I’m moving away from proprietary apps and want to find open-source games on Android that are genuinely good, not just time-killers or kids’ titles.

My criteria:

  • Modern feel and polished experience — something that feels like a real game, not a tech demo

  • Made for adults: deep gameplay, challenge, real progression (any genre welcome — strategy, roguelike, RPG, racing, puzzle…)

I trust actual players over AI-generated lists, so: what open-source game on Android gave you the best experience, and why?

  • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    13 hours ago

    Andor’s Trail is a pretty good roguelike. It goes very deep. Actually, maybe a bit too deep, I have trouble keeping track of everything that is going on! But it is certainly entertaining.

    • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I tried that one, but the grinding was enormous. Is the game like that, or did I do something wrong?

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 hours ago

        Has excellent quirky humour, from being community built.

        Also, make sure to equip some gear. Otherwise, zero combat skills.

    • BruisedMoose@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I just tried it. While I respect the art and the dialog was entertaining, I don’t think it fits the “modern feel and polished experience” OP is looking for. I almost completely gave up on it until I found the d-pad option and it really requires 2 handed play.

      • Hal@piefed.nzEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I agree a half finished game isn’t what OP is looking for, and a lot of the gameplay (especially later) revolves around finding your way through what are effectively mazes.

        I play it one handed though. It’s turn based combat and when out of combat you just put your finger on the screen and it walks towards it? I didn’t even know a d-pad option existed 😅

      • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Yeah, fair, The controls are a bit clumsy. I would argue that the story is quite polished though. Having a story-driven game like this is rather rare for open-source games.