Evening, all.

Looking for recommendations for any Android games that you enjoy which can be played completely offline without a data connection of any sort.

These used to be super common once upon a time, but these days it seems every single game I try just doesn’t function if you are totally out of service area.

Would appreciate any tips! Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Some great suggestions in here! That will keep them busy a while. Thanks so much everyone.

  • xaon_rider92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My goto for offline gaming is usually emulation, typically pokemon. But I can also recommend the Bart Bonte puzzle games, Vampire Survivor and Shattered Pixel Dungeon.

    • MisterB@feddit.ukEnglish
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      1 year ago

      +1 for emulation, especially games you never got a chance to play before when they were new

  • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Can recommend Oxenfree and Kentucky Route Zero. They are tied to a Netflix subscription on mobile though (on the other hand, if you already have Netflix, they’re free).

    Besides that, Monument Valley 1 and 2 are amazing games. And The Room series is also very entertaining.

    I also would recommend Broken age and Life is Strange but they seem to not be on the Google Play Store anymore…

  • jeeva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Slay the Spire is a heavy recommendation from me, though it does have online sync it works nicely offline.

  • LazerFX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The Layton games - the DS games have been ported to Android and totally slap. As someone who never had a DS, I’m enjoying this era of the games coming to Android and being playable here.

  • jeeva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Slay the Spire is a heavy recommendation from me, though it does have online sync I’m pretty sure it works offline…

  • rahmad@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yioto is a great indie dev with lots of gems, but I particularly recommend Antiyoy.

    I’d also recommend Battle for Polytopia.

    I’m fairly certain both these turn based strategy games will work fine offline.

  • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Found an old archive so I’m going to ad to the thread myself:

    Alto’s Adventure and Alto’s Odyssey both definitely work offline, but I’m not sure about them trying to serve you advertisements.

    I also used to have a considerable library of emulated games on my phone and would use a bluetooth gamepad. I should probably go back down this road I think! I’d imagine emulation has come a long way since I was mucking around with it.