👉For my paid games list, please go here.

 

New list entries - updated June 2026:

• Idle Fantasy ✅️ (F-droid) - Idle

Other recent entries

• Open Sudoku ✅️ (F-droid) - Puzzle

• 2048 Open Fun Game ✅️ (F-droid) - Puzzle

Introduction

NOTICE: I'm reuploading this as I lost my first account on lemm.ee. The previous version of this list is now deprecated.

I recently realized there are still, to this day, some actual "hidden gems" in the Play Store. Not the fake ones everyone talks about which, in a way or another, often have a catch or aren't very "hidden". I mean free games with no ads or IAPs of any kind that are fun to play.

So I was thinking maybe it's time to compile a list of them. Please suggest the ones you've found and enjoyed!

Edit: I'm now including free games (no piracy) from other sources beside the Play Store (which will be specified within brackets), such as GitHub or F-droid. If they're also FOSS, like all F-droid games, they'll have this green checkmark ✅️. For the games that have both F-droid and Play Store versions, the green checkmark is for the F-droid version.

I won't try them all as I did with my premium games list, because you could simply download and try them for yourself without spending a dime. I'll simply list them.

‼️Also, please do checkout MiniReview - Game Reviews for more free games that match the following criteria (use the "Browse" tab and select the correct filters). The same app for iOS - App Store - is here.‼️

I've saved this post so to keep it updated over time, for my own reference and for your benefit. So feel free to save it and check out new entries every so often.

Entry Criteria

1. FREE
2. NO ADS
3. STRICTLY NO IAPs (except donation buttons, but I'll have to check first)
4. NO PIRACY
5. Must be a legit, full game you've played and liked. No demos, no emulators (everyone knows RetroArch anyways)
6. No entire repositories. You can recommend them in the comments if you want, but this list is for individual games you'd like to recommend
7. If it's a Play Store game, it should be compatible with the latest Android version at the time of entry
8. Must include a link to the game, especially if from sources outside the Play Store. Not direct-download links, just links to the page
9. sketchy sources won't be considered. Play Store, GitHub, and F-droid are welcome

[If you want to recommend paid games, without ads or predatory microtransactions, here is the list for you.]

 

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

 

Note: for sourceforge links, please disregard the green download button and look for the most recent apk version instead. Nothing malicious, just a website design flaw.

 

Shooter

• OpenTyrian (sourceforge)

• Satryn (itch.io)

• Octo Blast

• Pico Hero

• PewPew Live

• Touhou ThousandNightAnamnesis

 

Stealth

• Mr Rumble - Stealth Action

 

Platformer

• SuperTux (sourceforge)

• Obsolete

• Safari Forever w/ Level Editor

• Fast like a Fox

 

Rhythm

• osu!(lazer) ✅️ (official website or GitHub)

• Orzmic (itch.io)

 

Arcade

• Breakout 71 ✅️ (F-droid - roguelike brick breaker)

• Smash Sector

• Flex Armstrong

 

RPG

• Andor's Trail

• Pathos: Nethack Codex

• Emoji Quest [RPG]

 

Idle

• Idle Fantasy ✅️ (F-droid)

 

Roguelike dungeon crawler

• Shattered Pixel Dungeon ✅️ (F-droid)

• Shattered Pixel Dungeon ☕️

• Dungeon Squire

• Bounty Hunter Space Lizard

• Angband (plus variants)

• Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

• GnollHack

• Monk Tower

• Skillful Pixel Dungeon ☕️

• Catacomb Chess

 

Deck builder

• Forge ✅️ (GitHub)

• To arms!! ☕️

• Underhand

• Beecarbonize

 

Adventure

• Kitty Q

• Turdbots

• Father and Son

• Please, Touch The Artwork 2

 

Puzzle

• Open Sudoku ✅️ (F-droid)

• LibreSudoku ✅️ (F-droid)

• Minesweeper - Antimine ✅️ (F-droid)

• Falling Lightblocks ✅️ (official website, GitHub, or browser play) (tetris clone)

• Techmino (GitHub) ✅️ (tetris clone)

• AAAAXY ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)

• Minesweeper - Antimine ✅️ (F-droid)

• Zoysii - Logic game ✅️ (F-droid)

• 2048 Open Fun Game ✅️ (F-droid)

• 2048 (Privacy Friendly) ✅️ (F-droid)

• Flowit ✅️ (F-droid)

• Gauguin ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)

• Simon Tatham's Puzzles ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)

• Fractal Space ☕️ (first-person puzzle, great story)

• Sudoku

• Tetrix

• Frozen Bubble

• Water Sorting Puzzle

• Freeze! 2 - Brothers

• Freeze!

• Empty.

 

Relaxing

• Skyward Joyrney

 

Tower defense

• Anuto TD ✅️ (F-droid)

 

Strategy

• Unciv ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)

• Master of War - Forces of Eo

• Opacha-mda

• Antiyoy Classic

• Seedship

• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

• Starrows

• Lichess

 

Management

• Endless Sky ✅️ (F-droid - space trading)

• Drill Down ✅️ ☕️ (itch.io)

• Mindustry ✅️ (F-droid or Play Store)

• OpenTTD

 

Racing

• SuperTuxKart ✅️ (GitHub, F-droid, or Play Store)

• Data Wing

• Vroomies

• Formula 2D - Steer to Persevere

• Night Riders Remastered ☕️

 

Simulation

• Parking Master

• The Powder Toy

 

Casual

• Lato ✅️ (F-droid)

• Snake Game

• Rabbit Run

 

Visual novel

• EDDA Cafe

• one night, hot springs ☕️

• Magical Witch Bell ☕️

• Tomato Clinic ☕️

• tong jyun ☕️

 

Educational

• Kids Memory Game ✅️ (GitHub or Play Store)

 

Extras and emulators/engines

• Fabularium ✅️ (F-droid - engine and maker for text-based adventures, interactive books)

Delisted or outdated

• SuperTux (platformer)

• SuperTux Classic (platformer)

• Bad Trip (platformer)

• Dribble (outdated platformer)

• Phigros (rhythm)

• Lofi Ping Pong (rhythm)

• Code challenges and puzzles (puzzle)

• Rocket League Sideswipe (sport/competition)

• Butterfly Soup ☕️ (visual novel)

• Butterfly Soup 2 (visual novel)

 

Free games with minimal ads/cosmetic IAPs

• Zombotron Re-Boot (shooter - contains ads)

• Dock The Rocket (arcade, physics - contains cosmetic IAPs)

 

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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