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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by knightly@pawb.social to c/android@lemmy.world

Specifically, ones that aren't chock-full of mobile game enshittification and in-app purchases?

I don't mind paying for games but I'm sick and tired of predatory monetization schemes and will immediately uninstall a game if the tutorial insists on showing me a store page.

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[-] Hikiru@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago

Is there any reason you don’t just play Vampire Survivors?

[-] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 6 months ago

I already play the heck out of it on my steam deck and I'm looking for something else for my phone.

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago
[-] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

and I'm looking for something else for my phone

[-] matrixrunner@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago
[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Vampire Survivor is literally a rip-off of the Android game Magic Survival, so that exists. A review says: "Pricing/Ads are very fair: you can pay like 5 bucks once to get it fully ad free forever."

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vkslrzm.Zombie

[-] knightly@pawb.social 5 points 6 months ago

That's a good recommendation, unfortunately I've already played it to death. 😸

[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Bro-Tato is quite similar I hear.

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

There's no dash in Brotato. It's similar, but has distinct waves of enemies with shopping between waves. I like it.

[-] miltsi@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can recommend Magic Survival. Came out before Vampire Survivors, but has been worked on slower. Runs usually last from 16?min (normal) to 30min (endless). Game autosaves occasionally during runs so you can continue later on. English translation varies in quality, but everything can be understood imo.

Has revive with an ad once per run and another ad sometimes when ending a run. Leveling classes is slow, but can be sped up by spending real money. Personally I'm fine with the slow progression, but others may not like it.

[-] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 10 points 6 months ago

Brotato is good and available on multiple platforms.

[-] raydenuni@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 months ago

Brotato is amazing. One of the best.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Brotato makes me realize I'm not very good at mobile games.

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Its feels like mix of Crimsonland (PC) and Meteor Blitz (Android), both amazing games. I love brotato, thx for the comment. Im still trying to figure out how much is it pay to win tho

[-] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago

Brotato isn't pay to win afaik. From round 1 you can beat the main track and follow up with an endless build.

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Thats great to hear because Im getting addicted haha

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Meh...just accidentally figured if I die I can restart game and repeat level. Meh...much less hardcore than it looked like at first

[-] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

The YouTuber "Wanderbots" covers a ton of games akin to Vampire survivors and the genre has a pseudo name of "bullet heaven" (opposite of a bullet hell). Plenty of amazing ones like "Death must die" though I cannot remember all the names off the top of my head, just take a look through the videos and I'm sure you'll find a ton

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I like swarm survivor as the genre title myself.
Did vampire survivors really create the genre?

[-] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I think bullet heaven works in the sense that you spray the bullets, but it is also a swarm survivor too so I can agree with that as well.

I don't believe it was the first, but I do believe it was the one that brought the genre to the spotlight. Since Vampire survivors came out the genre has taken off and we've seen a great many takes on it which personally, I've enjoyed. I find the rather short gameplay nice for fitting into tight schedules and non-commitment gameplay

[-] xep@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago
[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

You're in the Android community, and this doesn't appear to be an Android game.

[-] astrsk@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

This is it, chief. The current pinnacle of the genre until something better comes around.

[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 4 points 6 months ago

Deep rock galactic: survivor is so addictive, love it❤️

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago
[-] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 2 points 6 months ago

Oh shoot, I didn't see that. No, not on Android. Sorry😅

Still a great game though.

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago
[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

Absolutely not

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

That isn't in the same genre though

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

My bad, I didn’t realize vampire survivor was the game. I thought he wanted vampire games in general.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

No excuses, straight to the gulag!!

[-] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Another day in the life of Ivan Denisovich

[-] ZugZug@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I would recommend Bio Prototype and Star Survivor Premium. I played both on pc and they are just as great on android.

[-] Benign@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

"Spirit hunters: infinite horde" is good.

[-] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Halls of Torment. If Diablo and Vampire Survivors had a baby

Edit: not an android game :(

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You're in the Android community, and this doesn't appear to be an Android game.

[-] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Oh! My bad, didn't notice the community :/

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's paid but it's nice. Check out Brotato Premium

this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2024
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