The best one-tap Android games

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Leap Day

There’s a new level each every day in Leap Day, and you can conquer it by tapping. Your character runs back and forth across the screen, turning around each time he runs into something like a Roomba. Tap to jump to climb higher. You also jump off walls and double jump by tapping again while in the air. Dangers abound as you climb higher, including enemy creatures, pointy spikes, and lasers. You can unlock checkpoints. With the fruit, you pick as you make your way through the level and also watch video ads. You can eliminate the ads and unlock all the checkpoints with a $4.37 in-app purchase.

Leap Day: Free ($4.37 in-app upgrade)

Line Breaker

Each tap in Line Breaker sends your spaceship careening toward a collision. With the line running down the center of your screen. It is a good thing sometimes. You score points by breaking through this line; your craft can smash not all parts. It’s best to have exact timing to break through the line without bouncing off or falling far behind. Some segments of the line also imbue you with temporary power-ups, and others blow you up. It’s all about when you tap. Break Line is free with a $1.99 in-app purchase to remove pop-up ads.

Line Breaker Free ($1.99 in-app upgrade)

Rooms of Doom

Every mad scientist needs minions; Rooms of Doom lets you put those minions to the test. With its simple one-tap gameplay. It’s an endless runner with much more variety than other games in the genre. The assortment of test chambers changes each time, and tapping does different things in them.
Tap in the Barrel Blast room tapping launches your minion from one barrel to the next. In the Boxing Brim, a tap reverses the direction of a treadmill so you avoid getting squished. The longer minion lives will unlock new minion rooms. It’s a free-to-play game with things to buy; you get lots of free stuff.

Rooms of Doom: Free ($0.99 in-app purchases)

Stretch Dungeon

The protagonist in Stretch Dungeon is falling through a seemingly endless dungeon. There are a lot of nasty things in there that could cause damage. As if falling through an infinite dungeon wasn’t bad enough. Luckily, you can stretch the walls and flex them inward by tapping the screen. Use this to bounce off the walls and vault over dangerous obstacles like spikes and spinning blades. The dungeon’s layout is different every time; there are four different zones. Stretch Dungeon is free with ads; get rid of them for $3.49.

Stretch Dungeon: Free ($3.49 in-app upgrade)

Super One More Jump

All you do in One More Jump is jump by tapping the screen. It’s not another endless runner. A happy little square avatar slides along the line in each level. Jump to collect pips to avoid the highlighted line segments, which cause instant death. Your character is attracted to the line closest. Even launch yourself on extensive, swooping paths around the end of a line to the line on the reverse side. This game is free with ads, a $2.49 in-app purchase removes ads.

Super One More Jump: Free ($2.49 in-app upgrade)

Stack

You can build a massive tower in Stack, a super-simple game that requires just a tap to play. Your tower starts with a single layer. New pieces will fly in from the sides of the screen one at a time. Tap stop the part over the base to stop it. You lose surface area hanging over if it’s not lined up perfectly. Get eight perfect ones in a row, and you’ll gain more surface area. Your tower gets narrower until you can’t time the movement. Game over. If you’re good, it only takes a few minutes to play. Stack is free with ads, a $1.86 in-app purchase removes the ads.

Stack: Free ($1.86 in-app upgrade)

Alto’s Adventure

There’s nothing like a nice, relaxing trip down the slopes as you leap over giant canyons to catch escaped llamas. Alto’s Adventure is more comfortable than the premise. As you head down the mountain, tap to jump, a long press to do a backflip in the air. Avoid many obstacles as you earn points by catching llamas and collecting coins. You’ll come on various power-ups and characters; some are pretty hostile. Alto’s Adventure is free with ads, with a $3.99 in-app purchase to remove the ads.

Alto’s Adventure: Free ($3.99 in-app upgrade)

One More Line

One More Line is a fast-paced arcade game spins you around with a grappling hook. Tap and hold the screen to latch onto the nearest grapple point as you streak down an endless corridor. Make your release well; running into a wall or grapple point is game over. How far can you make it? That’s all there is to the game, it’s addictive, and the colors are fun. It’s free with ads, or you can pay $1.45 to remove them forever.

One More Line: Free ($1.45 in-app upgrade)

BADLAND

The second Badland game is a bit of a disappointment. It’s by HypeHype Inc. and is crawling with in-app purchases. The original game was an excellent single-button experience. Your goal in Badland is to guide a swarm of fluffy bird things. Each level is filled with lasers, spinning saw blades, and other perils. You do this by tapping anywhere on the screen. Each tap makes the bird-things flap their wings. Maneuvering through the levels is surprisingly tricky, but the controls are simple. The first few levels are free; it’s $3.99 to unlock the rest.

BADLAND BRAWL: Free ($3.99 in-app upgrade)

Gravity can be your best friend in Gravity Galaxy, or it can be your worst nightmare. It depends on your tap to launch your ship. Your craft begins on a rotating planetoid; you have to make it to the blue-green planet to pass each level. You’ll have to use the gravity rotation of nearby planets to get you there. It has a cool low-poly look. You play it for free; some lives wait for a recharge. A $0.99 in-app purchase removes all the ads.