I just want to kill some time, I like simple arcade style games that aren’t using scummy corporate sales tactics to get me to play every day
Super Auto Pets is one I like
There are plenty of puzzle-style ones like Sagadoku/Blockudoku, Minesweeper, etc.
there’s a really good port of dodonpachi daioujou on the iphone app store, idk about android. sorcery is another good one, based on an old steve jackson gamebook
Geometry Dash
Just installed it. 25 attempts in to level 1. This isn’t for me. I get it, but its so annoying. Uninstalled, no regrets.
Slice and Dice is a good rogue-like dice builder with no bullshit.
No ads. No DLC - there’s a demo game and full version. And the mechanics are solid with no grindy bits.
Absolutly love this game, great replayability.
I have just discovered Card quest which is taking up a lot of my spare time at the moment.
Great game!
Retro Bowl - 1980s style american football game
If you have a rooted phone, an older android version, or the ability to access the android/data folder to move files around, I hear some pvz2 mods are pretty good. Only ones I can personally say are good are Refloureshed and Eclise, though it’s been a long time since I’ve played Eclise. Both are harder versions of vanilla.
Super auto pets is incredibly based
The Way Home
You didn’t say what OS you were running, but if you’re running an iPhone, the original Sonic is in the App Store and is pretty playable on a phone. I also really liked Temple Run.
Dunno if anyone mentioned Badland yet.
Looks difficult to play but is so well designed that it isn’t
Survivor.io is actually amazing and doesn’t panhandle your for money
Bloons TD6 is great and will melt your life away
Pawnbarian is a good twist on chess
I Love Hue, both 1 and 2
Peglin is super fun. It’s wood-described as a peggle rouglike
Fancade is also great. It’s an open engine for little arcade games, so there’s always something new to play. There’s different modes like an adventure mode and a battle mode. There are IAP’s but they’re purely optional and very unnecessary.