Category: Android

Dark Summoner

Dark Summoner is a social, card-collecting mobile RPG with light MMO elements, set in the gloomy fantasy realm of Triaterra. You play as a Summoner who builds a roster of monsters and assembles them into teams, then relies on smart lineup choices, type synergies, and steady upgrades to progress. With hundreds of creatures to acquire and improve through sacrifice, enhancement, and evolution, the long-term hook is less about twitch combat and more about collecting, optimizing, and keeping up with events.

Publisher: ATeam
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile RPG
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Pros: +Striking monster art and presentation. +A huge roster that encourages collecting and team-building.
Cons: -Noticeable pay-to-win pressure in competitive play. -Menus can feel busy and awkward. -Core loop can become repetitive over time.

Guardian Hunter

Guardian Hunter: SuperBrawlRPG is a free-to-play, online social action RPG for mobile devices that mixes charming, cel-shaded character art with quick stage-based battles, a large roster of Guardians to recruit, and extra activities like Infinite Dungeon, Guardian Arena, and Boss Raids.

Publisher: NHN Entertainment
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile RPG
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Pros: +Adorable anime-style presentation. +Responsive, well-tuned action combat. +Huge roster of Guardians to chase.
Cons: -Monetization can create power gaps. -Progression can become grind-heavy over time.

Transport Empire

Transport Empire is a free-to-play 2D mobile economic strategy game that revolves around building up a transport company and turning it into a nationwide powerhouse. You expand by moving cargo between towns using trains, steamboats, and airships, while steadily improving infrastructure and production to keep contracts flowing.

Publisher: Game Insight
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile City-Building/Strategy
Release Date: April 09, 2014
Pros:+Colorful, polished 2D presentation. +Playable without an internet connection. +Story-driven structure that adds context to progression.
Cons: -Progress can feel slow due to real-time timers. -Core loops can become repetitive over longer sessions.

One Piece Treasure Cruise

One Piece Treasure Cruise is a mobile RPG inspired by the One Piece anime and manga. It has you building a crew of recognizable pirates, tackling bite-sized story chapters, and winning battles through simple, timing-based tap inputs that feel more like an action rhythm game than a traditional menu-driven RPG.

Publisher: Namco Bandai
Playerbase: High
Type: RPG
Release Date: February 09, 2015
Pros: +Strong sense of adventure and progression. +Story presentation that respects the source material. +Tap-timing combat that stays engaging.
Cons: -Progress can feel sluggish at points. -Occasional shortages of key upgrade resources.

Soul Hunters

Soul Hunters blends side-scrolling RPG action with hero collecting and light real-time strategy. You build a roster of characters, strengthen them through upgrades and promotions, then deploy a five-hero squad through a mostly linear campaign or into competitive Arena fights. Combat is built around positioning and well-timed skill usage as you push through waves of enemies.

Publisher: Lilith Games
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile RPG
Release Date: June 24, 2015
PvP: Arena
Pros: +Memorable, stylized visuals. +Huge roster with 80+ heroes to chase. +Multiple PvP avenues.
Cons: -Monetization can tilt balance. -Core loop feels familiar for the genre. -Lacks audio.

Stellacept Online

Stellacept Online is a free-to-play mobile MMORPG that blends science fiction tech with fantasy aesthetics in a large, persistent open world. It leans heavily into quest-driven progression, mixes action inputs with light auto-targeting, and supports flexible character building through nine weapon types rather than locked classes. Between its cutscenes, story beats, and surprisingly “console-like” presentation for a phone title, it aims to be a more narrative-focused alternative to the typical grind-first mobile MMO.

Publisher: Asobimo, Inc.
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORPG
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Pros: +Sharp, high-end visuals for mobile. +Questing backed by a memorable story and cutscenes. +Classless weapon system encourages experimentation.
Cons: -The core loop can start to feel samey over longer sessions.

Epic Card Battle

Epic Card Battle is a free-to-play, 3D online trading card game where your main job is assembling decks and chasing better cards through PvE stages and asynchronous PvP. While it borrows the presentation and collectible appeal of bigger TCGs, it has earned a rough reputation because the actual matches resolve automatically, leaving players with little to do beyond deck selection and progression management. It is available on both mobile devices and PC.

Publisher: momoStorm Entertainment
Playerbase: Low
Type: F2P Card Game
Release Date: 2013 (NA/EU)
Pros: +Striking card art and a polished fantasy look. +Plays across iOS, Android, and Steam.
Cons: -Battles largely play themselves with minimal strategy. -Limited card pool. -Premium currency advantages can feel pay-to-win.

Cubic Castles

Cubic Castles is a voxel-based sandbox MMO focused on gathering, crafting, and building personal realms that other players can freely visit. It blends the familiar loop of mining resources and placing blocks with a strong emphasis on player-made platforming challenges and storefronts, so your world can be a parkour gauntlet one day and a bustling shop the next.

Publisher: Cosmic Cow LLC
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Sandbox MMO
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Pros: +Active player-driven trading and shops. +Straightforward building and crafting tools. +Lots of unusual blocks and gadgets for platformer-style realms.
Cons: -Fixed camera limits movement and precision. -Resource collection can feel grind-heavy. -Interface feels awkward on PC (clearly built with mobile in mind).

Vainglory

Vainglory is a free-to-play mobile MOBA built around fast, tactical 3 vs 3 matches, responsive tap controls, and a console-like presentation. It stands out on phones and tablets thanks to sharp 3D visuals, smooth animation, and a roster of Heroes that supports both quick casual play and more serious ranked competition.

Publisher: Super Evil Megacorp
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MOBA
Release Date: November 16, 2014
Pros: +Excellent visuals for mobile. +Tap controls feel accurate and readable. +Plenty of Heroes and viable builds. +Monetization stays largely cosmetic and fair.
Cons: -Matchmaking can feel uneven at times. -Limited to a single core map and rule set. -AFKs and early leavers can ruin close games.

Puzzle and Dragons

Puzzle & Dragons is a mobile match-three RPG with MMO-like social hooks, best known for being a massive hit in Japan and for turning simple orb-matching into surprisingly strategic dungeon runs. The basic idea is easy to grasp, but long-term play revolves around building a roster of monsters, assembling teams around elemental synergies, and learning how to squeeze maximum damage out of each board.

Publisher: Gungho Online Entertainment
Playerbase: High
Type: Puzzle Game
Release Date: November 8, 2012 (NA/EU)
Pros: +Approachable early game and clear basics. +Simple rules with a high skill ceiling. +Huge monster roster to chase. +A large amount of dungeons and content.
Cons: -Stamina limits how long you can play in one sitting.