I recall getting a $25 Google Play card last Christmas. However, fast forwarding to today, I still haven't found anything worthwhile on the Google Play store. So, is there anything good on the Google Play store? Or is it all microtransactions-riddled garbage?
To elaborate a little more on this, I generally don't care for the average F2P game that includes microtransactions as means of progression or sports games in general. I'm just looking for fun games I can play whenever I'm not on steam.

12/22/16 Edit: Yes, I am reviving this old thread, probably because I still have $15 left on the Google Play store. For no reason at all, here's a current list of games I have installed on my phone in alphabetical order. It might be updated as I install more stuff onto it, it might not be, I'm not sure.

Asdivine Hearts
Carmageddon
Door Kickers
Downwell
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Knights of Pen and Paper
Plague Inc.
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon

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Final Fantasy 4/5/6 are ALL worth it.

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6 Especially, though the art is a bit weird in the Android version.

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Poke Go

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I tried this game when it released on Google Play, and it turned out that I don't care for Pokemon Go because it's just a buggy, unfinished game.

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It's not that it's buggy, it's just too popular, and the servers can't keep up. Though they are adding an incredible amount of features to it over the next few months.

Sadly, I find it boring for now, my area is nothing but pidgeys, rattata, caterpie, weedle, and pinsir, really shocked when I see anything different once or twice a week, hopefully gets better when the gen two pokemon get put in.

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Try again

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STFU KID

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No. Poke go away.

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Monument Valley is very nice.

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+1
Loved this game though it's quite short

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I know you've said that you have a Google Play card, but, on Humble Bundle there are mobile game bundles, and you might get an idea of what to get on the GP Store. I haven't personally tried The Banner Saga but looks really good, of what i've seen on Steam. There is also This war of mine for Android aswell.

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I still haven't figured out how to get the direct downloads from the HB PC & Android Bundle 17 working without having those downloads blocked, so that's a no-go.

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Have you enabled installation from "Unknown Sources" on your phone?

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I don't think I have, I'll see if I can still access my order page for that bundle.

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Look, i have on the library for Android: Door Kickers, Dropsy, Duet and SPACECOM.
If you want them, add me on steam and i'll give you the link for those you want.

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Door kickers is on android?! That game is amazing! Is it just like on steam on android, or haven't you played it?

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Currently i don't have a phone that supports the game :'(.

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I'll definitely add you for Door Kickers, will look at Dropsy and Duet. I think Spacecom was in that PC & Mobile bundle I bought, let me check.

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I really enjoyed fallout shelter a while back, but in general I'm not heavy mobile gamer, so I really can't recommend anything either ;_;. I'd most likely just grab an emulator of my favourite platform and play old titles.

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Weren't emulators considered something that was frowned upon and/or illegal? Yeah, it's become perfectly clear that I'm not capable of being a lawyer anytime soon if I can't even remember that.

Also, it'll take me some time to figure out how to set up the games I want to emulate on any given emulator, so...

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It depends on country and local law, but emulators alone are not illegal, same as torrents or torrent clients. It depends if you're playing games you obtained illegally, or games you actually copied from original medium in binary form - in this case, you're mostly eligible to play them legally, as you should be entitled to make a local copy of the data you paid for, but that too depends on local law, so I really can't make a suggestion here.

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So I could emulate old DS games I don't have anymore? Or would that be an example of me playing games obtained illegally?

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You can't do that legally - you should have original discs or other medium you obtained legally, and then you should make local copy for your own use that can be run with an emulator. Anything apart from that is 100% illegal, and even what I mentioned can be illegal in some countries. You'd have more luck doing a search for that, as I simply don't know.

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It would be illegal as you no longer own the original. If you still had the cartridge then it would be legal as you would still own the licence to the game. Though I have heard whispers of attempts by some in the industry to outlaw playing any commercial game using anything but the disc or cartridge supplied by the manufacturer. Personally, I think that even if that is or becomes the law it would never be unethical to play a game you own legitimately through emulation - after all, you bought the right to play the game and never transferred it to another person.

Of course, what is often forgotten is that there are homebrew roms for various consoles and handhelds as well as a very large number of public domain games on computers that are perfectly legal to emulate anywhere. There are also some games that were once sold but are now free to copy and play thanks to the generosity of the authors in giving permission to the community.

Or you can use them for programming and development. There is so much to do. See me, I've been messing about with emulators of one sort or another since the 1980s and as far as I'm concerned they're still as magic as ever.

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So then, in my case, the only games I could legally emulate would be the old X360 games I still have, a few 3DS games (And Megaman Zero Collection), and whatever else I already have on steam.

Noted, emulators are going to be a no-go.

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Those and public domain titles. http://pdroms.de is a good place to start if you're looking for those.

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Other than not being able to emulate 360 or 3DS games at all... Sure.

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Kingdom Rush
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Kingdom Rush Origins

Super Stickman Golf 2

Glow Hockey 2

Whale Tail Frenzy

Plants vs Zombies 2

Pudding Monsters

Block Puzzle

Those are the ones I've liked enough to keep on my phone.

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bjork biophilia ? come on...

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Doom and Destiny - 31 hours played I regret nothing.

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I could't try it yet but I plan to get Knight of the Old Republic for my phone.

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Kingdom Rush (all of them)

Monument Valley

Hitman GO

Deep Dungeons of Doom

rymdkapsel

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The only mobile game I've bothered to play more than a week is Puzzle and Dragons (been playing it for years, actually). Which is a free game, so that probably doesn't help unless you get hooked by the microtransactions, but its actually a game thats completely playable without them (its mostly for the impatient).

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Cytus and Deemo(Both are rhythm games from rayark, good music and fun to play)

Square enix games

Plant VS Zombie 2

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Downwell is pretty cool.

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I love the games from this dev, especially Cafeteria Nipponica. If you like simulation games like Game Dev Tycoon, I guess you'll enjoy it :3

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  • Deemo - First few songs are free and the rest you have to pay
  • Downwell
  • Super Hexagon
  • Monument Valley
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Boom Beach
League of Angels : Fire Raiders
Friendly Fire

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Wasn't Boom Beach one of those F2P Microtransaction-riddled games I didn't like?

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You don't need to buy anything.

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Barbarian

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crashlands, battlestation harbinger

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Here's some games you might be looking (I have all of them on the phone, and all of them are great)

Grand Theft Auto : Liberty City Stories - P2P
Grand Theft Auto : Chinatown Wars - P2P
Hearthstone - F2P + Microtransactions
Knights of Pen & Paper + P2p + Microtransactions
Dungeon Raid - P2P
Plants vs Zombies 2 - F2P + lot of Microtransactions (hello EA!)
Vainglory - F2P + Microtransactions

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I might look into GTA, definitely avoiding PvZ 2 because EA.

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I usually play Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage, Love Live School Idol Festival, Fate/Grand Order and Granblue Fantasy. Most of the Dragon Quest Ports are also great, mostly because they have the party dialogue, which the DS versions didn't have.

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I will consider getting Love Live because it's free, currently can't find Idolmaster, Granblue Fantasy, or Fate/Grand Order on the Play store, and Dragon Quest VI - VII are the most expensive apps I've seen on any mobile device in a while. That's typical for Square-Enix, it seems.

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Oh, okay, You're on a wrong track here
Those game which You can't find, it's because those game is only for JP
but if You're not against game with no English translation, try Google Qoo-App to download those game's apk, and sideload install it

oh, There's an english version planned for FGO tho

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Out There: Ω Edition

Exist on steam too definitly a great one !

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"Smash hit" is the absolute best choice if you are playing it on a touch screen. It's very cheap and jolly good fun.

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