Our list includes mobile games across a variety of genres, with picks determined by factors like price, visuals, gameplay, controls, and compatibility with different platforms. With that in mind, we've curated a list of the best mobile games based on hands-on experience and critical consensus. Mobile games have steadily improved in quality too, with the performance gap between smartphones and gaming consoles, like the Nintendo Switch, steadily shrinking.īetween the thousands of games to choose from in your phone's app store, and subscription services like Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass, finding the best titles and new releases can be a struggle.
The mobile gaming business continues to blossom with hundreds of new games every year some made specifically for smartphones and tablets, and others redesigned for release on mobile devices.