Modern mobile games are an absolute joke. Sure there’s some gems, but a vast vast majority even from the “big” names are just junk. Eg the official Tetris requires a monthly subscription to not have ads between EVERY game, other big names only let you play a single level then the rest cost money for each and every additional level, etc etc.
Our “phones” are now more powerful than gaming PCs from not that long ago, and could easily play plenty of proper PC and console games from a few generations back, and yet the mobile gaming industry is basically just a lucky dip buried in a landfill.
Mobile games are indeed 90% crap cash grabs and dark patterns. But given the absolutely immense amount of mobile games available today, those 10 remaining percent still contains an insane amount of good games.
Our “phones” are now more powerful than gaming PCs from not that long ago, and could easily play plenty of proper PC and console games from a few generations back, and yet the mobile gaming industry is basically just a lucky dip buried in a landfill.