Not every mobile game feels better on a tablet. But when you load into a massive Genshin world or a ranked CODM match, the extra screen space makes a huge difference.
Throughout the years, gaming has evolved drastically, crossing platforms, genres, and continents to create a global yet diverse community. In this rush, the number of well-performing video game titles you could explore has also constantly changed and become more refined, alongside the devices that run them. For mobile gamers, the gaming smartphone has always been an ideal, versatile, all-in-one solution to match your gaming and everyday needs.
However, you also have a wider selection of devices to choose from for your specific needs. At REDMAGIC, we’ve established and perfected gaming devices for every player, but today, we’ll be focusing on the gaming tablet. With our impressive Astra 2 recently launching, we thought it would be best to provide a guide of the top 5 games to play on a gaming tablet, helping you get the most out of every level.
What Type of Games Excel on a Tablet?
Now, before we get into our recommendations, let’s talk about what makes a gaming tablet an elite choice for gamers and what types of games perform best on them. For starters, the gaming tablet is uniquely designed to be almost halfway between a gaming phone and PC. The larger screen real estate means better immersion, superior visuals, and a higher refresh rate in most cases.
A larger screen also means comfortable control, precision touch accuracy, and more control over your viewing angle in the game. Gaming tablets can also fit in a larger battery, a better processor, and additional cooling components with ease, making them ideal for longer, more intensive gaming sessions. While almost all mobile games run on a gaming tablet, some genres gain a much bigger advantage than others.
For gaming tablet users, open RPGs are often the first choice of genre. With expansive and detailed maps alongside complex combat, a larger screen gives you an extra edge, improving immersion, exploration and navigation, and easily maintaining the higher graphics settings.
Fast-paced shooters also benefit significantly from a larger field of view and smoother frame rates, making it easier to spot enemies, aim with precision, and improve responsiveness. Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas also run better with a big screen, allowing players to monitor maps, abilities, and team fights simultaneously and with ease. From racing and strategy to multiplayer and emulation setups, gaming tablets are built to elevate your gameplay. Now, let’s look at our top 5 game picks for your gaming tablet.
Top 5 Tablet Video Games
To get you started on the right track with your gaming tablet, these are some of the top video game recommendations we have:
Call of Duty: Mobile
Naturally, Call of Duty: Mobile is one of our top recs across the board. With a large online following, this free-to-play, multiplayer battle royale game quickly rose to fame for its customizable selection of gaming modes, including a 5v5 Death Match and a 100-player Battle Royale, and ranked competitive playlists, providing a variety of experiences to users.
COD: Mobile provides an adrenaline-pumping escape for any tablet gamer who loves action-packed games. You can team up with friends or compete against others worldwide, using the voice and text chat features to strategize and plan with your squad. As you play on, you get access to cool operators, weapons, and outfits, and the game changes with new seasons, so there's always something new to explore.
For tablet users, COD: Mobile becomes an immersive landscape where you have the responsiveness, touch accuracy, and processing speed to dominate every round with agility, precision, and planning. Using a tablet also gives you more space to customize your layout, which is perfect for claw method players.
PUBG Mobile
PUBG Mobile remains one of the most popular battle royale games around the world, and for most REDMAGIC fans. With this multiplayer battle royale military shooter game, you’re expected to strategize, solve problems, and execute precision combat for intense battle sequences. The free-to-play game involves teams of one to four players competing to be the last ones standing.
On a gaming tablet, the PUBG battlegrounds truly come to life, giving you all the expanded visuals and access to precision touch controls that will keep you alive for longer and on the road to victory with ease.
Genshin Impact
Explore the expanded world of Teyvat in Genshin Impact, visiting seven different lands and finding hidden treasures as you search for your lost sibling. Encounter new characters and quests on your adventure, fighting monsters and gaining skills along the way.
With its intensive graphics demands and superior visuals, Genshin Impact is often the first choice for most players to test their gaming device's chops. On gaming tablets, the visuals run smoothly thanks to the higher refresh rates, screen agility, and processing power. On the REDMAGIC Astra 2, you can also scale the game up to 120FPS for smoother battles, faster reactions, and an unbeatable visual experience.
Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves is an exciting open-world action RPG that gives you enough freedom to explore its fantasy world. Go on a journey with a vibrant cast of Resonators to reclaim your lost memories and change the world while you engage in smooth, fast-paced combat and gather skills against the backdrop of a rich storyline.
Built to keep your blood pumping, the game is packed with intensive graphics, fast-paced action, and complex battle sequences. For this, a gaming tablet’s superior processing agility, enduring battery, and sustained cooling performance all come together in the perfect blend for your next victory. On the Astra 2, the game runs exceptionally, smoothly handling maximum settings with 120FPS frame generation, providing seamless animations and more fluid motion, especially noticeable in fast-paced action sequences.
Minecraft
Get your crafting hat on with Minecraft as you build your new world brick-by-brick. Scour for resources and survive the nights or expand your imagination with every possibility in Creative Mode. Either way, there’s something for everyone who wants to shape a new world.
Crafting on a tablet gives you a much wider surface to design and build your ideal world. On the Astra 2, the game runs perfectly smoothly at maximum settings and you have the option to add on a controller, like the Shadowblade 3, to really unleash your creative Minecrafting prowess on the go.
Choose the Right Weapon for Victory
At the end of the day, you need to rely on the gaming gear that will keep you at the top of the rankings. Gaming tablets are built to go the extra mile, providing superior visuals, battery life, and cooling capacity, alongside their day-to-day versatility for anyone to enjoy, not just the gamers. However, for gamers in particular, we can recommend the best gaming titles, along with the best gaming tablets.
At REDMAGIC, we have variety, with a gaming tablet to suit your needs accordingly. Today, you can get the latest of our gaming tablet innovation with the Astra 2. Armed with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset and a next-generation 9.06-inch OLED display, this powerhouse ensures seamless speed, rapid multitasking, and a fluid refresh rate that goes up to 185Hz.
Featuring our upgraded AquaCore 2.0 liquid cooling system, it easily prevents throttling with a newly designed large vapor chamber and Liquid Metal 3.0. All of this is held together by a massive 8,300mAh high-capacity battery and up to 75W fast charging. While choosing the right game is important, it’s just as important to always choose the right gear. So, choose REDMAGIC and start planning your winning strats.
FAQ
Q: What types of games are best suited for a gaming tablet?
A: Open-world RPGs, competitive shooters, MOBAs, strategy games, MMORPGs, racing games, and emulation gaming titles all benefit significantly from the larger screen and powerful hardware of a gaming tablet.
Q: Do gaming tablets run graphics-intensive games smoothly?
A: Yes. High-performance gaming tablets are designed to handle demanding titles such as Genshin Impact and PUBG with stable frame rates and high graphics settings.
Q: Can I use a gaming tablet for retro gaming and emulation?
Yes. Many gaming tablets have enough processing power to emulate classic gaming systems, making them ideal for enjoying retro titles on a larger screen.
