http://gamejolt.com/games/arcade/video-game-the-game/39816/ 

It's basically just status bars and numbers:
https://swarmsim.github.io

Oddly, it has a devoted fanbase for whom it is Serious Business (TM): there are some very involved and math-y discussions regarding optimal strategies, eg. http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/30furo/formula_a_proposed_tierup_rule/, http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/2xkksf/faq_please_read_this_before_posting/, http://www.reddit.com/r/swarmsim/comments/2zz7pe/clone_vs_rush_vs_swarp_comparison_with_numbers/, etc. 

i hope bugs get you. :( :( :( 

multiplayer game where you can eat smaller blobs to get bigger, then eat the other players.

http://agar.io/ 

http://gridland.doublespeakgames.com/ 

http://david-peter.de/cube-composer/ 

So cool thanks! 

between swarmsim and gridland, i barely get anything done anymore. i hate you all. 

 

help me 

https://archive.org/details/internetarcade?&sort=-downloads&page=3 

Dunno if this has been mentioned? I was watching the burd play it recently and it looks absolutely lovely as a mobile game, great use of simple graphics and engaging (if easy?) puzzle gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me4ymG_vnOE 

Yeah that's an awesome game, good for non-gamers as well, my mom loved it. 

My wife and I both loved it. Non stressful gameplay, fun graphical style, not too annoying puzzles... 

Agar.io is now available for iPhone, wooooooo 

Bought it, played it. Not enough exploration of mechanics for me. My daughter liked it for a while. 

And it's sucked me back in now. Even my grim Quaker soul can find the charm in this. 

Nothing to contribute :( but I'm burning out on all my current mobile stuff and hoping someone has a recommendation 

Angry Birds 2. Seriously, it's a solid time filler! 

It feels like they sacrificed the gameplay somewhat. Like I dumped on it in the other thread - the debris disintegrates too fast when you knock stuff over so you can't cause much knock on collapse effects.

Ultimately it left the game a bit too shallow to hold my attention - which is a shame because I enjoyed the earlier ones a lot. Especially Star Wars and Space with the addition of the gravity mechanics.

The immediacy and feedback is very well done in this version though, the picture in picture of the birds and pigs is great and the stuff flying out of the screen is a nice touch.

Maybe I'll give it another go, but the change seems to be one of ideology - you hit the thing or you don't, without any of the 'you hit the thing in just the right spot so collapses onto the other thing.

That's still there, but much less. 

Fallout Shelter - decent builder (disclaimer, we did it)
Lumosity - Interesting non-game about mind training
Out There - Frustrating interactive fiction with a bad interface... but worth a look
Tap Titans - generic clicker, but better production values than most and some neat ideas thrown in 

Candy Box 2.

http://candybox2.net/

Not sure how I missed this one back in the day (but still played A Dark Room). But I can confirm that it is the pinnacle of games design and all other games are mere vague shadows of its greatness.

Quake is off to one side a bit. 

but Hoplite is very very good for a million reasons. Simple and streamlined but fun and continues to be fun for quite a while, for me anyway.

Just got Legend of Grimrock for my phone too, that is quite enjoyabe.

I also got Operation Dracula which is a bullet hell style shoot em up. It's pretty rad but was overpriced - was the same $ as LOG!

I've been thinking about getting Fallout Shelter for a while now! Will definitely check it out now. 

Yes, it's awesome. Really hope he continues making games. I ended up unlocking most of the achievements but eventually gave up on the most complex ones.

LoG... I played it on PC and finished it... not sure I'd play it again. Does the mobile version bring new content or is it a port?

Fallout Shelter is free, which is a good price. It's a nice enough time sink for a while but may b overly casual mobile depending on your tastes.