I’m moving away from proprietary apps and want to find open-source games on Android that are genuinely good, not just time-killers or kids’ titles.
My criteria:
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Modern feel and polished experience — something that feels like a real game, not a tech demo
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Made for adults: deep gameplay, challenge, real progression (any genre welcome — strategy, roguelike, RPG, racing, puzzle…)
I trust actual players over AI-generated lists, so: what open-source game on Android gave you the best experience, and why?
I really like Endless Sky!
It’s an open source PC game, but there’s an open source mod for phones on F-Droid.
Edit: i almost forgot the best part! Because the game play relies on text files in a certain format, the PC story mods work with the phone game!
Mindustry really had me hooked for some time. The devs call it an “automation tower defense RTS”. GPL-3.
SuperTuxKart
Shattered Pixel Dungeon is pretty great if you like graphical top-down turn-based games with procedurally generated maps.
SPD is great. Easy to pick up for a quick run, easy to get engrossed in. Looks great and controls are intuitive.
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Breakout 71
Andor’s Trail is a pretty good roguelike. It goes very deep. Actually, maybe a bit too deep, I have trouble keeping track of everything that is going on! But it is certainly entertaining.
I just tried it. While I respect the art and the dialog was entertaining, I don’t think it fits the “modern feel and polished experience” OP is looking for. I almost completely gave up on it until I found the d-pad option and it really requires 2 handed play.
Going to give this a try.
