The 21 Best Free Offline Games for Your Android or iPhone

Below is a list of the best free offline games to keep you entertained when you don’t have an Internet connection. Whether you are on a plane or in any unusual situation, these titles will give you hours of fun without connecting to a network.

The collection includes games of diverse types, from survival and shooting titles to much more aesthetic or relaxed, so you can choose the ones you like the most. The list is organized in order of spelling because all the games are good.

As we always say in Xataka Basics, this list is based on our preferences, but there are hundreds of titles to play offline. So, let us know your game recommendations in the comments.

Alto’s Odyssey

The second part of one of the most beautiful and highest quality infinite runners, which keeps and improves everything that made the saga great in the first game. It has one of the best graphics in mobile games, with some new mechanics.

The goal is the same. Your character skies down a mountain, going as far as possible. To do this, you must overcome diverse obstacles, from jumping over cliffs to using ropes and lianas, which help you to improve your character and its characteristics. The game is free on Android but costs $4.99 on iOS.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

The Battle of Polytopia

This is one of the best mobile games. It is a 4X strategy title, which is like a version of Civilization, but with its fantasy races. However, the concept of the game is the same.

The game is free, although you only have three or four civilizations. You have to buy the others if you want. The idea is to take turns playing on a map that you must discover and conquer, deciding how to manage your resources and facing the opposing tribes.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Bubble Witch 3 Saga

Inspired by Puzzle Bubble, this is the third edition of one of the most popular puzzle games for mobile phones, in which you throw bubbles to match them with others and clear the screen. You have several levels, competition against friends, and many challenges to overcome. It is free, and you can play offline.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Crossy Road

Why did the chicken cross the road? How far did it go? What other creatures were trying to cross the road? These are the questions answered by this addictive infinite arcade game with minimalistic graphics.

Your job is to cross the street and get as far as you can before you get crushed by a car, a train, or fall into the water and drown. As you play, you can unlock new characters, some of which change the scenery in some way.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

DATA WING

DATA WING is about a racing game with a futuristic, colorful, and minimalist look. You will slide at full speed through neon tracks, accelerating and drifting to take the curves.

It is a fast-paced arcade game where you must set the best time. The story is interesting, with more than 40 levels, and easy controls.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

ENYO

This game is a tactical combat roguelike in which we will use a hook and a shield. You will descend into an ever-changing labyrinth where you must recover three legendary artifacts while facing several enemies.

Here, the main character will face an avalanche of projectiles that you will need to dodge while collecting power-ups to improve your attacks and survive new waves of enemies and final bosses.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Fallout Shelter

Welcome to the post-apocalypse. Fallout Shelter is a free mobile game from the creators of ‘Fallout’ where you manage a bunker and its citizens. You’ll have to generate resources and invest in equipment, increase your population, and make sure you have enough energy, food, and water for everyone.

In addition, you will also have to fortify yourself, invest in defense, and survive outside attacks. You also have different missions that you can complete to earn rewards and extra resources.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Hungry Shark Evolution

Hungry Shark Evolution is a puzzle game in which you are a shark that must devour everything in its path. You will have to eat small fish and people, being careful not to get eaten by a bigger shark.

This game has incredible graphics, a map with various levels, and the ability to earn coins to unlock bigger and more powerful sharks. As you get stronger, you will also be able to explore further.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Into the Dead 2

A first-person action game in which you must fight your way through the zombie apocalypse, with a story that evolves through seven chapters, 80 action-packed stages, and several alternative endings. You will face many zombies with weapons that you can upgrade and unlock.

In the game, you will fight many enemies, each with a different behavior to develop a tactic to face them. All with detailed and immersive scenarios and varied gameplay in which you can shoot with firearms or use bladed weapons.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Penguin Isle

A relaxing game in which you will have to create habitats for your penguins so that they can live in harmony with other animals. You have a lot of distinct species, beautiful scenery, soothing melodies, and simple gameplay.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Mazes & More

This is a simple maze-solving game. You just move through a maze to find the exit. The controls are simple, and there are 450 different labyrinths.

The game also has different modes, including a night one where you can only see the areas you are walking through. In addition, in some of its levels, you will encounter enemies that will chase you. You will have to dodge them while looking for the exit.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

OPUS: Rocket of Whispers

OPUS is a great adventure game with surprisingly good anime-like graphics and a touching story that combines narrative and audiovisual wonders.

In the game, you will have to guide a young engineer named John, but also Fei, a mysterious girl, through a desolate world. You will explore the landscapes, gather resources, create objects, and solve puzzles to advance in this story.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Orbia

In this game, you progress by jumping from one circle to another. You orbit in each of these rings and must jump to the next one while avoiding enemies that are also orbiting.

It seems like a simple offline game with basic graphics, but it is extraordinarily long. You have hundreds of levels to complete and the possibility to unlock new themes and heroes.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Pathos: Nethack Code

Despite its retro and old-fashioned graphics, you have a roguelike game of dungeon exploration based on the rules of Nethack. Here, the dungeons are randomly generated, and you will explore them and face enemies with a turn-based system.

Besides, you will be able to create a hero with different races and classes to choose from to suit your play style. And then, in the dungeons, you will have to go down and conquer all the levels you can, discovering objects, facing monsters, and avoiding traps.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Plague Inc.

A perfect strategy and simulation game for all the people who miss a plague or pandemic. Here, you are a pathogen, and your mission is to evolve in one way or another to try to wipe out humanity. All this with simple on-screen controls.

Achieving your goal will depend on how you evolve against the efforts of countries to find a cure. As you progress, you’ll be able to unlock diverse symptoms to grow with. The game is free on Android but costs $0.99 on iOS.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Postknight

Postknight is a game that recovers the platforming style with RPG touches of old console titles and adapts them for mobile play in an exciting casual adventure where you must deliver packages.

Along the way, you’ll face enemies, upgrade your equipment, level up, gain skills, and experience all sorts of adventures. You will also have to interact with the villagers and reach the highest level as a ‘Parcel Delivery Knight’.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Reigns: Her Majesty

One of the last games of the Reigns saga, in which you are a queen and not a king, with the extra difficulty this means in a medieval setting. The mechanics remain the same, although it is a new story in which you make new decisions.

At each turn, you will have two options or two ways to act. Depending on your decisions, there will be different consequences. Irremediably, your queen will end up revoked, but the game aims to see how far you can go in each game.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Sky: Children of the Light

This is the game from the creators of Journey. It is a new adventure that maintains identity signs in the graphic section, with an evocative visual style, an excellent soundtrack, and a magnificent and outstanding finish.

In this game, you are a Child of Light who will fly through different realms. You will have to make friends with other characters using gestures and music to continue spreading light in the realms. Also, you will have to restore fallen stars and solve puzzles to save the kingdom.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Subway Surfers

An infinite runner game that, in 2018, had the honor of becoming the first title to exceed one billion downloads on Android. It’s a pretty old one, but fun and with an acceptable score.

In the game, you are a graffiti artist who paints train cars and runs away from the guard and his dog. The game is controlled by gestures on the screen that you use to avoid obstacles and collect coins that you can exchange for special abilities and items.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Vampire Survivors

This game is perfect for those looking for a retro balance between Gauntlet and Castlevania, with fast-paced action pitting you against hordes of enemies. In addition, controls have been adapted for touchscreen use.

Vampire Survivors is a roguelike in which you must destroy everything in your path. Shooting is automatic, and you only must worry about dodging enemies. It’s not as easy as it looks because there will be crowds to fight against. This is one of those frustrating but wonderful games that you’ll play repeatedly to get further.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Will Hero

Will Hero is a platform and action title designed for touch control. The controls are simple: all you need to do is touch the screen to ram, attack, or dodge the enemies that appear.

In short, it is designed to be played with just one finger. In the game, you’ll have to beat levels and recover your belongings stolen by orc pirates, with diverse screens and worlds.

• Links: Google Play and App Store

Image | Microsoft Copilot

Related | 21 Google games and Google Doodles Games you can play without installing anything