I didn't see it in the list, so I recommend Breakout 71. It's a lot of fun!
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I don't dare to ask, but any suggestions in the idle area? That genre is infested with nasty p2w and dark patterns.
I don't play idle, but in my premium games list some users suggested Magic Research and Magic Research 2—pretty much the only games in my idle section. They're both paid, but it's an upfront, one-time payment :)
Here's Magic Research 2 Demo so you can try for free.
Hey, it's a paid game (non-freemium) but you could try Orb of Creation. I think there's a free demo on itch. One of the most fascinating incremental games I've played. I actually played all the way up to the current content's end.
Eagerly awaiting updates.
Thanks - looks interesting from what I've seen. Not sure where to get it tho, the version on itch just launched in browser?
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Wouldn't it be more efficient to put this on Codeberg and accept PRs?
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For sudoku, I recommend LibreSudoku, which is foss, has a really nice and modern UI, and features killer sudoku as an alternative game mode (which I much prefer).
Added, thanks for the entry! I used the F-droid link as I believe it is more user friendly. Both F-droid and GitHub versions are on the same v. number.
Thanks :)
Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed getting to play Magic again thanks to Forge, and Anuto is a really solid tower defense.
I'd nominate Antimine to be added as a minesweeper clone that is FOSS and has beautiful UI. https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.lucanlm.antimine/
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Fabularium (the F-droid version is bit enhanced over the original). It is an engine to play text adventure games like Anchorhead or Zork. Get the games at ifdb.
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What do people think of my hobby project, "AlexGames": (F-Droid) (Web version) (Source on Github, AGPLv3).
It's a collection of simple games, mostly solo or local multiplayer, though the web version supports network multiplayer by sending your friend a URL: solitaire, chess, go, reversi, checkers, minesweeper, backgammon, some word puzzle games, and some arcade type games.
I was planning on adding AI next. And I really should polish the Android app, I've mostly only focused on the web version. And if people want, I could also submit to Google Play. My calculator app seems to be a lot more popular on F-Droid than Google Play, so I haven't bothered uploading this one to Google Play yet.
Happy to hear any feedback! I suspect that it looks too bland and unpolished for many people to be interested, or maybe it needs different kinds of games? My goal was to not need to download a bunch of ad filled free apps from the play store for when I wanted to play games with a friend on a flight or something, or just idly play something simple like solitaire.
edit: also in the Android app, stick to the "webview" version... the native Android version is mostly an experiment, I meant to hide it behind a setting but never got around to it.
Pretty cool collection you have there. Unfortunately, the web version doesnt seem super accessible to Smartphones. Is that all a huge codebase? Has charm.
Thanks! What do you mean about smartphones, can you share what phone OS and browser you are using? It should work on Android (Firefox/Chrome) and iOS (Safari), I consider mobile to be just as important as desktop. Ah, I remember some FOSS mobile browsers have WebAssembly disabled... here is an older version compiled to JS instead of WASM, let me know if that works: https://alexbarry.net/dev/games/reversi-ai2-no-wasm-2025-01-05/
In hindsight I should add some browser side detection of if WASM is supported, then show a warning at least, if not redirect to a JS version.
And yes, it's all one big code base (https://github.com/alexbarry/AlexGames), each game is pretty small though, maybe 500-1000 lines of Lua on average: https://github.com/alexbarry/AlexGames/tree/main/src/lua_scripts/games . Overall it's quite simple, the Lua/Rust APIs just call simple browser APIs to draw shapes and graphics. The harder part was being able to re-use the same code on Android and desktop (wxWidgets). Also I'm running into some WASM/browser limitations when trying to do heavy processing for board games AI.
It does work, it just isn't the most intuitive UX.
Ah, thanks for the feedback. Can you give me an idea of areas that I should improve? I tried to keep it simple, you should just be able to select a game and play, but maybe there is a pain point that I don’t notice anymore now that I’ve gotten used to it.
SuperTuxKart is FOSS: https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code
Fixed it with your link. Thank you ;)
FYI it's also on F-Droid ;)
Oh bother! I'll add that one too XD
Neat, thanks :)
Do you have a similar list for other categories (paid, optional cosmetic IAP)
I do, for premium paid games: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/40095654
I don't have a list for free games with optional/cosmetic IAPs, however
Pixics seems to have a weekly subscription show up after a few puzzles. There doesn't seem to be a way to play more without subscribing.
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Clicked through the first few links, Zombotron is marked in Google Play with "contains ads", Dock The Rocket contains AIP, same for Shattered Pixel Dungeon. :(
So, I checked those games:
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Zombotron contains ads so I moved it to a bottom, hidden section for games with minimal ads/IAPs
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Dock The Rocket added IAPs, so same as above
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon has two entries in my list, and both match criteria. One is from the Play Store and has optional IAP for donations only—see rule #3 of criteria. The other entry is a link to the game in F-droid, so no ads or IAPs.
Thanks for reporting this. Some games start free without ads or IAPs, then devs add them later on. I don't blame them, as that's their work and people must eat, but I'll double check the games you mentioned and remove them if they don't match entry criteria any longer.
Thanks for sharing and curating this list 👍🏻😌
Another Tetris clone with a beautiful UI and sound design and an intuitive control, in my opinion the best falling block game at least for Android.
(I don't think this is on fdroid though?)
It even works in just a web browser!
Added, thanks :)
Thanks for the list!
Where you the one that also made a list of good paid/ported games?
@ijeff@lemdro.id you can unpin the old list and pin this one. Thank you!
Done!
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