Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG
Idle Ronin Beginner's Guide: Bosses, Upgrades and Rebirth
New to Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG? Learn how auto battle, bosses and unit upgrades work, what unlocks at which stage and when to do your first Rebirth.
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Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG
Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG
Idle Ronin Best Cyborg Squads: Set Bonuses and Skills Explained
How cyborg units, squads and set bonuses work in Idle Ronin, what each skill type does, and how to build the strongest squad from the units you own.
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Idle Ronin Neon Tower, Dungeons and Cyber Pass Guide
How the Neon Tower, the three dungeons and the Cyber Pass work in Idle Ronin: floors, tickets, keys, weekly rank rewards and a simple daily routine.
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Idle Ronin: Cyber RPG
Idle Ronin Tier List 2026: All 23 Cyborg Units Ranked
Which Idle Ronin units are worth building around? All 23 cyborgs ranked from S to C using the game's own numbers: what each skill adds to your damage, which sets they complete and when they join the Unit Core pool.
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Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG
Idle Summoner Beginner's Guide: Summoning, Bosses and Upgrades
New to Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG? Learn how the summon chain works, what stars do, how to beat bosses, what to upgrade first and how to use cloud save.
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Idle Summoner Rebirth Guide: Classes, Rewards and Timing
How rebirth works in Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG, what resets and what you keep, the class ranks up to Master, when to rebirth and how invasions add progress.
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Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG
Idle Summoner Monster List: All 55 Monsters, Odds and Unlocks
Every monster in Idle Summoner: Pixel RPG, from Slime to Lord of the Abyss: the summon chance of each step, the invasion castle that unlocks it, what it costs to resurrect and what it sells for, straight from the game code.
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Block Brain: Block Puzzle Game
Block Brain High Score Tips: How Scoring Really Works
How Block Brain scores lines, combos, same-color lines and board clears, plus placement strategy, booster timing and continues to beat your high score.
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Block Brain Daily Puzzle and Weekly Leagues Guide
Block Brain Daily Puzzle rules: the same board and 60 pieces for everyone, streaks and ranking. Plus how weekly league points, promotion and rewards work.
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Block Brain: Brain Express Mode Guide and Tips
Brain Express puts your block puzzle on rails. Learn how wagon targets, cargo, towns, boosters and continues work, and how to deliver more wagons per run.
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Block Brain: Block Puzzle Game
Block Brain Evolution Guide: All 50 Brain Stages and the XP They Need
How your Brain buddy evolves in Block Brain: all 50 stages in 10 worlds from Sprout to Mastermind, the Brain XP each one needs, how long a full-grown Brain takes and how to level up faster.
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Idle AI Factory: Robot Tycoon
Idle AI Factory Beginner's Guide: Floors, Robots, Research and Reboot
Everything a new boss needs in Idle AI Factory: Robot Tycoon: how your factory makes money, why floor levels 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 matter, what to upgrade first, how super robots, chests and AI Research work and when to do your first Factory Reboot.
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Idle Games
Idle Games Explained: What They Are, How They Work and Why We Play Them
An idle game keeps making progress while you are away. What that means, how the genre works under the hood, the main types with real examples, and how to pick a good one, from a studio that makes them.
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Idle Games
How Offline Earnings Work in Idle Games (A Developer Explains)
Why you only get part of your income while away, why there is a cap and how to collect more. The real formulas from three idle games we made, next to Cookie Clicker and Egg, Inc.
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Idle Games
Prestige, Rebirth and Ascension: When Should You Reset in an Idle Game?
Prestige resets your progress for a permanent bonus. Why it makes you faster, what you keep, and when to reset, with the real rebirth formulas from three idle games we made.
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Idle Games
Idle vs Incremental vs Clicker Games: What's the Difference?
Clicker games reward tapping, idle games play themselves, and incremental games keep unlocking new layers. What each term really means, where they overlap, and examples of each on Android.
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Idle Games
Idle Games Glossary: 75 Terms Every Player Should Know
From AFK to x2: 75 words idle and incremental game players use, explained in plain English, with examples from real games and links to the full guides.
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Idle Games
The History of Idle Games: From Progress Quest to 2026
How a joke about role-playing games became one of the biggest genres on phones: Progress Quest, Cow Clicker, Cookie Clicker, the mobile boom and the idle games of 2026, with dates checked against sources.
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Idle Games
Why Idle Games Feel So Good (and When They Stop Being Fun)
Why a game that plays itself is so hard to put down: what researchers found, the design tricks behind the pull, which ones are fair and which are not, and how to keep idle games relaxing.
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Idle Games
Why Idle Games Use Huge Numbers: K, M, aa and e308 Explained
What K, M, B, T, aa and 1.5e45 mean in idle games, why the numbers explode, why 1e308 is a magic limit, and how game code handles numbers bigger than a computer can hold, with our own bug story.
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Idle Games
How Idle Game Progression Works: Costs, Multipliers and Walls
Why every upgrade costs more than the last, why progress slows to a wall, and how milestones and multipliers break through it, with real cost curves from two idle games we made.
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Idle Games
Idle Game Tips: 21 Ways to Progress Faster Without Playing Longer
Twenty-one tips that work in almost every idle game, from a studio that makes them: how to spend, when to prestige, how to use offline time and rewarded videos, and the mistakes that cost the most.
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Idle RPGs
What Is an Idle RPG? Meaning, Types and How to Play
What idle and AFK RPGs are, the main types with examples, how offline progress and the upgrade and rebirth loop work, whether they are pay-to-win, and how much time an idle RPG really needs.
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Idle RPGs
How Idle RPGs Work: Heroes, Gear, Stages and Walls
What actually happens in an idle RPG: how damage is calculated, why bosses stop you, how gear, summoning and rebirth fit together, and what to upgrade first. With real numbers from two idle RPGs we made.
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Idle RPGs
What Is an AFK Game? AFK vs Idle Games Explained
AFK stands for away from keyboard: an AFK game keeps playing and rewarding you while you are away. Where the name comes from, how AFK games differ from other idle games, and good examples on Android.
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Idle RPGs
Gacha, Pity and Drop Rates Explained (With Real Odds From Our Game)
What gacha means, how to read drop rates, why a 1% chance often takes far more than 100 tries, what pity systems do, and the real chest odds from one of our own games.
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Idle RPGs
Stuck in an Idle RPG? How to Break Through a Progression Wall
A step-by-step checklist for when an idle RPG stops moving: why walls happen, what to check first, which upgrades to buy, when to farm and when to rebirth, with examples from two idle RPGs we made.
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Idle RPGs
Idle RPG Team Building: Roles, Synergies and Set Bonuses
How to build a strong team in any idle RPG: roles, synergies, set bonuses and why multipliers beat raw stats, with the real set bonus numbers from our cyberpunk idle RPG.
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Idle RPGs
Endless Towers in Idle Games: How They Work and How to Climb
Why almost every idle RPG has a tower, how floors, attempts and weekly rankings work, and how to climb higher, with the real rules of the towers in two idle RPGs we made.
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Idle RPGs
What Is a Dungeon Crawler? The Genre and Its Best Mobile Games
A dungeon crawler is a game about exploring dangerous places, fighting monsters and collecting loot. Where the term comes from, its main types, and good dungeon crawlers on Android.
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Idle RPGs
Idle RPG vs Classic RPG: Which One Fits Your Time?
Idle RPGs play themselves and fit into five-minute breaks; classic RPGs ask for your full attention and give you a story. How they differ in time, control, story and cost, and how to choose.
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How Mobile Games Work
How Free Mobile Games Make Money: A Developer's Honest Guide
Free games earn from in-app purchases, ads and passes, and a tiny share of players pays most of the bills. How each model works, where a purchase actually goes, and how to spot fair and unfair games.
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How Mobile Games Work
Rewarded vs Interstitial Ads: What You See in Mobile Games and Why
Rewarded ads are the ones you choose to watch for a prize. Interstitials interrupt you at a break. How each format works, what Google allows, the limits a developer can set, and how to see fewer ads.
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How Mobile Games Work
Why Mobile Games Have Daily Rewards and Login Streaks
Daily rewards bring you back to a game, and they are designed to. How login calendars, streaks, daily quests and timed chests work, why some need the internet, and how to collect them without stress.
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How Mobile Games Work
How Battle Passes Work (and When One Is Worth Buying)
A battle pass is a season of rewards you unlock by playing, with a free track and a paid one. The real maths of a 30-tier pass: how much you must play to finish it and how to tell if it is worth it.
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How Mobile Games Work
Why Do Mobile Games Need Internet? (And Which Ones Don't)
Even single-player mobile games often ask for a connection. The real reasons, from server saves and anti-cheat to ads and clock checks, and how to find games that play fully offline.
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How Mobile Games Work
How Leagues and Leaderboards Work in Mobile Games
Why mobile games put you in small weekly leagues instead of one giant leaderboard, how promotion and relegation work, and the real rules of the leagues in our block puzzle game.
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How Mobile Games Work
Energy and Stamina in Mobile Games: Why They Exist
Energy, stamina, lives and daily attempts limit how much you can play. Why designers use them, when they are fair and when they are a paywall, and how our own games limit play without energy.
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How Mobile Games Work
What Makes a Good Mobile RPG? 10 Things We Look For
Ten things that separate great mobile RPGs from the rest: respect for your time, fair spending, touch controls, offline play, cloud save and more, from a studio that makes RPGs for phones.
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How Mobile Games Work
How Mobile Game Progression Is Designed (From a Studio That Does It)
Why the first minutes of a mobile game are so generous, why features unlock one by one, where the walls are placed and what keeps you coming back, with the real unlock schedule of our idle RPG.
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How Mobile Games Work
Mobile Gaming Trends for 2027: 7 Changes Coming to Android Games
Seven changes that will shape Android games in 2027, each with its source: app stores inside Google Play, paying outside the app, verified developers, age signals, the Android 16 requirement, big brands going idle and what our own data says about idle games.
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Android Help
How to Transfer Game Progress to a New Android Phone
Game progress moves to a new phone only if it was saved somewhere other than the old phone. How to check where each game keeps it, what Android's own transfer copies and what to do before you reset.
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Android Help
How to Play Android Games Offline (and Know Which Ones Work Without Wi-Fi)
Which Android games work without internet, how to check before you travel, what stops working offline, and how to set up your phone for a flight or a long trip.
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Android Help
How to Stop Kids From Making In-App Purchases on Android
Three settings stop surprise purchases on Android: purchase verification, Family Link approvals and a budget. The exact menu paths from Google's help pages, what each one does and what it does not.
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Android Help
How to Get a Refund for a Google Play Game or In-App Purchase
Within 48 hours you can ask Google Play directly; after that, the developer decides. The exact steps from Google's help pages, what happens to the item, how long it takes and what to write.
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Android Help
How to Fix Lag and Overheating in Android Games
Why games stutter and phones get hot, and what actually helps: in-game settings, charging habits, storage, background apps and Google's own advice for a phone that is too warm.
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Android Help
How Much Storage Do Mobile Games Use? (And How to Free Space Safely)
Why some games take a few megabytes and others several gigabytes, how to see what a game really uses, and how to free space without losing your progress: cache, archiving and the one button to avoid.
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Android Help
How to Play Android Games on PC
The official way to play Android games on a Windows PC is Google Play Games for PC: what it needs, which games it has and how progress syncs with your phone, plus the alternatives.
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Android Help
Google Play Pre-Registration Explained: How It Works and What You Get
What pre-registering for a game on Google Play does, whether it costs anything, what happens on launch day, how to cancel, and why developers offer pre-registration rewards.
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Android Help
How to Find Great Android Games Beyond the Top Charts
The top charts show what is big, not what is good. How to use Google Play's store page, ratings, tags and price ranges like a developer, plus Play Pass, Netflix games and other places to look.
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Android Help
Lost Your Progress in Idle Ronin, Idle Summoner, Block Brain or Idle AI Factory? How to Get It Back
Progress gone after a reinstall, a reset or a new phone? How the cloud save works in each of our four games, the exact steps to load it, and what to avoid so a fresh start never replaces your real save.
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Game Genres
Block Puzzle Strategy: 15 Tips to Score Higher in Block Blast and Other Block Puzzles
How to get better at block puzzles like Block Blast, Woodoku and Block Brain: keep the board healthy, plan all three pieces, chase multi-line clears and combos, and know when the game stops helping you.
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Game Genres
What Is a Roguelike? Roguelike vs Roguelite on Mobile, Explained
A roguelike is a game of random runs and permanent death, named after Rogue (1980). What counts as a roguelike, how roguelites and survivors-likes differ, and the best examples on Android.
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Game Genres
What Is a Tycoon Game? Idle Tycoons vs Management Sims
A tycoon game puts you in charge of a business and asks you to grow it. The difference between classic management sims and idle tycoons, how the core loop works, and good examples on Android.
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Game Genres
What Is a Block Puzzle Game? Rules, Variants and History
How block puzzles work, where they come from, and how Block Blast, Woodoku, 1010! and the new jam puzzles differ, with numbers from the top 100 block puzzles on Google Play.
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Best Games
The Best Mobile Games of 2026: Our Picks for Android, by Genre
The best mobile games to play in 2026, sorted by what you want: new releases, free games, games with no ads, offline games, RPGs, strategy, puzzles and more, with each game's price, ads and rating.
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Best Games
The Best Offline Idle Games for Android in 2026 (No Wi-Fi Needed)
Idle games that keep earning without an internet connection, picked from our dataset of Google Play games Google tags as Offline: incrementals, tycoons, idle RPGs and cozy games, with price, ads and rating.
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Best Games
The Best Idle Games With No Ads on Android (2026)
Only about one idle game in nine on Google Play has no ads. The best of them, free and paid, checked against their store pages, plus what "no ads" really means and how to spot pay pressure instead.
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Best Games
The Best F2P-Friendly Idle Games on Android (Low Prices, No Pay-to-Win)
Only 11% of idle games keep every in-app item under $20. The best of them, with the real price of their most expensive item, plus how to tell a fair idle game from a pay-to-win one.
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Best Games
The Best Idle RPGs on Android in 2026
The best idle RPGs for Android in 2026, from hero collectors to tap RPGs and roguelike idlers, with installs, rating, ads, top in-app price and whether each one works offline.
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Best Games
The Best Idle Tycoon and Factory Games on Android (2026)
Build a business that runs itself: the best idle tycoon and factory games on Android, from theme parks and banks to egg farms and factories, with installs, rating, top price and offline support.
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Best Games
The Best Incremental Games on Android: Deep, Clever and Some With an Ending
The deepest incremental games on Android: layer-upon-layer number games, text adventures that turn into something else, and a few with a real ending. With price, ads and rating for each.
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Best Games
The Best Android Games With No Ads in 2026 (Free and Paid)
Great Android games that show no ads at all: premium games you pay for once, free games that never interrupt you, and games you can try for free. Each one checked for the Contains ads label.
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Best Games
The Best Offline Android Games for Flights, by Trip Length
The best Android games to play on a plane without Wi-Fi, picked by trip length: quick puzzles for short hops, deep games for long flights and idle games that earn while you sleep.
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Best Games
The Best Block Puzzle Games in 2026 (Free, Offline, and the Fewest Ads)
Almost every block puzzle has ads, so we picked the best by what matters: rating, offline play, variety and fair shops. Block Blast, Blockudoku, Woodoku and the best alternatives, with data.
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Best Games
The Best Cyberpunk Games on Android in 2026
Neon cities, cyborgs and hackers on your phone: the best cyberpunk games for Android, from action RPGs and shooters to text RPGs and idle games, with price, ads and rating for each.
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Best Games
The Best Pixel Art RPGs on Android (Offline Picks Included)
Classic and modern pixel art RPGs for Android: Square Enix remasters, roguelikes, life sims and idle RPGs, with price, ads, rating and whether each one works offline.
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Best Games
The Best Idle Games for 2027: Early Picks and the Newest Releases
Our early list of the best idle games for 2027, updated monthly: the strongest idle RPGs, tycoons and builders released in the last 12 months, with ratings, ads and prices checked on Google Play, plus the trends that will shape idle games next year.
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Best Games
The Best Mobile Games for 2027: Early Picks and Games to Watch
Our early list of the best mobile games for 2027, updated monthly: the newest Android games worth playing into next year, the 2026 standouts that are still getting updates, and the big games announced for 2027.
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Games Like
Games Like Cookie Clicker on Android: 12 Clicker and Incremental Picks
Loved Cookie Clicker? Twelve Android games with the same pull of clicking, building and prestiging, from deep incrementals to cozy clickers, with price, ads and rating for each.
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Games Like
Games Like Melvor Idle on Mobile: Skilling and Idle RPGs for Android
Skilling, crafting and slow, satisfying progress: nine Android games for Melvor Idle fans, from Old School RuneScape to IdleOn and text RPGs, with price, ads and rating for each.
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Games Like
Games Like AdVenture Capitalist: 10 Idle Business Games for Android
Idle business games for AdVenture Capitalist fans: its own sequels, the biggest idle tycoons and a few deeper picks, with installs, rating, top price and offline support for each.
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Games Like
Games Like Egg, Inc.: Deep Idle Farms, Factories and Evolution Games
Egg, Inc. mixes a funny farm with research, prestige and a deep economy. Nine Android games with the same mix, from farming empires to evolution and factory idle games.
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Games Like
Games Like Legend of Slime and Idle Slayer: 10 Idle Action RPGs
Idle action RPGs for fans of Legend of Slime and Idle Slayer: auto-fighting heroes, runners and monster armies, with installs, rating, ads and offline support for each.
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Games Like
Games Like Nonstop Knight: Auto-Battle Action RPGs for Android
Nonstop Knight turned hack-and-slash into an auto-battler. Eight Android games with the same one-thumb action and loot, including its sequel, with the facts from each store page.
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Games Like
Games Like Archero (That Aren't Pay-to-Win)
Archero's one-thumb roguelite action, without the pressure to pay: premium and fair alternatives on Android, with the price of each game's most expensive item so you can judge for yourself.
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Research
Idle Games on Google Play in 2026: What 847 Games Tell Us
We collected the store pages of 847 idle games with 10,000+ installs. How they make money, what their most expensive item costs, how they are rated, how old the hits are and which words sell.
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Research
Block Puzzle Games in 2026: What the Top 100 on Google Play Tell Us
We looked at the 100 most installed block puzzle games on Google Play: 3 billion installs, one dominant game, ads in 98 of them, and a new wave of jam puzzles. The numbers, the charts and the data.
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Behind the Scenes
How to Design an Idle Game: Formulas and Lessons From Shipping Four
What we learned designing and fixing four mobile games with idle progression: the curves that drive them, how to handle offline time and huge numbers, how to pay for prestige, and the bugs that only appear hundreds of stages in. Real formulas from our code.
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Behind the Scenes
Why We Removed Forced Ads After Boss Fights
Where an ad appears matters more than how many there are. The story of the full-screen ad at Idle Ronin's boss fights, which moved twice before we switched it off, and the rules for ads we now follow in all our games, with the code behind them.
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Behind the Scenes
How We Translated Our Mobile Games Into 14 Languages
What it took to put four Android games into 14 languages: how we structure string files, why plural rules and fonts matter, the translation mistakes that kept coming back, a bug that only hits phones in Europe, and why 14 languages means 16 store listings.
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