• ⓘ this list was typed up in november 2023. i used to play mobile games a lot 2013 - 2019 and then again in nov 2023.
• ⓘ after that, i only have arcaea, HMCS, and R1999 on my phone and play games on my PC.
• ⓘ key:
  • games in bold are personal favourites and recommendations. all of the games here are enjoyable to certain people.
  • × games are not recommended and here for archival.
  • LP stands for last played.
  • ✿ games i played mostly before 2019.
  • ✶ i have invested a lot of time into.
  • ○ i know little about or played for a short time.

recommended:

sims:

• good pizza great pizza
  • fire pizza game although i keep uninstalling as it's not my style. LP: 2022.
• cooking fever
  • fire cooking game. later restaurants can get expensive. LP: 2025.
• too many cooks
  • cooking sim. wish the coop had more people but good game. LP: 2024.
• alpaca world
  • pokemon with alpacas. runs on ios 10.3.3. LP: 2025.
• lapse
  • difficult but fun. LP: 2023.
• ○× covet fashion
  • same company as design home. design home feels less expensive but it likely isn't since you have to buy furniture. LP: 2019.
• ✿✶ design home
  • buying furniture can be expensive at the beginning but good game still i think? LP: 2023.

management sims:

• ✶ kairosoft games
  • pixel art. company that usually makes management sims. very enjoyable. LP: 2023.
• ○ resortopia
  • not my style but cute. LP: 2023.
• animal restaurant
  • idle sim. somehow makes every ad feel like it's worth watching (like 2x rewards etc.) but i don't really mind. LP: 2024.
• ✿ dragon city
  • town builder. played it when i was very young. i liked it then so. LP: 2018.
• merge dragons
  • played it for a bit. it was good.
• ○ mindustry
  • i didn't give myself enough time to understand it. LP: 2023.
• ○ theotown
  • city management simulator . not really my style. i find it hard to look at. LP: 2023.
• ✿✶ hay day
  • classic. the timers stop you from playing too much but nothing else is time limited so its fine. nice to have. LP: 2025.
• ✿✶× My Little Pony
  • town builder. too many ads, too many events. LP: 2026.

casual:

• ✶ 2 player games
  • a collection of two player games that i play with my cousins. devs listen to suggestions! LP: 2024.
• ✶✿ subway surfers
  • subway surfers. LP: 2025.
• ✶ zombsroyale.io
  • enjoyable multiplayer top-down 2D shooter. LP: 2019.
• ✿ knife hit
  • probably still a good game ? LP: ~2021.
• ✿ dumb ways to die (x4)
  • each one appeals to a diff person imo. they're all different. LP: 2023.
• ✿ tappsgames evolution
  • can be annoying at first but speeds up soon enough. LP: 2023.
• ✿✶ little alchemy (2)
  • little alchemy. can get tedious.
• smash hit
  • fun game to pass time . only thing that needs money is checkpoints but you can use an ad. LP: 2023.
• arcaea
  • rhythm game with unique mechanics. idk why i like it so much. i have probably been influenced. LP: 2026.
• ✶ postknight
  • low effort game that still requires some strategy. portrait mode. i like it a lot! there's a sequel. LP: 2024.
• ✶ fancade
  • essentially a collection of 100000 different minigames . levels and newer games unlock as you go through. unreal sound design. LP: 2025.
• match 3
• ✿✶ best fiends - match 3 puzzles
  • played this so in 2018-19. not sure why. a match 3 game that's fun enough. LP: 2019
• ✿✶ gardenscapes / homescapes
  • match 3 and decoration game. fun to decorate but i got stuck. LP: 2019.

platformers:

• nameless cat
  • nice platformer. LP: 2023.
• hello yoghurt
  • a platformer highly recommend. LP: 2019.

⚠︎ gacha:

• ✶ project sekai / hatsune miku: colorful stage
  • fun rhythm game with a lovely story. is a gacha game. rhythm gameplay independent of gacha. requires wifi. LP: 2026.
• ✶ reverse:1999
  • card based strategy RPG with a stunning story
• ✶× love nikki dress up queen
  • a good dress up game. variety of options but the makeup doesn't have a lot of variety in skintone. tasks can get very tedious. would only recommend for variety of clothes. still installed but will likely delete. LP: 2025.

strategy:

• ○ swordash
  • need skill and battery. LP: 2023.
• plants vs zombies
  • works offline (afaik) . fire game imo. LP: 2025.
• ✶ wild rift
  • league of legends!!! skin download takes so much storage (ends up around 7 gb) also i don't trust people who take it seriously . but its like casual league. LP: 2023.
• ✶ tomb of the mask
  • good game. LP: 2023.

story:

• i became a dog
  • strong story. LP: 2019?
• burnable garbage day
  • story game that i like. LP: 2023.

not recommended: all LP 2023.

• × mini mini farm
  • walking sim (turn off wifi, fast travel well won't give ads) even with fast travel. still fun to do the tasks bc they have the 20m time limit
• × witch makes potions
  • witch makes potions but you have to wait for the test tubes
• × my dear farm
  • a bad game. only on here bc i played it a decent amount . its basically an ad farm app tho tbh.

live service discontinued:

• ✿ real racing 3 (⚠︎ discontinued mar26)
  • recommended . fire racing game tbh . beloved of mine got discontinued... i've been playing since 2014 or so.