I play these games a lot and highly recommend them; they are all ‘must-plays’ in my book.
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Among Us
Innersloth
Among Usis a cutesy sci-fi take on social-deduction games likeMafiaandWerewolf.
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Observe your fellow crewmates carefully and accuse the one who seems the most “sus.”
Crossy Road
Hipster Whale
This blocky take onFroggerfeatures a chicken trying to cross the road.
Avoid cars, trains, and other hazards and obstacles in this never-ending game.
Innersloth
Players can control different characters instead of a chicken and travel to environments as far out as outer space.
Welltaro dons a pair of gunboots, shooting monsters in a procedurally generated environment to make progress downward.
Both the control scheme and the color palette are minimal, but upgrades and strategies add complexity.
Ketchapp
It takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat with endless story content and a steady stream of updates.
The gameplay largely borrows fromThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Players will have to jetpack as far as possible, with the game continuously moving you in one direction.
King
Traverse throughrandomly generated paths, armed with special abilities and a deck of mystical cards.
Each card has its own cost, power level, and special ability.
Collect your favorite characters and dominate the playing field online with your customized deck.
Supercell
Monopoly Go!
Scopely/Google Play
The essential board game ofMonopolywas converted into a single-player experience for phones calledMonopoly Go!
Like withPokemon Go,Pikmin Bloomsometimes features live multiplayer events.
Hipster Whale
Like in its parent game, each match has up to 100 players airdrop onto an island.
The player’s monarch character will receive petitions and questions, prompting decisions on important matters.
Players explore different realms through the power of flight, meeting other players and customizing their characters.
Devolver Digital
The developers regularly add new story content for the lovable Bigfoot.
Routine gameplay includes growing crops, raising livestock, and doing other tasks with no required objectives.
Meet other villages and even marry one to build a family in this wholesome, never-ending game.
COGNOSPHERE PTE, LTD./Google Play
Using in-game currency, players can obtain items that will give them an advantage on their subsequent runs.
Players slide numbered tiles around a four-by-four grid and combine them to form multiples and addends of three.
The game continues until there are no moves left on the grid.
Capybara Games
The game inspired clones and knock-offs, along with comparisons to similar games like2048.
The game is regularly updated, with new levels arriving several times a month.
Wordscapes
PeopleFun/Google Play
Word puzzle games are hard to resist, andWordscapesis no exception.
CD Projekt S.A.
It’s an easy game to pick up every day, with new levels and puzzles continually added.
Blizzard Entertainment
Square Enix
Halfbrick
Riot Games
Playdigious
Nuverse
Scopely/Google Play
Bandai Namco/Google Play
Nintendo
Niantic
Level Infinite/Google Play
Devolver Digital
thatgamecompany
RAC7
Henry Smith Inc./Google Play
ConcernedApe
SYBO Games/Google Play
Asher Vollmer
PlayDots/Google Play
PeopleFun/Google Play
