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Crank is a pretty similar-feeling one imo, if you're looking for your next fix :) It is unfortunately not mobile friendly (or even functional) though.

https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/



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I've read that site before, and it has pointers to good games -- unfortunately most are iOS-exclusive though. I have an Android phone.

For those who like this I would also recommend Mindustry, a similar game which is open source and available for mobile. I actually have spent quite a lot of time with it.

I'd recommend Severed

http://severedgame.com/

It's totally designed for mobile but ends up feeling like good console game. It's easily my favorite iOS game to date


Oh that's a game that I've been meaning to look further into. I had just seen that it cost money and was Windows only, I forgot that it was on mobile as well (and free there!)

Thanks for the suggestion!


I don't know if it will ultimately be a huge success story but I think 'Cordy' http://www.cordythegame.com/ is fantastic and is Android only. We bought the full version within a few minutes of playing the trial version.

I don't have a great resource but I can recommend Polytopia and Rebel Inc, two games that are fun on mobile and don't have the predatory skinner box practices that so many games seem to have.

That website only covers videogames for iOS, do you have any other suggestion?

There is Myst for iPhone/iPad, btw.

Survivor!.io, seems a somewhat similar game available for mobiles.

I really like this trend of mobile apps with a fully functional experience on the web. Adrift for iOS is nice example of using this approach for a trial/teaser experience. It's worth checking out the fully playable demo on the game's site at http://www.playadrift.com/, and the base app is free if you want to compare/contrast that to the mobile device experience. Beautifully done, IMO.

Wow, I really needed that website. I spend a lot of time looking for games of this kind, since like 99% of Android games are, in your (rather precise) terms, bullshit, and after some experiences with those I don't want to pay any more, period.

I made something similar a few years ago although for Android only.

playworthy.io


If you're looking for something a bit more BASIC-like, I recommend checking out AppGameKit, made by the people who did Dark Basic back in the day.

Habitica[0] is free and a semi-idle RPG basically, it's pretty cool. Also has a slick iOS app.

[0]: https://habitica.com/static/home


Thanks for the recommendation! I downloaded it on iOS and have been really enjoying it.

The controls took a few minutes to get used to, but the included documentation was superb.


try ness, if you have an iphone.

The original developers ported it to iOS. Spin Doctor by Revolutionary Apps LLC https://appsto.re/us/X06_t.i

Can't edit on the app I'm using, but I found this implementation of the game I was talking about: https://www.silvergames.com/en/falling-sand. Not the original, but it has all the elements I remember, plus some interesting things like wind. And works decently on my phone.

Yeah, I forgot all about these kinds of games. I used to play something similar on Android, where you used your finger, so it was more game-ish, but it was a great mobile game. Anything like this for iOS?
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