100 awesome Android games you need to try

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Some of these apps made the transition from phones to tablets, with that in mind make sure to take a look at our best Android tablets list. Updated 12-16-2015 by Julian Chokkattu: Added all 7 of the games listed on page one. Removed XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Click on a topic to jump to it: Action & Shooter Games Adventure Games Platformer Games Puzzle Games Strategy Games Sports Games New apps added! (December 2015) Prune A beautiful game with a pleasant soundtrack, Prune is about, well, pruning. The goal is to guide and nurture your tree, so that it can sprout enough flowers and you can move on to the next level. Sounds simple, right? Not exactly — you have to deal with various factors such as the wind, too much sun, or clipping off too much of a branch. While it’s a calming game, you’ll still need to be quick to respond to the various obstacles it throws at you. The game doesn’t have any in-app purchases and costs $4. Available on:- Amazon Google Play Infinite Loop Infinite Loop is a minimal-puzzle game where the goal is to connect the grid so that there are no openings to create the a-pattern. The patterns are generated through algorithms, allowing it to be endless. Control-wise, all you have to do is tap on each pattern to rotate it. The game is free and has no in-app purchases. Available on: Google Play Need for Speed: No Limits Need for Speed: No Limits puts you at the wheel and brings pure-adrenaline based racing. It features hundreds of challenges, events, and cars that you can play your way through, and you don’t need to worry too much about controls, as the game only asks you to steer and use the boost. If you’re interested in the mechanical side of things, the game also lets you upgrade your wheels, gearbox, and nitro, among others. The game does have in-app purchases, but it’s not really required to have a blast. Available on:- Google Play Unkilled The makers of Dead Trigger and Dead Trigger 2 have brought yet another zombie first-person shooter that has pretty good graphics. This one offers short quick missions, in which-you have to blast your way through zombies and other objectives-to complete the missions. The controls are simple. All you have to do is drag your thumb on the left side of the screen to move, and drag your thumb on the right side to move the crosshair. When you have a target in your sights, the gun will automatically shoot. You can tap on additional items like rockets and a button-to slow down time. You can get a decent amount of playtime-before you may need to pay to progress through the game. Available on:- Google Play The Path to Luma Hopping on the low-poly trend, The Path to Luma is a puzzle game that makes you find clean-energy solutions on planets around the galaxy. SAM, or Sustainable Augmentation Model, the protagonist, is poised with fixing up planets that have become brown from draining its resources. The game is meant to make you think about energy use, as it was commissioned by energy company NRG, who collaborated with Phosphor Games Studio to build the game. The Path to Luma is free and doesn’t have in-app purchases. Available on:- Amazon Google Play Call of Champions If you like playing games like Dota 2 or League of Legends , Call of Champions might be up your alley. The free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena, MOBA, lets you pick a hero and help your team take down the enemy base. Like most MOBAs, each hero has special abilities. Click around to move and coordinate with your team of three, as you tackle enemy turrets and players. The learning curve is pretty small, and each match is pretty short. The game is free-to-play, but has in-app purchases. Available on:- Google Play Endless Sniper Here’s another endless game. This one is sort of like Duck Hunt , but it’s got randomly-generated levels, a pixelated-art style, and an interactive environment. All you have to do is drag your scope across the screen to pulverize your enemies. You can also do things like shoot-barrels and power ups to aid your sniping frenzy. The game is free, but has ads. Available on:- Google Play Next page: Action & Shooter Games Action & Shooter Games They’re a staple of modern game consoles and PCs around the globe, but action games are fairly plentiful on Android as well. Below are some of our favorite titles. Action Games Galaxy on Fire 2 Are you ready to blast off for an action-packed adventure in an unfamiliar galaxy populated by dangerous aliens and pirates? The satisfying story and spaceship customization will not disappoint. Available on: Amazon Google Play Shadow Fight 2 Everyone harbors a secret desire to be a ninja, so step out of the shadows and beat your opponents to a pulp in this stylish, beautifully animated, fighting game. Grinding RPG elements detract slightly, but it’s a fun time. Available on: Amazon Google Play Colossatron You have to help a giant rampaging dragon robot from outer space to destroy the cities of earth by equipping it with colored Powercores in this frantic, tactical, action mash-up. Available on: Amazon Google Play First-Person Games Unkilled The makers of Dead Trigger and Dead Trigger 2 have brought yet another zombie first-person shooter that has pretty good graphics. This one offers short quick missions, where you have to blast your way through zombies and other objectives-to complete the missions. The controls are simple. All you have to do is drag your thumb on the left side of the screen to move, and drag your thumb on the right side to move the crosshair. When you have a target in your sights, the gun will automatically shoot. You can tap on additional items like rockets and a button-to slow down time. You can get a decent amount of playtime-before you may need to pay to progress through the game. Available on:- Google Play Endless Sniper Here’s another endless game. This one is sort of like Duck Hunt , but it’s got randomly-generated levels, a pixelated-art style, and an interactive environment. All you have to do is drag your scope across the screen to pulverize your enemies. You can also do things like shoot-barrels and power ups to aid your sniping frenzy. The game is free, but has ads. Available on:- Google Play Dead Trigger 2 Extremely violent and gory zombie carnage cut into bite-sized chunks with touchscreen-friendly controls. Different missions and zombie types keep things interesting. Available on: Amazon Google Play Modern Combat 5: Blackout The latest installment in the most popular Android FPS series is the usual macho blend of fast-paced shooter action, original it ain’t, but it’s slick, enjoyable, and boasts a solid multiplayer mode. Available on: Google Play NOVA 3 ($7) If you prefer your FPS action to have a sci-fi flavor, then it’s time to suit up and save the human race. This is graphically stunning; with solid gameplay that features single player and multiplayer action. Available on: Amazon Google Play Into The Dead What do you get if you cross an FPS with an endless runner and stir in some zombies? Most of the time you get eaten, but this is a smart, stylish game that makes the most of its simple premise. Available on: Amazon Google Play Blitz Brigade There’s no Team Fortress 2 option on Android, but this captures the same spirit and the cartoon art style. It’s six vs. six with five classes to choose from and balanced maps for the madcap action. Available on: Amazon Google Play Call of Duty: Strike Team ($7) The controls make the first-person aspect tricky, but you can switch to a third-person view and enjoy something closer to a tactical RTS experience in this polished military shooter. Available on: Google Play Third-Person Games Tomb Raider I ($1) Take control of the iconic Lara Croft as she explores every nook and cranny of Atlantis in this mobile remake of one of the most celebrated games of all time,- Tomb Raider. Available on: Google Play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ($7) An unmissable open-world adventure packed with crazy characters, fast cars, big guns, and lots of crime. There are very few games with this much depth on the Android platform. Available on: Amazon Google Play Shadowgun: Deadzone It’s all about the multiplayer here, with six vs six facing off in a chunky sci-fi world of space ships and plasma rifles. A ranking system and polished maps elevate this third-person shooter. Available on: Google Play Brothers in Arms 3 This-smooth, cover-based 3rd-person shooter features incredible console-like graphics while delivering an exhilarating experience not often seen with smartphone shooters. Available on: Google Play Goat Simulator ($5) You’re a goat who runs amuck in a small town earning points for racking up damage. It’s a joke of a game and exploring the deliberately glitchy world never fails to surprise. Available on: Amazon Google Play Next page: Adventure Games Adventure Games If you’re craving a little more depth to your characters/story and a slower pace, look no further than the role-playing and point-and-click games that make up our adventure category. Role-Playing Games Baldur’s Gate ($8.11) Embark on a long quest to uncover the truth about Sword Coast. Collect loot and level-up along the way in this epically huge PC classic that offers more than 60 hours of gameplay. Available on: Google Play Shattered Planet Explore an incredibly hostile planet to see what you can salvage in this sci-fi styled, tile and turn-based, adventure RPG. Randomly generated worlds and loads of aliens and items make it endlessly interesting. Available on: Google Play Mount & Blade: Warband ($7) If you ever dreamed of being a knight, then it’s time to saddle up and conquer Calradia. It’s an open world to explore full of jousting, medieval weaponry, bandits, and damsels in distress. Available on: -Google Play The Bard’s Tale ($2) A huge world to explore packed with colorful characters, weaponry, and loot; this is a full-fat RPG that will keep you questing for hours. It’s also a delightful send-up of the genre. Available on: Amazon Google Play Final Fantasy VI ($16) Legendary Japanese dev Square Enix has ported most of the Final Fantasy series to Android. If you played them first time round you’ll know why it’s one of the biggest RPG series of all time, if not it’s time you did. Available on: Google Play Knights of Pen & Paper +1 ($5) This retro, turn-based RPG pays tribute to the days of pen and paper D&D. It’s an imaginative mix of pixel art and geeky humor, an offbeat gem with solid RPG mechanics at its heart. Available on: Google Play Swordigo If you’re craving a good old-fashioned hack n’ slash action-platformer with RPG elements then you’ve found it. Fans of Zelda are going to want to check this one out. Available on: Amazon Google Play Ravensword: Shadowlands ($7) This is a good-looking open world RPG that’s fairly accessible. Fantasy styling, a storyline to work through via quests, character specialization, and everything else you’d expect to find is here. Available on: Amazon Google Play The Forest of Doom ($1.95) If you remember the Fighting Fantasy books then you’ll get a warming glow of nostalgia from playing through this. It’s a beautifully made adaptation that works perfectly. Available on: Amazon Google Play Ingress A genre defying RPG-with-complicated backstory that requires players to “hack”-portals that are real-world landmarks by physically visiting each landmark. Ultimately, you’re fighting for the “Enlightened” or the “Resistance” and every portal you hack allows you to gain points. Available on: Google Play Point-and-Click Games Broken Sword : Director’s Cut ($5) This classic point-and-click adventure is a charming detective yarn that will transport you to Paris and beyond, as you try to unravel a dark conspiracy that stretches back to the days of the Knights Templar. Available on: Amazon Google Play Five Nights at Freddy’s ($3) The nightshift is a lonely place when there are murderous animatronic teddy bears about. This point-and-click survival horror is really original, cleverly designed, and genuinely creepy. Available on: Amazon Google Play Machinarium ($5) This rusting, hand-drawn robot world never-fails to draw you in as you puzzle your way through a charming story that’s told entirely without words. It’s short, but very sweet. Available on: Amazon Google Play Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 ($3) This time you’re a security guard who’s only hope for survival is to don the Freddy Fazbear mask to blend in with the Animatronics. There’s more backstory than the original, but it’s just as terrifying. Available on: Amazon Google Play The Walking Dead: Season One and Two Telltale Games hit a home run with its point-and-click rendition of the uber-popular series,- The Walking Dead . Perhaps its greatest feature is that the key choices you make have-massive impacts on the entire game from start to finish. Season One: -Google Play Season Two: -Google Play Next page: Platform Games Platformers Platformers are one of gaming’s classic genres. It all began way back before the days of Super Mario, but great new platformers come out every year. Here are some we love to play. Sidescrolling Games Badland This is a compelling fusion of gorgeous artwork, accessible gameplay, and clever design. You have to guide your hedgehog-like creatures through a deadly forest teeming with life and machines. Available on: Amazon Google Play VVVVVV ($3) Smart, retro, sci-fi platformer with an old-school difficulty curve and a charming sense of wit. The twist is, instead of jumping, you tap to flip gravity, as you search for the missing members of your crew. Available on: Amazon Google Play Deadlings You’ll have to whip your undead army of weird zombie minions into shape to beat this puzzle-platformer that gets steadily tougher as the levels progress. There are more than 100 to beat. Available on: Google Play Thomas Was Alone ($2) Short and strangely sweet, this puzzle-platformer is elevated to a higher plain by the narration of Danny Wallace and the awesome soundtrack. Get ready to emote over blocks. Available on: Amazon Google Play Paper Monsters ($1) The 2D side-scrolling gameplay will remind you of Mario, but it’s wrapped in a super cute and colorful 3D art style. Highly polished, instantly fun, and suitable for the whole family. Available on: Amazon Google Play Minecraft – Pocket Edition-($7) The phenomenon known as- Minecraft -made an incredibly successful jump to smartphones, giving fans of the franchise the ability to mine, explore, and build their way to 8-bit glory anywhere. Available on: Amazon Google Play Leo’s Fortune-($5) Leo, an adorable fuzzball that’s one half mustache, is on a quest to recover his fortune. It’s a well-executed platformer that has you floating and hopping your way through the 24 levels game. Available on: Amazon Google Play Limbo ($5) This one whips up plenty of anxiety in a matter of seconds. You play as a boy who navigate through a haunting industrial world. This puzzle-platformer is harder– oh yea– you’ll end up dying a lot. Available on: Amazon Google Play Botanicula-($5) You’re a cluster of bugs who embark on an adventure to save a tree from an evil parasite. But that’s only half the draw of this richly textured world from the creators of-Machinarium. Available on: Google Play Endless Runners Temple Run 2 Can you evade capture and certain death at the hands of a rabid monkey? Duck, jump, slide, and spin to safety as you sprint through a ruined temple environment clutching the stolen idol. Available on: Amazon Google Play Subway Surfers Watch out for oncoming trains and other obstacles as you run along the tracks collecting coins. This endless runner offers some power-up twists, like a hoverboard and jetpack, to refresh the gameplay. Available on: Amazon Google Play Smash Hit Flying through a futuristic, geometric environment full of glass obstacles you can smash by firing metallic spheres is strangely stress-relieving. The synced music and gentle difficulty curve help draw you in. Available on: Amazon Google Play ALONE… ($2) Fans of twitchy gameplay are going to love this fresh endless runner that places you in a capsule hurtling through space at near light speed trying desperately to avoid colliding with anything. Available on: Amazon Google Play Canabalt HD ($3) Tap to jump is all you need to know to guide your man in a hurry across the roof tops and through buildings. This is where the endless runner genre began and it’s still one of the best. Available on: Amazon Google Play Despicable Me Just like the movie, this game is fun for adults and kids. You have to guide your minion safely through various colorful environments, mini-games, and even boss battles. Available on: Amazon Google Play Next page: Puzzle Games Puzzle Games Prune A beautiful game with a pleasant soundtrack, Prune is about, well, pruning. The goal is to guide and nurture your tree, so that it can sprout enough flowers and you can move on to the next level. Sounds simple, right? Not exactly — you have to deal with various factors such as the wind, too much sun, or clipping off too much of a branch. While it’s a calming game, you’ll still need to be quick to respond to the various obstacles it throws at you. The game doesn’t have any in-app purchases and costs $4. Available on:- Amazon Google Play The Path to Luma Hopping on the low-poly trend, The Path to Luma is a puzzle game that makes you find clean-energy solutions on planets around the galaxy. SAM, or Sustainable Augmentation Model, the protagonist, is poised with fixing up planets that have become brown from draining its resources. The game is meant to make you think about energy use, as it was commissioned by energy company NRG, who collaborated with Phosphor Games Studio to build the game. The Path to Luma is free and doesn’t have in-app purchases. Available on:- Amazon Google Play Infinite Loop Infinite Loop is a minimal-puzzle game where the goal is to connect the grid so that there are no openings to create the a-pattern. The patterns are generated through algorithms, allowing it to be endless. Control-wise, all you have to do is tap on each pattern to rotate it. The game is free and has no in-app purchases. Available on: Google Play Monument Valley ($4) Can you guide Ida through a series of impossible architectural wonders in this Escher-inspired puzzler? It’s a relaxing, gorgeous, accessible game that never gets too challenging. Available on: Amazon Google Play The Room Two ($2) This is a mysterious journey into the dark as you attempt to unravel the creepy truth by solving a series of elegant, multi-layered puzzles in a highly-polished environment full of curiosities. Available on: Amazon Google Play Bag It! ($2) Like- Tetris for grocery store workers,- Bag It! tasks players with efficiently stacking loads of groceries into a single bag. Just remember-light, fragile items on bottom, and heavy items-on top; or is it the other way around? Available on: Google Play Threes! ($2) The aim is to swipe combining matching number tiles and building the biggest number that you can manage. It may be aesthetically and tactically simple, but it’s also instantly addictive. Available on: Amazon Google Play QuizUp If you fancy yourself a trivia buff or quiz master then this is the game for you. Choose from more than 500 topics and take on millions of other players around the world in a race to answer questions. Available on: Amazon Google Play Drop7 Match like-numbered discs and string together massive chain reactions in Zynga’s wildly addictive puzzle game,- Drop7. -You’ll have an incredibly hard time putting this gem down. Available on: Google Play Odd Bot Out ($2) Help Odd, the purple robot, escape from the defective robot complex by solving a series of puzzles that get progressively more difficult. It’s a classic escape game with a nice geometric aesthetic. Available on: Amazon Google Play Match Three Games Candy Crush Saga Fiendishly addictive and fast-paced gameplay makes this candy-themed world difficult to leave until you have conquered every level or run out of lives, whereupon you can take a break or pay to play on. Available on: Amazon Google Play Frozen Free Fall This Frozen-themed match-3 game features all your favorite characters from the Disney classic, it’s beautifully animated, and the gameplay is terribly addictive. There’s limited free play with optional IAP. Available on: Amazon Google Play Bejeweled Blitz Incredibly popular puzzle franchise Bejeweled offers some jewel matching fun against the clock with a competitive element that kicks things up a notch as you try to best your friend’s scores. Available on: Google Play Word Games Words with Friends Try social gaming Scrabble-style, as you compete against friends or strangers to create the best words from your available letters. This cross platform game is easy to get into and works well accompanied by chat. Available on: Amazon Google Play Spelltower ($2) Can you pick high-scoring words out of the grid before you run out of space or time? There’s a Tetris inspired twist to this word game that adds to the addictive tension. Available on: Amazon Google Play 7 Little Words Use the seven clues to pick the right seven words out of the 20 letter group tiles on offer and you’ve cracked that puzzle. Take as long as you like and guess as often as you like. Available on: Amazon Google Play Deep Under the Sky ($4) A super chilled soundtrack accompanies this visually stunning platform adventure as you guide a jellyfish through a series of levels using basic boost, swing, and roll maneuvers. Available on: Amazon Google Play Kiwanuka ($3) Use your magic rod to form your followers into human bridges and guide the rest of your clan to the promised land, or at least the next level, in this delightfully imaginative puzzler. Available on: Amazon Google Play World of Goo ($5) Using balls of goo with different properties you have to construct solutions that will guide your left over goo through the escape pipe to beat each level. It’s beautifully made, clever, and unmissable. Available on: Amazon Google Play Next page: Strategy Games Strategy Games The strategy genre is one of our favorites, from Board games to turn-based strategy to tower defense. It’s all here. Board Games Carcassonne ($5) Build a landscape using a central deck of tiles and use your minions to develop and dominate the unfolding world in this medieval-themed, turn-based adaptation of the popular board game. Available on: Amazon Google Play Hitman Go ($5) Have you got the nerve, quick thinking, and skill to successfully dispatch your target? This turn-based puzzler requires careful planning or you can expect to be bumped off the board. Available on: Google Play Ticket to Ride ($7) A classic board game that translates well to the Android platform, this is all about building a rail empire by connecting cities, claiming routes, and blocking off your opponents. Available on: Amazon Google Play Strategy Games Call of Champions If you like playing games like Dota 2 or League of Legends , Call of Champions might be up your alley. The free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena, MOBA, lets you pick a hero and help your team take down the enemy base. Like most MOBAs, each hero has special abilities. Click around to move and coordinate with your team of three, as you tackle enemy turrets and players. The learning curve is pretty small, and each match is pretty short. The game is free-to-play, but has in-app purchases. Available on:- Google Play Clash of Clans Build up your settlement, plan your defenses, raise an army, and guide your tribe to victory against nasty goblins or other clan leaders, it’s a good combination of slow planning and quick chaotic battles. Available on: Google Play Eufloria HD ($5) A polished art style and soundtrack enhance this unique RTS game that works perfectly with touch controls and offers strategy without stress. Can you colonize outer space with your seedlings? Available on: Amazon Google Play The Simpsons: Tapped Out A must-play for fans of Matt Groening’s hit cartoon, The Simpsons: Tapped Out -lets players mold Bart, Lisa, and Homer’s hometown of Springfield however they see fit, while earning tasty donuts along the way. Available on: Google Play Plague Inc. Ever had one of those days where you feel like wiping out humankind? You need to download this and see if you can kill off the world out before it can adapt and survive. Available on: Amazon Google Play Dots: A Game About Connecting Simple yet wildly addictive,- Dots -tasks players with connecting as many like colored dots as possible in 60 seconds. The game even lets you play against friends on Facebook and Twitter with multiplayer mode. Available on: Amazon Google Play Total War: Battles ($2) It’s not in the same league as the epic PC series, but there’s a decent board game style campaign for supremacy in feudal Japan and tactical RTS battles with a twist. Available on: Amazon Google Play Out There ($2) Space is bleak and unforgiving and you’ll need to be smart and maybe a little lucky if you expect to survive for any length of time. It’s tough and frustrating, but never boring. Available on: Amazon Google Play Tower Defense Games Plants vs. Zombies 2 Carefully construct your garden of doom to take down the onslaught of zombies before one of them eats your brains. Set across several themed worlds, this game looks and plays great. Available on: Google Play Defender II This twist on the tower defense genre puts you in control of a single tower as you try to mow down an onslaught of monsters. Your chances are boosted by a series of upgrades and spells you can unlock. Available on: Amazon Google Play Grave Defense HD ($3) A post-apocalyptic world packed with mutant zombies serves as the perfect backdrop for this tactical tower defense title. Plan your layout carefully and upgrade at the right time if you want to survive. Available on: Amazon Google Play Anomaly 2 ($5) You have to guide your convoy of vehicles through hostile territory in this tower offense title that requires quick thinking and smart strategy. It’s visually impressive and offers multiplayer gameplay. Available on: Amazon Google Play CastleStorm Tower defense and offense, 2D physics destruction, strategy and action are all mashed together here and the result is weirdly compelling. Heavy handed IAP aside, this is great fun. Available on: Amazon Google Play Tower Defense The king of tower defense on Android is powerfully addictive and it doesn’t mess around. A wide range of towers, basic resource gathering, and endless enemy aliens to mow down make this a classic. Available on: Google Play Farming Games Hay Day Can you build a successful farm with thriving crops and happy animals? That’s the aim in this cheerful and colorful farming sim, and it requires careful time and resource management. Available on: Google Play FarmVille 2: Country Escape Following on from the game that started the farming sim craze, this sequel enables you to grow, tend, craft, build, and trade to your heart’s content. You can play co-op with friends, or go it alone. Available on: Amazon Google Play Farm Frenzy 3 ($1) Cute and cuddly visuals combined with a heart-warming story mask a challenging time management title that requires some quick tactical thinking to master. Loads of content to keep you busy for hours. Available on: Amazon Google Play Next page: Sports Games Sports Games If you’re looking for some organized, unorganized, and downright chaotic sports action, this is the page for you. Here are our top picks for Android sports games. 9 Innings: 2014 Pro Baseball There’s a lot going on in this comprehensive baseball game. Pick a team from officially licensed MLBPA players, play offense and defense or simulate games, and trade and buy baseball cards. Available on: Amazon Google Play Madden NFL Mobile It never hits the heights of the console series, and the IAP is pervasive, but this is still a decent choice for football fans. You can play a full season, quick multiplayer matches, and collect cards. Available on: Google Play Real Basketball Decent graphics and accessible controls make this quick to pick up, and the chance to test yourself online against other real players makes it tough to put down again. Available on: Google Play PBA Bowling Challenge Play a quick pickup game or embark on a full career. This official PBA game features the real players, loads of tournaments, different alleys and balls, and the chance to bowl multiplayer. Available on: Amazon Google Play WWE Immortals As if the WWE wasn’t already over the top,- WWE Immortals takes the popular sport and transports it to an alternate reality chock full of supercharged signature moves, and ridiculous alter-egos. Available on: Google Play Desert Golfing ($1.50) A procedurally generated desert landscape plays host to a never-ending golf course as you tap and drag to fire your ball holeward. It sounds boring, but it’s actually very hard to stop playing. Available on: Amazon Google Play True Skate ($2) Your fingers are the skater in this sandbox, physics-based, skateboarding sim. It takes a while to master the controls, but you have all the time you need, and stringing together tricks is very satisfying. Available on: Amazon Google Play Real Boxing ($1) It looks gorgeous, but your avatar won’t after a few rounds. This is a tough and unforgiving boxing game, but persistence pays off if you’re strategic and pick your openings. Available on: Amazon Google Play Ace Fishing: Paradise Blue Anglers are sure to get hooked on this good-looking, accessible fishing game that mixes in a little action to boost the excitement level. There’s a bit of grind involved if you don’t want to pay. Available on: Google Play New Star Soccer The life of a professional footballer is yours for the taking in this beautifully crafted game that combines match action with football management and RPG elements. Available on: Amazon Google Play 8 Ball Pool Sharpen up your skills in the practice arena and then it’s time for multiplayer pool. Play friends or strangers in single matches or tournaments where you stake coins on each match. Available on: Amazon Google Play Grand Prix Story ($5) Have you got what it takes to manage a motorsports team? Kairosoft’s management sims are incredibly addictive and this one is all about trying to get your drivers on the winner’s podium. Available on: Amazon Google Play FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Fifa 15 from EA sports is one of the best ways to satisfy your soccer addiction for the price of zero dollars. You can play in exhibition or career mode and lists over 10,000 players and plenty of stadiums. Available on: Amazon Google Play Ridiculous Fishing ($3) Players haul dozens of fish to the surface on one line then blast them into tarnation with a shotgun. It’s a ridiculously fun arcade game that’s also well-crafted. Available on: Amazon Google Play Flick Shoot 2 We’re a big fan of soccer, here at DT. Can you tell? This this simple flicker combines the most exciting parts of soccer, allowing you to shoot to score from different distances and compete with friends in a multiplayer mode. Available on: Google Play Racing Games Asphalt 8: Airborne Sexy sports cars, exotic locations, and the chance to pull off death defying jumps as you speed to cross that finish line first, combined with a pumping soundtrack to get your heart racing. Available on: Amazon Google Play CSR Racing There isn’t much depth to this drag racing game, but it’s very accessible and pitched just right for quick bursts. Plenty of cars, bosses to beat, but you’ll have to grind or pay for upgrades. Available on: Amazon Google Play Real Racing 3 If you’re looking to drive meticulously modeled sports cars on real race tracks in various events then look no further. Impressive graphics, solid controls, and good car physics make this a winner. Available on: Amazon Google Play Impossible Road ($2) Your job:-Guide the white ball down a road for as long as possible, all while picking up speed. The title is pretty appropriate. It’s a difficult and impossible task, but a perfect bus ride companion nonetheless. Available on: Amazon Google Play Click on a topic to jump to it: Action & Shooter Games Adventure Games Platformer Games Puzzle Games Strategy Games Sports Games That’s it for our roundup right now. We listen to all suggestions (as long as you’re not marketing a game). So please comment with your ideas. Previous updates: Updated 4-9-2015: Added 10 Android games. Multiple members of the Digital Trends staff contributed to this compilation.



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