Category: iOS

Pathfinder Adventures

Pathfinder Adventures brings Paizo’s Pathfinder setting to phones and tablets by way of a campaign-focused card game. Instead of controlling a single character on a grid, you build a party of heroes and solve encounters with decks, dice rolls, and careful resource management. It aims to capture the feel of a tabletop dungeon crawl while keeping the pace and structure of a digital CCG RPG.

Publisher: Obsidian Entertainment
Playerbase: Low
Type: CCG RPG
Release Date: September 8, 2016 (Mobile)
Pros: +Faithful digital take on the Pathfinder card game. +Lots of reasons to replay campaigns. +Surprisingly deep tactical decision-making. +Excellent onboarding and tutorial flow.
Cons: -Lacks online PvP. -Little to no music during play. -Occasional bugs, including crashes.

Lords Mobile

Lords Mobile is a fantasy-themed mobile MMORTS that blends kingdom building, world-map warfare, and light RPG systems. You expand a central base by constructing and upgrading facilities, train armies across multiple troop types, and recruit heroes that add bonuses in large battles while also starring in a separate PvE hero mode. Most of your time is spent juggling timers, resource flow, and strategic decisions about when to shield, when to raid, and when to rally with a guild to pressure rival kingdoms.

Publisher: IGG
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile MMORTS
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Pros: +Engaging hero-focused battle mode. +Clean, polished 3D presentation. +Strong emphasis on PvP and guild conflict.
Cons: -Noticeable pay-to-win pressure at higher levels. -Combat resolves largely through automation. -Onboarding takes a long time.

Age of Ishtaria

Age of Ishtaria is a mobile TCG RPG built around collecting a huge roster of illustrated character cards, then assembling specialized decks to tackle quests, PvP, and rotating weekly events. Between upgrading and evolving units, navigating the Bazaar to trade, and chasing event rewards, it aims to keep progression moving even if you are playing for free.

Publisher: Silicon Studio
Playerbase: Medium
Type: TCG RPG
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Pros: +Massive selection of cards to hunt down. +Premium currency can be earned through play. +Combat has an uncommon, combo-like twist. +Card art is consistently strong.
Cons: -Bazaar trading is clunky and hard to use efficiently. -Pack pulls rely on fixed odds for high-rarity cards. -Core loop can feel grindy over time.

Critical Ops

Critical Ops (often shortened to C-OPS) is a competitive mobile first-person shooter built around quick rounds and tight gunplay. Drawing obvious inspiration from classic bomb-defusal shooters like CS:GO, it puts a heavy focus on mechanical aim, map knowledge, and smart team play rather than PvE progression or story content.

Publisher: Critical Force
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile FPS
Release Date: November 16, 2015 (US/Android)
Pros: +Impressively responsive FPS feel for a phone. +Plenty of guns and cosmetic skins to chase. +Combat rewards skill and coordination.
Cons: -Limited variety in overall content. -Connection and ping can affect matches. -Requires an online connection.

Monster Super League

Monster Super League is a mobile strategy RPG built around collecting and raising charming monsters known as Astromon. Across more than seven regions, you assemble teams, strengthen them through upgrades and evolution, and take on both PvE challenges and competitive battles while working toward a collection of 500+ Astromon.

Publisher: 4:33 Creative Lab
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Strategy RPG
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Pros: +Massive roster with 500+ Astromon to recruit. +Multiple regions to explore, each with its own story focus. +Every Astromon can be pushed to a six-star evolution.
Cons: -Progress can become grind-heavy without spending. -Certain Astromon are locked behind premium summons. -Occasional lag and connection hiccups.

Shadowverse

Shadowverse is a free-to-play, multi-platform online collectible card game built around quick duels, strong class identity, and a signature evolve mechanic that can swing a match in an instant. With seven leaders to choose from and hundreds of cards illustrated in Cygames’ anime-fantasy style, it aims to capture the accessibility of modern digital card games while giving each class its own rules, resources, and win conditions.

Publisher: Cygames
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Multi-platform Online CCG
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Pros: +Seven classes with clear identities. +Clean presentation and smooth performance. +Striking anime-fantasy card art. +Evolve mechanic adds real tactical depth. +Less match-deciding RNG than many rivals.
Cons: -No card trading. -Some visuals and art are repurposed from Rage of Bahamut.

The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt

The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt blends naval action with light strategy elements, putting you in command of a growing pirate flotilla across an open Caribbean-style sandbox. Between port-to-port trading, fleet management, and real-time ship battles, it aims to capture the fantasy of carving out a name on the seas, one broadside at a time.

Publisher: Home Net Games
Playerbase: Low
Type: Action/Adventure & Strategy
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Pros: +Ship progression is handled through per-vessel upgrade trees. +A sizeable persistent world with many ports and islands to sail between. +Plenty of weapon options beyond standard cannons.
Cons: -Mobile port. -Interface can feel busy and cramped. -Base building revenue is gated behind real money spending. -Onboarding and tutorialization are thin.

Shadowgun Legends

Shadowgun Legends is a mobile MMOFPS that casts you as one of humanity’s elite operatives in a war against alien invaders. It mixes mission-based shooting with shared social spaces, gear chasing, and light MMO progression, all built for quick sessions or longer grinds on iOS and Android.

Publisher: MADFINGER Games
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile MMOFPS
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Pros: +A sizable shared world with always-online hubs. +Plenty of missions and objectives to work through. +Deep loot and equipment progression for a mobile shooter.
Cons: -Inventory space can feel tight without careful management. -The solo story path can start to feel samey over time.

Mir 4

Mir 4 is a cross-platform action MMORPG for mobile and PC that brings the Legend of Mir name into a modern 3D presentation. It leans on fast, ability-driven fights, flashy animations, and Unreal Engine 4 visuals, while also standing out for its optional blockchain layer that ties certain in-game activities to crypto-style rewards.

Publisher: WeMade Entertainment
Type: Mobile MMORPG, PC MMORPG (Cross-platform)
Release Date: November 25, 2020 (KR)
Re-release (With Blockchain Elements): August 25, 2021
Pros: +Several distinct classes with clear roles. +Responsive, action-first combat with strong visuals. +Notable play-to-earn and crypto integration.
Cons: -Progress can be constrained by time gates. -Loop can feel grindy over long sessions. -Auto-play reduces hands-on engagement. -Botting and hacking issues can harm the economy and PvP.

Graal Online Classic

Graal Online Classic is a 2D MMORPG you can play in a browser or on mobile, built around a familiar top-down adventure style that will immediately remind many players of classic SNES-era action RPGs. Instead of leaning hard on story cinematics or complicated build crafting, it focuses on quick combat, a shared open world, and a surprisingly strong social layer, including chat, cosmetics, and player-run houses that function as personal hangouts or community-made mini activities.

Publisher: Eurocenter Games
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile/Browser MMORPG
Release Date: July, 2008
Pros: +Fast, retro action combat with clear Zelda influences. +Strong social features and active community. +Player housing with creative uses.
Cons: -Art direction feels derivative rather than distinctive. -New player onboarding is thin. -Monetization can impact fairness.