Top 25 best free games to play on your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone in 2022

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Retro Bowl

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Retro Bowl is an excellent retro-inspired American Football game. You'll only need to take control of the offence and it's so satisfying when you aim a pass perfectly or successfully dodge your way through a pack of opposition defenders. Another nice touch, if you don't enter your own name it gives you a cool randomly generated one instead, I got Marshal Cannon.

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Genshin Impact

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Possibly one of the most hyped free mobile games of recent years, Genshin Impact - known for its sweeping green landscapes reminiscent of Zelda Breath of The Wind - has definitely earned its place in this list. Within days of launch, there are floods of people praising its clever use of gacha as much as they are praising its vast worlds, and frankly, it sounds well worth the effort of a quick, free download.

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Dungeon Faster

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Dungeon Faster is an excellent rogue-like deck-builder that was nominated by our readers as one of the best games to release in 2019. It's been updated since it was held in such high esteem, adding an Arena Mode that allows players to battle it out for leaderboard supremacy.

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Dadish 2

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Dadish 2 sees the return of everyone's favourite radish father. This time around his children have decided to participate in an impromptu 'bring your kids to work day'. Of course, this scheme doesn't exist in Dadish's office and it's just his sassy offspring causing trouble. Once again, our wear hero must set off to find them all, platforming his way through a fresh set of dangers.

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The Everlasting Regret

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The Everlasting Regret is a beautiful casual puzzler that's been made by five graduates at Tencent. It's centered around the Chinese poem Song of Everlasting Regret and boasts a gorgeous visual style that matches the relaxed gameplay loop.

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Cookie Run: Kingdom

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RPG-combat meetings town-builder in Devsisters' most recent entry into the Cookie Run series. Not only that, but they've managed to softly layer gacha mechanics and a baked-goods twist on the classic good-vs-evil plotline into the mix, and it all cooks out wonderfully.

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Pokemon GO

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It's hard to have any sort of a list of best free mobile games without tilting the torch toward location-based game, Pokemon Go. It took the world by storm when it first launched in 2016 and has only gone from strength to strength since. It now features weekly and monthly events, as well as the raid and battle systems which ensures that you've always got something to do.

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Pokemon GO

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It also managed to survive national lockdowns through quick work from the development team. Phew.

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Super Fowlst 2

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Super Fowlst 2 is a delightful, easy-to-pick-up platformer where you tap the left and right-hand sides of the screen to bounce a chicken around the levels. It's definitely got a pinball vibe going and its bright, cheerful aesthetic certainly makes the experience feel much more wholesome.

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Badlanders

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NetEase seem to be going from strength to strength when it comes to their games of late, with console-quality titles like LifeAfter and Eve: Echoes recently joining their roster. But, it's really Badlanders which sticks out for us. It's an almost perfectly designed loot-gathering battle royale that delivers a strong military theme while juggling tense inventory management and

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deadly battlefield sprinting to keep the whole match captivating and compelling.

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Words for a bird

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Words for a bird is the latest micro-puzzle game out from puzzle-powerhouse Bart Bonte. While it's certainly not got the colour theming of his most recent issuing, it's visual punning is exceptional and - by golly - the art style is memorable and... well, lovely.

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Revived Witch

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You might be familiar with some classical RPGMaker games - pixelated graphics, characters that you control, various puzzle encounters throughout the map and (usually) turn-based battles. That is not the case at all with Revived Witch, which only looks like such a game. In reality, you can discover the hidden story of the Witch who finds herself in a rather peculiar situation.

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Revived Witch

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While trying to solve mysteries throughout the land and finding out her real whereabouts, the player will be left with an overwhelming feeling of serenity and peace. Revived Witch is a truly premium experience for free, on both Android and iOS devices.

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Spooky Squashers

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Easily one of the best Halloween games of recent years, and one of the most memorable ones to experiment with Squash, Spooky Squashers is an arcade game with a sporty feel to it. It's definitely one that we're going to be playing for a while, it's rare to find a title with such an interesting twist on a familiar sport and genre.

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Rumble Stars

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When it comes to talking about some of Pocket Gamer's favourite free mobile games, it would be a massive mistake to leave out Frogmind's Rumble Stars. It's a perfect fusion of strategy mana systems and pick-up-and-play sports gaming, and all the while it's bright, colourful and so engaging that we keep playing even though we've already got four chests waiting to unlock.

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Rainmaker - The Beautiful Flood

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Rainmaker - The Beautiful Flood is a minimalistic puzzle game that's incredibly pretty. Each level will see you guide a bubble to a door and it won't do much in the way of hand-holding either. Whenever new elements are introduced you'll need to work out how best to use them.

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Among Us

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Innersloth's now-iconic title Among Us was about to become a footnote in the company's history after three years of middling performance when, with the announcement of a sequel, interest in the first title suddenly surged. While the PC version of the game costs, albeit a rather affordable 3.99, the mobile version is completely free to play.

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Among Us

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For those of you who don't know about how it works, much like Mafia/Werewolf or many Space Station 13 modes, there are a bunch of human players placed in a situation who must work together to identify the imposter among them. Among Us is lauded due to its accessibility and ease of play, but for us, it's the mini-game tasks that really make it stand out from the competition - that and the silly execution animations.

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Idle Magic School

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Idle Magic School is your typical lovely idle game, but with magic and wizardry. You have to build and expand multiple magical institutes and come up with creative solutions to all that a magical academy entails. It's the best free mobile game for someone who is looking to play on and off, and for those who are interested in becoming wizards!

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Monolisk

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Monolisk is a beautiful-looking action RPG where players can create their own levels for others to try and beat. It was recently updated to introduce a whole range of new cards for inventing your own stages. It's also had a host of UI improvements that makes finding the best levels much easier.

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Battle Legion

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Auto-battlers and PvP experiences are hardly something new, but Battle Legion combines style, charm and strategy in a fairly fresh feeling way. Due to the importance of fine placement, unit levels, runes and more, it makes it a hard game to look away from - there's a massive, simulation-style pull to micromanage, tweak and refine in order to find the perfect strategy for your current units.

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NieR Reincarnation

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NieR Reincarnation is a mobile spin-off from Yoko Taro's popular action RPG series. Whilst it swaps real-time action with a more straightforward approach to turn-based combat, Reincarnation still maintains the essence of the other games in the series. It's hauntingly beautiful and tells multiple sombre tales in an unashamedly emotional fashion. There's still room for some humour too though, it's not all serious.

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Tales of Crestoria

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We've definitely seen a lot of hero-collecting RPGs over the years, and it hasn't really been a genre where we've seen much innovation. Tales of Crestoria will likely be the start of a shift in that as it plans on bringing classic Tales of storytelling and world-building into a genre which normally, doesn't really do much in that area.

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Life in Adventure

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If you're passionate about classical D&D RPGs, the closest thing you could find that features single-player mode is most definitely Life in Adventure. You're basically given an initial scenario and it's up to you to decide the outcome of your life.

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Life in Adventure

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There are so many twists, turns and unexpected actions that every RPG fan will find Life in Adventure an experience engaging, fun, and oh-so-addictive. It doesn't require anything but your free time, so it's a clear winner in our books!

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Democratic Socialism Simulator

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If you're into political games Democratic Socialism Simulator might be for you. It sees you taking on the role of the first socialist president of the United States. You'll have to manage taxes, tackle issues without upsetting voters and be aware that your allies may turn on you. Please note, this is only free on iOS.

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Amethlion

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Amethlion is a retro-inspired, open-world RPG where you can spend hours exploring, crafting and battling various foes. Dungeons are randomly generated so if you end up enjoying the core combat it should hopefully keep you entertained for a good amount of time. The Android version is currently not free, however.

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Samsara Room

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Samsara Room for mobile is a remastering of one of Rusty Lake's first escape room games. The original is still available on Newgrounds - whilst Flash Player still clings on - but this updated edition includes new puzzles and story to discover.

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Pako Caravan

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The next entry in the Pako series is here, and it's a little bit different than its predecessors, although... interestingly, it actually takes us back to the days of the earliest mobile games. Pako Caravan merges up Pako's funky, brightly-coloured drifting with the simple mechanics of Snake.

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Pako Caravan

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You'll snake around cheerful, busy maps, creating convoys (or, some might say, caravans) of vehicles as you try to create as long a chain as possible.

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