10 Outstanding Android Games of 2016
Gaming on mobile has been improving at a far greater rate than any technology that came before it. In 2005, if you had told anyone that you could play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on a telephone with the same graphics as it had on a PS2, you probably would’ve been laughed out of the building. Now there are the top 10 Android games that look and play even better than that.
10. The Room series
You can get this game for the price of $4.99. The latest game in The Room series is just as big of a hit as its predecessors and they remain among the best Android games. The Room is a puzzle game that involves a number of unique objects in a room that you must solve to unlock their secrets. You progress from room to room to find even more unique objects and solve their puzzles until you win the game.
9. Crashlands
You can get this game for the price of $4.99. Crashlands is among the best Android games ever made released in 2016. It features an intergalactic trucker that ends up crash landed on an alien planet. You have to find out what’s going on, build yourself a base, collect various items and save the world from a plot.
8. BADLAND 1 and 2
The price for this game varies. You can get it for free or at the price of $3.99. BADLAND doesn’t seem like much at first. It’s a side-scrolling runner where you must avoid obstacles and keep the ever-scrolling screen from swallowing you whole. However, once you dig into this game, it’s difficult to deny it’s depth. BADLAND 2 isn’t as good as the original, but it is there if you want to try it.
7. Riptide GP series
You can get this at the price of $2.99. The Riptide GP games are perhaps the best racers available in all of Android gaming. In fact, all three games in the series so far have been pay-once, although Riptide GP2 does have optional in-app purchases if you want to max out your stuff faster. They’re all fantastic games and worth your time.
6. Fallout Shelter
The game is free with in-app purchases. when Fallout Shelter was released in 2015 it received generally positive reviews. In this game, you must build a fallout shelter, populate it with people, and then manage everything so that it runs well.
5. Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft
- The game is free with in-app purchases. Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft was released in late 2014 and it’s been one of the best Android games ever since. It’s a concept that is similar to games like Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering where you collect cards, build decks, and the duel other players using those decks.
4. Pokémon Go
The game is free with in-app purchases. Pokémon Go came into the mobile gaming scene in July 2016 and immediately became of the best Android games ever. It’s an augmented reality game similar to Ingress where you walk around the real world, catch Pokémon, battle for Gyms, and hit up Pokestops to restock on items. It beat virtually every record in the books in a relatively short order.
3. Square Enix games
The price for this game varies. Square Enix is one of the few “big name” developers that took mobile gaming seriously from the start and they have some of the best Android games available anywhere. Square Enix actually has two developer pages on Google Play.
2. Telltale Games
The price for this game varies. These games all revolve around similar “point and click” mechanics and they all have stories that can be altered by the decisions of the player. They also all have five episodes a piece that are purchased as in-app purchases and they can all be completed in about 10-15 hours. They’re great games with a good stories, good graphics, and easy game play mechanics.
1. UNKILLED
The game is free with in-app purchases. UNKILLED is the latest zombie shooter from MADFINGER Games. In fact, UNKILLED has replaced Dead Trigger 2 as the best zombie shooter on Android right now. It features great graphics, over 300 missions to complete with boss fights, various weapons and things to unlock and upgrade, online PvP mode, and the graphics get even better if you’re using a Tegra X1 device.