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Rageniry

WGSIB: the "fake" mobile games

Hello, might be a bit of an odd question, but you know all those gazillion fake game ads where you mow down hordes of zombies and pick up upgrades and stuff, are there any of those for real, particularly on console (PS5 or switch)? Looks like a pretty relaxing way to kill half an hour. However, every single one of those games that I have looked up doesn't have gameplay remotely related to what they show in the trailers. It always turns out it's just a copy and paste of the paytowin base builders.

Posted Mar 28, 2023, 7:54 AM UTC

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ctanderson12•

Vampire Survivors is the king of that genre in my opinion

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RageniryOP•

Out of all the suggestions in the thread that most closely matches what I'm looking for. Basically top down isometric game getting swarmed by enemies from all directions where you just mow em down. I have a bit of a hard time with pixel style graphics usually. A lot of these fake game ads use movie clips which looks pretty good. One example is some soldiers on a highway bridge and you can move through gates that either power you up (but also down, so you gotta think about what you pick up). Problem is it's hard to post an actual example because when you google the name of the game and gameplay footage you get footage of some paytowin basebuilder game and not the footage from the actual gameplay loop they're advertising on Reddit.

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burritoman88•

First time playing it didn’t click with me, second time (and understanding how powers worked) it clicked with me. Very fun time sink.

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Brimick•

I know OP specified consoles, but I'd keep an eye out on Soulstone Survivors as well. I checked it out during last fall's next fest and it brings a nice spin on the genre (kind of bridges the gap between Vampire Surivors and Diablo).

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deven25•

Survivor.io is fun and not obnoxious with ads on mobile

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DevL999•

Second this

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OsirusBrisbane•

Can't help you with those, but if you're looking for a game a bit like the ubiquitous fake ad of the hero who has a number and has to attack enemies whose number isn't much higher, Desktop Dungeons is surprisingly great.

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p4nda13•

World War Z: Aftermath? It’s a pretty good horde shooter

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ColorfulSlothX•

20 minutes till Dawn seems like that type of game.

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OutOfBootyExperience•

its not exactly the same, but i recommend trying out Nuclear Throne.

You get weapons/upgrades/mow down enemies, as well as unlockable characters and 'secrets' that add to gameplay.

If you enjoy that, Enter The Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac are basically more complex versions of that gameplay loop.

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Neilpoleon•

I second what other people have mentioned about 20 Minutes till Dawn and Vampire Survivors. I would also add Brotato to that list. Death Road to Canada is another good one to consider that is more true to the zombie theme. Another suggestion is within the game Arcade Paradise is an arcade game called Zombat 2 that is exactly what you are wanting.

If you are open to games that aren't isometric view, the Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead games are perfect for this feeling of mowing down endless hordes.

If you get a gaming computer then check out Project Zomboid, State of Decay, or 7 Days to Die.

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gridlock1024•

On mobile I play Heroes vs Hordes and it's fun and free (ads only if you want to revive, etc) On console sounds like you want a Dynasty Warriors type game....on PS5 you have Dragon Quest Heroes on the PS Plus service; on Switch you have Hyrule Heroes....

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Panopticon01•

Careful with some of those. Some of them have very serious FOMO monetization schemes.

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doorbell19•

Days gone even though it's not a fake mobile like game.. I finally found a fake vampire survivors ad pop up on my phone. No thank you I'll still with the real thing that is Vampire survivors.

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Vadurr•

I’ve seen one of these fake mobile game ads use footage straight from days gone before. Fun game if you haven’t played it (days gone, not the mobile game)

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novelgpa•

Survivor.io is basically Vampire Survivors. I played it for a few weeks and has fun with it but got tired of it

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DevL999•

I played survivor.io first and then heard about vampire survivors. I looked up VS because it was being talked about everywhere, when I eventually watched some gameplay I was like this is just survivor.io with more jazz.

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AureusBlueTTV•

Heroes vs Hordes is fun

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backtre•

Soul stone survivors

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