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?

phoukas ,

The only mobile f2p game I've played in months is Super Snail. Slow burn gatcha idle rpg.

Maxxus ,

Gumballs and Dungeons is a fun roguelike gacha. The main game loop is picking a Gumball which have different stats and mechanics and diving a Dungeon which has different enemies and mechanics. So you want to synergize your gumball with your strategy for a particular dungeon. Each floor of a dungeon is a 6x5 tile map and you flip the tiles looking for the down exit. There’s a boss every so many floors and just try to go a deep as you can. At the end of the run you keep some of the stuff you collected to unlock new dungeons and gumballs.

Another Eden is a gacha RPG from the writer and composer of sony enix dream team; chrono series, xeno series, final fantasy. There is so much content there and a ton of crossovers with other franchises. The map movement is done really well here for a mobile targeted rpg, it’s slightly elevated from a side scroll perspective and you mostly move horizontally in lanes with vertical connections here and there to switch between lanes. The writing is great, the music is great, the battle mechanics can get really deep.

goatbeard ,

Super Auto Pets and Bloons TD Battles 2

BuboScandiacus ,
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Xonotic, tf2

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

CrayCray ,

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

FeelThePower ,
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I finally bit the bullet for a friend and got into Warzone, the free to play call of duty mode. And honestly, I've become super into it as someone who previously has not enjoyed battle royale games very much. I'm always watching the new best loadout guides, keeping up with a YouTuber even, and thinking of new playstyle ideas to try after getting home from work. I haven't been this into a game since when I was a teenager playing counter strike.

HubertManne ,

would not say hooked but I have been messing around on isleward.

tal ,
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If you mean free-to-play in the sense of a commercial game that one can play without payment, but where it is supported by data-mining or in-app-purchases or ads, I can only off-the-cuff recall playing a few games in that category:

  • World of Warships. I played one round against humans.

  • Defense of the Ancients 2. I played one round against human players and some time against the computer.

  • Fallout Shelter. I didn't like it much, though I do like the mainline Fallout series.

  • I remember some gamebook game on Android that showed ads at the bottom.

I'm not playing any of those currently. Broadly-speaking, I don't like the model. I'd rather just pay up front.

If you're talking about free-to-play-with-the-aim-of-selling-you-on-a-larger-game, I've played plenty of those -- in the 1990s, shareware and demos were a common way to promote a game. But they've kind of fallen out of favor in terms of DLC. I don't think I've played any of those for a while.

If you're talking about entirely free games, then I've played plenty of those. I think the two that I'm currently playing off-and-on, both open-source, would be:

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon, an Android roguelike. !pixeldungeon
  • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, a (mostly PC; there's an Android build and you can play it on a touchscreen, but it's really better-suited to a keyboard) open-world roguelike. There's a not-very-active Threadiverse community at !cataclysmdda; the subreddit is much more active.
VinesNFluff ,
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I always circle back around to SRB2. It has been beautiful to watch it grow over the decades.

Nemo ,

Pikmin Bloom. It helps me get up and walking and has guided me to cool local public art.

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

peteypete420 ,

I have not come back to it in awhile, but Mobile Legends bang bang. It's a tower rush game (league of legends knock off) that is free to play, with plenty to buy for those that want. Besides some of the cosmetic stuff (skins and stuff) anything can be gotten through grinding.

It's 5 on 5 tower rush, with lots of different characters. I had gotten quite familiar with playing a few, and for awhile really knew a bit about playing against most of the regularly seen characters.

Nowadays I get the urge every few months, update app, play for a week or two then put it down.

Sim city build it also stays on my phone, as it is a peaceful and colorful game. Easy to play for 10 minutes or go in and out of on a long ride.

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