The Unrooted User's Amazon Games List

[Negative Zero]

Do the phrases ‘moga mod’, ‘xposed framework’, and ‘tincore mapping’ confuse you? Does ‘one-click root’ sound like way too many steps? Do you want to expand your library of games without the need for a strong understanding of computer science?

Then this is the thread for you!

All of the games below are available on the Amazon App Store. Some work with the Ouya; some don’t. Most are free, and many contain in-app purchasing. All (EDIT: most) were tested on my standard, unrooted Ouya.

To get games, you’ll need the Amazon App Store. You’ll also need an Amazon account. Follow timmytot666’s how-to here in order to set up the store. If you’d like the games to be on your external drive, move the App Store to external storage before you open it for the first time. Also move any game you download to external storage before you first open it. Be aware, this does not work for every game.

Games will be listed as
Unplayable
Somewhat Playable
Mostly Playable
Perfect

EDIT: There is a sub-list of touchpad only games that work on the Ouya at the bottom. Many work quite well with the Ouya controller, but it is a matter of preference, so no playability designation has been given. The ‘Unplayable, touchpad only’ games still on the regular list have either impossible or extremely difficult swipes for the Ouya controller.

XX - Unverified

And now, the games.

Rockstar
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - Mostly Playable, some touchpad use
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Perfect
Grand Theft Auto III - Perfect
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Perfect, only works from internal storage
Max Payne - Perfect

Telltale
Game of Thrones - Perfect

SEGA:
Sonic & SEGA All Stars Racing - Unplayable, touchpad only
XX Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Perfect
Virtua Tennis - Perfect

Ubisoft:
Motoheroz - Unplayable, touchpad only
Prince of Persia Classic - Perfect
Prince of Persia: The Shadow and The Flame - Perfect
XX Rayman Fiesta Run - Perfect
Rayman Jungle Run - *touchpad only, but works*

Gameloft:
Dungeon Hunter 4 - Somewhat Playable
Set visual quality to ‘very low’, needs touchpad in some menus, crashes occasionally
Gangstar Vegas - Unplayable, touchpad only (need two inputs at a time)
GT Racing 2 - Mostly Playable, open from app store
Controls aren’t as tight as I’d want, but hey, it’s free.
Modern Combat 4 - Unplayable, downloads files then force closes
NFL Pro 2013 - Unplayable, touchpad only
Uncheck don't keep activities, start from app store
Real Soccer 2013 - Unplayable, touchpad only
Zombiewood - Unplayable, touchpad only
Uncheck don't keep activities

Vector Unit Inc.:
Beach Buggy Blitz - Perfect
Beach Buggy Racing - Perfect
Riptide GP - Perfect
Riptide GP2 - Perfect
Shine Runner - Mostly playable, touchpad in menus

GAMEVIL:
Punch Hero - Unplayable, touchpad only
Zenonia - Mostly Playable, tapping the top-left corner is the back/menu button
Zenonia 3 - Mostly Playable, minor control issues, need touchpad for menus
Zenonia 4 - Perfect

Glu Mobile:
Big Time Gangsta - Unplayable, graphic issues in battle
Blood & Glory - Unplayable, no input
Blood & Glory Legend - Unplayable, no input
Blood & Glory Immortals - Unplayable, no input
Deer Hunter 2014 – Unplayable, you can move and shoot in the tutorial, but menus are impossible because of no touchpad input
Dino Hunter - Unplayable, no input
Eternity Warriors - Somewhat Playable
No button for light attack, touchpad in menus
Eternity Warriors 2 - Unplayable, no input
Frontline Commando - Unplayable, touchpad only
Gears & Guts - Unplayable, touchpad only

Others:
Auralux - Perfect
2XL MX Offroad - Unplayable, touchpad only.
Age of Pirates RPG - Somewhat Playable
Angry Birds Go! - Unplayable, crashes often
Avabel Online - Somewhat Playable
Can move and fight, I couldn't figure out how to use the menu or chat. Crashed my OUYA on exiting.
Badland - Perfect
Beyond Ynth - Perfect
Big Win Football - Unplayable, touchpad only
Cabals The Card Game - Unplayable, no input
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse - Unplayable, touchpad only
Clash of Puppets - Unplayable, no input
Crystareino - Mostly Playable, some touchpad use, uncheck don’t keep activities during character creation
CSR Racing - Unplayable, no input
Dangerous - Unplayable, no input in gameplay
Dante: The Inferno - Mostly Playable, touchpad in menus
Dead on Arrival 2 - Perfect, even says 'Ouya controller connected'!
Dead System - Perfect
Dead Trigger 2 - Unplayable *broken* Perfect
Latest version forces an update, but Amazon will not update it. No longer visible in the App Store.
Visible again in the App Store.
Deep Under the Sky - Mostly Playable, heavy graphics cause framerate to drop, especially between levels. Recommend minimizing graphics settings.
Deprofundis: Requiem - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Despicable Me Minion Rush - Unplayable, won't download game data
Devious Dungeon - Unplayable, touchpad only
Dinosaur Assassin - Unplayable, no input
Discovery - Somewhat Playable
Left stick to move, touchpad for everything else
Doom (by Eltechs) - Somewhat Playable
No strafing, need to use touchpad to shoot
Doom & Destiny - Perfect
Drag Racing - Somewhat Playable
Touchpad for menus, 'O' for gas, RB for shift
XX Dragon's Lair - Unplayable, won't download data
Dungeon Quest - Perfect
Ending - Perfect
Enemy Strike - Unplayable, no input
Expendable Rearmed - Mostly Playable
Gun selection issues.
Extreme Road Trip 2 - Unplayable, touchpad only
ExZeus 2 - Unplayable, will not download data.
Fairune - Unplayable, touchpad only.
XX Farming Simulator 14 - Mostly Playable, touchpad in menus
Fighter Physics - Perfect
Five Nights at Freddy's - Unplayable, no input except dpad/left thumbstick
FreeDoomGLES - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Gailardia - Perfect
Galaxy Clash 2 - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Goat Simulator - Somewhat Playable, low framerate
GP Retro - Unplayable, touchpad only
Gravity Guy - Mostly Playable
Touchpad in menu, 'O' button to flip
Greedy Spiders - Unplayable, crashes in gameplay
Greedy Spiders 2 - Unplayable, crashes in gameplay
Grinsia - Somewhat Playable, touchpad for menus, conversations and battles
Gunman Clive - Perfect
Haunting of Gloom Manor, The - Unplayable, tilted sideways
Herobrine Camp Terror - Unplayable, crashes on startup
I, Gladiator - Unplayable, no input
Hitman GO - Unplayable, no input
Hungry Shark Evolution - Unplayable, no input
INC the Beginning - Perfect
Into the Dead - Unplayable, no input
Knock-Knock - Perfect
Last Fish - Unplayable, no input in gameplay
LEGO Hero Factory Invasion From Below - Unplayable, no input
Leo's Fortune - Perfect
Loren the Amazon Princess - Mostly Playable
Start from app store, some touchpad use
Medieval Apocalypse - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Mini Car Champion: Kart Racing - Unplayable, no input once racing
Mini Quest - Unplayable, no buttons/touchpad during gameplay
Monster Cards: Shogimon – Unplayable, no input
Monster Shooter 2 - Unplayable, text and character models do not appear
Necronomicom - Unplayable, tilted sideways
Nightfall Lands - Unplayable, crashes on startup
PAC-MAN Kart Rally - Unplayable, touchpad only
Pinball Planet - Mostly Playable, touchpad in menu, left stick launches ball, dpad for paddles
Pivvot - Unplayable, no input
Pixel Gun 3D - Unplayable, no input
Planet Stronghold - Mostly Playable
Start from app store, some touchpad use
Play Football - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Pocket Rally - Perfect (must configure controller)
Princess Pow - Unplayable, no input
Protoxide: Death Race - Mostly Playable
Left stick controls nitro, brakes, and turns
Raging Thunder 2 - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Real Steel HD - Unplayable, no input
Robotek - Mostly Playable, touchpad in menus
Shadow Fight 2 - Unplayable, touchpad only
Snowboard Party - Perfect
Solar Warfare – Unplayable, touchpad only
XX Soul Historica - Perfect
Space War - Unplayable, graphic issues
Star Traders RPG - Mostly Playable, touchpad used on map
Star Wars: Assault Team - Unplayable, no input
Stardash - Perfect
Starve Game - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic - Perfect
Strike Fighters Attack - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Sudoku 10,000 Plus - Mostly Playable
Touchpad to select numbers, dpad to move around
Super Crossfighter - Mostly playable, touchpad in menus
Survivalcraft - Somewhat Playable
Left thumbstick moves, touchpad for everything else
XX Symphony of Eternity - Perfect
Table Top Racing - Mostly Playable, touchpad in menus
Templar Assault RPG - Mostly Playable
Heavy touchpad use
Temple of the Dead - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Terapets 2 - Unplayable, no input
Terraria - Unplayable, touchpad only but cannot enter name in character creation
Thunder Fighter 2048 - Unplayable, crashes on startup
Time to Rock Racing - Mostly Playable
Couldn't get the mines to work, otherwise good
Tiny Little Racing 2 - Perfect
Total recoil - Unplayable, no input
Transformers: Age of Extinction - Unplayable, no input
Trials Frontier - Unplayable, touchpad only
Tyrant Unleashed – Unplayable, crashes on update
Ultimate Robot Fighting - Unplayable, no input
Unmechanical - Mostly Playable, menu selections don't highlight, perfect gameplay
Unpossible - Mostly Playable, left stick controls movement. Hitting the touchpad causes loss of left stick use.
Voxel Rush 3D - Unplayable, no input (thought it says it recognizes the OUYA controller)
Wayward Souls - Perfect
Wind-up Knight 2 - Perfect
Zen Pinball HD - Perfect

Touchpad only working games:
Alchemy
Angry Birds Star Wars II
Azada
Bardbarian
Blitz Brigade (uncheck don't keep activities, app store start)
Blockheads
Brave Frontier (no landscape orientation)
Carcassone
Cartoon Wars
Cartoon Wars 2
Castle Clash
Colossatron: Massive World Threat
Contract Killer: Zombies (uncheck don't keep activities)
Courli
Cryptic Caverns
XX Cryptic Cosmos
Cryptic Kingdoms
Cyberlords Arcology (uncheck don't keep activities)
Dragon Mania
Dragon Tower (no landscape orientation)
Epic Empire: A Hero's Quest
Eredan Arena (no landscape orientation)
Emma and the Inventor
Family Feud and Friends
XX Escape from the Dead
Final Fantasy IV
Flappy Nyan
Fortuna Magus
Guns 4 Hire
Hack, Slash, Loot
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Heroes of Steel
Infinite Black, The (MMO)
Iron Man 3 (uncheck don't keep activities, app store start)
Jetpack Joyride
Killer Escape
Knight Storm
Krog
Lumi
Mages and Minions
Monument Valley (no landscape orientation)
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst
Naught 2
Pirate Adventures
XX Plants vs. Zombies
Pocket Legends
Professor Baboo and the Chamber of Chaos
Ragnarok: War of the Gods
Rivals at War
Shadow Era
Smash Hit
Star Vanisher
Streetz, The (no landscape orientation)
Super KO Boxing 2
Talisman Prologue HD
Talisman
Tiny Hope
Tiny Thief
Thor: The Dark World
UNO & Friends (uncheck don't keep activities, wifi download)
Urban Rivals (long load times)
Warmongers
Wing Zero
World of Goo
Worms 2: Armageddon
Xelorians (uncheck don't keep activities, no landscape)

[timmytot666]

Does 1 click root sound like too many steps to you?

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[Jon_TWR]

Does 1 click root sound like too many steps to you?

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WAY too many steps.

Thanks for the list, Negative Zero! Very handy.

[watson387]

Beyond Ynth works perfectly. I have a lot of Amazon games installed on my Ouya and test different ones when I get the chance. When I get home this weekend I'll add to your list.

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[Negative Zero]

Thanks watson, I added Beyond Ynth (the free xmas edition) to the list.

[Hannibal89]

The better games (mainly from Gameloft) will require your ouya to be rooted and have mod collection and exposed framework installed. I followed SupaChargedIOS guide on youtube. He also has guides for XBMC for people who don't know how to set it up.

[watson387]

The better games (mainly from Gameloft) will require your ouya to be rooted and have mod collection and exposed framework installed. I followed SupaChargedIOS guide on youtube. He also has guides for XBMC for people who don't know how to set it up.

A lot of people don't want to do this though. This thread is for them.

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[timmytot666]

A lot of people don't need to do this either. While gameloft games are cool they need root, a hack installed, secondary frameworks, and setting them back up everytime you update. Not worth to me. That's why I have the amazon app store.

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[Oldkid Livegen]

GT Racing 2 support is far from perfect. The game crashes occasionally and sometimes the data folder magically moves back to the internal storage.

[Negative Zero]

GT Racing 2 support is far from perfect. The game crashes occasionally and sometimes the data folder magically moves back to the internal storage.

When does it crash for you? I have not experienced this, so I would like to reproduce a crash myself before changing anything on the list.

I definitely haven't seen the data folder move, either. Did you have the app store and the game on external before you opened them? Just guessing; that is weird.

On another note, I'm going to start differentiating the 'no controller support' statements to either touchpad only or no input. Some games, like Rivals at War, will play just fine with a mouse or, if you're sadomasochistic, your ouya controller touchpad. I still consider such games unplayable, but I will give the extra information for those who use a keyboard and mouse with their ouya.

EDIT: Well GT Racing 2 just crashed on me twice in one sitting: once hitting the back button out of that ad at the beginning, and once at the end of a race. Downgraded it to mostly playable.