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Best cross-platform PC/Android games	Price	Genre	Co-Op
93 Crashlands	$4.99	Adventure	None
92 SHADOWGUN: DeadZone	Free	–	–
91 Minecraft: Pocket Edition	$6.99	Sandbox / Survival / Indie	Local
90 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft	FREE	–	–
-- Badland	Free	Adventure / Endless Runner	Adventure / Endless Runner

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SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

Top Pro

Great graphics while keeping game size down to 150mb

Unlike other visually impressive games (cough, cough Gameloft, caough), SHADOWGUN: DeadZone fully optimizes the size of the title by compressing all of the textures while still allowing the game to look great. See More

Top Con

Not many gameplay options

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone offers only two play modes for what is only online multiplayer play. No story, no single player, no local multiplayer and no co-op. See More

Top Pro

6x6 online multiplayer matches

Users can compete in 6x6 online multiplayer matches. See More

Top Pro

Onscreen button positioning is customizable

Players can customize their on screen button positioning. See More

Top Pro

Variety of playable characters

There are ten playable characters in SHADOWGUN: DeadZone. See More

Top Pro

Easy progress transfer between platforms

You can use your Facebook account on your Android then download Facebook Gameroom on your PC and you have your progress. See More

Top Pro

MOGA controller support

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone has built in MOGA controller support. See More

Top Pro

SHIELD games support

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone has built in SHIELD games support. See More

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Minecraft: Pocket Edition

Top Pro

Cross-platform between Xbox One, Windows 10, and Mobile

People can play Minecraft together on their Xbox One, Mobile phone, and Windows 10 device. See More

Top Con

Has many microtransactions nowadays

lerorod's Experience

Love this game. See More

Specs

Genre:Sandbox / Survival / Indie

Co-Op:Local

Controller Support:[Android: MOGA / HID] [iOS: MFI]

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Top Pro

Completely new experience with each generated world keeps the game fresh

Each new world a player starts is randomly generated, making for a different experience every time a new world is started. There are 38 biomes - snowy, cold, medium/lush, dry/warm, and neutral biomes, each with numerous sub-biomes (such as mountainous, rivers, forested, swamp, beach and more). These biomes each have their own set of blocks and configurations, and each frozen river biome will be different from the next frozen fiver biome you see. See More

VigilantNapir's Experience

Awesome Stufff Im in love with this Game <3 See More

Top Pro

Plenty of fun customizable skins for those interested in customizing their look

Minecraft for Android offers player skins, so users can customize their avatar's look. While some of the skins are free, there are others that cost money through in-app-purchases offered as skin packs. All skin packs are $0.99 a piece. See More

ProductivePsyche's Experience

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Top Pro

Local multiplayer option for when there is no internet connection

Minecraft can be played with other people locally over Wi-Fi. This is great for those that have friends or family they would like to play with locally, or when there is no way to connect the device to the internet. See More

LoveableApedemak's Experience

its not FREE! See More

Top Pro

Addictive gameplay makes the title difficult to put down

There is always one more thing that the player can get done before turning off the game. Building a structure and wanting to complete it - oh but you ran out of materials. Well you will therefore need to go down into the caves again. Oh you died in a cave and need to go back before your items disappear - better get down there again. And so it continues. There is always one more thing to do before you are "done", which is the underlying appeal of the game, never wanting to stop playing. See More

Top Pro

Active development means plenty of new features and fixed bugs

There are updates to the game all the time, new features do get added at a good pace, which means that not only do bugs get fixed but that the game will constantly be growing as the platform grows with it, which allows more demanding features to be added with time. See More

Top Pro

Plenty of expansive mods available if the core game gets too boring

Minecraft can be modded in order to bring extended functionality to the game. Using mods created by the community, users are able to theme the game to their liking, such as theming the game to look like Grand Theft Auto or adding extra crafting objects. See More

Top Pro

Great freedom of expression thanks to the sandbox gameplay

In Minecraft you can really do whatever you want. If exploring different landscapes is your thing, creative mode lets you do that. Building castles or villages, or even sculptures, computers (complete with redstone logic), or unique builds can be done such as roller coasters or replicas of objects like the Enterprise from Star Trek. For more combat focused gameplay, enter survivor mode and you can fight monsters, gather resources, craft weapons, build traps and farms and much more. See More

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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Top Pro

Great even for casual players

Hearthstone has a friendly learning curve that makes picking it up and getting started easy for people who don't want to spend a lot of time learning rules and tricks. See More

Top Con

Additional "Cards" must be paid for if not earned by continuously playing

There is a bit of a grind in earning new cards, so for those that do not want to spend the large amount of time needed to earn quality cards they will need to be purchased, which can get expensive. See More

Top Pro

Active community

It has a lot of players due to Blizzard's fanbase which means finding multiplayer matches is not all that difficult. See More

Top Con

Nearly impossible to keep up with the new expansions without spending money if you play casually

Top Pro

Free to play that doesn't exploit

Yes it's free to play, but it's designed to easily continue to play and have fun without having to feel like you HAVE to pay. At the same time, after playing a while you'll probably want to. See More

Top Pro

Brawl events, that don't require you to follow "the meta"

You can take advantage of weekly brawl events that give you a certain set of cards (so no need to pay to stay competitive). It keeps the game fresh, fun and fairly "casual". See More

Top Pro

Familiar characters from Warcraft 3 and World of warcraft

The characters used in Hearthstone are all from the lore of the Warcraft series, making for a familiar universe for fans of the series. See More

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25 Other Games Considered

Badland

Top Pro

Excellent variety in power-ups and puzzles keeps the player guessing as to what is next

Power-ups that make the fuzzballs grow larger or smaller, clone themselves, get bouncy or sticky among others have to be used to get through a selection of great, creative puzzles. It keeps the gameplay fresh and varied throughout the experience. See More

Top Con

No real strategy to the gameplay

Gameplay can be simplistic, asking for no real skill or strategy from the player. See More

Specs

Genre:Adventure / Endless Runner

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Top Pro

Full game content unlocked and advertisements removed through an in-app-purchase of $5.99

While being free to play with advertisements, Badlands full content can be unlocked, and its advertisements removed, with a singular in-app-purchase, at the price of $5.99. See More

Top Con

A lot of advertising if no purchases have been made in app

Often appears ad banners and videos that are really disruptive and time-killing! See More

Top Pro

Easily try out the game for free thanks to the free trial portion of the game

For players that do not purchase the in-app-purchase, to unlock the full title there are 40 free levels (of which after the first 10 there will be in game advertisements). For those that do pay for the full game unlock, there are 80 levels to play through, ad free. See More

Top Pro

The fun trial and error gameplay contains no consequences and elongates the gameplay

It is only through trial and error that a player will figure out what is dangerous in a level and what all of the different powerups do. By forcing the player to try things over and over until success, the game exponentially elongates the amount of time spent playing. It also makes for an interesting way to learn the full mechanics. See More

Top Pro

Easily play on a single device thanks to the robust local multiplayer support

Badland has built in support for up to four player local multiplayer using a single device (sharing the screen) or using up to four controllers. See More

Top Pro

Amazing art-style and great soundrack show off a level of polish not often found in mobile gaming

Badland uses a very unique art style in that it has a black silhouette based foreground that is in contrast of a beautiful colored background. See More

Top Pro

Great controller support, no matter the Android controller owned

Badland features controller support for HID, MOGA and Nvidia Shield, meaning that just about any Android target controller will work with the game. See More

Top Pro

Includes immersive mode, which allows anyone with a stock Android device to play the game in fullscreen

The developers have included full screen immersive mode in Badland on any Android device with 4.4+. This way anyone using a stock Android device will be able to play the game without the software navigation bar taking up a portion of the screen. See More

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Vendetta Online

Top Pro

Extremely large playable universe

The playable area in Vendetta Online's universe is huge. It is said that in some regions of the online galaxy you could fly for weeks in the same direction, before you ever reached the end of that sector. In a space game you want to have a very large game area, it is space after all, that is infinitely explorable and gives the player unlimited ways to play the game. See More

Top Con

Not free for PC

Requires a $10/month subscription. See More

Luxen's Experience

I've been a part of the Vendetta Online community for 2 years now, and have enjoyed every moment of it. while the mobile interface is weak, you can change it up with plugins or near-universal controller support (if your device can recognise it, chances are VO will to). The existing community does have its quirks, too, and are defendent of their play styles, but it keeps the game interesting, and provides a great variety of pilots you can meet. See More

Specs

Genre:MMORPG

Co-Op:None

Controller Support:HID

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Top Pro

Good twitch controls

Vendetta Online has twitch based controls, that allow you, the captain of your ship, to be in total control of the way you fight in battles. By not relying on dice rolls or other behind the scenes decisions, VO lets the player's skill in combat determine the outcome, the more you practice the better you get. See More

Top Con

Subscription required for decent gameplay

You need to pay $9.99 for monthly subscription to enjoy it to the fullest. See More

Top Pro

Free demo mode

Vendetta Online gives new players a free demo mode to try out the game before purchasing the full version. You are provided with eight hours to get comfortable with your new space ship and the game. After a nice tutorial section, you can choose to play in the single player sandbox or join the galaxy with all of the other VO players. See More

Top Con

Cross platform play leads to mobile users having less control in PvP Mobile

Android and iOS players are all playing together with desktop PC players, which means during dog fighting sequences, the PC players have much finer grained controls over their mobile player opponents. This makes for unfair matching that can lead to mobile players loosing out more often than not if they are facing a PC player. This is also exacerbated by the fact that no one is able to know what platform an opponent may be playing on. See More

Top Con

Has in-app-purchases

Vendetta Online is free-to-play but does have in-app-purchases that range from $0.99 - $99.99 per item. See More

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Fortnite

Top Con

It's not on Android yet

Plus how will the controls even work? See More

Top Pro

Different combat classes to master

The hordes of enemies can be challenging to mow down in order to reach objectives around the map while defending your base, and that's where the different combat styles come in to make things easier. Mastering the different classes will give you an edge, like the constructors can quickly build a shield to defend your base from a sudden horde of enemies, and the ninja's boosted mobility and deadly melee attacks. See More

Specs

Genre:Survival, Battle Royale, Co-Op, Sandbox, Third-Person Shooter

Co-Op:4 Player Online

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Top Con

Progression is convoluted and grindy

There's a lot to upgrade, such as weapons, traps, your base, and much more. These unlocks are gated behind other progression trees that use an entirely different form of experience currency, mixing everything together in a hodgepodge of systems and menus that don't mesh well together. After a certain point, gaining rewards after unlocking upgrades results in fewer returns for the amount of time it takes to reach the next progression goal. Lootbox availability becomes scarce after a while, slowing progress to a crawl. See More

Top Pro

Smooth performance

Fortnite doesn't put much pressure on your hardware, meaning that even those of you with older gaming rigs will be able to run the game at a stable 60 FPS. The recommended requirements include the Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 equivalent DX11 GPU, meaning you don't need the latest tech to play. See More

Top Con

Not available on Steam

Fortnite has its own launcher separate from the Steam platform. Those on PC will need to download the game directly from Epic Games' website instead. For gamers who prefer the universality of Steam, they may be annoyed by this issue. See More

Top Pro

Fort building is simple, but with plenty of depth

While all the building and demolition options the controls might look complicated at first sight, you'll soon notice that the building itself is quite basic since there are only four major blocks you can use. Using these four major blocks in different combinations opens up many possibilities for all sorts of forts to build. Players can choose to keep things quick and easy with simple bridges in the air to traverse from point to point, or they can go much more in-depth to build impressive fortresses to defend from enemy attacks. You can keep expanding on what you build, growing it over time with stronger walls or scattering traps to cover your blind spots. See More

Top Pro

Free battle royale mode

The battle royale mode of the game is available for free, capitalizing on the latest surge of the genre's popularity. In Fortnite's battle royale mode, players have unlimited freedom to build their own bases and explore while defending themselves from other players or actively hunting them down. See More

Top Pro

Performance is great

Especially considering that it has almost console-like graphics in a mobile game. See More

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AdventureQuest 3D

Top Con

This game is still in Beta

While some games have a very polished beta, there are still some rough edges in AdventureQuest 3D. Things aren't explained very well, and there doesn't seem to be a map yet. There isn't a way to adjust the camera sensitivity either. See More

Top Pro

Flexible class sytem

There are 4 classes available - warrior, mage, rogue, and guardian. You can swap between them at any time (as long as you are out of combat). See More

Top Con

Poor interface

The inventory is a scroll-through list that covers half the screen and takes a very long time to sort through. See More

Top Pro

Play with friends on different operating systems

Instead of simply tweaking the game to work on mobile, in AdventureQuest 3D you can actually play with others on different operating systems - you can be on your phone, and your friend on a desktop computer while you both raid together. See More

Top Con

Mobile compatibility holds back the graphics

While the figures and settings look nice, it does look like a mobile game even when on PC. There are many, many games with significantly better graphics. Figures look slightly blocky, and color gradients aren't always smooth. See More

Top Pro

Lag-free graphics

The graphics are definitely not the best, however it allows people with lower end devices to play with a lag-free experience. See More

Top Pro

Fun writing style

The first character you meet in the open beta is Zorbak who sortof looks like an evil mouse. Some of the first dialogue you see goes like this: [Zorbak] POP Quiz! What's worse than a zombie eating your entire family? [You] WHAT!? Nothing is worse than that... [Zorbak] Oh yes there is! Tutorials! I Freaking hate tutorials!!! You know...the kind that force you to click the things for like the entire first hour of game play. Spits. But - good news! I found the guy responsible for making THOSE kind of tutorials...meh heh... [You] You did? [Zorbak] Yup. Found him, and pushed him right into that undead army's path. [You] what!? [Zorbak] I know. I know. No need for thanks. See More

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Roblox

Top Pro

Gives more flexibility when it comes to building

Since creations are not limited to cubes, you are given more choices. Players can fully customize the size of the blocks, and make wedges and hills that are not cube-like. See More

Top Pro

Enjoy creating and playing your own game or thousands of other games available

You can create your own original game and play it, and have others play your game too. As of 2017, Roblox has over 500,000 game creators designing games. That's a lot of games made by players like you, so you'll never run out of options on what to play. See More

Top Pro

Offers a safe chat mode for kids under 13 and a parent's login

Since Roblox is used mostly by younger players, a primary concern for parents when it comes to interactive and multi-player online games have always been the safety of their children from online predators and inappropriate behavior. Roblox has this covered with their safe chat mode, and a parent can also monitor their child's activity and account settings. See More

Top Pro

The game is free to play

You'll be able to create your own games and play without paying for anything. Though they do have virtual currency that they call Robux, which you have to buy with real cash. You only have to do so if you want to upgrade the look of your avatar or get optional in-game power-ups. Like with most games, if you have the patience you can additional items over time, then you don't have to spend a dime. See More

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World of Tanks Blitz

Top Pro

Good number of players means there is no shortage of matches

Unlike the pc version (this one does cross platform but there is a pc version where mobile users cannot play) this takes so little time to match up you only ever get a glance at the matchup screen. See More

Top Con

Faster progress by paying

By paying you can get new Tanks significantly faster, but it's definitely not a pay to win game, because all premium tanks are equally as good as the normal ones. See More

Top Pro

Can be enticing to look at and play as the game has nice graphics

The look of World of Tanks Blitz can be quite a strong draw to play the game. On Android, graphics are full 3d with well detailed tanks and destructible environments. If played using a well-specced phone or tablet, users will be able to enjoy smooth gameplay as well. See More

Top Pro

Crossplatform play

You can not only play on your Smartphone and then with the same progress on pc, but you can also play on pc together with your Friend on any other platform. See More

Top Pro

Starting the game will not cost you a penny as this is free to play

The game is free to play so a lot of users can have access to and enjoy the game. At the start, progression through different tanks and upgrades is quite fast making the game really easy to pickup and enjoy. See More

Top Pro

Not pay-to-win

Premium tanks are usually weaker than normal tanks. The game has a mechanic which is easy to understand and hard to master. Offers quick action game for 3-4minutes. Very suitable for mobile gaming on the go. See More

Top Pro

Can be really fun to play as game mechanics are action packed yet challenging as well

The game involves two teams of players which will either try to hold a position on the map for a certain span of time or wipe out the opposing teams tanks. This basic mechanic, combined with the variety of tanks to choose from, each with individual attributes in terms of speed, armor and firepower means that no two battles are ever the same, and can bring about a lot of excitement. See More

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EA Sports UFC 2

Top Pro

EA made the game hyper realistic

They did a great job with the graphics on this one. EA really wanted to fighters to look and feel real, because that would translate into the fight itself feeling real, and it paid off. See More

Top Con

Ultimate Team Mode is kind of a let down

Ultimate Team Mode was thought to allow players to create their own teams of the best fighters, in order to collect trophies and cards, but in reality all you can do is add custom fighters and go for the title. See More

Top Pro

Over 250 fighters, both current and non-current

The UFC actually outdid themselves in this regard - they've approached nearly everyone that's ever gone through their system to get their permission to add their likeness to the game. You also have random fighters that have never been in the UFC, such as Bruce Lee, Mike Tyson, and Bas Rutten. The thinking here was pretty clearly "why not?" and it worked out fabulously. See More

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Siralim 2

Top Pro

Cloud saving

Players can play the same save files across multiple platforms (with the exceptions of PS4 and Vita). See More

Top Con

Can get grindy

Summoning monsters, customizing, empowering, and breeding them, finding the perfect loot, may require you to grind. See More

koshe's Experience

I've played this game for 40+ hours on PC, and absolutely loved it! I've recently bought it on Android and plan on diving back into the game. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Top Pro

Create the perfect creatures, and the perfect teams

Customize your creatures with a great variety of spell gems and equipment, level them, breed them, and exploit the synergies between monsters to create the perfect teams. See More

Top Pro

Randomized loot

Loot have randomized additional properties, similar to the loot in Diablo. See More

Top Pro

Tactical combat

Fight monsters in tactical battles with up to 6 monsters in your team, cast spells, buff your team, debuff the enemies, exploit your monsters' special abilities, and the synergies between your monsters to win. See More

Top Pro

Deep game mechanics

Craft powerful artifacts, learn new spells, customize your monsters, team them up strategically, breed them, capture creatures, complete quests, gain the favors of gods, upgrade your castle, complete challenges, find rare treasures, collect resources, etc. See More

Top Pro

Hundreds of creatures to fight and capture

There are hundreds of creatures in the game, with their special abilities, strengths and weaknesses, that you will fight and capture See More

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Crashlands

Top Pro

Cross-platform saves

Play on PC and resume your game from your phone. See More

Top Con

For how basic it is, it's not free

Specs

Genre:Adventure

Co-Op:None

Controller Support:No

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The 4 must play gamesWhy?

My Recommendation for Crashlands

My Recommendation for Crashlands

Cross-platform saves

For how basic it is, it's not free

My Recommendation for SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

My Recommendation for SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

Great graphics while keeping game size down to 150mb

Not many gameplay options

6x6 online multiplayer matches

Onscreen button positioning is customizable

Variety of playable characters

Easy progress transfer between platforms

MOGA controller support

SHIELD games support

My Recommendation for Minecraft: Pocket Edition

My Recommendation for Minecraft: Pocket Edition

Cross-platform between Xbox One, Windows 10, and Mobile

Has many microtransactions nowadays

Completely new experience with each generated world keeps the game fresh

Plenty of fun customizable skins for those interested in customizing their look

Local multiplayer option for when there is no internet connection

Addictive gameplay makes the title difficult to put down

Active development means plenty of new features and fixed bugs

Plenty of expansive mods available if the core game gets too boring

Great freedom of expression thanks to the sandbox gameplay

My Recommendation for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

My Recommendation for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Great even for casual players

Additional "Cards" must be paid for if not earned by continuously playing

Active community

Nearly impossible to keep up with the new expansions without spending money if you play casually

Free to play that doesn't exploit

Brawl events, that don't require you to follow "the meta"

Familiar characters from Warcraft 3 and World of warcraft

25 Other Games Considered

My Recommendation for Badland

My Recommendation for Badland

Excellent variety in power-ups and puzzles keeps the player guessing as to what is next

No real strategy to the gameplay

Full game content unlocked and advertisements removed through an in-app-purchase of $5.99

A lot of advertising if no purchases have been made in app

Easily try out the game for free thanks to the free trial portion of the game

The fun trial and error gameplay contains no consequences and elongates the gameplay

Easily play on a single device thanks to the robust local multiplayer support

Amazing art-style and great soundrack show off a level of polish not often found in mobile gaming

Great controller support, no matter the Android controller owned

Includes immersive mode, which allows anyone with a stock Android device to play the game in fullscreen

My Recommendation for Shadowverse

My Recommendation for Shadowverse

Generous with free packs

Includes a fully voice-acted solo story

Great Hearthstone alternative

My Recommendation for Vendetta Online

My Recommendation for Vendetta Online

Extremely large playable universe

Not free for PC

Good twitch controls

Subscription required for decent gameplay

Free demo mode

Cross platform play leads to mobile users having less control in PvP Mobile

Has in-app-purchases

My Recommendation for Eternal Card Game

My Recommendation for Eternal Card Game

Game is very generous with rewards

Simple but not easy

Exceptional limited (draft) format

My Recommendation for Teeworlds

My Recommendation for Teeworlds

Small file size

Weird net-code

Free and open source

Lightweight

Lots of game types

My Recommendation for Fortnite

My Recommendation for Fortnite

It's not on Android yet

Different combat classes to master

Progression is convoluted and grindy

Smooth performance