I think you might like Polytopia
this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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Thanks for an actual suggestion and not just saying I should get adblock, I will look into it.
Ah, Polytopia!... It's been a while. Nice game, great time killer!
I think spaceteam is ad free, free and local. Lots of fun too!
Tux Cart (racing game) might be fun
I will look at this, thank you
Does anyone remember SPACE TRADER from the 90s?
You're in luck! Someone made an Android port years ago, and it's available on F-Droid! Definitely still enjoying it as well.
The version that I played was actually a BBS game — played with a 286 and a modem! Other players could steal your stuff if they found your base while you were sleeping — it was a fun but often very frustrating game because of these uncool players.
Downloading right now!!
Chess Time is a great asynchronous chess app with only an unobtrusive banner ad. My wife and I always have a casual game going.
Lichess is better - no ads, period. It's a free open source game.
Does it have an async mode?
Yes
Well heck, colour me interested. Thanks for the heads up!
Do you only want free ad-free or is it ok if you can pay to remove ads?
Free ad-free is kinda limited. Can't think of anything there right now.
Paid ad-free, there are lots of options. Most games offer an ad-free version/in-app-payment for a few Euros.
Alternatively, you can get rid of ads using NetGuard (only the versions from F-Droid and Github can block ads, the one on the play store cannot due to Googles restrictions).
NetGuard filters ads locally without sending leaking metadata to some ad-blocking DNS services.
And contrary to a Pi Hole it also works when you are not at home, since it runs directly on the phone.
Paid ad-free, there are lots of options
Can you name some? I don't want to go the adblock route for reasons mentioned in another comment
I'm not one for simple and quick games, so I'm the wrong one to ask.
I enjoyed Polytopia, Minecraft, Conspiracy (a Diplomacy clone), Bomb Squad and Star Realms a lot. But none of them are exactly simple. Maybe Conspiracy, but that's also not quick at all.
Paper IO 2 (paper-io.com ) is good if you open it inside a private tab of an ad-blocking web-browser.
EDIT: fixed the link
I'm really just looking for a link to a game I can send my partner and not have to deal with getting an adblocking web browser or any other adblocking infrastructure.
Just use third-party DNS resolvers with ad-blocking feature.
It's the cluttered, overly monetized apps that are the problem, not the ads. Adblock won't stop the pop-ups or banner ads, they'll just make them blank. Plus free adblock DNS are sketchy, and I'm not about to pay for one.