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Looking for a mature, modern open-source game on Android that plays great (lemmy.ml)
submitted 20 hours ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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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?

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[–] 9 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

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.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 hours ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    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 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    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!

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  • [–] 1 point 5 hours 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.

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