What with the news of top-tier game developers pulling their games from the iOS9 app store, the Android mobile platform is looking better and better these days. While iPhone and iPad users still usually get their hands on mobile games first, Apple’s primacy in mobile gaming is on the decline, and Android users are now spoiled for choice when it comes to games.
Android hardware is getting really great, too, and the games you can play on your mobile device now actually rival last-gen console releases in terms of graphics fidelity and gameplay complexity.
The best news is that tons of great mobile games are available for free, and while the “free to play” monetization model is often used unscrupulously, many great developers have found ways to implement monetization without being horribly annoying.
We’ve collected ten of this year’s best good-looking, free Android games for you here, as well as links to their Google Play store pages. What are you waiting for? Your next bus ride or trip to the bathroom could be a real adventure.