1. Alto's Adventure, a surprisingly beautiful skiing game so you can hit the slopes without leaving your bed.
2. UNO! if you're a sucker for the classic card game but want to make it even more competitive.
3. Two Dots, a color-matching game with more than 2,600 levels that'll keep you and your fingers busy for awhile.
4. Plants vs. Zombies 1 and 2 to satisfy your inner urge to kill some zombies...with corn kernels and flaming walnuts.
5. Bloons Tower Defense, a classic strategy game for millennials who want to relive their mid-00s memories of playing this Flash game on their desktops. (Of course it's fun for all ages!)
6. Origame, a relaxing paper-folding game because it sounds easy enough but it'll actually give your brain quite the challenge.
7. 80 Days, a text-based strategy game so you can lose yourself in Phileas Fogg's journey around the world in 80 days.
8. It's Literally Just Mowing if you find the experience of mowing a lawn to be quite zen. The best part: you won't actually get sweaty and dirty while mowing these virtual lawns.
9. Charm King, a match-three puzzle game that'll let you lose yourself in the magical storyline.
10. The Sims Mobile for fans of the PC version but who don't want to wait ages for their machine to boot up.
11. A Street Cat's Tale, an open-ended survival game because this is your chance to live out your fantasy of being a cat.
12. Or, Last Day on Earth: Survival, a more intense survival game you'll have trouble putting down.
13. Love Nikki-Dress UP Queen so you can sit on your couch with unwashed hair and in dirty sweatpants (no judgment bc this is me rn) and dress your character in lavish outfits.
14. Disney Emoji Blitz if you eat, sleep, and breathe Disney. Now you can text with it, too!
15. Bricks n Balls, a deceptively engaging brick-breaking game that'll quickly replace iMessage as your most-used app.
16. The Room, a 3D mystery game to put your brain to work so you can escape ~the room~.
17. Stardew Valley, a simple and relaxing game for players who don't want to be asked to make tough in-game decisions. Your only to-dos are to farm, fish, forage, and earn money.
18. Homescapes, a match-three puzzle game because Austin the butler and his family need your help renovating their mansion.
19. Grim Fandango Remastered, a game you'll love not only for its challenging puzzles, but also for its beautiful artistic style.
20. Pocket World 3D so you can build something with your hands. Who cares if it's just miniatures on your phone.
21. BitLife, a simulation game if you're tired of always making the right decisions. Now you can play the game of life however you want!
22. Aquapark.io, a waterslide racing game that'll provide you with your daily adrenaline rush as you try to surge past your competitors and obstacles to slide into first place.
23. Woody Block Puzzle, a block puzzle game to make sure your brain isn't slacking.
24. Mario Kart Tour, a multiplayer game for fans of racing and all things Nintendo. I call dibs on Toad!
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"It's addicting AF and brings me back to my teenage days." —pandabear14
25. Mystic Messenger because I promise this isn't one of those games that you download and delete a day later. It takes place through an interactive messaging app, which is a format you've probably never tried before.
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"Still playing Mystic Messenger! Even after three years, it's still the most interesting storyline in a game and I'm still discovering new things! The developers still do events for character birthdays and holidays. The game is FREE and engaging and despite being 3 years old, the fandom is still out there, making content daily!" —zemt
26. SuperCity: My Town Life, a world-building game so you can spend your time crafting your perfect city instead of rearranging the fridge for the 50th time.
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"It's a fun and over the top!" —gverykoukis
27. Nonogram if you love number puzzle games.
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"My favorite game is Nonogram. You have to fill in squares of a grid based on the numbers that determine how many need to be filled in the rows and columns. There are three levels of difficulty, daily puzzles, and often they put out themed challenges based on the time of year. It keeps me entertained for hours." —folivora
28. Knighthood, an RPG that'll let you develop your own hero and test your skills against other players.
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"Knighthood is a free game that is also an editor pick from Google Play. It's super fun and addictive; you battle monsters, gain different maps, upgrade your hero, and sidekicks have different powers. Plus, there is a wide variety of new enemies, roaming monsters, or you can battle other players! It's kept me sane!" —isabelamogo
29. Covet Fashion to make up for the fact that you haven't changed out of your pajamas...and it's 5 p.m.
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"You complete fashion challenges and dress up models/dolls using real-life brands. It's super fun, though when you first start you need to be strategic about how you enter challenges so you don't run out of money. It's a great time-waster and creative outlet! I've been playing for five years." —bcadiza
30. The Elder Scrolls: Blades for fantasy fanatics. It's made by the same company that released Skyrim.
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"The Elder Scrolls: Blades for the Skyrim fans." —serenamarieh
31. Township because transforming your town into a bustling metropolis will keep you busy for many, many hours.
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"I'm obsessed." —sharpcallie06
32. Choices: Stories You Play, a decision-making game you'll love because updates are released weekly, meaning you'll never get bored with it.
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33. The Witch's Isle an adventure game so you can finally get immersed in something after running out of shows to stream. Your task is to lift the witch's curse by returning her stolen urn. Can you do it?
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"I could play nothing but The Witch's Isle for the rest of my days. Just the dreamy atmosphere alone make it worth it." —cheyennes6
34. Words with Friends if you're almost finished with the crosswords in your NYT crosswords book.
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"Words with Friends for some minor interaction with real people." —serenamarieh
35. Stranger Things: The Game, an action-adventure experience that'll fill the hole in your heart left behind after the ending of season three.
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"I've beaten the Stranger Things game like six times. Hours of gameplay, just the right amount of challenge, great soundtrack, great graphics, no bugs, no ads, no paywalls. You don't even need to be a fan of the show to enjoy it." —cheyennes6
36. I Love Hue, a beautiful puzzle game to help you de-stress before bed.
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"I Love Hue for the color-obsessed people." —serenamarieh
37. Puzzle Glow for gamers who get bored easily. This app is 16 games in one!
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"I love Puzzle Glow!! It has 16 games in one app with over 900 levels for some. You get Number Link (match each color), Tangram, Maze Run, Square Block, Rolling Paint, Escape (move blocks up or down to get one out), Untangle, Fill Line, Sliding Puzzle, Hexa Block, Touch and Connect, One Touch Puzzle, Colors (match each color gradient), All Light (connect light bulbs) Sudoku, Link, and Bridge." —jennies4783ed5b8
38. Bounzy, another brick-breaking game you'll play non-stop. This one has a magic theme, and your goal is to beat back the beasts that are invading.
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"Bounzy is fun!" —a4c37f031f
39. And, of course, Candy Crush Saga because it's a classic and you already probably downloaded it ages ago. Well, it's time to dust it off!
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"Candy Crush anything, duh." —serenamarieh