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
    131·
    2 days 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.

      • ace_garp@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Has excellent quirky humour, from being community built.

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

    • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

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

    • BruisedMoose@piefed.social
      English
      2·
      2 days 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
        3·
        2 days 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 😅

        • BruisedMoose@piefed.social
          English
          2·
          1 day ago

          The Fight button (I think?) was on the far upper left. So I had to move my lazy left hand AAAALL the way to my phone!

          • Hal@piefed.nzEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            I just had to go back and check we were talking about the same game. There’s no fight button in the default control scheme, you just bump into the thing you want to fight, then a popup shows in the middle of the screen to start the fight.

            • BruisedMoose@piefed.social
              English
              2·
              23 hours ago

              Ah, I didn’t realize I could just keep bumping into them. I was looking at this Attack button thinking I had to tap that.

              • Hal@piefed.nzEnglish
                1·
                16 hours ago

                Oh that button! That shows after a battle has started. You can tap anywhere! Just tap tap tap on the screen and and long as it’s not a button you’re tapping on then it will attack.

      • DeathByDenim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days 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.