Best Offline RPG Games for Android, Action and Turn-Based

Eternium is the free action RPG to install, and Vampire’s Fall: Origins the free turn-based one. Andor’s Trail is the only game here that is free in every sense, with no adverts and nothing to buy at all. For one fair price and a long game, Exiled Kingdoms lets you play about 30 hours before deciding whether to pay.

Eight games below say in their own descriptions that they work without a connection. A further five rest on Google Play’s “Offline” tag, with no such words from the developer, and they are kept apart at the end. Google Play’s web pages do not state a download size, so check the listing on your own phone before you download on mobile data.

Action RPGs that say they work offline

Eternium plays in the old point-and-click style: you tap to move and draw signs on the screen to cast spells. You play a Mage, a Warrior or a Bounty Hunter through four story worlds, then on into endless generated levels. Making Fun’s listing says the game can be played offline once the content download has finished, apart from a couple of online-only features, so open it on Wi-Fi first and let it finish. It is free with in-app purchases, Google Play shows no adverts flag on it, and the developer says more than nine in ten players never pay.

Exiled Kingdoms is a single-player action RPG seen from above, inspired, the developer says, by the classic role-playing games of past decades. You roam its world freely, and the dungeons come with traps and secret doors. The free version lets you play a Warrior or a Rogue for around 30 hours. One purchase unlocks the full game, which the developer puts at 120 hours or more, with no further payments and no adverts. The listing says internet access is requested only for Google Play Games, and that the game works fine if you refuse it. There is also a separate full version on Google Play at $5.99 in the US.

Grimvalor is more sword-fighting platformer than classic RPG, but you level a character and upgrade equipment as you go. The first act is free with adverts and, by the developer’s count, lasts an hour or two. A single purchase unlocks the other four acts. Direlight’s feature list includes offline play and calls it perfect for a commute. Saves sync between devices through Google Play when you are connected.

For something faster between quests, there are offline car racing games for Android and iPhone.

Turn-based RPGs with no internet

Vampire’s Fall: Origins is set in a dark 2D open world, where you play a vampire and decide whether to be feared or admired. There are three passive skill trees and 53 active abilities to build a character from. Early Morning Studio’s listing is as clear as anyone’s: the complete adventure works offline, and you go online only for fights against other players. It is free with ads and in-app purchases, and the expansion is included at no charge.

Andor’s Trail is an old-school fantasy RPG built by its community and released as open-source software. You search the world of Dhayavar for your brother Andor, across more than 600 maps and 84 quests. The listing says it plainly: no payment, no ads, no in-app purchases, and no internet access required. It also says the game runs on very old versions of Android. The catch, which the developers state themselves, is that the game is not finished yet.

Dungeon crawlers and loot hunts

Moonshades is a 3D crawler in the manner of the old grid-based games, where you move square by square through dungeons, fight in real time and solve puzzles. BaldrickSoft’s listing says it is playable without an internet connection.

Dungeon Ward has generated dungeons, dragons to fight and three classes: warrior, hunter and mage. The listing says it was designed to be played without internet, and it supports a Bluetooth controller.

Dungeon Quest, which Shiny Box calls a free-to-play offline action RPG, is a loot game: random gear, generated dungeons, four acts with a boss at the end of each, and floors that keep getting harder. You pick a Wizard, a Warrior or a Rogue. The listing also mentions Battle Arena leagues for competing with friends, which cannot happen without a connection.

All three are free with ads and in-app purchases.

Crashlands and four others tagged offline

None of these developers says offline in the description, so buy or install on the strength of Google Play’s tag alone, and try the game with your connection off before you depend on it. Prices are the US ones, and Google Play sets a local price in other countries.

Crashlands, the paid classic of the group, is $6.99 with no adverts and no in-app purchases. You are a space trucker stranded on an alien planet, crafting, fighting and building a base while you try to get your parcels back.

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, $9.99, is the Dungeons & Dragons classic from 2000, with both expansions. Beamdog says it is optimised for tablets and not recommended on screens under seven inches, so this is not one for a phone.

Evoland, $0.99, is an adventure that walks through the history of RPGs, starting in monochrome and ending in full 3D.

In Implosion: Never Lose Hope the first six missions are free and one purchase unlocks the rest. Read the warning on the listing first. Rayark says devices on Android 14 or above may have compatibility problems, and that includes any phone bought new recently.

Arcane Quest 3 is free with ads and in-app purchases, a dice-rolling tactical game in the style of a tabletop adventure. Its real-time multiplayer quests need a connection.

RPGs we cannot promise offline

We could not find Shadowrun Returns, Mage Gauntlet or Battleheart Legacy on Google Play. Inotia 4 is there, free with ads and in-app purchases, but neither the listing nor Google’s tags say it plays offline.

Square Enix sells remade versions of the early Final Fantasy games: the first costs $9.99 and Final Fantasy VI $14.99, and those two listings say nothing about offline play either way. Older handheld RPGs are also on consoles, among the PSP games PlayStation still sells for PS4 and PS5. Chaos Rings III is on sale at $19.99. The listing does not say whether it needs a connection, and that is a lot of money to find out.