Apps for Tweens

Following Apps for Preschool Kids and Apps for 5–7 Year Olds here are some apps for tweens play-tested and enjoyed by a 9 year old boy and 11 year old girl. These are apps that can be set up so there are no ads, and in-app purchases are not necessary to play. As before will list app publishers as they often have more than one good app. Many of these games are also fun for adults…

1. Stampede Games (stampedegames.net)
   Most played: .projekt and Evo Explores
2. DragonBox (dragonbox.com)
   Most played: Algebra 12+. These guys were also on the last two lists for younger kids, they do great educational apps.
3. Open Source Games
   A few games don’t have fancy websites, they are open source and available on Google Play, but also via F-Droid. In the screenshot above these are Anuto TD, Lexica, and TowerJumper. There’s a list with more good games available on F-Droid on Tinfoil My Life, these are great for completely avoiding ads and in-app purchases.
4. Pine Studio (pinestudio.com)
   Most played: Cats in Time
5. Mediocre (www.mediocre.se)
   Most played: PinOut, Does not Commute, Smash Hit
6. Comic Express Team
   Most played: Cosmic Express
7. Dan Vogt
   Most played: Data Wing (Android & iOS)
8. JimJum Studios (www.jimjum.io)
   Most played: Froglike
9. AFTERBURN (afterburn.games)
   Most played: inbento
10. lichess (lichess.org)
    Most played: lichess
11. State of Play (www.stateofplaygames.com)
    Most played: Lumino City
12. Cornfox & Brothers (www.cornfox.com)
    Most played: Oceanhorn
13. Mobge (mobge.net)
    Most played: Oddmar
14. hamster on coke games (www.hamsteroncoke.com)
    Most played: OXXO, Scalak, Zenge
15. Aurélien Gâteau (agateau.com)
    Most played: Pixel Wheels
16. Nintendo (www.nintendo.com)
    Most played: Pocket Camp, Pokémon GO. Pokémon GO is a nice one for getting out and exploring, finding where things are on a map… can get a bit addictive, but the addiction does fade. Eventually.
17. Midjiwan (midjiwan.com)
    Most played: The Battle of Polytopia
18. Tommy Søreide Kjær (www.tommysoereide.com)
    Most played: Psychofunk
19. thatgamecompany (thatgamecompany.com)
    Most played: Sky
20. Henry Gosuen (gosuen.co)
    Most played: the trip

Also worth checking out Stavros’ No-Bullshit Games as a way to find “good, non-annoying, enjoyable games”.