Want to pit yourself against the most dangerous animal, man? There’s a level of challenge only playing against another person gives. Or there’s the camaraderie found in cooperating with others across the world. Whether you’re out to play with or against other gamers, our best Android multiplayer games list details some of our favorite titles.
There’s action, there’s deduction, cards, and robot building. You’ll never be alone.
The Best Android Multiplayer Games
Here are our picks.
Minecraft
This one seems almost like cheating as it’s so well known, but if you’re looking for a way to have some sustained fun experiences with your buddies, then Minecraft multiplayer offers near endless options. If you’re a Java enjoyer, you can even use an app like Pojav to load your Java version on your Android device, and add mods… as long as you don’t mind putting your device through a trial by fire.
Gumslingers
Gumslingers is a battle royale unlike any other. It sees you taking on up to 63 opponents at a time in a vast gummy-on-gummy brawl to the death, shooting at a variety of wobbly, appetizing gummy characters until only two remain.
Instant restarts make Gumslingers a lot less exacting than most battle royales, though you still need to apply some aiming skills if you want to come out on top. Headshots count, even when the heads are made of gelatin.
The Past Within
Reach through time along with a friend through The Past Within, an adventure game that requires cooperative play. One player is in the past, the other in the future, and the mystery can only be solved with a view from both perspectives. Need someone else to play with? The game even has a Discord server where eager players can find their fellow time-travellers.
Shadow Fight Arena
Shadow Fight Arena is a fighting game from a more innocent time when timing was more important than memorizing a dozen different combinations of button presses and joystick waggles. It sees you going head-to-head with other players in matches that are accessible yet deep. It’s absolutely stunning, too, with detailed character art and a variety of gorgeously rendered backdrops. It would be better if it were a premium title, but you can’t have everything.
Goose Goose Duck
Fan of the phenomenon that is Among Us but feel like you’ve seen all that game has to offer? Well, Goose Goose Duck gives you all the fun of the spaceman deception game, with extra layers of complexity.. and chaos. As geese, you need to root out the malicious ducks among you, but it’s not that simple.
There are various classes within both the geese and the ducks, which give different skills, immunities, and objectives. You might even find some other avian species have managed to sneak in, too.
Sky: Children Of The Light
Want a multiplayer experience that’s a little unconventional, and not full of randos trying to pick a fight with you? Sky: Children Of The Light is an MMORPG unlike any other. With no usernames, no chat until you’ve levelled friendship with a player, and an emphasis on friendly behavior, this gorgeous game from the creators of Journey might be the most good-natured MMO around.
Brawlhalla
Brawlhalla is pretty much exactly what you’d imagine a free-to-play, cross-platform Smash Bros rival from Ubisoft would be like. This cartoony brawler features a ton of characters, with new ones entering the arena all the time via events.
There are over 20 game modes, including 1v1, 2v2, four-player free-for-all. 1v3, 4v4, and more. Plus, there are mini-games to dip into from time to time, such as Brawlball, Capture the Flag, Kung-Foot, and Bombsketball.
Bullet Echo
ZeptoLab used to be a one-trick pony, with only the Cut the Rope series to its name. We’re glad it branched out, as the studio has managed to get two marvelous multiplayer games into this roundup.
Bullet Echo is an ingenious and accessible top-down tactical shooter that looks at first glance like a multiplayer version of Hotline Miami. It’s so much deeper, with a gameplay mechanic that relies both on the field of vision provided by your flashlight and the sounds your enemies make as they stalk through adjacent corridors.
Old School Runescape
Relive your childhood, or experience a new RPG, they’re Old School Runescape. This accurate recreation of the Runescape of yesteryear might lack a little in graphical fidelity, but makes up for it in pure nostalgia and a ton of content to play with your friends.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
For many of us, Gwent was the best thing about The Witcher 3, and the urge to find new cards, enter tournaments, and take on ever more skilled players was a game in itself. Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is a real wishlist item – a minigame that became a standalone release, building on the original and allowing you bring your hard-won skills to bear against other human players. It’s cross-platform, too, so there are always plenty of opponents online.
Roblox
While it’s easy to dismiss at first glance as just some virtual lego, the Roblox platform gives you a ton of experiences to choose from, and a lot of features that make it really easy to play with friends. Private servers, mechanics that let you join friends immediately, and a crazy variety of games, from multiplayer FPS, to Squid Game clones, to survival horror, to a game where you sell organs in a sandwich shop.
If you aren’t someone easily swayed by microtransactions, then it’s well worth a go.
Vampire Survivors
We kind of love Vampire Survivors for a number of reasons… but its multiplayer functions are another reason to adore it. You can attach controllers and play on the same device if you want to, and even put it on a larger screen to feel like you’re back on the Super Nintendo.
Terraria
2D Minecraft anyone? This pixel art building and survival game is easy to get started with, and quickly balloons out until you’re fighting monsters that fill half the screen and digging down to new realms below the earth. It’s a slightly more closeknit vibe than Minecraft’s big servers though, with up to eight players locally or online.
Despite it being out over ten years, there are still regular content updates, it’s an extremely worthwhile purchase.
Want some best Android multiplayer games where the players are closer to home? Take a look at our best local multiplayer games for Android. We’ve tried not to repeat titles across the list, so you’ll find a whole new range there.
