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15 best Android games released in 2018!
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Here we go, folks. Mobile gaming always seems to take great strides year after year. Last year, we saw a huge push in niche genres like text games and indie puzzle games. This year, we saw a bunch of excellent games in the shooter, tower defense, rhythm, indie puzzle, and simulation genres. In fact, this might be the best year of mobile gaming that we’ve ever seen. There was just a bunch of new content from PUBG to Fortnite, Kingdom Rush Vengeance to Bloons TD 6, and even some excellent new RPGs. This is a long list, so let’s get right down to it. Here are the best Android games of 2018! We don’t have them ranked in any specific fashion. However, the last game on the list is our choice for the very best of the year.
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Honorable mentions
The list for 2018 was so huge that we wanted to list a few honorable mentions so we didn’t leave any of the great games out. We did narrow down this list from a master list of over 120 games. Here are our honorable mentions for 2018:
- Badland Brawl
- Dragalia Lost
- Faraway 3: Arctic Escape
- Florence
- Game Dev Tycoon
- Motorsport Manager Mobile 3
- Oddworld New ‘n’ Tasty
- Ticket to Earth
- World of Tennis
- Bridge Constructor Portal
- Portal Knights
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If we missed any great Android games from 2018, tell us about them in the comments! You can also click here to check out our latest Android app and game lists!