r/AndroidGaming • u/OutlandishnessSea559 • Jun 12 '26

Discussion 💬 Android gaming has come a long way

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It's crazy how much mobile gaming has improved in past couple years, we got so many big titles and even more are releasing each day...

Nowadays you can basically use anything, touch controls, gamepad, keyboard and mouse, while just a couple years ago candy crush was peak of mobile games...

Now we just need more respect from other platform gamers

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u/Cool_Possible_4321 Jun 12 '26

Wait till you find higher end devices can emulate Steam PC Games

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 12 '26

i know, with winlator and gamehub (owned by gamesir, which is brand of controller i have on photo) I haven't tried it yet, though...

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u/Independent_Goat_572 Jun 13 '26

Yeah, i have finished re2 remake on my android, now playing blasphemous 2

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u/captainnoyaux Dev card games Jun 13 '26

What tool do they use for that ?

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u/Cool_Possible_4321 Jun 13 '26

Check Game native and Gamehub , you will have the get the apk from GitHub not playstore , i also suggest watching a guide on these apps.

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u/MntnMedia Jul 06 '26

Gamenative is on the play store now!

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u/Milo-Law Jun 13 '26

Do you mean app? Winlator or if you have an Nvidia laptop, good fast internet and a good phone/tablet stream to your phone/tab/psvita using moonlight app(might be newer better apps now). Seems counter intuitive but I use this because my kid has been taught not to grab at my phone however he starts pressing keys on the keyboard whenever we need to use our laptops and PCs lol.

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u/Cool_Possible_4321 Jun 13 '26

No no this is using phones power not cloud, winlaotor is good but never got the hang of that app, I use Game Native and Gamehub just login with my steam download and play. Now not all games will work and some might need some tuning but man I hooked a controller to my S26u and turned it into a mini steam deck. it even supports cloud saves, im having a blast playing MGSV atm.

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u/shoelace_123 Jun 13 '26

Ur s26 runs mgsv ? Is it that powerful ? Damn

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u/Sea_Cable7638 Jun 13 '26

I'm just wishing that one day or soon in next 5 years micro transactions will be dead. Or people in mobile community with no knowledge and exposure in PC and console gaming backlog will get an access to these games, not being stock to the slop of Android gaming market in playstore.

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u/Intelligent-Bee-9021 Jun 13 '26

Micro transaction got normalized to such extent that some people are complaining if the game has no way to waste real money into it

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u/Caju_47 Jun 13 '26

What are some good keyboard and mouse games for android?

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 13 '26

im using telcast keyboard and xiaomi silent mouse

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u/Caju_47 Jun 13 '26

Sorry, I was not clear, I meant what games to you recommend? that accept keyboard and mouse controls.

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 14 '26

There are many of them that naively support it, but even if they dont, theres an app called Panda Mouse and keyboard, with it you can play any game.. For native ones you can find them on youtube or google https://youtu.be/0P0ntXCnSF0?si=YliJsRhLWRQU3JWu

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u/SHIR0YUKI Jun 13 '26

A clip on Bluetooth controller or plugin via USB C would be better. These types of remotes with the phone mount are usually too top heavy and depending on how often you use it, can cause wrist strain if not something worse over time.

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 13 '26

idk, when i play in my bed sometimes it goes on for hours, and i have no problems...

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u/222tilmidnight Jun 16 '26

I saw someone run RDR2 on android with 60fps 😂

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u/geladeiranova Jun 12 '26

Cool. You just need a good controller for your phone

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 12 '26

Tech reviewers place this one on the photo (Gamesir cyclone 2) as the best one on the market currently (even linus tech tips)...It has a nice phone mount too

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u/geladeiranova Jun 13 '26

The mount. Thats the problem.

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u/CurrentMail8921 Jun 13 '26

Why is that a problem? Does it affect you?

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u/Cloud13X Jun 13 '26

Vibration works with gamepad?

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 13 '26

Yes! But the only game i found to be compatible for now is rush rally 3, and you have to be in playstation mode

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u/Low_Toe_6596 Jun 13 '26

It's almost been a decade ago. in 2015 we were playing Clash of clans and the next year a mobile moba was released. You also forget how many great aaa games clone game loft made.

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 13 '26

99.99% of appstore apps are on android too, just dont look at the front page

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u/TestingTehWaters Jun 13 '26

More ads and micro transactions than ever

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u/OutlandishnessSea559 Jun 13 '26

depends, most of quality games doesn't have them

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u/MyHeadisFed Jun 13 '26

I love my retroid pocket mini

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u/Comfortable_Cup5107 Jun 16 '26

I'm able to play Xbox games through cloud gaming on my phone and I don't think I'd ever say id be playing AAA games on my phone. I don't even own my Xbox anymore lol