Spending a fortune of data in downloading games from the Android app store and spending even more while playing them gets annoying at times, not to mention the game lags due to poor network connection. So are there any best offline android games that could compete the hefty online games? Lucky for you, we have listed down the top games that don’t need WiFi or internet. Use the Quick Links below to quickly check out any android game.
Index:
- Racing Games: Asphalt 8 Airborne
- Simulation Games: Fallout Shelter, Cell to Singularity, Stardew Valley
- Action Adventure: Benji Bananas, Modern Warplanes, Alto’s Odyssey, Shadow Fight 2, Stick Shadow: War Fight
- Puzzle Games: Fractal Space, Monument Valley 2, Monument Valley 1, The Room: Old Sins, Hidden Folks.
- Sandbox: Minecraft
- Strategy: XCOM,Age of War
- Arcade: Hungry Shark Evolution
- Runner: Subway Surfers
- Mind Sport: Subway Surfers
Asphalt 8 Airborne
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Racing
- Initial Release Date: August 22, 2013
- Publisher: Gameloft
- Developer: Gameloft
Flaunting a roster of more than 260 vehicles (cars and bikes), and a selection of 61 playable tracks spread across 20 locations on the globe, Asphalt 8 has garnered a lot of reputation in the racing game community. Unlike Real Racing and the Need for Speed saga, Asphalt has always aimed at keeping its gameplay simple and engaging.
Breathtaking “close to reality” graphics and an amazing line-up of top-notch car brands, Asphalt has re-defined the concept of car racing. They made the controls much easier to follow and perform some gravity-defying barrel rolls, flat spins, and car drifts to keep the gamers on their heels at all times. Although the game has events and a multiplayer mode that would require a steady internet connection, the offline mode itself is magnanimous – with 8 stages to unlock, spread across 5 car and bike classes (D, C, B, A, S), with mastery stage for every vehicle and an exclusive McLaren race cars stage.
You won’t feel the need of going online when all of this is available offline. You can download the game for free but it does have some in-game purchases for tokens and car packs, which might seem unnecessary for players who wish to invest their time in owning every car purely with their game earnings.
Fallout Shelter
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Construction and management simulation
- Initial Release Date: June 14, 2015
- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Developer: Behaviour Interactive, Bethesda Game Studios
Exploring the wastelands, breeding dwellers, building and attacking vaults, crafting essential items, all in a suitably well-balanced progression with the real-world time, this game keeps you engaged with its detailed gameplay and the eventual nitty-gritty.
Built from the ground up, this game is a remarkable adaptation of the megahit PC and console franchise – Fallout. Set in the ruins of a destroyed world in the year 1950, you oversee a thriving community of survivors in the apocalypse and help them achieve a brighter future underground.
Fallout Shelter is undeniably a worthy recipient of the 2016 Dice Award for the Mobile game of the Year and winner of 2015 Golden Joystick Best handheld Mobile Game. The game is absolutely free to download on the play store.
Benji Bananas
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Action, Adventure
- Initial Release Date: February 24, 2013
- Publisher: Benji Bananas, Fingersoft
- Developer: Benji Bananas
Who said monkeys cannot know physics? Who said learning the dynamics of trajectories and swings can’t be fun? You are Benji and bananas is what you crave, cause you are a monkey and that’s what the game is all about, eh? Surely not!
Benji Bananas is one of the best action-adventure for your android device right now and for good reasons. Besides swinging through luscious jungles, waterfalls, and temple ruins, you have to keep an eye out for snakes disguised as ropes to drop you to death, jetpacks to fly if you get bored of the ropes, eagle-back rides and acquiring chili speed boosts. As you progress through the game, collecting more and more bananas, you unlock various modes and upgrades alongwith some cute little outfits for your monkey friend. If this were not all, Benji has a girlfriend too, Bella, and you get to enjoy some animated tales (pun intended) of them as well. This game is free and is available in 50 different languages.
Fractal Space
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
- Initial Release Date: November 12, 2018
- Publisher: Haze Games
- Developer: Haze Games
Fractal space is an unconventional puzzle game with a unique storyline and a heart-warming ending that you never could have imagined. Set in a mysterious space station, Fractal Space is a first-person 3D adventure puzzle, revolving in a science-fiction Universe.
You get a jetpack to fly freely and explore the station, equipped with a teaser gun which you can customize however you wish to. The game has no energy limits and you can go on playing for hours and hours, hoping for a necessary outcome, but be left with something completely different, and yet you won’t be dissatisfied. It sounds a bit confusing but you have to play the game to find out what makes this game so appealing to all its users. The game is also credited for its amazing set of dialogues, voice acting with a beautiful piece of music playing in the background. The game is absolutely free to download and has some in-game purchases.
Stick Shadow: War Fight
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Action
- Initial Release Date: August 10, 2018
- Publisher: Reed Been
- Developer: Reed Been
If you have been a fan of the good old Dragon Ball franchise, this game will help you relive those moments. Don’t let the simple graphics or the dainty figured characters fool you, this game manages to encompass every unique skill and move of the DBZ fighters along with 20 Super Saiyan modes to unlock from.
The controls are pretty basic but when you combine those moves, you can manage to increase your death blows to your enemy and perform some special moves as well. Feel free to scream Kamehameha and Final Flash as you butcher your enemy with the ultimate moves. It’s all about the nostalgia, ain’t it? Well, you are in for a treat, because this game includes all the new characters and Saiyan transformations from the latest Dragon Ball Super as well.
Modern Warplanes: Sky Fighters PvP Jet Warfare
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Action
- Initial Release Date: February 10, 2016
- Publisher: GDCompany
- Developer: GDCompany
Modern Warplanes is one of the best air combat games for mobile devices out there.
With its surprisingly minimalistic and easy controls, you can enjoy the joy of flying almost all the new-gen warplanes, supersonic jets, and prototypes in the surprisingly engaging open-world skies. Fly on solo missions and campaigns, unlock new warheads and upgrade them, it feels like the air-force in your pocket, and with all the unnecessary complicated controls you’d expect in a flight sim.
When playing online, you get access to play multiplayer or one on one matches with fellow players across the globe and raise your rankings in the top-gun list. And you can choose to play the game offline as well as it is equally engaging and innumerable missions to glide through. The game is free to download and contains some in-app purchases as well.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition
- Price: Free to Play
- Genre: Sandbox
- Initial Release Date: August 16, 2011
- Publisher: Mojang, Xbox Game Studios
- Developer: Mojang, Xbox Game Studios
How could we exclude this game from the list, can you guess any other game with such a huge fan-base? The game garners more than 91 million active players from around the globe, which is much greater than Fortnite (78.3 million) and Apex Legends (70 million) on the PC platform.
And the Minecraft: Pocket Edition is no exception, this open-ended adventure allows you to play on 2 modes – creative and survival. You are entitled to freely move around in creative mode, with an infinite supply of materials (humorously similar to playing GTA San Andreas with cheats and aimlessly hoboing around).
The survival mode is comparatively much more intense – you build during the day and fend off enemies at night. The fun part about Minecraft is that it doesn’t force its gamers into playing according to a specific storyline, you are literally on your own out in the open, and creativity is all you have to survive. The Minecraft: Pocket Edition will cost you around $7 on the play store along with a few in-app purchases as well.
Cell to Singularity – Evolution Never Ends
- Price: Free
- Genre: Simulation
- Initial Release Date: December 12, 2018
- Publisher: Computer Lunch
- Developer: Computer Lunch
Cell to Singularity takes you on a cosmological adventure to the evolution of our Solar system in the best possible way, “you are the creator”. Your aim is to collect as much as free entropy as you can just by tapping on the screen, which is a scientifically accurate description for it.
As you move ahead in the game, you can slowly unlock the basic components of life- the amino acids, the DNA, nucleotides, and the RNA. This will eventually combine to form proteins and the prokaryotic cells. Life begins from here onwards. And this time you are present to see it all form.
This game will keep you engaged for long periods of time and the very intricacies of the game make it so interesting and one-of-a-kind. The game is free to download and contains in-app purchases, which you truly won’t find the need to make due to the abundance of entropy, the currency of the game.
XCOM: Enemy Within
- Price: Free
- Genre: Strategy
- Initial Release Date: November 12, 2013
- Publisher: 2K Games, Feral Interactive
- Developer: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive
A toned-down version of the original Xbox 360 game, XCOM is a franchise dated back to 1994, and since then, has managed to bring 14 successful games to the world of strategy gaming. You are responsible for a troop of soldiers resisting the invasion of aliens as well as rogue paramilitary humans known as the EXALT. The gameplay is a turn-based strategy and relies heavily on your research on alien technology and weapon crafting skills.
As the game progresses, you are required to upgrade your comms and satellites, weapons, and aircraft to defend against the swiftly-evolving enemies. Although Enemy Within has a somewhat similar storyline to the previous in the franchise, the game has overall shown some new and significant additions to the game’s dynamics and just like it’s predecessors, is a game worth spending some bucks on. XCOM: Enemy Within costs $10 and won’t require to make in-app purchases.
Alto’s Odyssey
- Price: Free
- Genre: Action
- Initial Release Date: February 22, 2018
- Publisher: Noodlecake Studios, Snowman
- Developer: Team Alto
Alto’s Odyssey is another big number after Minecraft. This weirdly alluring game on paper, is just a common never-ending runner like the Temple run and yet, it has been rewarded for being one of the best offline android games that doesn’t need internet or Wifi.
The secret probably lies in the meekly setting of the game, or the bewitching artwork, as you run through the mountains and the ravines, performing back-flips and slides on your sandboard, into crimson sunsets and purple twilight’s, as poetic as it seems, you realize how the wonderfully calm music (A Moment of Tranquility by Torin Borrowdale) is adding on to the effect.
To top it all off, Alto runs at his own pace and the only job you have in the game is to perform jumps and mid-air stunts. Alto’s odyssey was nominated for the Fan Favourite Mobile Game at the Gamers’ Choice Awards.
Hungry Shark Evolution
- Price: Free
- Genre: Arcade
- Initial Release Date: October 24, 2012
- Publisher: Future Games of London Ltd., Ubisoft, Ubisoft Milan
- Developer: Future Games of London Ltd.
No matter if you are a vegetarian or a meat-eater who dislikes seafood, you are most definitely going to love gorging on sea bass and anglerfish or the barracudas and schools of tropical fishes. You name it and you can eat it. That’s because you are a shark and food is the only thing on your mind.
This 3-D arcade has amassed wide popularity among mobile gamers, maybe because of the extensive variety of seafood and human cuisine it offers (yes, you can jump ashore and eat humans too). Or maybe it’s because of the assemblage of all kinds of sharks (from the pre-historic Megalodon to the new-gen Robo-Sharks) that you get to unlock as you progress in the game. You can either play the game based on motion sensing or with your regular touch and drag, both promise to offer an immersive underwater experience. The only things that can kill you in the game are underwater mines and torpedos, fishing boats, jellyfishes, bigger sharks than you, and most importantly “hunger”. Feel free to chow down on anything you see, no fishes were harmed in the making of this game.
Subway Surfers
- Price: Free
- Genre: Arcade, Runner
- Initial Release Date: May 24, 2012
- Publisher: Kiloo, SYBO Games
- Developer: Kiloo, SYBO Games
Subway Surfers was one of the earliest mobile games to popularize the endless-runner genre in the gaming community. Your sole aim is to save Jake from the inspector and his dog, and you do so by running along the train tracks of the subway. Performing front rolls or jumping over hurdles while dodging any trains on the tracks, climbing train carriages, running on moving trains are all the possible ways you can constantly outrun them. As an add-on, you need to collect coins along the way and there are various items you can pick up along the way that will assist you in the same – high jumping boots, jetpacks, magnets, and hoverboards. You can buy these items in the in-game store as well, along with many outfits for Jake.
This game might seem childish, with moderately good graphics, but it is truly difficult to give up easily on Jake after getting caught. The game is free in the play store with in-app purchases.
Really Bad Chess
- Price: Free
- Genre: Mind sport, Abstract strategy game
- Initial Release Date: October 13, 2016
- Publisher: Noodlecake Studios
- Developer: Zach Gage
If you are wondering why this game has made it in the list even though the name itself suggests how bad the game is, you will be surprised to know that this game has been awarded a 5/5 rating. How so?
Because unlike any other chess, this chess does not begin with the conventional set of pieces (16 total pieces: 1 king, 1queen, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 2 rooks, and 8 pawns), but randomly generates the type of pieces you will have in the game. It can be 5 kings, 3 queens, 5 pawns, and 3 rooks for all you know and you have to beat the AI with whatever pieces they have. The very boundaries of a “fair-game” are broken here and yet you won’t be able to stop yourself from pondering over all the moves you will make to win it. This game bends the very rules and conventions of normal chess and this is what makes it worth playing. This game is free to download on the play store.
Shadow Fight 2
- Price: Free
- Genre: Action, Brawler
- Initial Release Date: October 9, 2013
- Publisher: Nekki
- Developer: Nekki, iLogos Europe
A beefed-up version of its predecessor, Shadow fight 2 is an intense RPG with nail-biting battle sequences. It is pretty hard to imagine a 2D game having this magnitude of details into its actions, where the characters are nothing but shadows and the only color in the game is the wonderfully curated backgrounds that are a magnificent piece of art in themselves.
The game is equipped with dozens of martial arts, fighters to engage in battle with, lethal weapons and astonishingly lifelike fighting techniques. Although the characters are black in their fights, the roster of characters and weapons does depict their true 3D colored figures.
The controls are simple and well spread out over the screen to ensure easy handling of the game, fighting sequences can get intense, and hence every step of yours will count. Shadow Fight 2 has undeniably lived up to the expectations of the fans and cannot be judged truly without having played the game. The game is free on the play store and contains in-app purchases.
Age of War
- Price: Free
- Genre: Strategy
- Initial Release Date: November 13, 2014
- Publisher: Max Games Studios
- Developer: Max Games Studios
Age of War is a widely popular online game that has been remastered for mobile gamers, it is a game that you finish in a single sitting. You start off in a pre-historic era of dinosaurs, where humans have learned to co-exist with the beasts and ride them into battles. Your final aim is to destroy the enemy hide-out. You create wild men and dinosaurs from a den and send them off to battle the enemies located a little farther on the same grounds. As you kill more enemies and gather points you can add on turrets on your army base to fend of enemies when our men are not around. There is also a special air-drop attack which proves really beneficial at times.
As the game ascends, you progress from the Stone Age and slowly reach the Cavalry age, the Medieval age, and finally the Future age where the armies and turrets are much stronger and lethal against enemies. The best part of the game is the even balance it maintains on both sides, even your enemies evolve as you move ahead.
All in all, this game is worth every minute and absolutely free on the play store with some in-app purchases.
Monument Valley 2
- Price: $4.99 / Rs.400
- Genre: Puzzle
- Initial Release Date: November 6, 2017
- Publisher: Ustwo Games, Tencent Games
- Developer: Ustwo
For those of you who love specifically long-duration storylines in a game, Monument Valley 2 might be the change you needed in your life. With some magnificent geometrical motifs and enchanting abstract art, all backed up by some peaceful music, this Esheresque puzzle game is going to calm your soul.
This is a story of a mother-daughter undertaking an adventurous journey, where the mother Ro teaches her daughter the intricacies of life by solving puzzles in a wonderfully manipulating world of illusions and sacred geometry. It is your job to guide them through the various stages of the game and solve puzzles alongside them.
The game costs around $5 and it’s worth every dime. Monument Valley 2 is definitely one of the very best offline android games to play when you have no internet or WiFi access.
Monument Valley
- Price: $3.99 / Rs.260
- Genre: Puzzle
- Initial Release Date: May 14, 2014
- Publisher: Ustwo Games
- Developer: Ustwo Studio Ltd.
This wonderfully relaxing game takes you almost 90 seconds to get the hang of, but don’t be disillusioned by this thought, there will be moments in the game where your brains will bleed with exhaustion and at the same time thank you for engaging in such hallucinatory gameplay. You have to guide Princess Ida in her enigmatic adventures of puzzle-solving and outsmarting various illusion architectures.
The game as such has easily understandable controls – you twist and drag across the screen to help Ida navigate. What makes the Monument Valley franchise a big hit among its players is its simplistic yet eye-catchy designs and a deep-seated meaning to every mesmerizing illusion you experience within the game. The game costs you $4.99 on the app store along with some in-app purchases.
The Room: Old Sins
- Price: $4.99 / Rs.380
- Genre: Puzzle
- Initial Release Date: April 18, 2018
- Publisher: Fireproof Studios, NetEase Inc, LongE Play
- Developer: Fireproof Studios
The Room: Old Sins brings a slight variation in the escape the room subgenre by presenting us with a variety of inter-woven puzzles spanning through multiple rooms of the dollhouse.
The puzzles are highly detailed and would require specific hints at times. Using pinch and drag, you skim through the corner of every room, inspecting the tiniest bit of objects and unlike other “object finding” puzzle games, The Room allows you to manipulate objects in the room as per your comfort. And as you turn knobs and handles of drawers and cupboards, the mechanical sounds of all the intricate movements make the game even more enticing. The game introduces us to a quirky material known as the Null. Any item made of Null holds the ability to warp reality. And to top it all off, every room contains a mysterious artifact which when obtained, releases an evil spirit that takes over the null item and makes them inaccessible. The game costs $4.99 on the app store.
Stardew Valley
- Price: $7.99 / Rs.599
- Genre: Simulation, Role-playing
- Initial Release Date: February 26, 2016
- Publisher: Chucklefish Limited
- Developer: Eric Barone, Sickhead Games
Has living in the city bored you to death? Do you want a break from the daily bustle and retreat to the country-side? Then Stardew Valley is the closest you can get to experiencing the country life.
This indie-farming RPG offers an immersive 2D experience into a life of designing your own farms, cultivating your fields, breeding animals, building your own house, finding a mate and settling down, being a part of the village community, going on wild adventures hunting for treasure, chilling by the bay on Sunday afternoons, or fishing in the ponds – basically living an alternative life in a virtual world.
What makes this game stand out from other sims is the many possibilities in the game and all that without the need for an internet connection, where you can leisurely check-in any time of the day and spend some quality time on your farm. You can buy the game for $14.99 off the play store and wouldn’t require any in-app purchases.
- Price: $3.99 / Rs.300
- Genre: Casual, Puzzle
- Initial Release Date: February 15, 2017
- Publisher: Adriaan de Jongh
- Developer: Adriaan de Jongh, Sylvain Tegroeg
A game completely made out of hand-drawn characters and miniature landscapes, Hidden Folks is a mesmerizing open-world find the object game. The visuals of the game are simple yet intricate which adds on to the beauty of the game. As you skim through the screen finding a person that is asked for, you will notice the very world of Hidden Folks is alive. People are going on about doing their own work, fishing eating, strolling, they do not care about you or your objective.
You are at the liberty of moving the bushes, slamming the doors of houses, or poke a crocodile, you are in a way the Gulliver to the Lilliputs in this game. There is a strip of target folks you need to find out from 25+ hand-drawn landscapes and a plethora of characters and objects having their own set of moves and tasks. This game will cost you around $3.99, alongwith just one in-app purchase to unlock additional areas.
So, these were some of the BEST offline android games that you can play and enjoy without internet or WiFi. Go ahead, take your pick and have fun playing!
