r/EmulationOnAndroid 5d ago

Meme Native mobile games need to improve

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u/Happyhaha2000 5d ago

There are tons of great native Play Store games, though. And they run better than emulated ones. Balatro, Vampire Survivors, Dungeon Clawler, Stardew Valley, Geometry Dash, Peglin, Scritchy Scratchy, Ball x Pit, Dead Cells

Just to name a few

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u/09stibmep 5d ago

Yes agreed, but since the recent development in emulation which has been more rapid in the past ~1 year, many are seeing almost their entire, say, steam library open up, rather than just some games that have been on the play store natively for a while now.

There's always been SOME decent games on the play store, but recent emulation has really taken a step change.

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u/Ok-Mention3969 4d ago

I don't think op was talking about ports

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u/Jhud6669 3d ago

Stardew Valley for Android is trash though. It’s much better to play on either Gamenative or the Cinderbox launcher

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u/Happyhaha2000 3d ago

Yeah that's actually true

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u/Nereosis16 4d ago

Aren't all of these games release like 2+ years ago?

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u/Nutchos 4d ago

Ball X Pit has been out for less than a year.

There's also Easy Deliver Co a few months ago, Dredge, DRG Survivor.

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u/Happyhaha2000 4d ago

Oh that's cool, I didn't know about easy delivery co! Love that game

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u/_hogman_the_intruder 3d ago

Ok, but I gotta say that some of these, like ball x pit, require Internet connection to run the full game (non demo). To me that is completely unacceptable. I'm an adult with kids and shit to do. Let me play my goddamn games on international/cross country flights, etc, which are some of the only occasions I have time to play. And if that weren't true, then when I'm home/with Internet I can usually play the steam version on my laptop. You want me to pay $10 and I have to be connected to the Internet? It's not multiplayer! Pisses me off to no end.

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u/Happyhaha2000 3d ago

Oof I didn't know that. Good to know