Title: Can you still find a free stand-alone game with no in-app purchases these days? "Cooking Kingdom" moved me a bit
Since the mobile game market has been polluted by various 648 gift packs and guarantee mechanisms, I have basically been stuck in Steam and NS. But a few days ago, when I was bored and looking through my old mobile phone, I discovered a treasure - a stand-alone mobile game called "Cooking Kingdom" made by Nanjing Moye. It can be played without the Internet at all, and there is no recharge entrance!
Let's talk about the key points first: it's free, really free, not the kind of fake free that “free downloads are full of ads and gift packages”. The entire game is traditional time management + numerical development. You tap the screen with your finger to upgrade chefs, dishes, and decorations, and earn gold coins to unlock new restaurants. The operation is extremely simple, but the rhythm of each level is surprisingly well controlled, and you won't be stuck for too long or bored to the point of falling asleep.
The picture is in the Q version cartoon style, the images of chefs from various countries are very vivid, and there are Chinese, Western and Japanese food. The best part is that there are no physical limitations! There are no forced ads! No drawing cards! Do you dare to believe that there will still be domestic mobile games with such a conscience in 2025? 🤯
The only drawback may be that it is slightly more repetitive in the later stages, but considering that it focuses on stand-alone and offline play, it doesn't hurt to delete it after completing the game. For players who just want to play games quietly on the subway for a while and don't want to be hijacked by social media, this is a lifesaver.
Highly recommended to friends who are fed up with krypton gold marketing. Remember to download the 5.0 platform and don't download the reskinned copycat version by mistake. 😎
(Supplement: The developer seems to have just made this one game and then stopped making any noise, but based on this pure stand-alone experience, I give it 8.5 points, and deduct 1.5 points because there are no subsequent updates😅)