I'm not much of a mobile gamer, but my favorite is Lifeline. One if the few instances where it really makes use of the medium it is in.
And it's a pretty fun scifi/action/mystery story!
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I've been going hard on Stardew Valley. Just had another kid and no good opportunities to play on PC now, so I bought a Backbone controller off of Amazon and turned my phone into a Switch.
See also: Night of the Full Moon, Card Crawl, Tiny Rails, Inotia 3 & 4 (3 isn't available anymore, but you can get an apk), Talisman: Digital Edition, Dungeon Boss: Respawned (requires Netflix sub now, but no more P2W), Survival Day R.
Vampire Survivors
Balatro
Umamusume Pretty Derby
Roller-coaster Tycoon 2 classic
MyBoy Gameboy emulators
If you like 2D platformers there are cats are liquid, cat bird and slime labs. Besides that, Progressbar95 is also fun
Reaper: tale of a pale swordsman
Xcom 2 and other good games made for PC/console that have gotten Android ports.
But if you have a SteamDeck you'd be better off just getting the PC versions.
The only game specifically made for mobile I've ever found to be good is Pixel Dungeon and specifically the Shattered fork.
Triglav. Diablo like dungeon Crawler.
Another thing I noticed, several games that I'm sure I have played are not listed on the apps I had (bunch of idlers and TCG) so this makes me worry about software preservation, since stuff just vanishes... is there a way to backup those games? At least the ones I bought I'd like to backup myself - and no, I don't care the least about the legality of it.
You can move apps to a pc, transfer app could make the process easier if you want one. As long as it's not online only it's yours.
The ones I have played recently are Pirate Solitaire and Vector Pinball, both available on F-Droid.
I replayed Grand Theft Auto Vice City on my phone a few months ago, that was a good time but it was better when I was using a Bluetooth controller
I played a lot of Sky Force and Sky Force Reloaded. Pretty sure you have to pay to remove ads. Another single payment doubles the "stars" you earn which cuts back on the grind for upgrades. There aren't a ton of stages so a lot of the replay value comes from trying to beat stages on higher difficulty. If you're into v-scrollers it's a visually beautiful game with fun bosses and solid gameplay.
I sunk some time into Retro Bowl for a while too. Fun little football (Gridiron/American football) game with retro inspired graphics.
Truth be told that's about the extent of Android games I found enjoyable. Since getting a Steam Deck and TrimUI brick, I bounce between Factorio, OpenTTD (has an Android port but I haven't tried it), Rimworld and emulating plethora of nostalgic console games.
Edit: forgot about Mindustry and just saw it mentioned above. I'll definitely add that to my recommendations. I prefer on PC or Steam Deck but it plays well enough on Android.
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