Gaming on mobile has been civilizing at a far greater rate than any technology that came before it. Android games seem to hit new altitudes every year. With the announcement of Android Nougat and Vulcan API, it only stands to get better and better over time. It won’t be long before mobile sees some even more impressive titles than we have now!
Without additional delay, here are the best rated Android games available to download on your smartphone.
1. NBA 2K20
If you’re looking for an excellent free basketball game, look no more than NBA 2K20. Slick graphics, a variety of game modes, and full court gameplay continue the record set by the series, with expanded gameplay features and physical controller support incorporated in the latest release. Highlights include a deeper My Career mode with a new Off Day Simulator, as well as an expanded Euro League feature, alternate team uniforms, and talented players. All of this comes on top of the already excellent package of Season, My Career, and Blacktop mode play, making this a top sports game well worth its asking price.
2. CrashLand
Crashland was released last year, and it’s among the best Android games ever made. It features an intergalactic trucker that ends up crash landing on an alien planet. The job of the player is to find what going on, build yourself a base, collect various items and save the world from the despicable plot. It has an RPG element for character development, tons of items that you can gather and craft. The games make itself accessible by doing things like auto-sorting your inventory.
3. Mortal Kombat X
Mortal Kombat is another fighting series game. It brings about the iteration with the mechanics for other mobile fighting games, by simplifying the controls and adding a grainy upgrade system. Naturally, you will find all the characters you know, and this makes it keep all the gore and fatality moves you expect from the game.
4. World Series of Poker
An officially licensed app from the professional tournament for high-level poker players, World Series of Poker (WSOP) concentrates on bringing the cutting edge competition right to your phone. You can play with friends or with different online opponents to improve your skills and get on the world leaderboard. The main game goal is to make you a better poker player, and the great statistics tracking will help you improve your poker game. If you’re feeling all poked out, you can take a break by playing the virtual slot machine and get chips to fuel your next poker campaign. If your goal is to be a Las Vegas pro, this is the app for you.
5. Battle of Polytopia
Battle of Polytopia takes the 4X genre of strategy games and cuts it down into a mobile-friendly format. Players take command of one of the match’s many tribes and try to score the maximum score that they can in 30 turns by reconnoitering the map, developing their advancement, and dealing with their neighbors. The game’s quick-playing mechanics and short time limit cut out the fat from the 4X formula to deliver a lustrous and mobile-friendly strategy title that doesn’t skimp on strategic choices.
6. Trivia Crack Kingdoms
Trivia Crack Kingdoms offers you the Trivia Crack method, a more focused approach, which allows players to subscribe to specific categories of trivia questions to follow, and then engage them in asynchronous head to head trivia battles against your Facebook friends or random opponents. Players can choose to occupy themselves in focused single-channel games or multi-channel trivia matches, and the asynchronous design tolerates you to have multiple sets up while you wait for other players to take their turns.
7. Real Racing 3
Real Racing 3 remains the free-to-play driving sim that lets you take the wheel of a host of real-world cars as you drive around gorgeously rendered real-world racetracks. Numerous game modes — including time trials, standard races, and the TimeShift Multiplayer mode — offer various challenges to players, with updates continuously adding new content such as new cars and racing events.
8. Asphalt Xtreme
The Asphalt game takes action off the road in Asphalt Xtreme, with players racing through the canyons and dunes in a variety of game modes. Players will be able to go behind the wheel of a variety of vehicle classes, from dune buggies to pickups and monster trucks, with licensed automobiles from big names like Jeep, Ford, and Dodge. In addition to the five game modes and hundreds of career events and challenges, Asphalt Xtreme also features live multiplayer with up to eight players going head to head on the track.
9. Asphalt 9: Legends
Unlike more realistic mobile racing sims, Asphalt 9 takes an action-oriented approach, delivering stunning graphics and fast-paced, nitro-fueled races. Airborne lives up to its name, with numerous ramps and other gameplay elements encouraging players to take death-defying leaps to execute insane aerial stunts. Asphalt 9 features over 50 high-performance vehicles from a who’s who of automakers and offers eight seasons, 800 events and numerous game modes for solo or multiplayer mayhem.
10. GT Racing 2
Gameloft’s GT Racing 2 is a full-on broadside against Real Racing’s domination in the realistic driving simulator field. Billed as “The Real Car Experience,” GT Racing 2 features additional 71 licensed cars that you can race on 13 tracks. Players can try game modes such as Duels, Knockouts, and Overtakes, or participate in classic races across more than 1,000 different events. Numerous camera modes and a built-in screenshot function let you enjoy the slick graphics and weather effects.
11. Need for Speed: No Limits
Need for Speed: No Limits is a free racing game that delivers short but powerful races as you blast through an underground street racing circuit. The smart use of nitro makes it necessary to win, with victories earning your parts to modify your cars or blueprints that unlock new machines. Being free to play, NFS: No Limits features a variety of in-game and premium currency systems, as well as a fuel system, though daily challenges allow players to earn premium currency without resorting to in-app purchases.
12. Football Heroes Pro
Whereas Madden NFL Mobile goes for a mix of arcade and simulation gameplay; Football Heroes Pro is a full-on arcade experience that draws inspiration from Tecmo Bowl and NBA Jam. Simple arcade controls, super moves, and a cartoony art style keep things light and fun, with multiplayer support over Wi-Fi that lets you battle it out with friends, and an asynchronous online component to battle it out against other players’ teams. Like many free-to-play sports games, it’s driven by a collectible card mechanic, with players spending in-game points or real cash to buy booster packs of players.
