We’ve decided to approach our list of the best mobile games from a simple, if slightly out-there premise. If an alien were to land tomorrow and ask for a crash course in gaming, which mobile games would you encourage it to install first? We’re looking at those important, genre-defining games that represent something essential to the history of smartphone gaming.
We’ve intentionally written this in such a way that we’ve got plenty of recommendations that pretty much anyone could play, regardless of whether or not they have a brand new phone. So if you’ve got an iPhone or Samsung device, here are our top choices, spanning loads of different developers and genres.
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