Our pick of the best free Android games – platform games, puzzle games, shoot ‚em ups and more.
There are so many excellent free Android games in the Google Play Store, it can be hard to know where to begin looking for something new to play. That’s why we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to the very best games in every genre. Whether you’re into word games, endless runners, platformers or puzzles, there’s something here for you. Click through to the next pages to see each category or read on below for our pick of the month. And check back every month for our latest pick. Salvagette is ideal if you like the idea of bullet-hell shooters, but if you also find dealing with dozens of projectiles hurtling toward you at any given moment a bit too much. It gives you time to think by reframing the genre as a single-screen turn-based strategy game of sorts. Each level has a selection of enemy craft beam in. You swipe to move, time stopping when you do. The enemies convey their intention to fire by way of a blue glow that gradually shrinks, and you need to ram them before they strike – or dodge their projectiles should they blast them in your general direction. It’s a clever, refined idea – and surprisingly intense, given that you mostly stare at a static screen. Multiple endings and an in-game shop for stocking up on power-ups add longevity and strategy, respectively. Our favorite free Android 3D, retro,2D and on-rails racers. Code Racer takes racing game conventions and throws them out the window, so rather than bombing around a circuit, your twitchy reactions being the only thing keeping your car from flipping over, you instead define your route by way of basic programming-style commands. At first, Code Racer relies on a lot of trial and error as you define acceleration, braking and turn times, and power levels. It’s hard enough to go around a corner, let alone face levels with jumps, moving platforms and other terrifying hazards. Before long though, you’ll start to grasp the game’s various nuances and more rapidly piece together the steps required to get to the checkered flag intact – or escape the cops in surprisingly tense takedown levels. Beach Buggy Racing 2 is a high-octane kart racer. True to form, your dinky vehicle belts along larger-than-life tracks, taking in everything from medieval castles with fire-breathing dragons, to an ancient world full of dinosaurs – and gigantic sea creatures you can bounce off. Naturally, your aim is to get to the checkered flag first, across just two laps. To do this, you must find shortcuts, and make use of power-ups that can turn opponents into a block of ice, blast them into the heavens, and far more besides. Sadly, there are no leagues, and Beach Buggy Racing 2 only ever offers you two race choices at any given time.
