Which has been the best “long term” games for you?

Hello! Basically, the title. I am a new Masters of Library Science student and I am learning how to build digital archives. Decided it would be a fun side project to build a mobile game archive, hosting information about lost mobile games.

The current ones I have added are:

• Namco Arcade
• Infinity Blade Series
• iQuarters
• Medieval Zombies
• Flappy Bird
• I Am Rich

I know I am Rich is technically not a game but I thought the concept was too funny not to archive. So, what are your favorite games no longer available?

Edit: thanks yall! Didn’t expect this post to pop off like it did, I’m at 275 games and counting added to my archive. Still gotta add a lot of extra information to all of them, but that’s a hell of a lot compared to 6! Keep the suggestions coming if you see this post!

Preferably some games which aren’t horribly p2w and won’t bombard me with ads.. mainly lf smth to put some time into. Thanks!

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Imagine you must pick 10 games for your phone. The rest will be erased for ever.

What’s your list? Wich games survive this apocalyptic event and get to be on the iOS gaming Ark for humanity?

Games I have and enjoy:

Balatro
Slay the spire
Cascadou
Dice of Kalma
Farm RPG
Life of mellow
This war of mine
Plague inc.
BitLife
Final outpost DE
Townsfolk
Dawnfolk
CloverPit
Scritchy Scratchy
Good pizza
Good coffee
Retro Zoo CEO
Tiny Harvest
NecroMerger
Wormies
Plantera
RCT Classic
RCT3
FNaF 6
Kairosoft games
Whispers of the forest
Necro Market
Harpagia
Idle Guild
Idle Obelisk Miner
Just Loot
Operate now hospital
Happy Clinic
The Tower
Tiny Terraces
Melvor Idle
Tiny Aquarium
Chillquarium
Zen Koi Pro
How Many Dude’s
Dungeon Clawler
All Who Wander
Elm Quest 2
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Crashlands
Death Worm Deluxe
The Bonfire
The Bonfire 2
Papers Please
Raging Bytes
Fury Survivor Pixel Z
The Fishercat
Animal Restaurant
Flappy Dragon
Hunt Cook Catch and Serve
Happy Room
Fastlane
Slice and Dice
Plants vs Zombies
Monopoly Board Game
Ticket To Ride
Vita Mahjong
Game of Life 1, 2, 3
Backpack Battles
Gambonanza
Orbt XL
Snake.io
Paper.io 2
Suika Game
Wingspan
Paragon Pioneers 2
Keep on Mining Worlds
Outhold
Slots and daggers
Fortune Mill
Ultrapool
Digline
Unnamed Space idle
Pixel Reel
Idle Iktah
Polypine
Mochi-O
Pixel Bowling
Coffee Golf
Hooked Inc
Go Fish!
Angland
Overcrowded

I have a long flight coming up, so I'm looking for a game to sink some time into.

It needs to have the following:

1. offline play (no Wi-Fi required)
2. low battery drain
3. no controller needed

I'm not a big iOS gamer, so pretty much everything is new to me.

I'm thinking of finally trying Stardew Valley.

Other suggestions?

Not counting iap’s.

I think mine was Gambonanza, but I haven’t really got hooked by it.

Obviously the Duo hasn’t been released yet, but I’m considering my options as I’m due for an upgrade.

I play a lot of Total War, GTA, Fortnite, and Terraria, and I’m wanting to buy the better device for these.

What do you guys think?

Been playing a lot of Slay The Spire and Balatro. I enjoy any genre of game it really just depends on the individual game. What I’m more so looking for games you only have to pay for once, and if there is DLC, preferably under like $10 would be solid. Btw vampire survivors is the top suggestion I usually hear otherwise.

So what’s your fav paid IOS game?

Oh I also have dawn caster

Very important to be offline

I’m looking for something to kill time during my flight. Preferably free or cheap. I like simulators, city builders, strategy, RPGs. I don’t like sci-fi and war settings.

Hey

I’ve got stardew valley and civ and xcom

Happy to pay for something decent on iPad that’ll keep me entertained in a 10 hr flight

Thanks

It feels a bit like every Saturday we get inundated with self promoted, solo-developer, AI generated games that all have such a similar vibe as to be practically indistinguishable from one another.

I’m a developer myself, and have put together many half arsed projects myself over the years (and a staunch user of AI assistance in my coding), so I totally understand why this is happening, but it’s getting to the point where it feels like this needs to be addressed?

I might just be getting fatigued with it, and maybe I just need to unsub, but this has always been one of my favourite subreddits, and it’s a shame to see things playing out like they are.

What do others think?

EDIT: As there clearly seems to be a bit of confusion about my sentiment here, I've _no issue_ whatsoever in there being a day for people to how off their games. My issue is the _types_ of games being shown off. Like, I check a lot of these posted because I've always taken the time to give things a chance but I now very regularly think to myself... "this looks like one I saw recently... is this a second post from the developer?".

And as some of you are assuming when I say "I'm a developer myself" that I'm some kind of game developer trying to gatekeep, that's not the case. I do play about with personal projects, but have no interest in releasing a game. I just love iOS gaming like the rest of you!

Hey,

Going on a long flight and would love some recommendations.

My favorite iOS game is Brotato and I’ve not find a game close to it yet. Have tested out DRG Survivor and Vampire but it’s just not the same atleast for me.
Second favorite is Battlegrounds(Hearthstone)

ARPG and Tower Defense games would do good to!
Many thanks

Apologies for what I assume is a frequently asked question here, but with Duo preorders approaching I thought it may be one that a lot of people are dwelling on here!

I’ve been an iOS gamer since the Cube Runner days, and while I still am, it’s primarily older titles and a lot of indie roguelikes (Balatro, Slice and Dice etc). However, with the investment of the Duo and the A20 chip, I’d love to dabble a bit more in games that can really push it, but my problem is I have no idea of what the storage requirements of this are.

I’m currently on a base 256GB 17 Pro with 190GB used (although a good 50 or so is “System Data”, so realistically that’s 140GB). Photos are all in iCloud, so it’s only really games and apps that are space considerations for me. Within this buffer I could easily just delete games and videos I’m not using, but I did see that the likes of Saints Row 3 are about 20GB, or about a tenth of my usable data - and I know that Death Stranding etc are even bigger.

My question really is what have your experiences been with storage, and what you would recommend to make the most of iOS gaming. 512GB feels like the sweet spot, but it is a good chunk of additional money that isn’t worth it if it’s just going to not be used. Or maybe even that’s not enough? Thank you!

Just looking to get some peoples thoughts on the service and if there are any games in particular that made it worthwhile for you?

was quite hopeful to be able to do this but it doesn’t work very well if it’s landscape only

I'm looking for games where the monetization is geared to cosmetics so that I have equal competitive skill floor to everyone else and money buys pretty things, not mechanical advantage.

Wild Rift was great for this but I'm exhausted from the game and need to play something else for a while.

What else is there on IOS that is carried purely off cosmetic purchases? I'm open to most game styles. I was laid off and can't afford to buy premium games right now :(

Thanks!

I’m looking for an open world game on iOS that you guys could recommend.

Hi my children sometimes want to play a few games on their ipads. The issue is these games are 50% adds and for some reason people seem to accept this which is beyond my comprehension.

I am willing to pay to get all adds removed. I am willing to pay a lot if need be, but it seems like I can't in many games. When you look under the in app purchases there is always a remove adds option but its impossible to find in the actual games beyond some BS with paying hefty premiums for coins and shards and what not....

Am I missing something?

Hey everyone!

Does anyone know a game that plays like TFT (auto-battler), but strictly PvE / single-player with endless replayability / content (roguelike/lite style)?

Ideally something buy-to-play, totally free, or at least without heavy in-app purchases/P2W. Any recommendations?

Recently got a $25 gift card for iOS. I’ve been thinking about Balatro and Papers, Please but I have doubts for both.

Hi all! Have a trip coming up and I’m looking for recommendations on games I can play offline for extended periods of time. I won’t have a controller available.

I’m into pretty much everything except cozy/story games and simulator games.

Big fan of metroidvanias, and I like Vampire Survivors

Would like to hear some suggestions from the community!

TIA

Ads have been becoming more and more difficult to simply watch and exit out of. You have to trigger the App Store multiple times, repeatedly press the tiny “x” while different ads try to mask it, and some ads open up other apps entirely. Is there a way to keep an ad from force-opening and switching to other apps?