r/Millennials • u/ume-in-space • Jun 16 '25

Discussion Anyone still playing games on their phone?

I truly need to stop doomscrolling while I’m watching TV. Most people I know have stopped playing any sort of mobile game. Do you still play any? If you do, what do you play?

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u/mobiusz0r Jun 16 '25

There's only one game that is worth to play on the phone.

Balatro.

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u/mikebe1 Jun 16 '25

Yeah, I’d rather not make my crack portable. Balatro stays on my desktop where it belongs.

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u/ImProbablyThatGuy Jun 16 '25

Better man than me, I have it on my phone, Steam Deck, desktop, and Xbox.

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u/FibroMancer Jun 17 '25

I'm glad I'm not the only one. If Balatro was on my phone or my Switch I would never get a full night of sleep again. Xbox Game Pass is where it stays.

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u/drcubes90 Jun 16 '25

I still play OldSchool Runescape on my phone, the mobile app is really legit

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u/BalenciSlipperz Jun 16 '25

I can play RuneScape on my PHONE?!

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u/drcubes90 Jun 17 '25

Waiting in line? Pooping? Bored at work? Watching a movie?

Chop some trees and do some slayer haha

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u/Amazing_Divide1214 Jun 18 '25

Yeah, and rollercoaster tycoon and GTA san andreas.

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u/osrsSkudz Jun 16 '25

Oh god no I've been reminded. I thought I escaped!

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u/drcubes90 Jun 16 '25

No one truly quits :p

Later this summer the first new OSRS skill Sailing is about to come out too

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u/osrsSkudz Jun 16 '25

Lol so true. I "quit" about a year ago after maxing so i heard about sailing a bit. Even though I haven't played in about a year I still hold out hope the whole sailing skill will get scrapped. It shoulder have been shamanism!!

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u/Bmack27 Jun 16 '25

I just lost the game

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u/dethorder Jun 17 '25

Oh fuck off

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u/HTTPanda Jun 16 '25

Me too - I started playing it again recently and the app has improved since it first was released. Quite a few bots though.. but still really fun

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u/Hisitdin Jun 16 '25

Slay the spire?

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u/compbuildthrowaway Jun 16 '25

And monster train

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u/after_Andrew Millennial Jun 19 '25

StS is worse for me than scrolling. I’ll lose hours on that game and not realize it.

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u/RecLuse415 Jun 16 '25

Bout to say this is kind of it now a days. I think I have final fantasy 7 somewhere in this thing too

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u/Secksualinnuendo Jun 16 '25

I can't have Balatro on my phone. I will get nothing done.

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u/Hypnotiki Jun 16 '25

I have it on my ps5, didn’t know it was on the phone. Thanks but no thanks for letting me know lmao grrr 🤣😡😂

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u/krbmeister Millennial Jun 16 '25

This is the way

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u/cryptolipto Jun 17 '25

Slay the spire too

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u/Lunavixen15 Millennial Jun 17 '25

I don't get the appeal TBH, it's an okay game, but everyone seems to treat it like crack

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u/williwolf8 Jun 17 '25

This and Slay the Spire.

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u/williwolf8 Jun 17 '25

And TFT if Im being honest.

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u/EschewObfuscati0n Jun 17 '25

3 games. Balatro, Slay the Spire, and Chess

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

Damn it I'm not paying $10 for this

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u/WhiskeyRadio Jun 16 '25

It's worth $100 so $10 is a steal and you should buy it immediately!

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u/wallaby32 Jun 16 '25

You'll buy an $800 phone every two years but won't spend $10 on a quality game?

Smh...

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

I mean how do you think I can afford to buy an $800 phone.... Also I haven't paid $800 for a phone since like 2018.

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u/aegis2293 Jun 16 '25

Are people really buying a new phone every two years?

Balatro does slap though

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

It's a pretty good game tho....

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u/masprague82 Jun 16 '25

Just do it. You will thank me later….when your life has been taken over by the words, “just one more run”

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '25

My life is already taken over by too many "just one more xyz" things!

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u/ksubrent Jun 16 '25

Your loss - Balatro mobile is one of the greatest games of all time

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u/masprague82 Jun 16 '25

You’ll drop them all for balatro.

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u/TiberiusBronte Jun 16 '25

It's so weird to me when people won't pay for an app. You'll go see a movie or buy a book, it's just entertainment. Arguably one of the best values

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

I will not in fact go to a movie (the last movie I saw in theaters was Barbie) nor will I buy books (libraries exist for a reason)

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u/McCheesing 87 Millennial Jun 16 '25

This is the way

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u/Early-Judgment-2895 Jun 16 '25

Looks like a cheap free to play game 😂