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Best Android games of 2012
The 36 best Android games released in 2012, ranked from 13,230 critic and player ratings.
The best Android game of 2012 is XCOM: Enemy Unknown, with a critic score of 88/100 — updated augustus 2026.
01
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics. The original XCOM is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made and has now been re-imagined by the strategy experts at Firaxis Games. XCOM: Enemy Unknown will expand on that legacy with an entirely new invasion story, enemies and technologies to fight aliens and defend Earth. You will control the fate of the human race through researching alien technologies, creating and managing a fully operational base, planning combat missions and controlling soldier movement in battle.
88
/100
02
Rayman Jungle Run
88
/100
03
A
Hotline Miami
A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, as he stumbles through unreal visions and inconsistencies without any answers to how, why or who.
86
/100
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will place you in control of a secret paramilitary organization called XCOM. As the XCOM commander, you will defend against a terrifying global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technologies, and overseeing combat strategies and individual unit tactics. The original XCOM is widely regarded as one of the best games ever made and has now been re-imagined by the strategy experts at Firaxis Games. XCOM: Enemy Unknown will expand on that legacy with an entirely new invasion story, enemies and technologies to fight aliens and defend Earth. You will control the fate of the human race through researching alien technologies, creating and managing a fully operational base, planning combat missions and controlling soldier movement in battle.
88
/100
02
Rayman Jungle Run
88
/100
03
A
Hotline Miami
A top-down slasher/shooter with unlockable gameplay-altering masks and weapons, featuring a neon-flavoured electronic aesthetic, in which a hitman receives anonymous calls ordering him to travel to certain residences and crime dens and massacre those within, as he stumbles through unreal visions and inconsistencies without any answers to how, why or who.
86
/100
04
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of five episodes, released between April and November 2012. It is available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the first of The Walking Dead video game series published by Telltale.
84
/100
05
Super Hexagon
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
83
/100
06
Angry Birds Space
83
/100
07
Bad Piggies
83
/100
08
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
09
Botanicula
82
/100
10
Borderlands 2
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.
81
/100
11
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
12
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
13
Plague Inc.
80
/100
14
Hitman: Absolution
79
/100
15
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
16
Waking Mars
79
/100
17
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
18
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
19
Thomas Was Alone
77
/100
20
Sine Mora
77
/100
21
McPixel
76
/100
22
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
23
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
24
Nihilumbra
75
/100
25
Unmechanical
74
/100
26
Incredipede
74
/100
27
The Room
73
/100
28
Fieldrunners 2
73
/100
29
Subway Surfers
71
/100
30
10000000
67
/100
31
Little Inferno
65
/100
32
The Amazing Spider-Man
64
/100
33
Angry Birds Star Wars
59
/100
34
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
58
/100
35
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II
54
/100
36
Karateka
48
/100
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead: Season One (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game) is an episodic interactive drama graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic book series, the game consists of five episodes, released between April and November 2012. It is available for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the first of The Walking Dead video game series published by Telltale.
84
/100
05
Super Hexagon
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
83
/100
06
Angry Birds Space
83
/100
07
Bad Piggies
83
/100
08
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
09
Botanicula
82
/100
10
Borderlands 2
A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.
81
/100
11
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
12
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
13
Plague Inc.
80
/100
14
Hitman: Absolution
79
/100
15
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
16
Waking Mars
79
/100
17
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
18
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
19
Thomas Was Alone
77
/100
20
Sine Mora
77
/100
21
McPixel
76
/100
22
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
23
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
24
Nihilumbra
75
/100
25
Unmechanical
74
/100
26
Incredipede
74
/100
27
The Room
73
/100
28
Fieldrunners 2
73
/100
29
Subway Surfers
71
/100
30
10000000
67
/100
31
Little Inferno
65
/100
32
The Amazing Spider-Man
64
/100
33
Angry Birds Star Wars
59
/100
34
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
58
/100
35
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode II
54
/100
36
Karateka
48
/100
FAQ
What is the best Android game of 2012?
XCOM: Enemy Unknown currently tops the ranking with a score of 88/100 across 551 ratings. Ranking updated augustus 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.