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

Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren’t filled with microtransactions? For example: easy puzzle games, match-3 games, low-difficulty adventure games, or clicker-style games.

So far, the only good examples I’ve found are Monument Valley, Suika Game, and (sort of) Vampire Survivors.

I’m personally looking for games that have more progression or variety, but any suggestions are welcome.

9point6,

Shattered pixel dungeon has been a mainstay on my phone for what feels like a decade now

Macaroni_ninja, (edited )
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

In my experience the relatively small selection of the F-droid store is full of these type of games.

Troll patrol

Sudoku

Unciv

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Pirate Solitare

…just to name a few All full versions, no ads or premuim options. Love F-droid, its a shame the selection is quite small.

sem,

Troll patrol isn’t in my fdroid :(

Macaroni_ninja,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

You are right, just checked it and its not there anymore. I downloaded it many months ago :(

sem,

It’s still in Google Play though

Etterra,

Out of the Dark is alright.

DistractedDev,

Walk master

Shelbyeileen,
@Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world avatar

Neopets still exists and is going strong! The community is wholesome and so amazing, You can play it on your phone’s internet browser, it’s wonderful nostalgic break from everything else, and they have a TON of free games built in… Solitaire, Pyramids, Bullshit, Battleship, Minesweeper, Brick Breaker, Mahjong, Blackjack, Poker, Keno, etc.

I still play every day and have a BUNCH of goodies for new players, if you do check it out!

theedqueen,

I haven’t been on neopets in years and now I can’t login anymore. I think at a certain point they changed their login system and my email got lost so I can’t do password recovery anymore. Such a shame because I had put in a lot of work into that account as a kid and had millions saved up.

Mango,

You can get a port of space cadet pinball from GitHub!

nyctre,

I’m enjoying isle of arrows right now. Tower defense but instead of having a set map and same towers you get to draw cards and have to make do with what you get. Some cards give you pathing for the mobs, other expand the buildable area, others give you towers. Simple and fun. Game pauses between waves so you can take as long as you want to prepare.

AceFuzzLord,

I don’t think there’s any meta progression as far as I’m aware, but I find Shattered Pixel Dungeon (available on both android and ios) to be a low stress enough game. I suck at it, so I’ve never gotten much further than the first boss fight, but the game is about running through randomly generated dungeons, going down floor by floor as one of 4 different characters.

Niiru,

Slice and dice

ShareMySims, (edited )

Sky: Children of the Light

You get to run/fly/swim/dive around and explore several mostly chill realms, helping out “spirits” and collecting light (one kind for currency, another to increase flying ability), and optionally interacting and cooperating with friendly randoms from around the world. There is a story to it which I won’t spoil, but there is always more to do even after playing through it.

There are zero ads.

There are some optional transactions, but they aren’t pushed constantly (there are changing “seasons”, and you can buy a pass for each one which will give you access to special cosmetics and the in game currency to buy them with, but there is plenty to collect without it).

Seasons also repeat (not exactly as they were, but the spirits from them return and their items become available again) so if you missed something the first time around because you didn’t have enough in game currency, or you took a break from the game, you’ll get another chance at it (I also think items that were initially only available with the pass you buy for real money, later become available for in game currency).

Keeping that in mind, you can grind as much or as little as you like, and there is also a limit to how much currency you can collect a day, so there’s only so much grinding you can do if you are so inclined. If you’re not that bothered about buying all the items, you can take a really relaxed approach and just play through the tasks and explore at your own pace (even learn how to play an instrument lol).

The first time I played it a few years back, I didn’t really “get” the game, or think to look up any information about it, so was just randomly flying around and getting confused and frustrated when things were a little less chill at points, so I quit. But a few months ago I decided to give it a second chance and having actually taken the time to understand what is going on in the game, this time around I’m enjoying it a lot more.

AlligatorBlizzard,

Gubbins is a fun word game, it’s a one time purchase and apparently part of the profits go to charity due to Hank Green investing in it in a creative way.

Batman,
@Batman@sopuli.xyz avatar

Imagzle. There are “buy more levels” but there are plenty on the main one. It gives a picture, more or less, abstractly related to something. Art, movie, book, many random things

JPAKx4, (edited )

One time purchase:

  • Peglin ✨
  • Luck be a landlord ✨
  • Forager
  • Dicey dungeons
  • Dead Cells (optional DLC)
  • Bloons Tower Defense 6 (out of the way IAP) ✨
  • Terraria
  • 20 minutes till dawn (has a non premium option with some micro transactions)

Free:

  • Antimatter dimensions (long idle-ish game) ✨
  • Legends of Runeterra (just play the story modes) ✨
  • Team fight tactics (cosmetics only)
  • Plague inc (and probably rebel inc, but I haven’t played that yet) ✨
  • Super Auto Pets (cosmetics and extra optional sets) ✨

Star on the ones I’d specifically recommend for casual play

CrayonRosary,

You need to make a bulleted list because your lists came out as jumbled paragraphs. At a minimum you need to put two spaces at the end of each line to preserve line breaks.

I’ll fix it since you put in all the effort to write that up.

One time purchase:

  • Peglin ✨
  • Luck be a landlord ✨
  • Forager
  • Dicey dungeons
  • Dead Cells (optional DLC)
  • Bloons Tower Defense 6 (out of the way IAP) ✨
  • Terraria
  • 20 minutes till dawn (has a non premium option with some micro transactions)

Free:

  • Antimatter dimensions (long idle-ish game) ✨
  • Legends of Runeterra (just play the story modes) ✨
  • Team fight tactics (cosmetics only)
  • Plague inc (and probably rebel inc, but I haven’t played that yet) ✨
  • Super Auto Pets (cosmetics and extra optional sets) ✨

Star on the ones I’d specifically recommend for casual play

SoGrumpy,

^^ A real Bro!

JPAKx4,

Had no idea, thanks

verity_kindle,

Bro, kind and generous.

DragonTypeWyvern,

I reached Challenger on Teamfight Tactics in a couple seasons and I’ve gotta say it honestly gets a bit tiresome how often they change the game. Mortdog and Co do a great job on balance but you just can’t swap from set to set that often and expect things not to break. Plus they like to nerf the things I like the most, and that’s inexcusable.

I also didn’t really care for it as mobile game because you can’t hop in and out, you start a match you need to finish the match and they’re not short. Even the “quick” mode is like fifteen minutes long.

In other words? Great desktop game for people that don’t mind the meta changing entirely every six months. Great “mobile” game if you want to kill no less than thirty minutes.

JPAKx4,

I didn’t star it for a reason lmao, it’s a good game but not great casually

Asclepiaz,

Loop hero is really fun imo! Also solitarica

moncharleskey,

Oh damn, didn’t realize it was on mobile. Great game!

CountVon,
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I’m not sure it fits 100% with what you’re looking for, but I’ll take chance and recommend Slice & Dice (Google Play, Apple App Store). Free demo, no ads, single in-app purchase to unlock the full version. This game is easily the best value-for-dollar mobile game I’ve ever purchased.

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