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14 votes
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Torn - web-based old-school style game
7 votes -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now free-to-play and has added a battle royale mode named "Danger Zone"
19 votes -
My dad had a stroke; looking for free Android games to help him pass time and recover
Last month my dad had a stroke. Miraculously he didn't lose much functionality at all, though he does have some minor cognitive issues that we're working on in rehab - mainly memory. Accordingly,...
Last month my dad had a stroke. Miraculously he didn't lose much functionality at all, though he does have some minor cognitive issues that we're working on in rehab - mainly memory. Accordingly, we want to find some games he can play on his tablet to help keep his mind active and focus his attention. But the mobile game market is hard for me to navigate and sort through for what I'm looking for.
I need games that're about a dollar or less and don't have in-app purchases. Basically games you could give to your kid and trust that they're not gonna be psychologically manipulated into wanting to empty your bank card or something like that.
Brain teasers and simple puzzles are ideal for sharpening his mind but any game that's good clean straightforward fun will work. I don't think he's going to be able to handle anything with a whole lot of moving parts like an RTS right now, for instance.
I can't afford to spend much on this and I don't know what kinds of games will interest him most so I want to give him a lot of choices. I've already looked through a couple of the other mobile game rec threads on here and I'm checking out the games listed there, but I was hoping you all could help me think of some stuff more geared to my situation. Any pointers even just on where to go looking or what to google would be appreciated. Cheers!
Edit:
Thank you all for being so supportive! I've added a bunch of the games you recommended, and I also found a couple nice lists that I thought I'd add here for anyone else interested.
Short List of Totally Free Games
10 Completely Free Mobile Games
Stay awesome tildes!
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What are some of your favorite mobile games?
Preferably free, not too many ads, and cross platform. Any genre is fine!
30 votes -
Krunker - In-browser multiplayer FPS
8 votes -
Generals.io: a cool little online real-time strategy game
13 votes -
Florence: Award-winning Australian mobile video game takes players on emotional journey of a relationship
7 votes -
The making of Fallout Shelter
14 votes -
Nand Game - Build a computer from scratch
11 votes -
GOG.com giving away Shadow Warrior 2 for the next 48 hours
26 votes -
Love in the time of AI: meet the people falling for scripted robots
5 votes -
How we fit the NES game Micro Mages into 40 Kilobytes
14 votes -
XKCD Mario - A playable XKCD Mario level
15 votes -
wideNES - Peeking Past the Edge of NES Games
11 votes -
Sekai Project Lays Off Marketing Staff
3 votes -
Google adds warning for users searching for Fortnite in Play Store, could lose $50 million or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing it
18 votes -
Nintendo's war on ROMs threatens to destroy gaming history
8 votes -
Mobile games?
Curious if anyone has found any mobile games that are fun, and are not destroyed with microtransactions.
9 votes -
Fortnite for Android may not be on play store, presumably to avoid Google's 30% cut
16 votes -
Adobe Flash’s gaming legacy — thousands upon thousands of titles — and my efforts to save it
10 votes -
Codingame.com lets you write programs to play games.
2 votes -
lunatic86, an x86 emulator written in Lua running in OpenComputers running in Minecraft running on Java
16 votes -
Riot's approach to anti-cheat
10 votes -
Finding and exploiting hidden features of Animal Crossing's NES emulator
18 votes -
Best twenty paid iOS games with no in-app purchases for iPhone and iPad of 2018
5 votes -
A peek inside the Niantic Real World platform
4 votes -
Introducing Cat Hop! The mobile runner I made you can play now right in your browser!
9 votes -
Pokémon Go adds friends and trading options
8 votes -
Good mobile games
I don't play mobile games very often but every now and then I want to load up something a bit more substantial than your average mobile game without having to log hours like Fallout Shelter. I...
I don't play mobile games very often but every now and then I want to load up something a bit more substantial than your average mobile game without having to log hours like Fallout Shelter. I played something called (I think) Pixel dungeon in the past that was a sort of roguelike and I enjoyed that. What do you guys play and recommend?
30 votes -
Fortnite looks to be coming to Nintendo Switch
15 votes -
GOG.com Giveaway - Xenonauts (100% off until June 6, 1 PM UTC)
9 votes -
Book Cover Concentration - Match the obscure book covers
3 votes -
The OG clicker game: Cookie Clicker
32 votes -
Anyone like Pokemon Go?
I had this game on my phone for awhile but only just started last night. So far I think it's neat what kinds of landmarks can be pokestops, like a little fountain by a restaurant or a very old...
I had this game on my phone for awhile but only just started last night. So far I think it's neat what kinds of landmarks can be pokestops, like a little fountain by a restaurant or a very old building. It also reminds me of those pokewalker things from long ago, the ones that counted your steps. It also kills me when a church is a gym.
Now I'm not walking everywhere or buying plane tickets trying to do this but it's pretty pleasant so far. What are your thoughts, Tildes?
Edit: I took my first gym at a quaint little church and the Nidorino I left there came back about 6 hours later. There's more people playing this than I realized, also more churches lol.
13 votes -
The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds - a thirty minutes game about the theory of the Wisdom of the Crowds
4 votes -
Tyranny is still free to play for over twenty-four hours on Steam
6 votes -
Overwatch free weekend - 5/25 - 5/28
5 votes -
Epic games to provide $100,000,000 for the first year of esports tournament prize pool
8 votes -
RIP Totalbiscuit
@gennabain: Rest in Peace my Dearest Love John @Totalbiscuit Bain July 8, 1984 - May 24, 2018
46 votes -
Steam's Spring Cleaning Event has multiple Linux titles to play for free for a limited time
6 votes -
Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition Steam giveaway
4 votes -
Epic Games will pump $100 million into Fortnite eSports competitions
14 votes -
Grab Prismata free until Monday May 21st 10AM PDT
7 votes -
Tix.tax — Ultimate tic-tac-toe
16 votes -
Final Fantasy XI reboot for mobile screenshots
4 votes -
Adobe Flash’s gaming legacy — thousands upon thousands of titles — and my efforts to save it
6 votes -
Epic decides to double down on copyright for cheating lawsuit against 14 year old by taking on mom
6 votes