_US
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.capybaragames.sworcery&hl=en_US
Swap Sword - not on Android
Threes! - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vo.threes.exclaim&hl=en_US
Ticket to Earth - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robot_circus.TTE&hl=en_US
Tiny Thief - ???
Tiny Wings - not on Android
TouchTone - not on Android
Triple Agent - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tastyrook.agent&hl=en_US
Triple Town - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spryfox.tripletown&hl=en_US
TypeShift - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.typeshift&hl=en_US
Vainglory - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.superevilmegacorp.game&hl=en_US
Vignettes - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.vignettes&hl=en_US
Warbits - not on Android
Wheels of Aurelia - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.santaragione.woa&hl=en_US
The Witness - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nvidia.thekla.witness&hl=en_US
Words With Friends - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zynga.words&hl=en_US
World of Tanks Blitz - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.wargaming.wot.blitz&hl=en_US
Yōdanji: The Roguelike - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kemco.yodanji&hl=en_US
You Must Build A Boat - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eightyeightgames.ymbab&hl=en_US
ZiGGURAT - not on Android
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Spiffy! Did you do that manually, or copy it from somewhere?
(If you copied it from somewhere, is there a similar list for Steam…?)
Also, now that I think about it, The World Ends With You probably merits a slot in this list. If only it wasn’t so darn expensive.
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Manually, I just googled them all in a semi-automated way and then pulled the links.
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Well aren’t you just stellar? Thank ye 
Well, Ingress didn’t have the same number of bugs as Pokemon GO, so Niantic had to add more.
I’m a pretty dedicated Pokemon Go player and I have no idea how some of the more egregious fuckups made it through beta testing.
Neko Atsume is so good. <3
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