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What are the best RPGs (role playing games) on Android without in-app purchases?

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Best RPGs (role playing games) on Android without in-app purchases	Price	Genre	Controller Support
89 Battleheart Legacy	$4.99	Action / RPG / Dungeon Crawler / Hack n' Slash	No
-- Star Wars: KOTOR	-	Sandbox	HID (IOS), Yes (PC)
-- Secret of Mana	-	-	-
-- Crashlands	$4.99	Adventure	Yes
-- Shadowrun Returns	-	-	-

Battleheart Legacy

Top Pro

Robust levelling system

Users are not limited to using what only should work best for a certain class, they are free to level up any skills they wish which all work well together. See More

Top Con

Older Android version only

Specs

Genre:Action / RPG / Dungeon Crawler / Hack n' Slash

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Good touch controls

Players tap and drag their character around the screen and have a bar at the bottom with quick actions such as spells. This makes for an easy and intuitive way to control the game. See More

Top Con

Level recommendations for stages are not always accurate

Even though a level may say it's best to be a certain character level , let's say 29, it often happens that the player needs to be a lot higher in order to actually win the stage. See More

Top Pro

High replay value

With the large amount of builds for characters that are available there is great incentive to play the game repeated times. See More

Star Wars: KOTOR

Top Pro

Engaging story

Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty good story that feel very engaging. See More

Top Con

Super buggy

Has the same bugs that the PC version did, have to save constantly or you'll hit a bug that makes it impossible to move forward in the game and have to restart. See More

MightyXiwangmu's Experience

Has the same bugs that the PC did, have to save constantly or you'll hit a bug that makes it impossible to move forward in the game and have to restart See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Controller Support:HID (IOS), Yes (PC)

Top Pro

Lengthy

The main story of the game can take a good bit of time to finish. See More

Top Con

Movement does not work that great on touchscreens

The on screen controls for movement in the game do not work as good as they could giving a sense of non-preciseness. See More

ReceptiveBulucChabtan's Experience

One of the Best Rpgs ever. See More

Top Pro

Engaging story thanks to the superb writing

Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty long story that the player feels connected to that luckily was written well, making for a good story that is very engaging. See More

Top Con

Goals not very obvious

There's a lot of just running around guessing what you have to do next. See More

ProfessionalFodla's Experience

I have this game on xbox and its freaking amazing. The graphics are good for the time it came out and I love the story behind it. There is a bit of romance with carth, bastila, and juhani (depends on gender and dialouge) and it ties in so well with the starwars universe. I never finished the game cause i got stuck on the battle with darth malak, but its an amazing game and i love it. See More

Top Pro

Gameplay holds up well

For what is now an eleven year old game the Bioware RPG game mechanics hold up well. See More

MellowEiresione's Experience

Played smoothly on a Samsung Galaxy S5. Detailed character creation, (im)moral choices that affect gameplay and ending. Single-player, party-based game with intuitive controls and a vast game world to explore. Very deep, satisfying experience. See More

Top Pro

Can be played offline

Star Wars: KOTOR does not need an internet connection to be able to play the game. See More

Top Pro

Longevity through multiple playthroughs thanks to the sheer amount of text and choices to be found in the game

The games story is pretty deep and the text that can be found within that, tells it will take multiple playthroughs to see it all, making for not only a good reason to play many times, but creates the feeling of a very deep universe. See More

Top Pro

Handles Star Wars license well

Seeing things like Jedi vs Sith and politics in the game that are now staples of the newer movies helps to feel as though the game fits into the cannon quite well. With so many movie license games in the past being quick cash-ins it is great to see the Star Wars license used in a manner that fits with the cannon and of high quality development. See More

Top Pro

Many mods

You can find many community-created mods that improve the game. See More

Top Pro

MOGA controller support

KotOR features MOGA controller support. See More

Top Pro

HID controller support

KotOR features full HID controller support. See More

Secret of Mana

Top Pro

Ring command system

The ring command system used for selecting equipment and other options is still as innovative today as it was back in 1993. See More

Top Con

Graphics show their age in this 20 year plus port

Square Enix has done nothing to polish the graphics in this port which for the price point is a little disheartening. The black borders on both sides of the screen are also disappointing. See More

Top Pro

Top down real time battle system

Secret of Mana features a top down real time battle system akin to other action role playing games such as Legend of Zelda. See More

Top Pro

One of the best action role playing games ever made

Twenty some odd years later and Secret of Mana is still one of the best action role playing game experiences there is. See More

Crashlands

Top Pro

Hundreds of items to craft in a deep and varied crafting system that will keep the user busy for hours and hours

There are over 500 items that can be crafted in the game, giving the player quite a lot to experiment with and explore when it comes to crafting items. See More

Top Con

Cloud saves not through Google services

An extra account will need to be used in order to take advantage of the cloud saving as it does not work with Googles solution to cloud saves. While this does allow for the cloud saves to work cross platform, people may not want to take the extra step to make a new account with Butterscotch Shenanigans. See More

Specs

Genre:Adventure

Controller Support:Yes

Top Pro

Innovative, real-time battle mechanics

Top Pro

Great graphics

Top Pro

Over 50 hours of gameplay

Top Pro

Great soundtrack

Shadowrun Returns

Top Con

Limited RPG paths

The story gets played out basically the same way on every play-through. Player choice only has moderate impact on the flow of the game. See More

Top Pro

Fleshed out interesting world

There has obviously been painstaking care taken in crafting the world and story of Shadowrun Returns. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Con

Grammar errors

Needed a proofreader as there are tons of grammar errors which gives a rushed and unfinished feeling. See More

Top Pro

Battle system easy to understand

With a set amount of move and action points it is fairly easy to understand how the battle system works. See More

Top Con

Crashes

Shadowrun Returns may crash on the player mid game. See More

Top Pro

Well performing graphics

Even with numerous characters on screen there is no hitch in the performance. See More

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS : WotL

Top Pro

Masterpiece

This tactical RPG always ends up destroying all other alternatives with jobs, skills, stats, items, story, and enhanced dialogues. If only it had better graphics, it would be mainstream. See More

Top Con

Touch controls feel awkward to use

The touch controls use an on screen dpad overlaid on top of the game. This means fingers move cover some of the game field or action when trying to maneuver. See More

Specs

Genre:Tactical / RPG

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Turn based tactical combat

To simplify how the gameplay works it is a bit like playing chess where in each turn needs to be scrutinized in order to find the best play on the board. Being that there is a large amount of RPG elements thrown into the game, these choices become even more complicated while also adding a huge amount of options to the game. See More

Top Con

Poor port

There is no immersive mode, which would allow this to be fullscreen on devices that have the Android navigation bar. On top of this the game is letterboxed on both sides of the screen do to it being a port of the port for iOS. There is also no other Android specific features to speak of in the game either. See More

Top Pro

Large game with many hours of content

Being that this is a port of a console game the player will find the length of the title much more than the average mobile release. See More

DRAGON QUEST VIII

Top Pro

One handed gameplay design

The game plays in portrait mode to cater to the hardcore Japanese gaming audience that enjoy being able to play with one hand while commuting. See More

Top Con

Removed content from North American PS2 release

Things like the original orchestrated music and voice acting that were in the original North American Playstation 2 release have been removed from the mobile version of the game. Most likely to save room. See More

Specs

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Long

Including side quest the game can easily last over 100 hours. See More

Top Pro

Fine grained controls over leveling each character

Instead of a class system that is found in all of the previous Dragon Quest titles where players upgrade their player through beating monsters a certain amount of time, Dragon Quest VIII uses a skill system to level up the characters and learn new skills by placing skill points earned through battle into the available skill tree, this allows for a more fine grained approach of leveling a character up. See More

Top Pro

Classic JRPG battle system

As one would expect of a JRPG there are random battles on the map that are strictly turn based. See More

Mount & Blade : Warband

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Action-RPG, Strategy, Simulation

Final Fantasy IX

Top Pro

Improved for a touch interface

The game has been ported to work with a touch interface. There are touch analog controls as well as touch to maneuver to location inputs. It all works pretty good. See More

Top Con

Takes a lot of room of storage

The game is quite large and it is recommended to have at least 8GB of storage free in order to be able to play it. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Role-Playing

Top Pro

Has immersive mode

Only one of the two latest games released by Square Enix on Android to actually take advantage of immersive mode, which allows for games to show full screen on stock devices hiding the navigation bar. See More

Top Con

Backgrounds and FMVs are still low res

While the characters in the game have new HD models, the backgrounds and FMVs are basically the same from the original which look out of place when compared to the HD characters as well as in general for an Android game. See More

Avernum: Escape From the Pit

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CHAOS RINGS Ⅲ

Top Pro

The games tone feels optimistic with the colorful and cheerful design

Chaos Rings III has a bright color pallet and cheerful tone to the story, which keeps the game refreshing and fun, as apposed to dark and depressing (like previous titles in the series). See More

Top Con

Chance the game could go fremium

Being that all of the freemium aspects are already built into the title it may be a worry that the game could go freemium at the drop of a hat, thus burning anyone who actually paid full price for the title. See More

Specs

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Fun, all-inclusive currency based gameplay that does not abuse the system by asking for real world money

The gameplay consists of many elements found in free to play titles, but with the twist that the game is fully paid upfront. There are multiple currencies, multiple characters that can be combined to upgrade as well as other Gatcha (spend currency on items in the hopes of getting rare ones) style elements. Luckily the game is fully upfront paid with no in app purchases at all meaning the balancing of the gameplay works well without worry of too much grinding. See More

Top Con

Looks to be untested on Lollipop

The game is crashing on the N6 and N7 upon first open. Apparently the game has not been tested on the devices that are listed as working and being sold for. See More

Top Pro

Nostalgic turn based gameplay that should be plenty familiar to anyone who has played a Square game before

In classic Square Enix fashion, the battles are random and turn based, making for a classic RPG style feel for those looking for something more similar to the type of RPGs that existed 20-30 years ago. See More

Top Con

Poorly adapted for Android

The game does not properly support the 4:3 ratio as the text and graphics are cut off the screen on both sides. The game loads upside down and will not rotate to the correct orientation of volume buttons on the top of the device in landscape. There is no immersive mode support either. Overall for a $20 game the glaring lack of optimization for Android is pretty shameful for such a large company that has such a long history of making video games. See More

Top Pro

Battle coliseum

There is a battle coliseum mode in the game that allows for quick battles against regular enemies and bosses that earn the player experience points. There is no story in this mode and it is meant as more of a quick on the go sesion that can still earn the player some XP that can be used in the regular story mode. See More

Top Pro

Elemental rock paper scissors battling

All monster in game have some form of elemental attribute that is designed to be countered with an opposite element when battling. There are cards to be collected in game that can then be equipped to the players character in order to build a team that can hopefully in most situations counter a wide array of elemental monsters. See More

Neverwinter Nights

Top Pro

Lengthy campaign

The campaign in the game is around 60-80 hours long, making for a very lengthy title. Those looking for something to sink a lot of time into should be pleased with this. See More

Top Con

Managing items could be easier

Other games released around the time of this one featured way to auto sort items, which is meaningful in a game that has so many items to sort. Sadly this is not the case for neverwinter Nights, which means a lot of time will have to be spent on micro managing ones items. This can get tiring after a while. See More

Rodney Orpheus's Experience

Although this is an "enhanced" version of a very old game, it's still amazingly fresh and playable. It comes with 3 full campaigns, and you can download literally hundreds of fan-created modules as well. Even better, you can log into multiplayer servers and play alongside desktop PC users. Easily the best value RPG on mobile, by far. See More

Chrono Trigger

Top Con

Game is only downloaded to device in pieces

If trying to play with no internet connection, such as on a plane, you may run out of content as pieces of the game are downloaded as you progress. So if you reach the next point that the game needs to download the next piece, if you have no internet, you will not be able to proceed. This was done as an anti-pirating measure, which was instantly worked around by pirates, but of course is a limitation for paying users. Being that the original game for SNES came in at under 3 megabytes (and that this port is basically unchanged other than the anti-piracy measures), there is no actual advantage for downloading of the game in pieces for the consumer. See More

Top Pro

Minimal grinding

Instead, more time is spent advancing the story. Dungeons are more about exploration and boss fights. Chrono Trigger keeps stupid fetch quests to a minimum. There are side quests, but they have a plot. See More

Specs

Genre:Role-Playing

Top Pro

No random encounters

Battles are either scripted parts of the story, or the result of hitting a trigger, like an ambush point or a visible enemy. See More

Evoland

Top Pro

Gameplay shifts from action based to turn based

The gameplay seamlessly changes from action based combat resembling Secret of Mana or zelda to turn based (when fighting bosses) that resembles Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. See More

Top Con

Short game

Can be finished within 4 hours. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Controller Support:Yes(Android)

Top Pro

Offers a good bit of nostalgia

Starting the game one is playing something very reminiscent of a classic Gameboy game, many elements borrowed from famous franchises of the time. As the player advance the game changes it's graphics to match all of the popular consoles from the last 30 years and each change resembles many other popular classic. The game definitely brings back many good gaming memories. See More

Top Con

Touch controls feel a bit slippery

The transition from PC game to mobile has an issue with the touch controls feeling a bit loose or slippery making for a game that is tough to control at times. Seeing how the majority of the gameplay is action based this can definitely be a detriment to the player. See More

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

Top Pro

Has cross-platform multiplayer

Users can play with friends using Windows or Android devices. See More

Top Con

Combat system can be confusing

Combat goes largely unexplained in the game making for a lot of trial and error as well as guide hunting online. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Various improvements over the original

A zoom function as well as a way for users to skip dialogue are some of the new tools added to the game that make the experience better and a bit easier to control on touch screens. See More

Top Con

Some pixel-hunting required

Top Pro

No in app purchases

Even though the game is listed as having in app purchases on the Google Play Store, there currently are none. See More

Top Con

Graphics look aged

The graphics in Icewind Dale show their age, making for a functional game but not one of the best looking ones on Android. See More

Top Pro

Adds content previously cut from the game

Content that was added back into the game thanks to modders has been added to the official version for Android. See More

Top Pro

Large selection of sidequests

The amount of sidequests allows for much more length to the game. See More

Top Pro

Extended roster of player choices

The Enhanced Edition of Icewind Dale includes and expanded roster of players that can be used to build the players team. With the amount of choices now offered pretty much any ideal team one can think of can be built. See More

Top Pro

Robust combat system

Icewind Dale features one of the more robust and complicated combat systems to date in the CRPG genre. For those that are looking for an extremely deep combat system to sink their teeth into, Icewind Dale would be a great choice. See More

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