Submitted 22 hours ago by original_reader@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
I’m looking for Android games that are designed to be played vertically (portrait mode). Could be casual, action, puzzle, roguelike, or anything really. Best if it can be played one-handed.
Paid or not doesn’t matter.
Feel free to exclude the pay-to-win crowd. Still, name 'em if you feel you have an excellent exception.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.midjiwan.polytopia
I play this one more than I should
I definitely played this one more than I should.
Gonna go with the wildcard here and suggest Walkscape. It’s still in beta, so access requires a one-time patron sub ($4.50, then cancel) or a free written application through their portal (may take like a week to approve)
It’s a classic runescape-style RPG where all actions cost “steps” walking. It’s designed to keep screen time to a minimum and walking time to a maximum.
Character management is generally pretty passive and 1-handed. Definitely much more casual by nature, but encourages much more active participation.
Downwell
Square Valley
A Way Home
Dicey Elementalist
Perfect Grind
A Way Home
This is so basic, it is creative. 😄
I would say Umamusume but don’t get into it if you don’t really have much time.
‘Antiyoy’ is a simple strategy game. Free and with minimal permissions. Iirc ‘Antiyoy Classic’ is offline-only, while the regular one has multiplayer.
‘Diplicity’ is a multiplayer-only (afaik) strategy like Risk, but with zero element of chance, only diplomacy. However it can be rather slow, from what I’ve heard.
‘Fabularium’ is an app for running text-adventure games — one of many such apps, but I like it because it supports modern game formats. You’ll need to download the games themselves elsewhere, mainly from ifdb.org — there are a lot of games, some of them with quite novel mechanics.
‘Hocus’ is a geometrical puzzle with impossible shapes. Iirc additional levels are paid.
I’ve heard that ‘Mindustry’ is a good open-source clone of ‘Factorio’, but idk how it plays on a phone screen.
This is a fun new puzzle game. Like a cross between Tetris and Ingenious
YMBAB is just so addictive!
Here is a paid gem:
Oddly satisfying. And has an ending.
frank@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
The original Shapez is vertical. I don’t love how it plays on mobile in terms of controls but it works