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marilynia, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

I have lately been enjoying Legends if runeterra’s Path of champions mode (PvE)

keiichii12, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

Potion Permit is about $7, but pretty fun. If you got $10 to spare, Ex Astris is a jrpg that’s pretty good.

sem, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

I played a cool one called Pirate solitaire, very charming

NutWrench, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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Stardew Valley has been out on Android for a while now.

soulsource, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 30th
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Technically I’m still playing “Vagrus - The Riven Realms”, but I didn’t play much lately, since I rediscovered my love for the Lean4 programming language and am now playing around with a formally validated heap again.

vonbaronhans, do games w Indie games using retro graphics

Pseudoregalia is a PS1-eta low-poly aesthetic 3D metroidvania with really, really slick movement mechanics. It’s the kind of game that really could’ve existed back then, had developers just known all the little quality of life design choices we have these days.

Tekkip20,
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It is also nortorious for blessing us with goat cheeks.

ICastFist, do gaming w How to get good at FPS with a controller, coming from a PC gamer?
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Earth Defense Force 4 or 5 can be good “training” games. They’re 3rd person shooters, you’ll spend more time moving around than aiming, since your targets will be giant insects, giant spiders, giant aliens and giant alien ships. Even playing online with randos is fine and fun, and I say that as a similar 30+ yo dude.

It’s a grindy game tho and, much like Dynasty Warriors, you should NOT let your pride dictate that you should “start with hard”. Go with medium and, if shit gets too hard, drop down to easy, get better weapons and more health, then come back with a vengeance

silverchase, do games w Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals
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Gato Roboto $1.99 (75% off, matching the all-time low)

Polished metroidvania with great monochrome pixel art. You are a cat piloting a robot suit. It only lasts a few hours, but they’re hours well spent.

simple,

I really enjoyed this one. It’s a bite-sized Metroidvania that isn’t super special, but it has some fun gimmicks and doesn’t overstay its welcome.

awesome_lowlander, do games w Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals

Just picked up Bloons 6, (~$1, 90% off) for those who like tower defense games. Lots of unlockable content and metaprogression, if that’s your jam.

kiagam,

it is ridiculous how much content that game offers for the low price tag. one of my most played right now. the only td I have found that well maintained and very replayable

brenticus,

It is genuinely ridiculous how much content there is in this game for the price. Like, a lot of it looks like an excuse to play the same levels a dozen times with minor variations, but then there are tons of levels, lots of events, ongoing updates with new content of all types, so many different towers and upgrades to play with, community maps to add even more variety… It looks like I’ve played over 200 games and I have so much of the game that I haven’t even touched yet.

simple,

The greatest tower defense game ever made, really. It’s seriously impressive how it appeals to very casual users and the most extreme fans that want a challenge. I also really respect that, while the game has some mictrotransactions, you can’t use any of them on the hardest difficulty.

a_wild_mimic_appears, do games w Steam Summer Sale - Top Deals

Jupiter Hell, 8,39€ instead of 20,99€.

Spiritual successor to DoomRL. a turnbased roguelike that doesn’t feel turnbased, with smooth animation and fast gameplay. 3 different classes with a lot of gamechanging perks, tons of guns and heaps of demons, what else could someone want?

nickwitha_k, do gaming w How to get good at FPS with a controller, coming from a PC gamer?

L2P n00b! /J

In seriousness though, I find the trackpads to be very useful for precision. Unfortunately, you have to build up the skill, like anything else. Work at it over time and you should get there. For practice, really depends on what you want to play. I’d suggest something that has a good system for criticals/headshots. Looks like Aim Lab might work on the deck, so maybe try that?

xavier666,

L2P n00b! /J

:'(

I am currently playing Stray which doesn’t require fast movement. It’s slightly helping me ease into 3D movements.

nickwitha_k,

Good call. You might try games like Tomb Raider or the first Prince of Persia reboot for movement accuracy.

ETA: Just to be absolutely clear, the “/J” was “jerk” like the old “circlejerk” subs, not serious. You probably know that but I’d rather be sure and not assume as I don’t think being dicks to eachother makes the world a better place.

chtk,
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If you really rely on faster movement than what gyro+classic joystick provides: try gyro+flickstick.

Flickstick does require some game specific tweaking. But it’s the only controller input method my “30 years of playing fps on PC”-riddled brain accepts.

ItalianSkeletonGaming, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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@PlzGivHugs Unciv, neat open-source turn-based 4X, obliviously inspired by the Civilization series

DualPad, do gaming w How to get good at FPS with a controller, coming from a PC gamer?

Lot of life long controller users aren’t good at aiming using only joysticks either with increasingly stronger aim assist over the years doing the bulk of the carrying which has led to some players saying a games controls are bad if the aim assist is weaker than ones they do well in.

Then add in how different the dead zone and acceleration curves are for joysticks from game to game and it makes carrying over muscle memory difficult even if you master joystick in one game. It’s like how acceleration can throw off mouse users.

But, gyro helps a lot if native gyro is mouse like or you opt to bind mouse to gyro, since the sensitivity is something that can be replicated from game to game like people do with regular mice. This video might be a good starting point. One quirk of gyro is that some games you can just bind mouse to gyro and start playing, but other games may not support simultaneous gamepad + mouse so having to opt for mouse and keyboard binds on the controls. Some people bind joystick to gyro but that introduces unwanted negative acceleration.

I recommend Portal for starting out and getting used to gyro. Then once you are used to aiming with gyro something like Left 4 Dead 2 which has good Steam Input support.

smeg, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?

I made a post the other day about some gentle arcade mobile games which are currently free. I’ve only played Traffix so far, but it seems great.

silverchase, do games w Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?
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Games I know of on Android:

  • Ganz Schön Clever — Digital adaptation of a board game. It’s like bingo except you roll dice and there’s actual skill involved.
  • Knotwords — Crosswords but instead of word clues, each region of the board indicates what letters appear there.
  • Threes — 2048 was a ripoff of 1024, and 1024 was a ripoff of Threes. Threes is the OG.
  • Sagrada — Digital adaptation of a board game. Build a stained glass window by rolling dice and placing them on your board in the right pattern.
  • Simon Tatham’s Puzzles — Big compilation of various puzzle types.
  • Handshakes (by Pet Pumpkin) — “Solo co-op” sokoban puzzle where you try to get two guys to shake hands.
  • inbento — Assemble lunch boxes by sliding tiles around to match the reference picture.
xavier666,

Alto’s Adventure and Alto’s Odyssey are excellent

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