Spikes Are the Enemy Review
Basic: The New Nightmare Mode This game wants you to suffer. It disguises itself as an unassuming 2-D arcade platformer with its charming little beeps and blips. It lulls you…
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Android Indie
Hardcore Droid’s indie game reviews cover a variety of Android indie games. We review Android indie RPGs, Action games and indie strategy games. Hardcore Droid indie reviews also assess a variety of indie cross-genres and subgenres. Our writers gauge a mobile indie game’s value from the perspective of the average core gamer. These are generally people who love action games, RPGs and strategy games. We understand this because our writers are hardcore gamers. Always, the question of how the average core gamer would enjoy a game is the thematic focus of our Android reviews.
We strive to evaluate the best and most critically acclaimed paid Android games. Our writers generally cover the genres that are most popular in the hardcore gaming sphere. In other words, the types of video games found on PCs and consoles.
Hardcore Droid especially lauds the efforts of independent game developers. We celebrate particularly those who develop games for Mobile and Android. Our online magazine is focused on applauding the efforts indie game devlopment houses.
We are looking to shine a light on mobile indie games. Our writers focus more particularly on indie game’s that contain the depth, richness and narrative complexity of core video games.
Ultimately, this is an online space where mobile gamers can explore the games in the Android indie canon and learn about the latest and hottest Android indies. A space where readers can find the Android games they are looking for and avoid those that do not deserve their attention.
Space War: Starship Shooter Review
Hyper-Jump Right In Science fiction has a long-standing relationship with gaming. Even the very first video game of all time was set in outer space! It comes as no surprise…
Zombie Apocalypse Run Review
…Unless You Reanimate Hardcore Zombie Apocalypse Run, developed and published by Antoine Cotton, comes off as George Romero’s Subway Surfers: a zombie-themed take on the runner genre. Or at least…
Fate of an Empire Review
One Man Empire Designed by one man, Peter Norberg, the 4X strategy game Fate of an Empire is the latest installment in his Rising Empires series. Creating a game solo is no easy feat,…
Best Android Indies in 2021
Top 10 Indie Games to Play in 2021 Indie games hold a special place in our heart here at Hardcore Droid. These standout titles bring amazing gameplay and stories without…
Dentures and Demons 2
Demons and Dentures and D*cks, Oh My! Roses are red, violets are blue. Ghosts and ghouls are waiting for you! Cults and clowns await in the pixelated point-and-click adventure, Dentures…
Beat Battle Review
Welcome to the Neon Future What happens when you pack Tron, Beat Saber and Guitar Hero into a tiny mobile package? You end up with developer Studd Games’ bright neon…
Sea Invaders Review
Under the Sea Do you like space shooter games like Galaxia, but you’re tired of always playing in space? That’s the question posed by Genera Indie Games, and their answer…
The Procession to Calvary Review
High Art Ever since the sensation of Pong, people with expensive degrees in art history have asked: when will there be a video game for me? Well, it pleases me…
Dear My Cat Review
Therapeutic Tabby Tapping In 2020, we all need a little help finding our zen. The life sim genre was practically invented for this. Alas, you may still find yourself wanting.…
Arrog Review
A Journey Through Dreams Arrog by Playdigious, a beautifully crafted indie game for Android, will take you on an artistic journey through time. Tap and drag your way through a…
The Almost Gone Review
Come to the Treehouse If you decide to travel to thealmostgone.com you are sure to find – after scrolling past a very intense portrait of Belgian author Joost Vandecasteele –…
Best Indie Games for Android 2020
The 10 Most Hardcore Android Indies There are a plethora of indie titles on Google Play. But who has the time to sift through all those games to find the…
Fateful Lore Review
Just Like Old Times Anyone who played the early installments of series like Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy will recognize the style faithfully recreated in Fantaseel Interactive’s Fateful Lore. But…
Drop Wizard Review
Nostalgia washed over me as I played the indie retro platformer, Drop Wizard, developed by Nuetronized. For only 2.99, I was dropped into a colorful pixel world with old-school 16-bit…
Subscribe To My Adventure Review
Brilliant Social Commentary, But Difficult to Play The goal of Gamtropy is to make games that “depict contemporary popular culture and social issues” (translated). They definitely live up to this…
I Love Hue Too Review
The Dream We live in times of worry, doubt and strife. Luckily, indie game companies have our backs. Zut! games, a small indie game studio based in London, has gifted…
Neko Samurai Review
Cats Vs. Frogs Have you ever wanted to be a cat swinging a samurai sword cutting down giant frogs? Yeah, me neither. But if you are one of the few…
Isoland: The Amusement Park Review
An Art History Buff’s Paradise Isoland: The Amusement Park is the latest indie point-and-click puzzle title developed by Cotton Game, a Shanghai-based group of young developers. In this game, you…
GRIS Review
The Lone Ranger Devolver Digital’s GRIS is an indie game that is anything but dull. The adventure game’s opening is hypnotizing. The game opens to a girl singing in the…