Developer: PopCap Before EA monetized it to death, the original Plants vs. Zombies for Android 2.2.1 was a perfect port of the PC classic. The touch response for placing sunflowers was crisp, and the quirky humor was intact. No microtransactions—just pure tower defense.

Developer: Lima Sky This infinite jumper required only tilt controls and a single tap to shoot monsters. The APK size was under 2MB. It remains one of the most responsive because it was originally designed for the feature phone era.