Action
26 reviews
Seventeen shooters, brawlers and runners, and one recurring problem: the handset. Free Fire and PUBG Mobile want a full evening and a stable connection. Brawl Stars wants three minutes. Shadow Fight 2 asks for neither and still runs on phones the others stutter on. Call of Duty Mobile, Among Us and Stumble Guys fill in the middle. A mid-range phone under load, the true length of a match, the minute the shop starts interrupting: that is what these pages are for.
Verdicts at a glance
- Fortnite 530,660 ratings put Fortnite at 4.6, which reads as very well liked for an action game.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas A well liked action game on the numbers: 4.5 stars from 1,028,681 ratings and 5 million+ installs.
- PUBG MOBILE 8.5/10 The most complete mobile battle royale available, held back by persistent cheating issues and relentless cosmetic upsells.
- Free Fire: 9th Anniversary 9.0/10 The most accessible battle royale for mid-range and budget Android devices, with match pacing that other titles should study, undercut by monetization designed to make you spend more than you plan to.
- Call of Duty®: Mobile 6.8/10 A technically impressive mobile shooter let down by relentless monetization pressure and an increasingly chaotic UI.
- Brawl Stars 8.0/10 A creative, mode-rich arena game that's more fun than its messy matchmaking suggests, but expect a rough climb through the mid-tier brackets.
- Among Us 6.5/10 A clever social deduction game that shines with the right group and becomes a frustrating lottery in random public lobbies.
- Free Fire MAX 8.3/10 A lighter, more accessible battle royale that fits short mobile sessions well, but the pay-to-win character ability system is a real problem for anyone playing seriously.
- Super Mario Run A well-made, simple Mario runner, but the free-then-pay structure likely explains a rating split that is wider than its fame would suggest.
- Shadow Fight 2 9.4/10 Shadow Fight 2 is one of the best mobile fighting games ever made, but its energy economy was designed for a different era and remains its most persistent problem.
- Temple Run 2: Endless Escape 7.0/10 The genre-defining endless runner that still plays cleanly, even if it no longer pushes any boundaries.
- Stumble Guys 7.5/10 A genuinely fun mobile party game held back slightly by an increasingly pushy monetization layer, but still one of the better free multiplayer options on Android.