Take one look at the App Store and Google Play storefront and you'll come across an overwhelming avalanche of mobile games that don't cost a single digital dollar to download. The hard part always comes when you have to discern the mobile games worthy of taking up space on your mobile device from the bottom-of-the-barrel titles that aren't worth your precious megabytes. Now it's worth keeping in mind that the best free mobile games we've come across are entirely free-to-play games, which means they're all free to download but feature in-game items that can be bought if you feel the need to do so. There's no need to drop any dollars in any of the games listed below if you just want to bask in the quality gameplay they put forth. These are our personal picks for the 28 best free mobile games you can access across iOS and Android-powered devices.
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