The Best Free Android Games

Google’s open-source Android phone platform is growing at breakneck pace. The library of free Android apps is expanding just as quickly. Late last month we reported that Android had turned another milestone, topping 200,000 apps, closing fast on the 300,000 in Apple’s App Store. Meanwhile, Android smart phones are selling like snow shovels in New York City, even outpacing the iPhone. Sure, that momentum may slow now that the iPhone has spread its V-wings. But that doesn’t change the fact that there are oodles of exciting phones and must-have Android apps in the Google Universe.

Sure, we could round up of Android’s best of the best, but you know what, it’s January. It’s cold, slushy, and generally grim outside—with plenty more in store. Let’s table the the idea of productivity until spring. For this ice-gilded roundup, I corral eleven of the best Android games for biding time until it’s safe to return outside. The only rule: the games must be free.