r/iosgaming 6d ago

Suggestions That only one game you can play everyday for next 2 years.

Pretty much what title says -

If you can only choose one, what game you see yourself keep playing almost everyday for the next 2-3 years?

For me in the past two years is Hornor of Kings, before that is clash royale. and I am looking for something new/different now.

I get overwhelmed by having many games simultaneously and learning/remembering mechanisms of each. So at anytime there is only one game on my phone but I spend time on it everyday.

What would you recommend?

Thank you.

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u/JaredHere 6d ago

Respectfully, but do you really think everyone should know what a ‘hok’ is? I googled it, no big problem, but why not make the post convenient in the first place. So, my guess is that hok = Honor of Kings, is it right?

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u/Chaoppa 6d ago

Yes it is. Edited my post. Thank you for pointing that out.

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u/silentAl1 6d ago

Xcom2 or Total War Empire. I have been plying them way longer than 2 years at this point.

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u/HBCDresdenEsquire 6d ago

Old School RuneScape.

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u/Tyd1re 6d ago

It’s this or Darkest Dungeon/BG3 for me.

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u/Ready_Side492 2d ago

What is BG3?

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u/Tyd1re 2d ago

Baldurs Gate 3

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u/cmykero 6d ago

Came here to say to say this

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u/Common_Jellyfish6684 6d ago

Wild Rift, I’ve been playing since S1, I just hit Challenger last season so I take a break.

Delta Force, same, since S1 best shooter by far

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u/Common_Jellyfish6684 6d ago

Try Astro Arena is like Brawl Stars + MOBA

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u/chambee 6d ago

I don’t see that in the store. Is it region lock?

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u/Common_Jellyfish6684 5d ago

India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Mexico, Brasil, USA.

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u/Idletime9001 6d ago

Can’t believe nobody has said Slay the Spire yet

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u/HostileFire 5d ago

I love Slay the Spire and I’ve played a lot of it but I would want a multiplayer game if I was going to stick to one game for a year or more.

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u/Profusely248 5d ago

Slaythespire 2 has multiplayer 

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u/Toze29 6d ago

Finally someone said it.

Thank you!

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u/PawnKingBishop 6d ago

Chess

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u/bardmusiclive 5d ago

The one true answer

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u/shoalmuse 6d ago

Slice and Dice

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u/shatland 6d ago

balatro. i HAVE played other games in the past two years but for the most part its been balatro and i keep coming back to it

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u/ShiftChemical6494 6d ago

Brawl Stars

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u/LancelotLac 6d ago

If it had a Switch or controller version I would be so happy for way more than 3 years, its my daily

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u/Rezorblade 6d ago

Marvel Snap, got to ultimate every month without spending a cent

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u/HovaPrime 5d ago

Honestly surprised no one has said this yet but Pokemon Champions. I literally haven’t opened clash royale again since getting Pokemon Champions on my phone. It scratches that competitive itch and has so much depth in its PVP due to years and years of refinement before it got ported to mobile.

And the best part is this game is cross play, so the playerbase is huge. I’ve been playing since the first week the game came out for iOS and haven’t found a reason to stop yet.

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u/randomquestion11111 4d ago

Ngl it gets kinda boring because there is literally nothing do to in that game but battle

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u/HovaPrime 4d ago

PvP battling is the whole point though. Kind of like how Clash Royale is mainly just PvP battling or Hearthstone is just building decks and battling, Pokemon Champions is literally just building different teams and grinding ranked ladder. I wouldn’t treat this like a real Pokémon game with story and exploration but more of a competitive game you can play on the go.

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u/LucidNytemare 6d ago

Warframe

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u/Calem1236 5d ago

Breath of the wild

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u/psj3809 6d ago

Manic (Multi system/console emulator)

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u/hopmah208 3d ago

what about a game.. not a emu or a console?

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u/psj3809 3d ago

Retro bowl. I play that a ton. In season 250 at the moment. Very addictive for fans of American football

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u/TheOfficeoholic 5d ago

Marvel Snap is my go to

I used to love Clash Royal

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u/jtaulbee 5d ago

If I was going to play one game for 2 years, I'd need something with a ton of variety and a lot of depth to keep it interesting. I think the best answer is Dawncaster: it has an incredible amount of high quality content. Every class has a completely different play style from the others, as well as a ton of viable build paths within each class. There are different paths you can take through the levels, and each level has its own unique challenges for different play styles. There are challenge modes that add additional replayability on top of the base game. Overall a 10/10 game with 11/10 replayability.

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u/UnaSimpleCopa 5d ago

League of legends? Lo llevo jugando hace 15 años. Simplemente no puedo dejarlo

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u/hopmah208 3d ago

lo mismo me pasa con dota 2 xd

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u/StonerStashSkies 6d ago

Airline Manager 2026

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u/chambee 6d ago

Wildrift.

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u/herolt 5d ago

Osrs without a doubt the only game you can play that long and still have content

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u/Dante897 5d ago

Idle Obelisk Miner fits this description.

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u/Sadd-Clownn 4d ago

I uninstalled after seeing how many in game purchases there were

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u/Dante897 4d ago

Yeah there are quite a lot and you can "unlock" more if you buy some. Thing is they are optional and not mandatory to have fun. That aside, if you play this game for a long time, I started in April for example, it's not crazy to throw 10-20 bucks at it.

The in-app purchases are very enticing so if you're prone to spending, maybe stay clear.

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u/Sadd-Clownn 4d ago

Thank you for the detailed response 🙏 yeah i am a spender 🥲 But the games looks very addictive and fun enjoy

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u/could_be_doing_stuff 5d ago

I haven't checked my stats, but I'm pretty sure my most-played game over the years is Good Sudoku. There are thousands of puzzles at each level of difficulty, a few different play modes, and the interface is so, so clean. You'd have to play dozens of puzzles to get through them all in two years, and at that point you could just start over from the beginning or switch to a different difficulty or mode.

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u/Stickman25 5d ago

I'll second that, Good Sudoku is my daily driver too. As someone who's typically on the fence for puzzle games and had no interest in Sudoku before, it's really stood the test of time on my phone and gets fired up almost every day.

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u/SneakySamInc 5d ago

For me it would be either Balatro or Diablo Immortal. I’ve never heard of Honor of Kings, but now I’m tempted to try it! lol

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u/Difficult-Leek9001 5d ago

Advance Wars is my desert island game. Infinitely playable via skirmish mode. 

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u/Edge_of_the_Wall 5d ago

Bloons Tower Defense 6

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u/ascagnel____ 4d ago

Hitman or Balatro

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u/unstablefan 4d ago

On mobile? Civ VI.

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u/yungkennymase 6d ago

Balatro or 9 kings

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u/kyronami 6d ago

backpack brawl I guess as far as my favorite current game that i play daily

However if I was gonna do ONE single game for 2 years I guess it would just be minecraft or something because theres so many mods/addons you can get to make the game different enough to not get boring

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u/FriggenMitch 6d ago

NecroMerger

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u/saminskip 6d ago

Price of Glory

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u/Top-Cauliflower8878 6d ago

I played Dungeon Boss for 9 years then Netflix released the Dungeon Boss:Respawned then closed it last December. Started Heroes & Dragons: Tactical RPG ever since which is a lot of fun

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u/Creative_Turn_3172 6d ago

Rocket league

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u/Martsaprilmay23 6d ago

Clash of clans

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u/Sea_Bus_2762 5d ago

I’ve got slay the spire on my phone i don’t need anything else

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u/0kills 5d ago

Moba: Mobile legends, been playing it for more than a decade now.

Single Player: I'll probably go for Death Stranding or any Baldur's gate game.

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u/kodoku21 5d ago

Why one game? Pixel odyssey and necromerger

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u/kraugg 5d ago

Necromerger

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u/PlumAdept8053 5d ago

Call of Duty Mobile

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u/skitch0001 iPhone 15 Pro Max 5d ago

I'm on ColorSweeper. Became my de facto puzzle game that I instinctively open.

Other mentions:
Warframe - Great controls, lots of content still to unlock.
Fantasy Life i - My latest premium. Cross save and actual value for money on mobile compared to other platforms.
Rogue Hearts - Just an easy rogue-like dungeon crawler with good controls. (Free version)

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u/atifafsar 5d ago

Subterfuge

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u/SandwichesX 5d ago

XCOM 2 since 2021 iirc

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u/UnaSimpleCopa 5d ago

League of legends? Lo llevo jugando hace 15 años. Simplemente no puedo dejarlo

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u/natural_mess 5d ago

Balatro for me. Good to pass the time and I like to see how far in a run I can get.

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u/anginsepoi 5d ago

It should be multiplayer, competitive & card games: Once upon a Galaxy.

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u/FennelAnxious5675 5d ago

Slay the Spire would be my choice. You only need to learn one core set of rules, but the different characters, card combinations, relics, Ascension levels, and Daily Climb give it enough depth to last for years. It’s also single-player and doesn’t rely on constant limited-time events to keep you playing.

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u/hopmah208 3d ago

I'll say dofus, being playing it since I was 15 and I am 29 so yeah

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u/dannal13 6d ago

I guess I’m just basic - I have FF7, Chrono Trigger, and even Diablo Immortal and CoD mobile, but I toss dice in Craps Deluxe almost daily. Lol. I guess I’m a degenerate.

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u/SaeedKhani 6d ago

HayDay

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u/thesilkywitch 6d ago

Animal crossing pocket camp complete has like seven years of stuff before it rolls over again. I think 2029? Of course you have to be into cute crafting games.

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u/Low-Feedback-3403 5d ago

Flappy Bird

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u/Ok-Lengthiness4444 4d ago

Diablo 2. Playing since 2004.

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u/theGaido 4d ago

This isn't theoretical question for me, because as kid I didn't have much games.

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u/MoshiMaro 3d ago

Mini Metro

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u/Rushthejob 3d ago

melvor idle

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u/Dusksinner 2d ago

In terms of mobile games Orna gps rpg

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u/120Mins 6d ago

It’s not out yet but Gears of War E Day would be my pick!

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u/cwagdev 6d ago

They’re doing a mobile version?

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u/captainnoyaux Developer 6d ago

I don't play much on mobile so I'd go with the solitaire I made that is extra hard like chess. I play that sh!t every day already

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u/matteomvsn iPhone 16e 5d ago

Duolingo

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u/smuzzu 6d ago

Elden ring

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u/Firmteacher 6d ago

While same, I just hit 500 hours, this is a iOS gaming subreddit.

If only ER was on mobile 🥲

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u/LeMeIsSleepy 6d ago

The same game everyday for 2 years seems like an addiction……