The Google Play and the App Store online stores are teeming with mobile games: variations on the theme of PC games, official ports, fakes and various other mobile only games. There are also classic first-person shooters with a plot, online battles or the games with battle royal mode. We have collected the 8 best, in our opinion, mobile games that will brighten up your leisure time and help you have fun if you don’t have a PC or console at hand. Naturally, this top is not perfect, and there are many more than eight solid mobile games in the world, so if your pick of the best mobile games in 2020 is not on the list, then write the name of it in the comments below.
Modern Strike Online
Kicking off my list of 7 best mobile games in 2020 – Modern Strike Online is an original mix of Warface, Call of Duty, Rainbow Six Siege and CS: GO. Gamers have access to 8 network modes, where they are allowed to play alone or in a company. There are clans, a large arsenal of weapons and convenient, customizable controls.
Modern Strike Online has nice modern graphics. At the same time, the game is not demanding on smartphones, so it can be launched on budget models without any problems even at medium settings.
>> Official Azure Games Modern Strike site
World War Heroes
The mobile World War Heroes shooter resembles the Battlefield series, early Medal of Honour and even Arma games. Players will fight for the parties in the conflict of World War II, use military equipment, participate in seven versatile modes, including realistic battles, plus an impressive arsenal of weapons is at your fingertips. World War Heroes pleases with nice graphics and at the same time easily runs on budget smartphones.
>> Official Azure Games World War Heroes site
Modern Combat 5
Modern Combat 5 is arguably the oldest shooter on this list. The game was released back in 2014, and the Gameloft studio was responsible for its development. Since then, an impressive fan base has gathered around the project, and even full-fledged e-sports tournaments are held.
Players will like Modern Combat 5 due to solid graphics, adequate (as for a shooter) plot of the Call of Duty level and hot online battles with many modes.
In addition to Android and iOS, Modern Combat 5 is out on PC and Nintendo Switch. However, on these two platforms it is called Modern Combat 5: Blackout.
>> Official Gameloft Modern Combat 5 site
Blackjack, roulette and other gambling games
In 2020, online gambling has become very popular; a special growth trend of this kind of entertainment has been noticed in the USA and Canada. Now everyone can play online casino USA for real money.
Gambling games (which you can find here – https://bgaoc.com/gambling) vary in complexity: some of them you can play almost immediately (such as roulette, slot machines), while others you need to first learn and practice ( poker, Caribbean poker, backgammon, blackjack etc.).
The main advantage of online gambling is that it can be played without downloading by simply opening the site. All games are available in two versions – real money and free. So, if you are a fan of card games or slot machines, you can always enjoy this entertainment with only a phone and the Internet at hand.
Shadowgun legends
Madfinger Games studio likes to copy popular shooters and transfer them to mobile phones. The first Shadowgun, released back in 2011, without a twinge of conscience adopted the design and mechanics of Gears of War. But in 2018, when Shadowgun Legends came out, and became a clone of Destiny, which means that the new product strongly resembles this very popular online shooter.
If you like such grind games with a large internal hub, bright graphics, PVE and PVP raids, lots of quests and plentiful events, then Shadowgun Legends is an excellent choice for you.
>> Official Shadowgun Legends site
Fortnite
Mobile Fortnite is doing well. Before us is a high-quality but demanding port from a PC that offers the same as the regular version. And if you have a top-end smartphone, then the graphics will be almost the same as on PC and consoles. Fortnite however is not suitable for budget models of phones as its processor and memory demands are too great.
>> Official Epic Games Fortnite site
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PUBG MOBILE
PUBG MOBILE is perhaps the most popular mobile shooter in this top. Now the game has more than 100 million registered gamers, and the daily online exceeds a couple of tens of millions.
PUBG MOBILE is an almost perfect copy of its version on PC and consoles. However, mobile Battle Royale is very picky about smartphones, so you can play on a budget phones only at low settings and with periodic freezes. However if you are at least an iPhone 7 owner – you will be able to play this game without troubles.
Hope you enjoyed my roundup of the 7 best mobile games in 2020, leave your thoughts in the comments.
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