I’m putting together a list of current and previous addictive games for mobile (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Nokia…), desktop, console or other devices.
What I mean by addictive is games that keep pulling the player back, games that keep players up for hours. Here is a quick list to start off with (I’m not including version or edition to keep things simpler):
- Zynga Poker
- A Monster Ate My Homework
- Angry Birds
- Bejeweled
- Plants vs Zombies
- Call of Duty
- Halo
- Myst
- Pacman
Why am I putting together this list? First of all, I want to identify the ingredients of successful and addictive games. I’d also like to find out what people are interested in and why? And hopefully this would be a place where other game developers can find inspirations to create more addictive games.
Please add to the comments of games that you feel are truely addictive (max one self-promotion allowed if you think your game qualifies as addictive to other people). Thanks!
3 replies on “Addictive Games”
City Story
It’s Super addictive!
Angry birds beckons from my dad’s iPad all the way in Toronto…I seem to think that I can beat the last high score one module at a time…
And the pseudo realistic physics is compelling…
Not to mention the cute factor…
I like Zynga games, they are quite addicting.