Top 5 Android games with best graphics

Top 5 Games Android HD 

To get the most out of Android games with good graphics, you'll want a phone that tends to the high end, too. Flagship phones with big screens and good GPUs, such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 or the LG V30 are the best fits for gaming devices, but you'd be surprised by what smaller or older devices can be capable of.

I've also curated the list with an eye to variety - genres like RPGs or adventure games lend themselves more to mobile, but they aren't the only genres available in the top graphical range. These are my pick of games that boast brains as well as beauty

1 Dead Trigger 2

• Publisher: MADFINGER Games
• Genre: FPS
• Last updated: May 29, 2017
• Compatibility: Android 4.0.3 and up
• Price: Free (in-app purchases)

Fragging zombies might be a gaming cliche, but done right, it remains incredibly satisfying to shred the shuffling, moaning meatbags with heavy firepower. And Dead Trigger 2 does it right, and looks real nice doing it too. One of the most graphically impressive games available on Android, this FPS from Madfinger Games boasts hundreds of missions with a wide variety of weapons. 

Dead Trigger 2 may be an action shooter but it's not all about guns. There's a visceral satisfaction (or maybe it's my own vicious streak) in delivering beatdown on the undead with a hammer or slicing them up with a machete. Then there are more unconventional ways to bring the pain, such as with a boat motor or with...exploding chickens. Yes. 

Of course, there's a variety of enemies with different types of attacks and weaknesses to keep the player challenged, too. I was afraid that Dead Trigger 2, for all its good graphics, would be relatively mindless repetitive blasting, but fights are well-designed enough to keep me on my toes, unsure of whether the next zombies would try and bite, grab, or puke on me.

Dead Trigger 2 - Zombies FPS Survival Shooter Game

While I'm more of a lone wolf type, there's a well-supported multiplayer for those who want to frag a friend, and rather considerately, various control set ups including an intuitive touch target system and a virtual joystick which might suit veteran console gamers better. It supports gamepads too.

2 Galaxy Reavers

• Publisher: Good Games LLC. 
• Genre: RTS
• Version: 1.2.19
• Last updated: August 23, 2017
• Compatibility: Android 4.0 and up
• Price: Free (in-app purchases)

There isn't a huge amount of strategy games on offer on Android besides cartoony tower defense titles, but Galaxy Reavers managed to scratch my armchair commander itch by offering decent strategic and tactical gameplay wrapped in a nice shiny package of cool ships battling against an attractive space backdrop.

The battles themselves are between relatively small teams of ships, with an aesthetic that (no doubt intentionally) resembles the massively popular Eve Online. But Galaxy Reavers offers an engaging single player experience, as you upgrade your ships, capture enemy ships, and plan what kind of fleet to take into battle.

The battles are somewhat slow-paced (think deliberate capital ship combat, not starfighter dogfighting). Which is just as well, as part of the fun is zooming in and out of the battlefield to enjoy the view. But there's still scope for advanced tactics, for example, you can issue commands before battle starts to gain an advantageous position, or concentrate your fire on the rear end of enemy ships to destroy their engines, leaving them stranded and vulnerable.

In the late game, deployment of shields, superweapons and huge powerful units called Titans expand tactical possibilities, keep the game fresh beyond the basic "line 'em up and shoot 'em up" setup.

Galaxy Reavers - Starships RTS

3 Middle-Earth: Shadow of War

• Publisher: Warner Bros International Enterprises
• Genre: Action/RTS
• Version: 1.3.3.40900
• Last updated: October 19, 2017
• Compatibility: Android 4.4 and up
• Price: Free (in-app purchases)

Hack and slash fans will love against fantasy gaming's favorite fanged foes, the orcs, in the mobile version of Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. Released ahead of Monolith's AAA version, the free mobile game is a meaty offering all on its own. Essentially a strategy game with action RPG elements, you control heroes drawn from Shadow of War, its predecessor Shadow of Mordor, and the Lord of the Rings film trilogy in a series of small scale battles. As in the PC/console version, the game uses the Nemesis system to improve enemy tactics and Talion can enslave orcs and use them for the cause of good.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War's battles aren't terribly hands-on to begin with, which is just as well, as it gives the player more time to enjoy the spectacle, which renders the heroes and villains of Middle Earth in the distinctive cinematic style. The tactical challenge comes in choosing your team for battle, and deploying crucial abilities and summons when the time is right.

At higher levels, the player's timing and skillful deployment of these abilities becomes more critical, and further heroes and orcs are made available to keep things interesting. Heroes are also upgraded with various loot items and rewards, which can get overly finicky and immersion-breaking, but worth it you're a Middle Earth fan wanting to see your favorite characters kick orc butt.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is free on Google: Play of Store

4 Samorost 3

• Publisher: Amanita Design
• Genre: Adventure
• Version: 1.4.463
• Last updated: March 7, 2017
• Compatibility: Android 4.1 and up
• Price: $4.99

If you're not familiar with the Samorost series of games, the latest installment is a really good place to start and has utterly stunning visuals. Samorost charges you with completing puzzles and tasks in an immersive, ethereal-feeling world. This isn't your typical point-and-click adventure game, though.

Completing tasks in Samorost is almost secondary to exploring every inch of the gorgeous virtual world and drinking in the scenery. It's a pay-to-download one player game, you'll have plenty of time to amble along at your own speed. 

Part of the game's charm is that you often won't really know what you're doing, what you're supposed to be doing or what actually just happened. It might sound annoying, but trust me, it's more of a feeling of mystery than frustration.

The actual controls are simple, you just tap the screen where you want to go and investigate and your character will waddle his way over. You also have a magic trumpet thing that can be dragged onto the screen to interact with certain objects. It's not always entirely clear what has happened in these events though. 

If you want to wander around a gorgeous point-and-click puzzle game, then you could do a lot worse than Samorost 3. It's nice not to be bugged about in-game purchases or bombarded with ads, though it does mean you'll need to cough up $4.99 up front. 

Samorost 3

5 Micro Machines

• Publisher: Chillingo
• Genre: Racing
• Version: 1.0.5.0001
• Last updated: January 26, 2017
• Compatibility: Android 4.0.3 and up
• Price: Free (in-app purchases)

Micro Machines doesn't offer up the sort of ultra-realistic racing sim with detailed graphics that Real Racing 3 has been delivering for more than three years, but what it does do is offer a modern HD incarnation of a classic racing game that gamers of a certain age lost many hours of youth to. If you're old enough to remember the original console series in the mid-nineties, you'll get a nice pang of nostalgia to go along with your racing experience. 

It's very much a pick-up-and-play affair, with cars split into different classes and a system of car part unlocks and upgrades to add to your garage as you progress. There are a few different race modes too (Race and Elimination) and a Battle mode where the aim is just to destroy your opponents with your weapons. 

While it's free to download and play, and you're never pitted against racers a class or two above you, Micro Machines is an online-only game and you'll have to watch a few ads now and again if you want to boost your coins or points. It's not obligatory though. 

With 84 vehicles (at current count) across 12 levels of vehicle, there's certainly enough to work towards unlocking, particularly when you include the upgrades. That progression is pretty well balanced though, and you also get new tracks as you unlock new levels and various attendance bonuses for playing every day.

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