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Sometimes, people want to get in early on great games. They can see them grow and change over time. This is why there are a ton of early-access games on the Play Store. These are games that are still in testing, and the developers are looking for players’ feedback. Here’s a list of some of the best early-access games you should be playing.
Since these are early-access games, just know that they might not be 100% compatible with your device. Also, you might not have a complete experience. These games are mostly for people who want to test their games out on a larger audience before making them officially available.
Also, it’s recommended that you take the time and offer some in-depth feedback about your experience. This will help the developers further improve the game before launch.
Little Corner Tea House
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: No
- Size: 807
If you’ve dreamed of owning your own tea house, then this is the game for you. As the name implies, this is a game where you own and operate your own little corner tea house. You play as Hana, the owner, and she’s made a nice spot to sit, enjoy tea, and talk to friends.
This game is meant to give you the full experience of owning a tea shop. You’ll be serving up tea for people to order. While you’re serving them, you’re able to hear their interesting stories as they conversate.
However, Little Corner Tea House isn’t only about serving the tea; you’re also making it. The game will take you through the whole process of growing your own plants from seeding to harvesting. You’ll make your tea there in the shop. It’s a very relaxing and pleasant game to play.
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Lucid Lenses
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: No
- Size: 434MB
Who’s looking to be the make-or-break factor in a relationship? Well, Lucid Lenses allows you to take on that role. You’ll see a beautiful story of romance unfold in front of your eyes, and you’ll see the two grow. However, each relationship has some difficult choices, and that’s where you come in.
You’ll make different choices throughout the game that will have an impact on the couple and whether or not they stay together. Both of these individuals also have their own growing careers, and you’ll decide if they stay together for the sake of the relationship or break up for the sake of their careers. No pressure!
In this game, there are several minigames that you’ll play along the way that will challenge your brains. These are a great way to break up any monotony and keep the story progressing.
Evil Slasher
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $0.99 – $79.99
- Size: 127MB
This is the game for you if you’re looking for a boatload of hack n’ slash action. Evil Slasher will be familiar if you’re a fan of the Survivor games that are extremely popular nowadays. You’ll start each stage with some passive attacks activated, and you’ll need to survive through waves of enemies that are coming at you.
As you play, you’ll add different attacks and abilities to your character. These will help you to rip through more and more enemies. Gather weapons and upgrades, beat the levels, and defeat the bosses at the end of the stages to further upgrade your character.
PoleTad
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $1.99 – $3.99
- Size: 65MB
Time for a game that’s simple and challenging. Pole Tad is a simple puzzle game that has a relaxing aesthetic. It seems like the kind of game that you’d play to shut off your brain, but it’s the opposite.
In Pole Tad, you’ll guide your little tadpole through different challenging levels. When you start the stage, you’ll see a bunch of bubbles, and your tadpole will be in one of them. What you want to do is guide your tadpole from bubble to bubble until you make it to the end. However, there are obstacles blocking the tadpole from getting to the bubbles.
There are spinning rings, other creatures, and other things getting in your way. As you guide your tadpole to the end, you’ll need to fling it toward the bubbles at the right time to avoid obstacles. It’s a simple yet challenging game.
Path of Puzzles
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $0.95 – $38.30
- Size: 86MB
This game mixes the action and the puzzle genres to create an all-around fun experience. In it, you play as a warrior who wakes up in the underworld. While he’s there, you’ll need to fight hordes of zombified warriors. The gameplay will mainly revolve around fighting them off.
The gameplay is similar to other action match-three games. Instead of moving tiles to match tiles, you’ll be dragging your finger and drawing a path between tiles of different colors. When you do that, your character will perform an attack to reflect that. There are six colors, each one is particularly strong against one and weak against another. It’s the same thing for the enemies and weapons.
What’s unique about this game is that you’re able to swipe across different colors. You can start drawing on one color and cross over to another color and start drawing through that one. You’ll attack one enemy with the first color and you’ll attack the next enemies with the other. As you progress, you’ll upgrade your weapons to do more damage.
Find Cats
- Download Cost:
- In-App Cost:
- Size: 34MB
If you enjoyed playing Where’s Waldo, then you’ll love this game. It’s as simple as they come, and it’s a nice game to pass the time. In this game, you’ll see picture-esque shots of bustling towns. In the town, there will be five little cats hidden among the chaos. When you finally find them, tap on them to collect them. There are a lot of levels to play, so you’ll know that there’s enough content to keep you busy.
Matexo
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $1.99 – $4.49
- Size: 12MB
This game is for those who want to test out their brains and their patience. Matexo is a puzzle game that incorporates a lot of math into the equation. Each round starts off with an assortment of lines. On one end of each line, you’ll see a circle, and at the other end, you’ll see a square. Both shapes will have a number. Finally, on the bottom of the screen, you’ll see an assortment of blocks with numbers on them. Also, each of these blocks will have a mathematical operation on them (Plus, Minus, Divide, and Multiply).
What you need to do is place the right blocks on the lines to make the number in the circle equal to the number in the square. So, if the circle has 5 and the square has 8, then you’ll want to look for a block that has +3. It seems simple enough, but the game will get trickier as you progress. When you start off, you’ll have only a few lines, and you’ll only need to place one block to solve them. However, later on, you’ll see more lines, and those lines will require more blocks.
Tiny Pixel Knight
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $0.99 – $69.99
- Size: 101MB
Tiny Pixel Knight is a fun idle RPG game with some nice retro graphics and fast-paced gameplay. Since this is an idle game, it’s more passive than other RPGs. Your character will start off in one environment automatically fighting off enemies. As you defeat enemies, you’ll earn coins and EXP. You’ll use these to level up your character.
As you play, you’ll make your way to more locations with harder enemies. The trick is to keep your character leveled up to keep up with the stronger enemies. There’s a massive skill tree that you’ll unlock to help improve your character. Doing this will make way for more abilities and attacks. This is a fun and casual game you can play to pass the time.
Cat Warrior Girls
- Download Cost: Free
- In-App Cost: $2.99 – $79.99
- Size: 116MB
This is a straightforward idle hack-and-slash game that has you taking on the role of powerful cat girl warriors. You’ll start off the game in an area where you’re instantly fighting off enemies. Your character will automatically attack the enemies. Once you defeat all of the enemies, you’ll move onto another environment with stronger enemies.
In order to keep from being defeated, you’ll need to upgrade your character, and that’s what most of the gameplay revolves around. Along with upgrading your character’s attributes like attack, defense, etc, you’ll also upgrade your equipment. As you play, you’ll be keeping your character up in several ways. It’s more of a challenge of keeping your character in top shape.