Action Game

 

1. Ailment and Endurance
2. Blackmoor 2
3. Brawl Stars
4. Call of Duty: Mobile
5. Dead Cells

Ailment and Endurance

Price: Free / $2.49-$3.99 each

Ailment is a classic, retro-style, top-down shooter. It’s more or less your classic arcade action shooter. You have an option between a bunch of different weapons, multiplayer support, and plenty of violence. Obviously, this one isn’t great for younger kids. In any case, the controls are easy enough to learn and the retro graphics are charming. It also has some smaller niceties like secret Easter eggs and a narrative to follow. This one keeps the action going in all of its retro glory, even if you have to watch an ad to revive yourself every time. The sequel, Endurance (Google Play link), is also quite fantastic and features most of the same mechanics

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Blackmoor 2

Price: Free / Up to $4.99

Blackmoor 2 is a hack-and-slash platformer with some fun elements. You get your standard platformer experience similar to old Castlevania games. However, the game also comes with co-op multiplayer, online PvP, and a build mode. We actually quite like the build mode because you can build your own levels and share them with other players. It’s a neat touch for a mobile game. In any case, you get the usual nice things like Google Play Games cloud saving and some other stuff. It has the occasional bug, but nothing serious.

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Brawl Stars

Price: Free to play

Brawl Stars is a new action game from Supercell, developers of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. This game pits players against one another in a beat ’em up style game. Most of the game modes feature three versus three-player team battles. However, you can do two versus two and one versus one combat modes as well. The game types range from taking out certain players to capturing their loot. It doesn’t matter, though, because every game mode can get intense. The online matchmaking can occasionally make the experience less fun, but that’s how online PvP usually goes. We also appreciate the simple mechanics and quick games.

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Call of Duty: Mobile

Price: Free to play

Call of Duty: Mobile is the most popular FPS game on mobile at the time of this writing. It has all of the elements of a good online shooter. There are multiple PvP modes, various things to unlock, and the graphics and gameplay are both excellent. It has a 100-player battle royale mode similar to Fortnite and PUBG Mobile (two more excellent action games) along with the standard deathmatch style like Modern Combat and Critical Ops (another two excellent action games). However, Call of Duty: Mobile is the top dog right now in the genre and so it’s the one we’ll recommend first. Any of the four other games we mentioned would fit well on this list too.

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Dead Cells

Price: $8.99

Dead Cells is one of the newer action games on the list. You play as a failed experiment and platform your way around various levels to reach the end of the game. There are various obstacles, environments, and hack-and-slash mechanics to keep you tapping the screen. It’s also a roguevania so the whole map is connected and you can travel across all of it as you will. The game has customizable controls, hardware controller support, and a single price tag with no in-app purchases. You can also play it offline if you want to.