The best mobile games to play in 2024

polygon.com:

There’s no shortage of quality mobile games in 2024, and it can be hard to sift through the sheer number of games downloadable on your phone. That’s where we come in: Over the years, we’ve filled up our phones with mobile games to find the best games across genres. Looking for a hidden object game? A unique tower defense title? A turn-based RPG or classic side-scrolling runner?

Let’s dig into the best mobile games you can download today. Most of these games are available on both Android and iOS devices. Lots of them are free to download, with in-game purchases to unlock more game time or extra items. But others require an additional subscription service, like Apple Arcade or Netflix.

Where to play: Available on iOS via Apple Arcade or Netflix

Simply put, Krispee Street is a hidden object game — its crowded visuals hide lots of little details to seek out, some of which tell little stories within the contained worlds. There’s so much to love about the silly, colorful art style and the characters that inhabit the world, which is based on a webcomic. (I hadn’t heard of the webcomic before getting into Krispee Street, so don’t let unfamiliarity scare you off.) Despite Krispee Street being visually chaotic with hundreds of things — characters and objects — to find within its margins, I would describe the experience of playing the game as anything but.

When I want a mobile game that’s absolutely chill, I pull up Krispee Street and get inspecting. —Nicole Carpenter

Where to play: Available on Android and iOS

I saw someone describe Gubbins as “Scrabble on acid,” and yeah, that checks out. Studio Folly’s word game is a more laid-back version of Scrabble, but with pesky little creatures — the gubbins — that help or hurt the board. Like in Scrabble, you start with a bunch of letters (using them reveals more letters, until you run out) to lay out on your board to make words for points. You want to amass a lot of points by using your letters (and gubbins) creatively. Some of the