27 Best Anime Games for Mobile — for Android and iOS Across Every Genre

Anime games have taken over mobile, and picking one is half the battle: the App Store and Google Play are packed with open-world RPGs that look like a console adventure, fighting games built around Shonen Jump legends, rhythm titles, romance stories and card battlers, all sitting on the same shelf. This guide sorts the best anime games for mobile by genre, so you can skip straight to the kind of experience you want — exploring a hand-drawn world, collecting characters from your favorite manga, or tapping along to Vocaloid tracks. Every title here is a full standalone game from the App Store and Google Play — not a Roblox mode or a browser toy — and most are free to start, with the picks leaning on what is worth your time in 2026 rather than what was big three years ago. If you only want the headliners, Genshin Impact, Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai: Star Rail are the obvious first installs; everything after that depends on the genre you are chasing.

Open-world anime RPGs are the flagships of the mobile scene and the games people point to when they argue a phone can go toe to toe with a console. You get large explorable maps, a roster of characters to collect and build, and real-time combat wrapped in cel-shaded visuals. Cross-play with PC and consoles is common, so your progress travels with you. If you want the biggest, best-looking anime adventures on Android and iOS, start here.

Genshin Impact is the game that convinced a generation a phone could hold a full open-world RPG. You wander Teyvat, a continent split into seven nations, each ruled by a different Archon and themed around one of the seven elements — the wind-swept freedom of Mondstadt, the mercantile bustle of Liyue, the electro storms of Inazuma and more. The hook is the reaction system: set an enemy on fire, then hit them with water or ice, and the elements combine into bigger damage, so team-building turns into a puzzle of who pairs with whom. Between the exploration, cooking, fishing, puzzle-solving and a steadily growing cast of collectible characters, it is easy to lose an afternoon just climbing a mountain to see what waits on the other side. New regions and story chapters land on a regular cadence, there is drop-in co-op for the tougher bosses, and cross-save with PC and PlayStation means you can start a fight on the bus and finish it at home. Years on, it is still the benchmark every other game in this section is measured against.

If Genshin's combat feels a touch slow for you, Wuthering Waves is the faster, punchier alternative. Set on a version of Earth called Solaris-3 that is clawing its way back from an apocalypse, it hands you a squad of Resonators and a combat system built around dodging at the last second to trigger a slow-motion counter. Traversal is a highlight too — your character can wall-run, grapple and glide across the map with barely a loading screen in sight. It leans harder into action-game reflexes than most of its rivals, which makes it a natural pick for players who grew up on character-action games.

Tower of Fantasy scratches an itch the other open-world anime games do not: it is a proper shared-world MMO. On the alien planet Aida you chase a mysterious energy source called Omnium, and the map fills with other real players rather than only NPCs. Weapons double as characters, so pulling a new one changes both your loadout and your combat style, and there is a genuine sci-fi story holding it all together. As a full MMO it also lets you build and style your own character, a rarity in a genre stacked with fixed gacha rosters. Housing, mounts and co-op bosses round it out. It is the one to grab when you want the anime look but also want other people sharing your world.

When you are after speed over exploration, this is the bucket: fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, dodge-and-counter timing and online worlds full of other players. These anime mobile games trade the slower pace of a turn-based RPG for flashy combos and big boss fights, and several of them push mobile graphics as far as they will go. Expect co-op raids, PvP and character action that rewards reflexes over patience.

Zenless Zone Zero trades open fields for the neon streets of New Eridu, a city under siege by dimensional rifts called Hollows. You play a Proxy — a guide-for-hire — sending squads of Agents into those rifts, and the combat is pure hack-and-slash: quick swaps between three fighters, parries, dodges and screen-filling chain attacks that reward tight timing. What sets the mood is the presentation. The whole thing is wrapped in a retro aesthetic of VHS tapes, arcades and a video-rental store that doubles as your hub, and the city between missions is packed with side characters, food stalls and the little robot companions called Bangboo. Short, punchy missions make it ideal for phone sessions on the go, while the depth underneath — dodge counters, assist chains and each Agent's own quirks — keeps the hardcore crowd chasing perfect, no-hit clears. It is the boldest-looking thing HoYoverse has made, and it plays as sharp as it looks.

Adapting one of the most popular modern manhwa, Solo Leveling: ARISE puts you in the boots of Sung Jinwoo, the weakest hunter alive who claws his way to the top and starts raising an army of shadows. Combat is fast and combo-driven, mixing dodges, ultimates and a summoned squad of shadow soldiers pulled from fallen bosses. It follows the story of the anime and manhwa closely, then bolts on hunter-versus-monster gauntlets and boss rushes to keep the grind going. Fans of the series get to relive the power fantasy that made it a phenomenon; newcomers get a slick action RPG that also runs on PC if they want a bigger screen.

Before Wuthering Waves, Kuro Games made its name with Punishing: Gray Raven, and it is still one of the most stylish action games on mobile. Earth has fallen to the Corrupted — machines twisted by a robotic plague called the Punishing virus — and you command a strike team of android pilots to take the planet back. The combat is a combo-chaining, dodge-heavy affair with a light matching mechanic that rewards planning your attack strings. It is darker and more mature than the average gacha, with a story that treats its cast of soldiers seriously. A must-try for anyone who values combat feel above all.

A 2025 arrival, Duet Night Abyss made noise by doing something rare for the genre — dropping the classic character gacha entirely. You unlock its two protagonists and the wider cast through story fragments called Thoughts, and spending is limited to cosmetics rather than pulls for power. The game itself is an open action RPG with hunting-game DNA, chunky weapons and a moody fantasy world to pick apart at your own pace. For players burned out on pull rates, it is a genuine change of pace, and its no-gacha model makes it one of the more experimental big-budget releases on mobile.

This is where the licensed heavy-hitters live — the games that let you fight as characters straight out of the manga you grew up on. Dragon Ball, One Piece, Bleach and the newer Shonen Jump breakouts all have mobile titles built around their casts, mixing fan-service story arcs with team-based battles and character collection. If you came looking for a specific series rather than a specific genre, check here first. For the bigger-screen anime brawlers that never made it to phones — the likes of Dragon Ball FighterZ — there is a separate rundown of the best fighting games.

Dragon Ball Legends is the fighting game Dragon Ball fans keep on their phones. Battles are real-time 3v3 duels fought with a card-based system — you tap cards to fire ki blasts, dash in for melee and chain into the vanishing-step mind games the series is known for. The roster spans the whole timeline, from Goku and Vegeta to villains and movie characters, and it features an original character, Shallot, designed by the late Akira Toriyama himself. Regular story events and PvP keep the meta shifting. It is the closest thing to a console Dragon Ball fighter that fits in a pocket.

The long-running favorite of the Dragon Ball mobile lineup, Dokkan Battle swaps fighting for a board-and-puzzle format far more addictive than it sounds. You move across a board and tap Ki orbs, linking matching colors to charge super attacks and trigger explosive cut-ins. A decade of updates has stuffed it with hundreds of collectible versions of every character, and its anniversary celebrations are fixtures on the community calendar. It is pure fan service in the best way, and the pick-up-and-play loop makes it one of the easiest games here to dip into for five minutes.

Bleach: Brave Souls has quietly become the definitive Bleach game, and the anime's return only made it more popular. It is a 3D action RPG where you dash and combo through hordes of Hollows, pulling off each character's signature Bankai as a special. What keeps fans loyal is the care taken with the source: the game features exclusive artwork from series creator Tite Kubo, and it covers arcs the anime took years to reach. Solo story, co-op raids and PvP give you plenty of ways to play. If a specific Soul Reaper is your favorite, chances are they are in here.

One Piece Bounty Rush turns the world's biggest manga into a fast 4v4 team brawler. Instead of a story campaign, matches are about capturing treasure points scattered around a map, with each character slotting into a Runner, Attacker or Defender role. It is quick, chaotic and built for short mobile sessions, and the roster pulls fan-favorite pirates and marines from across the Grand Line. The competitive, objective-based format sets it apart from the usual turn-based licensed games, giving One Piece fans something to play against other people rather than grind solo.

The first mobile game for Jujutsu Kaisen, Phantom Parade arrived globally after a long wait and quickly became the go-to for fans of the series. It is a turn-based RPG where you build squads of sorcerers, chain their cursed techniques together and work through story chapters that follow and expand on the anime. The presentation nails the show's grim-but-cool tone, and clearing out cursed spirits with a full team of Jujutsu High students hits exactly the right note. A strong pick for anyone who wants a JJK fix between anime seasons.

Blue Lock brings the ego-driven soccer manga to your phone as a manager-style gacha. Rather than an action game, Project World Champion is about scouting, collecting and training strikers, then sending them out to compete for a spot as the world's number-one forward. Story sequences play out in a visual-novel style that leans on the manga's intense, over-the-top energy, so the drama of the series survives the jump. It is a change of pace from the fighting games that dominate this section, and with the anime riding high, it has a passionate audience keeping it busy.

Prefer to plan your moves? Turn-based and strategy anime RPGs are built for slower, smarter play — party composition, elemental match-ups, skill order and, in the tower-defense entries, careful placement of your units. They are some of the most commute-friendly games here, since a battle can be won or lost before you reach your stop. Deep rosters and long-running events keep them going for years.

From the makers of Genshin, Honkai: Star Rail takes the same lavish production values and pours them into a turn-based RPG. You ride the Astral Express, a train that hops between worlds, and each stop is a self-contained story with its own cast, culture and crisis to untangle — a frozen world locked in war, a luxury space station, a dreamland pulled from a storybook. Combat is classic command-menu stuff dressed up with cinematic ultimates, weakness-breaking and team synergies built around each character's Path, so smart building matters far more than fast fingers. Away from the main story there is the Simulated Universe, a roguelike mode that reshuffles your runs with random blessings, plus a steady stream of events between story chapters. The writing swings from goofy to genuinely moving, and the sci-fi-meets-fantasy setting gives its artists room to run wild. For anyone who finds action combat stressful on a touchscreen, this is the turn-based flagship to beat.

For years Persona fans begged for a way to play on the go, and Persona 5: The Phantom X finally delivers — not a port, but a full spin-off set in a parallel version of Persona 5's world. You play a new protagonist who joins a different band of Phantom Thieves, steals corrupt hearts in stylish dungeons and juggles daily life between heists. The unmistakable Persona style — that razor-sharp interface, the jazzy soundtrack, the turn-based battles built on exploiting weaknesses — all survives the move to mobile intact. It is one of the strongest arrivals on this list and essential for anyone who loves the series.

Arknights is the rare tower defense game that became a cultural fixture, and one of the best mobile strategy games you can play on a phone. You deploy Operators — your collectible characters — onto a grid to hold back waves of enemies, and the puzzle is in who you place where, how you rotate them and when you fire off their skills. It is set on the ravaged planet Terra, where a mineral called Originium powers society and spreads a deadly disease called Oripathy, and the lore runs far deeper than the genre usually bothers with. The art direction is a big part of the appeal, and the strategic ceiling keeps veterans theorycrafting years in. Note it is a separate game from the newer Arknights: Endfield.

Grand Cross is one of the best-looking licensed anime RPGs on mobile, close enough to the show that battles feel like animated cutscenes. Combat runs on a card system — you combine and rank up skill cards each turn to chain bigger attacks, adding a layer of planning on top of the animation. It follows the story of the anime with fully voiced scenes, then keeps going with original events and crossovers. Years of updates have carried its community through anniversary after anniversary. Fans of the series and newcomers alike get an accessible, gorgeous team-builder.

If you have ever wished a gacha game looked exactly like the anime it is imitating, Epic Seven is the answer — every character moves in fully hand-drawn 2D animation, so battles look like a broadcast episode rather than a spreadsheet. Under the hood it is a deep turn-based RPG with a real competitive scene, built around speed tuning, buff-and-debuff chess and one of the more respected PvP arenas in the genre. The original fantasy story is substantial, and the game has a reputation for treating its players fairly. It is a favorite for those who want both style and strategic depth.

Another Eden is the odd one out in this section, and that is exactly why it belongs. It is a single-player JRPG with almost none of the usual gacha pressure — no stamina bars gating the story, no PvP treadmill — just a long, time-spanning adventure you play at your own pace. The pedigree is the draw: the main scenario comes from Masato Kato, the writer behind Chrono Trigger, and the game features a full crossover with Chrono Cross. If you miss the golden age of Japanese RPGs and want that feeling on a phone, few games deliver it as sincerely.

Rhythm is one of anime's native mobile genres, and the best entries pair huge song libraries with fully voiced stories and idol-style character collection. You tap, hold and flick along to J-pop, Vocaloid and anime openings, chasing full-combo runs and unlocking new tracks and outfits. They are pick-up-and-play in short bursts but surprisingly deep once you climb the difficulty tiers.

Better known to many as Project Sekai, HATSUNE MIKU: COLORFUL STAGE! is the rhythm game that took over the genre. You tap, hold and flick along to a giant library of Vocaloid songs — Hatsune Miku classics beside a steady drip of new hits — across difficulty tiers that climb from relaxing to finger-twisting. What lifts it above a pure score-chaser is the story: original units of characters each get fully voiced, surprisingly heartfelt chapters, and the virtual singers weave through all of it. It is free to start, endlessly replayable, and the reason a whole new audience got into Vocaloid.

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! — Bandori to its fans — pairs a solid tap-rhythm engine with a huge cast of in-universe bands. The setlist is the pull: original songs sit next to anime and pop covers, and each band has its own personality, from bubbly pop to hard rock. Between songs there are stories, character events and the gacha collecting that keeps you chasing your favorite guitarist. The global English server has kept the music coming year after year, and it is still one of the most approachable ways into the idol-band rhythm niche.

Muse Dash is what happens when a rhythm game and a side-scrolling brawler share a body. Instead of notes falling down lanes, enemies rush at you from the right, and you tap two buttons to punch or leap in time with the beat — it is as much a reflex platformer as a music game. The style is loud, cute and unmistakably anime, the soundtrack runs to hundreds of high-energy tracks, and it stacks up collaborations with the likes of Touhou, Arknights and Hatsune Miku. As a buy-once game with no pull rates, it is a palate cleanser after all the gacha, and great for quick bursts on the go.

If the writing matters more than the combat, this is your shelf. Anime story games, visual novels and otome titles put characters and branching drama front and center — mysteries, romance routes and slice-of-life arcs, usually with light RPG or puzzle systems bolted on so there is something to do between scenes. Many are fully voiced by the same actors as the shows they resemble, and they are ideal for reading in bed.

Love and Deepspace pushed the otome genre somewhere it had never been on mobile: full 3D. You romance three love interests — the steady Xavier, the fiery Rafayel and the cool-headed Zayne — through voiced story chapters and photo-real dates, but between the romance you drop into real-time action combat, blasting through sci-fi monsters called Wanderers to protect the city. That blend of tender visual-novel storytelling and genuine gameplay is why it broke out well beyond the usual otome crowd. Everything from the character art to the cutscenes looks expensive, the card collecting hands you an endless supply of outfits and memories to chase, and it treats its central relationships with real weight rather than set dressing. Plenty of players who had never touched an otome game before have found themselves hooked, checking in daily for one more scene with a favorite.

One of the biggest anime phenomena in Japan finally went global, and Umamusume: Pretty Derby is stranger and more heartfelt than its premise suggests. You are a trainer raising "horse girls" — characters named after and inspired by real-life racehorses — through a career of training, races and idol concerts. Each playthrough is a raising sim on a timer: you budget energy, choose training, juggle moods and rivalries and chase a legend's record over a fixed run of turns, and one bad stretch can derail a promising career. What ties it together is the writing, which turns what sounds like a novelty into genuinely affecting stories of injury, comebacks and friendship. It sits somewhere between a sports sim, a life-management game and a character drama, and there is nothing else on mobile quite like it. Give it a few races and its odd, earnest charm sinks in deep.

Tokyo Debunker is a supernatural mystery dressed as an RPG. You transfer into Darkwick, an academy built on an artificial island in Tokyo Bay where students investigate paranormal anomalies, and the story leans dark, moody and heavy on its ensemble cast of ghouls. Most of your time is spent reading branching visual-novel scenes and bonding with the characters, with turn-based battles breaking up the drama. The art direction is a highlight — all gothic edges and neon — and the writing takes its horror-tinged mystery seriously. A strong pick for players who come to anime games for atmosphere and character above all.

Do not let the Disney name fool you — Twisted-Wonderland is an anime game through and through, written and designed by Yana Toboso of Black Butler fame. You enroll at Night Raven College, a magic school whose seven dorms are each themed around a classic Disney villain, and the cast of proud, prickly, unfairly attractive students carries the whole thing. The core is a character-driven story with light rhythm-battle sections, delivered with a fully Japanese voice cast and Toboso's unmistakable gothic style. Its fanbase is enormous and fiercely devoted, and the writing is sharper than a villain-school premise has any right to be.

HoYoverse's take on the otome genre, Tears of Themis wraps its romance in a courtroom. You play a rookie attorney solving cases alongside four love interests, gathering evidence in the field and then putting it to use in card-based "debate" battles where you counter arguments with the right proof. It is part detective visual novel, part light deck game, and the mystery writing is stronger than the genre usually gets. The four leads each get long, slow-burn story routes, and the case-of-the-arc structure gives you a reason to keep showing up beyond the romance. A smart, cozy pick for visual-novel fans.

It depends on the genre you want, but the safest first install is Genshin Impact — it is the biggest open-world anime RPG on Android and iOS and shows off what the format can do. If you prefer faster combat, try Zenless Zone Zero or Wuthering Waves; if you like planning your turns, Honkai: Star Rail is the flagship. For pure fan service, pick the game tied to your favorite series, whether that is Dragon Ball, One Piece or Jujutsu Kaisen.

Most of the best anime mobile games are free to download and play, including every HoYoverse title (Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero), Arknights, Epic Seven and the big licensed games. They make their money from optional character pulls and cosmetics rather than an upfront price, so you can play through the story without spending. Buy-once exceptions like Muse Dash exist if you would rather pay a single time and skip gacha entirely.

Not everything here runs on pull rates. Muse Dash is a buy-once rhythm game with no gacha at all, Duet Night Abyss drops the character gacha entirely and sells only cosmetics, and Another Eden keeps its gacha almost entirely out of the main story, so it plays like a classic single-player JRPG. If you are tired of banners and pity counters, start with those three.

Most anime mobile games are online-only, because they are live-service titles with gacha and events that need a connection. If you specifically want to play without internet, single-player and buy-once games are your best bet — Another Eden can be played largely offline outside of its gacha, and a rhythm game like Muse Dash lets you practice tracks without a live connection once they are downloaded. Requirements change with updates, so it is worth checking the store page.

Most anime mobile games hand you a fixed roster of collectible characters rather than a create-a-character screen, since the whole draw is pulling for the cast. The main exception here is Tower of Fantasy, a full MMO that lets you build and style your own avatar before you step into its world. If deep character creation is a must-have, the MMOs on this list are where to look.

If you are chasing the open-world, elemental-combat, character-collecting formula, the closest picks are Wuthering Waves and Tower of Fantasy, both built around exploration and a gacha roster. Honkai: Star Rail shares Genshin's studio and polish but goes turn-based, while Zenless Zone Zero keeps the HoYoverse production values in a faster action package.

For 3D spectacle, Wuthering Waves, Zenless Zone Zero and Genshin Impact lead the pack, with detailed worlds and animation that hold up on a big-screen phone. Solo Leveling: ARISE and Love and Deepspace also push high-end 3D visuals. If you prefer a hand-drawn look, Epic Seven renders its battles in full 2D animation that mirrors the anime style, and Grand Cross comes close enough to its show to fool a passing glance.

It varies. Competitive PvP games such as Epic Seven can pressure you to spend to stay near the top, while story-first games like Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail and Another Eden can be cleared without paying at all. Rhythm and buy-once titles have no power to purchase in the first place. As a rule, single-player and PvE-focused anime games are the friendliest to free players; the more a game leans on ranked PvP, the more spending tends to matter.

Which anime mobile game is permanently installed on your phone — and which one do you think deserves far more attention than it gets? Settle it in the comments.

Anime style bleeds into plenty of mobile games that did not make the cut here. If the story side is what pulls you in, the best visual novels run far deeper than the entries above, and that list is worth a browse when you want to read more than you fight. Three more anime games are worth a slot on your home screen once you have cleared everything on this one.

Nikke: Goddess of Victory is a third-person shooter with a cover-based twist — you duck behind walls and pop out to fire on waves of machines called the Raptures. The cast of android heroines and a story far darker than the pin-up art suggests are what kept players around long past launch, and the character animation is some of the most detailed on the platform.

Reverse: 1999 stands apart from the usual anime look with a time-traveling, early-20th-century mood — all fog, radios and period costume. It is a turn-based RPG where you merge and upgrade incantation cards each turn, and the unhurried, elegant presentation gives it the feel of a prestige drama more than a phone game.

Honkai Impact 3rd is the action RPG that kicked off HoYoverse's anime run, and it still holds up as one of the slickest combat games on mobile. You pilot a squad of Valkyries against the world-ending Honkai in stages that mix hack-and-slash brawling with big boss battles, and years of updates have kept its story and combat moving forward.