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Check out Curated, an app that lists only the genuinely good games on the Play store (those submitted by users and accepted by the developer). You can search by genre/art style, and it also allows you to filter out apps that cost money, include microtransactions, require an internet connection, etc.
Unfortunately it seems like the author has stopped adding new games, but there's still a sizable list of decent games on there.
Spot on. The Play store is muck for finding anything of value.
If you're looking for some decent games, I started a small project a while back that might help with that. I basically spent a couple of months hand-picking the best games, and then categorising them to make it easy to find something that interests you.
Think it's about time I posted Curated here again!
Curated is a hand-picked list of ~175 games, for those of you searching for something awesome to play!
There are over 40 different tags, and you can use filters to quickly find something you're looking for... Some examples:
- Offline Action-RPGs
- Puzzle games with no In-App Purchases
- Free Deckbuilding games
You get the picture, now get the app!... Sorry, that was a god-awful marketing line I just thought of... I'll just go sit in the corner.
It's an app to help you find awesome Android games.
There are over 100 different games, broken up into 40 different tags, and you can filter to find games that interest you.
Feedback & game suggestions always welcome!
Hopefully it will save you some time next time you're looking for something to play!
At the risk of self-promotion, I would say try Curated and then Filter > Conditions > Offline. Then you'll be able to see all games that don't require internet to play (for at least single-player functionality). There's about 160 games and ~40 different tags, so you should be able to find something that interests you!
Not related, but i highly recommend you an app named - Curated. It hand picks only quality games the playstore offers, filtering out all the f2p and IAP infested crApps.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Try the Curated app. It was made by someone on reddit in /r/AndroidGaming. Here's the launch announcement.
If you find good stuff, you can recommend it gets added. It basically is a storefront that links through to Google Play when you want to go download it. There are about 150 games on there, and they have to be either free, have "tolerable" IAP, or have a small upfront cost that unlocks all.
I have found several good games on there that I knew nothing about.
You can have a look at Curated, i've used it previously and found some good things on it.
At the end of the day you have a small screen so you can't see much, you haven't got much room to display information and next to no room for controls.
Not to mention there isn't any physical feedback from the screen so 'traditional' games will suffer from terrible feeling controls.
It's just an unfortunate truth that 'serious' games are not practical on such devices, it's why the ones that do well usually have very simplistic gameplay(if only that were true, it's a store packed with free to play trash and those who are advertising currently, both google and apple need to deal with this, there isn't even a "newly added" section)
Ia aplicatia [CURATED] Iti arata jocuri foarte faine si mai putin cunoscute foarte atent alese.
Lista mea:
- Fallout Shelter [ Recent a aparut pe Android ]
- Shattered Pixel Dungeon [RPG/Dungeon Crawler-Preferatul Meu]
- Plague Inc. [Must try/have]
- Swordigo (RPG-Actiune)
- Tetris (Cel de la EA)
- Cardinal Quest [RPG Fain]
It's been tried a hundred times. I've taken a stab at it myself more than once. The majority of the content in the Slant link voted to the top of this post was almost all created by yours truly. It is exactly what OP asked for in this 260+ upvoted post, and yet no one here or anywhere else hardly ever contributes. Same goes for any endeavor in this area, just ask the dev of Curated how far user contributions and support went for them.
Everyone here wants to bitch and moan about how there are no good games and that they are difficult to find, but no one puts their money where their mouth is and actually helps to make it better by purchasing premium games or supporting the sites that catalog them. Someone needs to do all the work for them, and then, maybe then, they will come around and give your shit a glance before they go away forever.
It's a lost cause because no one actually wants to pay for good games on Android. Period. Making a list of them isn't going to do anything if people aren't actually interested in visiting your list. It's a great idea until you actually put it into motion, then you will see there isn't a viewership big enough to support it, especially if you think crowdsourcing is the answer.
(I say all this as someone who hates IAPs and loot boxes. If there is a way to solve this issue I am all ears, but so far no one has been able to make something like this work.)
If you are having an issue I would suggest checking out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android&hl=en
Its just some devs side project, but it does a decent job of surfacing games.
I don't know anything about the trademark side of things, but from an app store side of things, be careful of how you name the app, and what screenshots you use, if you want to include it on Google Play. Things like "Settles of Catan Scoreboard" will get you removed from Google Play, but "Scoreboard for Settlers of Catan" are fine. Example: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/01/07/reddit-sync-facing-suspension-play-store-impersonation-even-though-google-thing-2-years-ago-reversed-decision/
As for the screenshots, you can't have things like artwork for the game in them*(See the description for Curated)*.
Bit late to the party, but I recently built an app to help people discover awesome little-known games on Android:
It's called Curated. Everything is hand-picked and tagged e.g. 8-bit, RPG, Multiplayer. So hopefully it should be pretty easy to find something you're interested in.
Well there have been some attempts at this sort of thing, Curated for example. But honestly, I think it's a Sisyphean task. There's just too much economic incentive for people to shit up the market with low quality shovelware, and not enough profit in picking through it.
This app has a filter for controller support. Also, I think the dev posts on this subreddit.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Click the filter icon in the top right corner, then look under the "conditions" heading.
If you're specifically looking for games, Curated is one option.
It's a hand picked list of ~300 games tagged and categorised that you can filter to your interests.
Disclaimer: I built Curated a while back. Unfortunately it doesn't get updated as often as I'd like these days.
App/site, same thing basically.
People always download apps from the web, it's called the play store.
If you want an actual app though, try Curated. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Nah you didn't. While you're in the playstore, i recommend you download an app named - Curated.
It only displays quality apps from the store, and removes the heap of shit that you'll find in the regular market.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
I'm working on a project at the moment that somewhat does what you're asking: Curated
Essentially I'm taking the best games on the Play Store (not Candy Crush or crap like that) and allowing people to easily search through them.
Writing a good description helps, as does a nice video. After that.. I don't know. You could contact the guy that does Curated. And I suppose social media, maybe find some popular android focused Youtubers and ask them to give your game a try.
Since I haven't seen it mentioned in a while...are you aware of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android ?
It's not been updated in a while, but it seems like it had similar goals
"Curated" used to be a good app that allowed you to filter results according to many criterias. If you know of good sources of data, a similar app could be quickly made.
Damn play store still forcing you to filter using creatively worded queries rather than add actual filters...
Then why not avoid searching for games on the actual play store/ios store yourself and use a curated list to look for them? Curated is pretty fucking good at filtering crap stuff.
A redditor made an app called Curated, I've found some interesting games through the app recommendations like Hoplite, Quadropus, Interlocked, Duet and Brain It On!
Try the Curated app. It's the Google Play marketplace with the bullshit filtered out.
They exist, you just have to know where to look. If you have an android phone, get Curated, as the name implies it's a curated list of worthwhile mobile games, many without microtransactions.
Thanks for sharing. Exactly what I needed. Now if only someone could apply this to all the apps like xyo.net once did.
Another redditor made something similar: Curated, but more for filtering game types.
I think he is talking about curated for sure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
But I am not sure if the devs stop working on it. The app of the week hasn't been updated for long time.
Next version of AppHunt will include categories, one for games. I hope it also help to discover new games.
Also get an app named - Curated. It only lists quality apps. It removes f2p / p2w IAP & ad infested games from playstore.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
No it's a rant about the store, then you request an agregation app. Your post belongs in /r/AndroidApps or /r/AndroidQuestions. You can also check out the app Curated. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Then you need an app named - Curated. It basically hand picks quality apps that the playstore has to offer, it filters out the steaming pile of turd you find all over the store.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Here are a few suggestions: http://i.imgur.com/74satp1.png
I took this from an app I made called Curated.
You can filter for specific games your looking for. In this case I filtered for games tagged 'Strategy' and 'Offline'. You can also show only free games, or games without IAP. Whatever floats your boat!
One of my personal favourites is Tactics Maiden.
Linkme: Tactics Maiden
I only started this game a week ago, and I'm having a blast. I found it through the Curated app. I'm happy to know development is still on going, and I wish you all luck on the Steam version which I will be following closely!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android&hl=de
Ist eine super Sache. Die filtern den ganzen P2W Mist raus. Schau dich mal um ob du da was findest.
Not sure if this is still being updated but check this quality games list app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Your best bet is probably Curated. There aren't a lot of games listed, but they're hand-picked so it's quality over quantity.
there used to be this, but I think the app is dead.
There is a sub - /r/noiap
edit- also looks like Curated was updated in march
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
Here's a sneak peek of /r/NoIAP using the top posts of all time!
#1: [iOS][Android] After 4+ months of hard work, I built the biggest, coolest, interactive comic game I've ever made. It just launched, no IAP! | 8 comments
#2: How we monetized our game and never Compromised.
#3: [Android] Curated - An Easy Way To Find IAP-Free Games By Genre | 2 comments
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Check this out. Essentially a hand-picked collection of quality games that links back to the play store.
This is probably the best option.. You also have Curated for games.
Still doesn't remove shit in the playstore. For that i use - Curated. You should too.
Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.curated.android
It's an app to find games with the specifications you want.
I found about this app here in this sub, Curated