Ask HN: What games do you religiously play on your phone browser?

11 pointsposted 12 hours ago
by saimiam

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24 Comments

hulitu

28 minutes ago

None. The Phone's browser is unsuitable for games and I am not masochistic.

perilunar

5 hours ago

Since you're already on the NYT site/app, try Pips, Tiles, and Sodoku.

saimiam

18 minutes ago

I tried Pips and play Sudoku already. Tiles is pretty rudimentary as a game, as far as I can tell.

Of these, I think Pips is probably something I should try more seriously.

spottedmarley

8 hours ago

I used to play 247 Hearts a lot but then I built a better version for myself.

https://spottedmarley.com/hearts

The opponents are not AI powered but claude wrote some much better procedural opponent game rules and strategies so its much more challenging than 247 hearts.

tkdb

12 hours ago

It's been a bit since I've done anything other than Wordle.

Really Bad Chess was a daily driver for me. I loved the chaos, which strangely collapsed to recognizable patterns and strategies based on difficulty and board layout.

Oh, you said phone browser. Are you against native apps?

2048 is fun - you can probably find a browser version of that.

saimiam

11 hours ago

I don’t like installing apps but that’s a personal peeve. 2048 is a good one. Thank you.

Chess gives me anxiety - like I’m supposed to play to win and not just enjoy the game, unlike, say, Sudoku where getting stuck or filling the grid wrongly doesn’t seem as life or death.

tkdb

11 hours ago

Well...people who like chess who I've showed Really Bad Chess to really don't like Really Bad Chess. Maybe the flip side is true?

You may find the same anxiety as in real Chess but for me RBC is just a fun, soft brained exercise.

Kurd

8 hours ago

I play a lot of chess on lichess.org No login required and the matching system is very decent.

mc3301

10 hours ago

uncrossy. About twice a week I go and do the last few days of puzzles. Ever since I first saw it released here on HN.

PaulHoule

12 hours ago

My favorite mobile game of all time is Arknights, although it isn't a browser game.

saimiam

11 hours ago

Not a fan of installing apps. Personal peeve.

At a high level, why do you like Arknights?

ThrowawayTestr

9 hours ago

That game where you sort the vials with different colored water in them. I'm on level 1473. Part of a collection called Offline Games

kazinator

9 hours ago

That dinosaur hopping over cactuses thing in Chrome when the network is down. I saw a vid of Vlad Putin doing it and I want to emulate the dude.