• TrillianAstra@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    41·
    3 days ago

    I’m legitimately addicted to Umamusume Pretty Derby, which is a gacha game but I’ve been playing for many months and while you can give them money they don’t really push it very hard. There’s a surprising amount of depth.

    I also like idlers, shout-out to Almost A Hero and the hilariously unhinged Crush Crush.

    For a more traditional timewaster I also play a lot of Downwell.

    • Naho_Zako@piefed.zipEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      I’ve seen so much Umamusume Pretty Derby art and propaganda on my Tumblr, and now it just got best ongoing game award or smth at The Game Awards, so I’m slowly becoming convinced. I’m just nervous to add another gacha to my list 😅

      • TrillianAstra@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        It’s a fun sports management game. The races are often very exciting, you can skip them for time but I almost never skip races that might be close and find myself shouting encouragement at my phone in public, lol.

        You could always watch the original anime or the absolutely phenomenal Cinderella Gray spinoff, see how it strikes you. Legitimately pretty great sports drama and the characters are a lot of fun.

        If you do play, send me your Trainer code!

  • Z_ford_prefect@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    If you like Scrabble, Wordfeud has no ads. I’m on the premium version of the app, but it’s just the 1 time payment and then zero clutter in the app after that.

    The devs also run a football pyramid style bi-weekly tournament you can optionally join which is fun and challenging

  • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    I have been playing Melvor Idle for years now and loving it. It’s like runescape without the gameplay. It brings back memories of the good old days of runescape botting. If you’re a fan of watching number go up then it’s worth a try.

    It does have a premium version and DLCs but it’s a good value and only a one time payment. I still haven’t bought any of the DLCs because I’m waiting until I 100% the base game so I’ve gotten over a year of entertainment for $10.

  • ExtraMedicated@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I liked a few. Some are no longer available though. I haven’t really looked for new games in a while. The Room was a great series of puzzle games. Dungeons of Dreadrock was also pretty decent.

  • glimse@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 days ago

    Nonograms Katana is the only one I really play. There’s some optional microtransactions and a subscription but I have never paid anything. No ads unless you choose to see them (20 second video in exchange for items)

  • Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    Not sure if anyone mentioned Polytopia, but it’s one I keep going back to for single and multi player. There’s a really good discord community for the online portion.

  • slimerancher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    There are many good ones, will have to look them up again, but currently on mobile I have:

    • I Love Hue (a hue puzzle game, also has a sequel that is apparently even better)
    • Tiny Bubbles (Another puzzle game, I think it’s also available on PC)
    • Bowling Ballers (Netflix game, non-“endless” runner, you clear levels and get 3 stars, and there are about 5-7 worlds with ~50 or so level in each)
  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 days ago

    Mecharashi

    It’s a gacha with squad tactics style mech combat. It doesn’t feel like you need to pay to get the units you want. I haven’t been hooked on a phone game like this in years.

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
    4·
    3 days ago

    Slice & Dice is a great RPG strategy game where your heroes have their abilities on dice and you know your enemy’s actions so can plan which abilities you’ll need. I’ve been playing it off and on for a while now. The demo is good and I bought the full game pretty quickly. No additional costs or ads.