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Free Android Games (incl. FOSS ✅️) - no ads, no IAPs, no gacha.

Latest entries - 25 April, 2025:

THE LIST

 

Legend

✅️ - FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software). Listed on top in their respective categories

☕️ - includes option to donate, with or without minimal cosmetics only

[Game title] - delisted

 

Shooter

 

Stealth

 

Platformer

 

Rhythm

 

Arcade

 

RPG

 

Roguelike dungeon crawler

 

Deck builder

 

Adventure

 

Puzzle

 

Tower defense

 

Strategy

 

Management

 

Racing

 

Simulation

 

Casual

 

Visual novel

 

Delisted or outdated

 

Happy gaming ;)

ps: please let me know if there's any wrong information about the games included in this list (especially regarding the ones with free donations) so that I'll fix the post, if necessary.

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  • Hi everyone!

    I'm moving my two lists of games from Reddit to Lemmy, as I'm planning to jump platform and totally abandon Reddit in the future. The reason is well, Lemmy is better, and Reddit's admin have suspended or shadowbanned my account without reason, deleting all my contributions to the community (Android Gaming) there.

    Most notably my two lists of games which I've curated for over 4 years: "100% free games" and "Favorite PAID games".

    Lemmy's still young and, unfortunately, there isn't a relevant or active Android gaming community yet, so I'm uploading here hoping I'm not doing anything wrong!

    I'll probably cross-post the two lists on !android@lemmy.world too.

    I'm very new to Lemmy so ANY feedback is appreciated. Thank you!

    • Some small markdown suggestions:

      • Headers require a space after the number signs, like:
        ## **THE LIST**
      • I think "Introduction" and "Entry Criteria" should both be headers as well
      • Each of your genre headers should get three number signs, since those are each subsections of the "THE LIST" section

      • First of all, thanks for your observations and suggestions. I love to be precise with my posts and learning more about markdown formatting.

        Headers require a space after the number signs

        A question about this: does it change the way it actually looks? I'll fix it, but I'd love to know if there's a practical difference in using space vs no space?

        I think "Introduction" and "Entry Criteria" should both be headers as well

        You're probably right, as general rules go, but the reason why headers in my list are formatted this way is because I wanted to draw attention to the actual list and genres, rather than to the introduction/criteria. As I'm expecting most users to browse this list when they want to checkout some games.

        Each of your genre headers should get three number signs, since those are all headers that fall within the "THE LIST" section

        I've actually tried that recently, but didn't like the way it looked. I think something was off with the spacing between genre headers and first line when using three hashtags. Might give it another try soon.*

        *fixed the genre headers with three hashtagas

    • Thanks for posting that here!

    • Welcome! FYI you can type !android@lemmy.world to link a community

      • Thanks! Would this be helpful for cross-posting to that community? My goal is to have a post showing in these 2 communities, and when I update the original one in this instance, the update will automatically carry on to the community in the other instance.

        I tried cross-posting using a function in the Summit app, but the updates don't carry on... Do you know how I could achieve this?

    • Thanks for your work on this! Will pin it for awhile :).

      • That's great! Hope it can be helpful :)

        I will start including FOSS games into this list soon, labeled as such for clarity.

        Also, here is my paid games list in case you find it appropriate to pin this one too.

        Cheers!

  • This only kinda meets the criteria since emulators are available on the play store, though roms will have to be sourced elsewhere, but... 100% roms and emulators. The N64 content and earlier emulate really well on a smartphone, especially when paired with a bluetooth controller.

    IIRC ever version (different language releases, etc) of every game for Nintendo consoles from when they first became a company through all of the N64 content is a grand total of like 20bg: each individual game is tiny, so you can easily fit all your favorites on your phone.

    I'm not sure what the latest and greatest emulators are today, but when I dabbled into this stuff last time, there were free, no bullshit options.

    Quick search reveals a couple communities for it here on Lemmy:

    !emulation@lemmy.ml

    !emulationonandroid@lemmy.ml

    I'd hit the side bars of those communities and go from there.

    Note: downloading roms you don't own the license to is piracy; and even if you do own the license, your ISP won't know that, so I'd recommend practicing some basic internet safety like using a VPN. Also, ad blockers are an ABSOLUTE MUST on any website that provides or directs you to roms, otherwise you'll have like 20 links on your page that all say "Download!" that will lead you to some flavor of shitware.

    But yeah, if you want games without all the modern bullshit in them like ads and lootcrate gambling, etc, then what better option than games that were made before all that cancer existed?!

    • While I enjoy emulation, it is kinda OT for this list.

      Also, is it me or the two links in your comment are broken? It seems like they both miss an "h" in "https".

      • While I enjoy emulation, it is kinda OT for this list.

        Kinda, but only kinda. I wouldn't put any how-to guides or anything here, but letting folks know that it's an option is worth posting.

        Also, is it me or the two links in your comment are broken? It seems like they both miss an “h” in “https”.

        Weird. They both worked for me; I changed them to the ! links - see if that works any better. ...actually iirc that makes it better for mobile users anyway.

  • Hey, thank you for this great list! Do you think you could maybe add a small description for every game?

    • Hey, thank you for this great list!

      You're welcome :)

      Do you think you could maybe add a small description for every game?

      Sorry, I won't do that. I think it's easy enough to click on the links and check all the info on the Store, with pictures and description. Furthermore, I did not play all these games as they're user recommendations, so it'd be too much work for little benefit.

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