What free2play game are you currently hooked on?

I know older titles are usually the topic in this community but a lot of the popular f2p games are getting pretty old now too, and if you're like me you've been curious about some of them and even pleasantly surprised now and again.

There are many examples like League of Legends, Apex Legends, Raid: Shadow Legends etc and I usually get hooked on one and play it for some months or more. I'm not really trying to get into the "business" side of things, I personally very rarely purchase anything but if you do that's absolutely fine too.

The current ones I play regularly:

  • PC - Enlisted - A WW2 shooter with vehicles like the Battlefield games. Same publisher and game engine as War Thunder and has been in open beta for over 2 years now. Kinda janky still but regularly updated and enjoyable.
  • Android - CUE cards universe everything (I forget exactly lol) - Fun deck builder but very grindy if you don't buy shit. Pretty unique concept for a deck builder what I've come across. Short games too so good for a smoke break or the bus or whatever.

So, what do you play?

crossmr ,

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830720/FreeInfantry/

Free Infantry. I wouldn't say I'm hooked, but it would be great if this really took off again. Was a great game back in the day. I've completely forgotten how to play it or do anything and mostly fumble around.

Resol ,
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I don't remember when Alto's Odyssey became free to play on Android, but it's honestly such an amazing game. Its prequel is pretty nice too, but I like this one better.

I used to be addicted to Super Starfish too. I'm even pretty close to completing it, but just never had my chance to do so because... reasons. I would love to see this game on the Nintendo DS.

I played the original Sonic trilogy. It was fine, I guess.

The Dadish series was super annoying and very infuriating despite looking like something a child could complete in one sitting.

Bean Dreams was absolutely phenomenal, though. I loved every second of it. Why on earth did they have to take it down from app stores???

I played Okay. It was okay.

Bart Bonte's "color" series of games are also pretty fun to play through. You actually can finish all of them in one sitting if you're brainy enough to do so. I did. "Black" was my favorite, since you get a glimpse of the Belgian flag at the end (Bart is Belgian after all).

I even played Goat Simulator on mobile (not the sequel, the original). For some reason I enjoyed that one the most despite how very obviously limited the mobile version is.

Conclusion: I like very niche categories of mobile games.

JustAnotherRando ,

Bart Bonte's games are really satisfying. The only one I didn't personally care for as much is Sugar Game, but all of the colors are fun little puzzle games.

Resol ,
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I especially remember playing the Flash version of Sugar Game a while back, it was my earliest memory of that guy. But yeah, that game specifically wasn't my favorite, but it was still pretty nice especially with the calm soundtrack that plays in the levels.

Brickardo ,

Warframe ever since 2012!

S_H_K ,

Here doing it since 2019 just reached 900 days last week

HipsterTenZero ,
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hell yeah warframe. I accidentally spent all of my arcane juice on steel path arcanes instead of eidolon arcanes in the sanctum, so I'm taking a break until the despair leaves my body, but I love that game

TimewornTraveler ,

someone shout out the dormizone sublem

i forgot how lol

aregularbeaneater ,

Rocket League!

JadenSmith ,

I'm glad I still have this on my Steam account, from before the buyout from Epic.

iegod ,

Game Of The Year 9 years running.

Daxtron2 ,

Warframe

slazer2au ,

Good old Space Ninjas.

Daxtron2 ,

Its not a perfect game but its a great power fantasy

SolOrion , (edited )

A great power fantasy for the Grineer when I hit Steel Path lmao.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

Maan, I remember hitting a WALL when I decided to take on SP earth with just excalibur, a braton, a lato, and a skana as a challenge. That challenge ended definitively when I hit an interception mission.

HipsterTenZero ,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

Really more space wizards these days, but I do like to sneak around in a spy mission from time to time...

Crashumbc ,

World of Tanks was the last I was hooked on but burnt out and haven't played it in forever.

SolOrion ,

I never could get into World of Tanks. It always seemed interesting but didn't grab me.

I gotta get back into World Of Warships tho that game is neat.

Crashumbc ,

I much preferred the older versions of WoT them the current version which is more arcade first person shooter like.

I've played a bunch of warships also.

SolOrion ,

Warframe and Warthunder. Lot of war happening, now that I think about it.

I'm starting to get a bit burnt out on Warthunder, though.

steal_your_face ,
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Is warframe fun?

SolOrion , (edited )

I think, so yeah. Warframe tends to polarize people- a lot of the time people either enjoy it a lot or hate it a lot and it just depends on your preferences. I think it's because of how grindy it is while it simultaneously has a very ridiculous amount of depth. That's a downside to a lot of people, but it's kinda entirely why I play the game.

The most important thing I can suggest is that when you have questions, ask someone. Either a friend that's knowledgeable, youtube, or hell just ask in Q&A chat. Don't just try to figure it out- that's probably not going to end well. The new player experience is miles better than when I started, but it's still kinda rocky. Things aren't explained incredibly well.

If you try it and end up having questions feel free to toss me a DM- I'm happy to help a new player out however I can.

Trev625 ,

I play League of Legends and a couple gacha games all F2P. Genshin, Snowbreak, and Aether Gazer. Wuthering Waves just came out so time will tell if it stays in my rotation or not.

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

Jesus how do today keep up with the FOMO live service high engagement driven model that each of them ask for you

Trev625 ,

Right I'm actually kinda addicted so I like make time for my "dailies". Usually like an hour a day -ish. Don't think I've missed a day for around 250 days now. I know I'd probably enjoy it more if I played story games or something but it is nice to just turn off my brain for an hour. Kinda feels like how my parents would brain-off watch TV for hours.

Also I have an Google sheet with checkmarks to make sure I do everything every day so I spend the least amount of time on each game rather than thinking.

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

Holy shit. I was not expecting this answer
.. got more commitment than me

PlzGivHugs ,

Currently two:

War Thunder - It has so many issues from the grind, to unadressed design issues (IE 10kg HE shells doing no damage on a direct hit), to balance issues including p2w vehicles. That said, under all the shit, theres a solid foundation, and no other game comes close to replicating it.

Super Auto Pets - Its an autobattler streamlined to the point where its the perfect casual game when I don't feel like anything else. It also doesn't have any of the normal f2p traps, and is monitized purely on cosmetics that can also be earned for free.

Edit: I guess Dota 2 counts too. I put a ton of time into that. I'm not a particularly good player, but its one of the best team-based games out there, so I enjoy playing it with friends.

Elevator7009 ,

Any time anyone ever says War Thunder all I can think of is people leaking military information on the game forums.

May or may not come back and edit with more links for the other times

SolOrion ,

There was another one a few days ago, too, from what I heard.

murmelade OP ,

Hey Super Auto Pets was pretty neat actually.

Elevator7009 ,

Various incremental/idle browser games that are truly free. Kittens Game is pretty good. It also has a mobile app (Android link) (iOS link) which you pay once upfront for. The Shark Game is also pretty cute.

Just found @incremental_games

Ashtear ,
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Honkai Star Rail just passed the one-year mark and I'm massively impressed with it. I don't often play games on mobile and this is only the second gacha I've put significant time into (the first being Final Fantasy Record Keeper). I honestly didn't know my four year old, not-flagship phone could run something like this. I guess there's a reason Hoyo has enough money to buy a small country.

The battle system is crazy good. Turn based without rounds is my favorite RPG battle system, and this might be the best version of it I've seen. The presentation's great. The story and the writing is a little weird.

I wish it didn't throw a million currencies and play modes at me, but I guess that's the genre (or just F2P in general these days). Looking forward to when I can sort all that stuff out in my head so I'm not wasting time on it when I get a chance to open it.

VinesNFluff ,
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I always circle back around to SRB2. It has been beautiful to watch it grow over the decades.

Honzai ,

PC - Path of Exile - This is an ARPG similar to Diablo 2. It has very well defined terms (outside of a few edge cases) that help guide your build creation. Lots of community support. They release a new league with content and updates every 3-4 months. While F2P, stash tabs are a useful purchase if you enjoy it long-term. I've been playing since 1.0 (over 10 years ago now)

Android - Idle Obelisk Miner - There is some initial manual mining, but then you'll unlock drones and bombs for mining. It's better as a screen-on idler, but can be played screen off, but much slower. In terms of an idler, I feel the pacing is done very well. (30 days of play time in game as of now)

Amir ,
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Predecessor is the best MOBA I've ever played, and it's not even out of early access yet. Right now just grinding Brawl because it's braindead action but the normal gamemode is also good.

CrayCray ,

Currently playing The Finals. Quite nice with the destruction of everything.

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