30+ Best Android Games of the Month [January 2018]

Joe Fedewa
7 years ago

Hundreds of great games arrive in the Play Store each month. Some are from big-name gaming studios, others are from small indie developers. It can be hard to keep up with them all. Here is our list of some of the best games to launch in the last month. Check it out and you may just find your new favorite game.

New Android Games

Alpha-Beta

Alpha-Beta is a new addictive game from 111%. Defeat the terrifying enemies with the Alphabet swarm. Create your own swarm with powerful heroes. Collect all alphabets in the dictionary and meet a special character. Rescue the alphabet in the jail, you can lead the larger swarm.

Big Shot Boxing

Big Shot Boxing gives you the opportunity to live out the career of a professional boxer from their debut to retirement. Choose how to train your fighter and manage their progression up the ranks. Will you build up skills and experience fighting journeymen or will you race up the ranks to challenge for the title?

Dancing Ball 2

Make the ball jump with the rhythm from tile to tile and try to go as far as you can in this fun and addictive music game. Simply drag left and right on your screen to guide the ball through the path.

Hidden Folks

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles. A strip of targets shows you what to look for. Tap a target for a hint, and find enough to unlock the next area.

Lintrix

Lintrix is a challenging action puzzle. Explore a wonderful new world of Lintrix and reason the cause of your existence. Crystals of light will help you on your tortuous path. Defend yourself by creating barriers, reveal new tactics to achieve better results, use diverse crystal powers and hold the line against increasingly powerful foes.

MechCom 3

MechCom 3 is a real-time strategy game. Set up new bases, collect resources and design your own mechs to crush the enemy. The game keeps everything you like in the previous installments while adding new mechanics and improvements.

Monkey Swag

Go with Monkey Swag on a unique journey and discover the untold riches of pirate captain Long John Silverback. Come across dark caves, active volcanoes and temples of lost civilizations. But don’t forget to collect the mysterious fog island material to get your ship, the Flying Banana, back on the water.

Pukk

Pukk is a treasure hunter in search for gold way up north in Sweden. This ice cool and unique runner lets you smash your way through challenging levels looking super swag or utterly ridiculous. But it doesn’t matter how you look, the lovesick polar bear will still chase you till the end of time.

Reigns: Her Majesty

A cultural renaissance has bestowed the world with a new era of knowledge and enlightenment but greed and jealousy still conspire against the benevolent queen. Outwit and outlast those that would seek to depose you and your husband by swiping left or right, making just (or unjust) decisions on all manner of royal matters.

Shootout on Cash Island

Bobby from Team HOT GUNS has a job to locate and secure the legendary Money Tree, but he’s not the only one looking for it. Use guns, helmets, grenades and jetpacks to find and collect the map pieces placed in the empty jam jars around the island.

Slam Dunk King

Show your skills with trick dunks and smooth moves, harness unique mascot powerups, earn those coins and improve your rank! Master and chain together over a dozen tricks to prove you are the best and become the King.

Streets of Rage Classic

Arm yourself with knives, bottles, and drainpipes and battle through eight thug-infested urban environments to bring order to the city. Relentless, explosive, and addictive as hell. Streets of Rage is one of the most iconic beat-em-ups.

Ticket to Earth

The mining boom has left New Providence to die and just one Earth-bound ship remains. Forced to fight to protect everything she loves, orphaned Rose stands between bloodthirsty marauders and a corrupt government.

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Best of the Best

The Google Play Store has hundreds of thousands of great games to choose from. This list only scratches the surface. We’ve published numerous lists to highlight some of our favorites. Check out the lists below to explore even more!