Radiant

When Arcadium updated to play ads, even after buying the ad-free revival, I dropped it. It's lucky I found a similar game that's one-time-pay with no ads, something more mobile developers should do, honestly. I also appreciate the control scheme, simply press left or right on the screen to move the ship left or right, pretty simple.

An excellent game! I first played this fun little arcade shooter years ago, probably on Android 2 or 3, and it's been on my phone ever since. I like games that don't have IAP and respect your time, for either short or long play sessions, and this checks all those boxes. Cute retro story and graphics, too. They recently had their games messed up by Google Play, which meant my purchase of the game was gone, but I emailed support and they restored my access to the game the next day. Thanks!

Simple but addicting. It has an old-school feel but doesn't become repetitive. Creators should be aware that, at least in the Android store, using search words like "space shooter" or "space invaders" or "galaxy quest" or "alien shooter", it DOESN'T show up in the listings at all. Too bad. More people should be enjoying this game.