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?

  • BruisedMoose@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    11 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·
      4 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.