Hello!
So I picked up a hobby lately, browsing the play store before going to sleep and trying out apps with no IAP or ads that look interesting. I thought I could do something helpful and share the games I found while doing this, so everyone can enjoy them.
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I will link the games and write a bit about each so you all can decide if you want to give them a shot or not. I will try to not include games that are well known, or at least the ones I personally haven't heard before. So here it goes!
Data Wing| Genre: Racing, Arcade
Data Wing is an excellent racing game with a cool mechanic, getting boost from walls. Controls are pretty good, it has an interesting story and some replayibilty in terms of trying to get better scores on levels. The game is extremely polished and the soundtrack is especially beautiful . I encourage everyone to try this one out.
Golfinity| Genre: Sports
Golfinity is, as you may expect from the name of the game, a golf game. It's similar to Desert Golfing in a sense, it has infinite randomly generated courses so you can keep playing it.(as u/Exportforce pointed out, desert golfing has a finite amount of holes) My personal opinion, I like this one better than Desert Golfing. It's in 3D with beautiful looking graphics, which means you have more ways of approaching to your goal. If you want something you can pick up while waiting for something to pass some time or if you like mini golf in general, I recommend giving Golfinity one a shot.
OHM| Genre: Educational, Puzzle
This one is more aimed at kids for educational purposes, so if you have a kid OHM is a good choice for you. It's a pretty short puzzle game with some good variety that aims to teach about electricity and power sources. Honestly, even though it's aimed at kids, i played and finished it and very much liked it.
PewPew| Genre: Arcade, Bullet Hell
PewPew is basically a Geometry Wars clone. You have a ship, geometric shapes spawn and shoot at you and you try to dodge their bullets while shooting them. What's good is that the graphics are good, the controls are fine and you have a couple of game modes and couple of unlockable ships.
The Trip| Genre: Endless Runner
The Trip is an endless runner in which you play as a minivan. The game is pretty simple like most endless runners, it spices things up with some powerups. The main appeal for me was the aestethics of the game, however. Apparently it is inspired by an animation of the same name. Definitely check it out, give it a go even if it's only to see the visuals.
Simon Tatham's Puzzles| Genre: Puzzle
Simon Tatham's Puzzles is an excellent app and a must-have if you are a fan of puzzles. It's a collection of 39 puzzles that includes classics like Minesweeper and Sudoku. If you are even remotely interested in puzzle games, you should get this app.
Underhand| Genre: Card, Strategy
Underhand is another top pick in this list. It's a strategy card game. In the game you lead a cult that's trying to summon an ancient god. If you can summon the god, you win, anything else, you lose. Pretty straightforward but the game is still pretty enjoyable. It's also very polished, the graphics are really good looking, the music and the sounds are also very nice. It's inherently replayable but there is also some limited progression to encourage you. This is the second game on the list i encourage everyone to give a shot to.
Wicked Lair| Genre: Strategy
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Wicked Lair is a strategy game in which you try to destroy a town while defending yourself and constructing a dungeon. It's like a 2D version of games like Dungeon Keeper if you will. It has multiple modes with the classic as i described and survival mode and such. This game is also pretty polished and very enjoyable. I encourage you to give this one a shot too.
And that's it! Those are the games that i installed, tried and liked enough to recommend to you all. If you know more, don't hesitate to link them to me in the comments because i would like to try more out.
One last thing, the games Linia and Reed are currently free. I didn't include them in the list because they are normally premium games and are only free for a limited time but when you get them there are no further IAPs or ads. I tried them both, the genres are puzzle and platformer respectively and they are both enjoyable games.
I realize other lists like this have been posted on this sub. Here is a recent one. Please check out that thread and the comments since there is almost no overlap with anything here.
Having zero ads or iap is restrictive and not a necessary factor in determining if a game is good, but it is interesting to list them anyway.
Best Free No Iap Android Games
Roguelikes:
HyperRogue - Hyperbolic open world. Check out the paid version for the latest updates.
Red Rogue - Side scrolling turn based or real time modes. Controller support.
Ananias - Four different classes. There is a paid version that includes 4 more classes.
CCG/Boardgames:
Hidden Dimensions 3 - Singleplayer CCG with over 500 cards to collect.
Freebloks 3D - Free version of the classic abstract board game with online or local multiplayer.
Expedition RPG Card Game - App driven tabletop RPG, needs print and play cards.
Arcade/High Score:
PHAËTON - Game made for Ernest Cline's second book, Armada. Controller support is there but the touch controls are perfect.
Vector Pinball - What to say? Vector graphics on a phone are perfect to me.
Deathchase - Remake of a game from 1983 with tilt controls.
Xonix32 - Faithful version of the classic.
Platformer:
Antiflux - Formerly paid sci-fi puzzle platformer. Controller support.
Maldita Castilla - controller only!
Lode Runner 1 - Remake of the classic Lode Runner. I don't think it has actual ads... could be wrong. Controller support.
GameStart Pixel Battle - Action platformer with controller support. Like Mega Man but easier.
Puzzle:
Shadowscrapers - 3D puzzler that uses shadows.
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Cubiscape - Dev unlocked all iaps. Found on this sub.
Adventure:
The Frostrune - Hmm... Costs $5 on iOS.
Sol705 - Good graphics and voice-overs, classic style adventure game.
The Herbalist - Very slow paced puzzle adventure with VN elements and cute graphics.
RPG:
Dragon's Blade - SNES style RPG originally made for Windows Phone.
Heroes of Arca - Formerly paid game.
IceBlink - Old school style CRPGs and the ability to play user created games.
The Lost Kingdoms RPG - I really like the battle system in this game.
Strategy:
Mindustry - Factorio like elements and online co-op. Iap is for donation.
Warfare Incorporated - Classic Command and Conquer style RTS with multiplayer.
Achikaps - Resource driven real-time game with campaign, sandbox, and user made levels.
Battle for Wesnoth - Multi-platform strategy game with single player campaigns, pvp, and co-op.
Shmups:
Icarus-X - Hard game for me even on easy.
Galaxy Hero - Slower paced RPG space shooter. Partial controller support.
Shmup - Simply a fun shoot 'em up.
Everything on AGameAWeek.com - controller only, no touch support!
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EDIT: from the comments
Pixel Dungeon - Shattered, Skillful, Yet Another, and Moonshine too.
Vexed
Breakeroids
Vextor
Atomic Architects
Gridalis
Pathos Nethack Codex
Coding Planets
Fisherman's Horizon