I just want to kill some time

Pokemon sleep and take a nap

Peglin is super fun. It's wood-described as a peggle rouglike

Fancade is also great. It's an open engine for little arcade games, so there's always something new to play. There's different modes like an adventure mode and a battle mode. There are IAP's but they're purely optional and very unnecessary.

Honor of Kings is pretty good. Just ignore all the contests. You always start at the same ability as everyone else.

• Another vote for "Slay the Spire", have bought it for all platforms and wasted too much of my time
• Horizon Chase Turbo is a very good arcade racer
• Danmaku Unlimited 2 and Danmaku Unlimited 3 for bullet hell shmups

Not arcade style, but Final Fantasy I-VI pixel remasters are IMHO great on phones.

All games I'm going to mention aren't sending me any notifications.

Square on top is a bit like jump king, and let's you disable 'unwanted' Ads. You're still able to watch ads for your own gain, but dont have to.

Divineko is a fun shape drawing/reaction game that has very fair ad placements IMO.

Xeonjia is an ice puzzle game (you walk in one direction until you hit a rock) that reminds me a bit of Pokémon with its art style. I dont think it has any ads.

Those three are my go to's currently.

Twenty is my go-to. Blockus clones are fun too, and there are a lot of game modes.

This Ars article turned me on to it. Maybe click through some of his other suggestions-

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/why-twenty-is-my-latest-mobile-gaming-obsession/

Card crawl

Everyone in here sleeping on pocket city 1 and 2. 1 is free w/ads or 2.99 and 2 is 4.99

Super Auto Pets is one I like

There are plenty of puzzle-style ones like Sagadoku/Blockudoku, Minesweeper, etc.

Ignoring the arcade style preference: i like Cats are Liquid: A Better Place and Cats are Liquid: a Light in the Shadows

They are 2 platformers with abstract graphics, abilities and a sad(extremly confusing) story

My favorite is Time Surfer. The core mechanic is basically the same as Tiny Wings, but the theme, artwork, levels, etc are all very different. I especially enjoy the chiptunes!

Download TIC-80 is a fantasy console that also has an android app.

Inside it you'll have access to tons of games made for that console.

I've been some weeks playing "Shadow over the twelve lands" on android TIC-80 and it has been a great experience.

It's all open source too!

Kingdom Rush has been fun and not needy. (The first one?)

My favorite mobile games are

Don't starve

Dead Cells

Emulating old RPG games through Delta or Lemuroid

I got really hooked on Armory and Machine, there is an A&M2 but I've never played it.

Its the kind of game that only has a mobile version, it rewards you for coming back to it like any bad mobile game, but there are no ads, nothing to buy, and I don't think there is any data shared.

The premis is you are work on a machine, making it faster, better stronger, more automated, and more able to produce things. Things can be in turn, turned into items that let you travel and fight critters. The loot from the critters can be used to make your machine faster. Its all a vicious factorio-like loop, and show how fun these mobile mechanics can be when there is no company taking advantage of you.

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damn i miss the old mario party for N64, i been meaning to find a good alternative free version

Geometry Dash

here is some variety:

Brawlhalla is legit, Shell Shockers is funny, agar.io is simple but dope

I've been playing Shattered Pixel Dungeon, which is an actual roguelike game.

Egg Inc is angrowth game that's silly and fun. Squad Alpha is a great casual shooter, and all ads are voluntary. (Note, this is NOT Alpha Squad.)

Tyrian. 90's scrolling shooter ported over and mostly functional.

You didn’t say what OS you were running, but if you’re running an iPhone, the original Sonic is in the App Store and is pretty playable on a phone. I also really liked Temple Run.

The Way Home

Threes!

Jetski.

It's not an arcade-style game by any means, but I can't recommend "Sky: Children of the Light" enough! My partner and I have been playing it daily for over 4 years and still can't get enough of it. It's hard to give it a proper description. It has a beautiful storyline with new seasonal stories that come out every 3 months or so. You play as a child of light whose mission is to banish darkness and shepherd spirits from a post-apocalyptic land into the stars. However, the real core of the game is the social aspect. It's mmo-adjacent (typical server sizes are 8 players) with other players showing up as other children of light. You slowly make friendships using in-game currency and gifting each other friendship levels. You cannot chat with others at first and must communicate through a variety of emotes until you unlock chat in the friendship tree. The way communication and friendship is handled in the game makes it one of the most friendly and least toxic communities that I've found on the Internet. It's also cross-play and cross-save between Android, iOS, Switch, PlayStation, and Steam. That Sky Game

I’m on iOS and actually pay for Apple Arcade. It’s been worth it. I don’t bother looking anywhere else for mobile games anymore.

Little Inferno

dungeon cards, shattered pixel dungeon, or just read manga