Anyone got suggestions for non enshittified match 3 mobile games?
I'm a grey haired dude with a high score of 12 million on Block Blast.
As an elder millennial and thus a junior middle aged dude, I don't fuck with those games at all.
Epic RPGs with great world building, meaningful choices, a compelling main story arc, a bunch of interesting side quests, and tons of mods to fiddle with, though? Yes, please! 🤤
I guess those games technically contain colors, but whenever boxes are to be moved, it's usually one of my least favorite parts of the games 🤷🏻
So nah, not much of a puzzle guy. Plus I exclusively play games on my PC.
Sorry for the rambling tangent, here's a pussy pic to make up for it:

I’m a middle-aged woman with a phone full of premium games that feels like a steam deck.




I have never understood why people buy a thousand dollar phone and then balk at paying for quality games, and instead play ad-supported, manipulative, dark pattern trash.
Then again, I phone too hard. I have a controller attached to mine most of the time.



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Have you got EXAPUNKS?
What can you say about CaravanSandWitch? I've seen it in epic for free recently and am unsure about it. (Yes it's free but I want to avoid claiming games just for the sake of adding them to the hoard.)
For those who want to replicate this please check out GameNative. It lets you play your Steam, GOG, EGS and Amazon game libraries on mobile for free :D
Perhaps you're a good person to ask then!
Besides the FF series on there, any games I can casually play (no controller) that you recommend? It can be complex, just not input heavy
I like you. You've got great taste in games! Also, is that second photo what the controller looks like folded up? If so, that's awesome! What's the name of that controller, if you don't mind my asking?
Some other games in the same vein that I didn't see in your screenshots: Icewind Dale Knight of the Old Republic Titan Quest Hitman: Sniper Siralim Ultimate Streets of Rage 4 Andor's Trail Caves of Lore
And some that are in between a console and premium phone experience: Idle Fantasy (free) Dawncaster Indies Lies Rogue Adventure Doom & Destiny Advanced Shattered Pixel Dungeon
You've got an awesome collection! My time at Portia seems so cozy. What's it about?
Far past an apocalypse, some ruins are settled and the town of Portia is settled. It’s a bright and happy ideal sort of place that still exposes what it used to be back in the before times. But that’s all window dressing for a deep and involved resource collecting and crafting affair, with a bunch of slice of life shenanigans.
I would put it right next to Stardew Valley in terms of expectations.

oh god my english is shit when I’m tired, help
Aw it's lovely! Your synopsis is great, dw ^^
Personally, I only play premium, high-quality, serious games on PC. My phone is for casual games.
I’m on the road a lot, and often times away from home. Long rides on transit, long times in the back seat of a car heading to photo shoots, lots of downtime and a small purse. I do what I can.
I’m glad that being at home with a computer works for you, but it doesn’t work for me.
Sweet selection.
Try as I might. I could never get into hyper light drifter.
Hyper Light Drifter’s a tough one—I still haven’t finished it yet.
are we still allowed to use em dashes? I use em dashes in English.
This is peak
Thanks! Apparently I have some two hundred and twenty games on here. Lately I’ve been going through Caravan Sandwitch, Sea of Stars, SNES Chrono Trigger (JP) via Delta, and Lumines Remastered (and I’m always disappointed my hands aren’t fast enough to get to the last skin).
I try to keep myself busy when I’m not shooting art.
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.sidhant.watersort
Also involves moving colors, but no ads, no trackers, free, and open-source. F-Droid has a lot of good games without the spying and microtransactions.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon has new stuff possibly today Edit maybe just beta release, but it's wild, if you follow the game
I can't judge. I am addicted to making arrows blue.
My mom was like 30000 levels deep into homescapes.. now she plays some sort of merging game
I do not understand. Scrabble or Words with Friends, ok, if and only if there’s an ad blocker, but the rest, how? It’s like painting a house wall with a half inch art paintbrush.
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