New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on September 10, 2019) follows:

Gaming smartphones are actually a thing today. Sure, the $1000 phones of this world like Samsung Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy S10, iPhone XS, and even some slightly cheaper phones like OnePlus 7 Pro, Asus ZenFone 6, Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro, and many others do a great job at mobile gaming.

However, there is a new crop of smartphones that are tailored to meet the needs of hardcore gamers on the go. One of the latest to arrive is Asus ROG Phone 2 announced in July 2019 and is now available in select markets globally alongside a list of ROG Phone 2 games to be excited about.

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Asus ROG Phone II

For many years, some of the best gaming titles were only accessible through consoles and PCs, but with phones getting powerful every year, smartphone gaming is predicted to account for over $120 billion of the video gaming revenue by 2025.

Devices like the ROG Phone II and its predecessor, the Razer Phone family, Xiaomi’s Black Shark series, and the Nubia RED Magic family of phones, among others, are taking over the smartphone gaming industry by offering gaming-specific features like liquid cooling systems.

We’ve also seen other features like a built-in fan for lowering temperatures during extreme gaming, pressure-sensitive buttons and display screen, and even overlocked processors just so as to provide users with fluid, next-level gaming experiences.

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The Nubia Red Magic 3 with a built-in fan

However, a feature that was initially introduced on gaming smartphones and is now being popularized by mainstream smartphones is the bumped-up display refresh rate of 90Hz and 120Hz.

OnePlus 7 Pro, for instance, has the former refresh rate on its AMOLED panel and it’s rumored that Google Pixel 4 will also get a similar refresh rate on both the standard and XL variants. For those who have been following the ROG Phone 2, you’ll know that it comes with a 120Hz refresh rate.

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OnePlus 7 Pro has a 90hz screen

While such refresh rates mean you get a buttery smooth screen, it requires that app developers to update their apps to work on such screens, otherwise, you’ll be stuck with apps tailored to work on a slower refresh rate.

In the case of Asus, the company has compiled a list of ROG Phone 2 games that have been developed to work on the 120Hz refresh rate panel of the device, but there are a couple or so that can work on 90Hz screens.

Here is the full list of ROG Phone 2 games as provided by Asus:

1945 Air Forces – 120fps

Ace Force: Joint Combat – 120fps

Airline Commander – a real flight experience – 120fps

Alto’s Adventure – 120fps

Alto’s Oddysey – 120fps

Armajet – 120fps

Assassins Creed Rebellion – 120fps

Auto Chess – 120fps

Badland Brawl – 120fps

Ballz – 120fps

Ballz Bounce Puzzle – 120fps

Batman: The Enemy Within – 120fps

Battlelands Royale – 120fps

Bendy in Nightmare Run – 120fps

Blade Bound: Hack and Slash of Darkness Action RPG – 120fps

Bleach Brave Souls – 120fps

Boggle With Friends: Word Game – 120fps

Bombastic Brothers – 120fps

Breakneck – 120fps

Bullet Force – 120fps

Bullet League – 120fps

Card Thief – 120fps

CATS: Crash Arena Turbo Stars – 120fps

Chameleon Run – 120fps

Chicken Jump – 120fps

Chilly Snow – 120fps

Cover Fire – 120fps

CSR Racing 2 – 120fps

DARIUSBURST -SP- – 120fps

Dead Target – Offline Zombie Shooter – 120fps

Dead Trigger 2 – 120fps

Deer Hunter 2018 – 120fps

Deus Ex Go – 120fps

Dokdo – 120fps

Don’t Starve – 120fps

Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked – 120fps

Dub Dash – 120fps

Durango: Wildlands – 120fps

Epic Battle Simulator – 120fps

Epic Battle Simulator 2 – 120fps

Eternium – 120fps

Falling Ballz – 120fps

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition – 120fps

Flaming Core – 120fps

Frag Pro Shooter – 120fps

FZ9 Timeshift – 120fps

Gear.Club – True Racing – 120fps

Golf Clash – 120fps

Golf Star – 120fps

Grimvalor – 120fps

Groove Coaster 2 – 120fps

Grow Kingdom – 120fps

Heart Star – 65fps

Hill Climb 2 – 120fps

Hitman Go – 120fps

Injustice 2 – 120fps

Into the Dead – 120fps

King Of Sails: Royal Navy – 120fps

Lara Croft Go – 120fps

Lara Croft: Relic Run – 120fps

Legendary: Game of Heroes – 120fps

Lemmings – Puzzle Adventure – 120fps

Man or Vampire – 120fps

Marvel Contest of Champions – 120fps

MaskGun Multiplayer FPS – 120fps

Minecraft – 120fps

Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival – 120fps

Mini Metro – 120fps

Modern OPS – 120fps

Mortal Kombat – 120fps

Nonstop Knight 2 – 120fps

Oddmar – 120fps

OK Golf – 120fps

Pac-Man – 120fps

Pac-Man 256 – 120fps

PAC-MAN Pop – 120fps

Payback 2 – The Battle Sandbox – 120fps

Perfect Slices – 120fps

Pinout – 70fps

Pixel Gun 3D – 120fps

Plague Inc – 120fps

Pumped BMX 3 – 120fps

Rayman Adventures – 120fps

Real Racing 3 – 120fps

Rebel Inc – 120fps

Riptide GP: Renegade – 120fps

Robot Warfare – 100fps

Rocket Sky – 120fps

Rope Hero – 120fps

Sandballs – 120fps

Shadow Fight 2 – 120fps

Shadow Fight 3 – 120fps

Shadowgun: Legends – 120fps

Shadowmatic – 120fps

Shining Force Classics – 120fps

SimCity BuildIt – 70fps

Skullgirls – 120fps

Sky Force Reloaded – 120fps

Sonic Dash – 120fps

Sonic Dash 2 – 120fps

Sonic the Hedgehog Classic – 120fps

Soul Knight – 120fps

Space Armada: Galaxy Wars – 120fps

Space Commander – 120fps

Space Jet: Space ships galaxy game – 120fps

Star Forces: Space Shooter – 70fps

Stick War: Legacy – 120fps

Streets of Rage 2 Classic – 120fps

Subdivision Infinity – 120fps

Subway Surfers – 120fps

Summoners War – 120fps

Super Samurai Rampage – 120fps

Temple Run 2 – 120fps

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival – 120fps

Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery – 120fps

Toon Blast – 120fps

Traffic Rider – 120fps

Trials Frontier – 120fps

UNKILLED – Zombie FPS Shooting – 120fps

Vainglory – 120fps

Vendetta Online – 120fps

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf – 120fps

Wonder Tactics – 120fps

WWE: Champions 2019 – 120fps

Zen Pinball – 100fps
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It’s worth noting that this list isn’t final. Asus says it will continue updating it and encourages fans to chip in with other ROG Phone 2 games that may have missed the cut.

If you find games which also support faster than 60fps which are not on this list – do share with us here and we will amend for everyone’s enjoyment!
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Asus also notes that some of these games may require a few tweaks in the settings in order to accommodate them. While you can grab these games from the Google Play Store, the company also says some of them are available in the Armoury Crate app!

Happy gaming!

Update 1 (September 28)

Asus has updated the list. The following games are now part of the roster:

Minecraft Earth – 120fps

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! – 120fps

Into Mirror – 120fps

Moreover, Sky Force Reloaded is now excluded from the list.

Update 1 (November 1)

Asus has added a bunch of new games in the compatibility list. Please follow the original ZenTalk thread to be updated.

Update 2 (September 24)

Asus has now shared an updated list of 252 games that support high-refresh-rate gameplay, i.e., above 60 FPS on the Asus ROG Phone 3. Further, as per the company, most of the games support 144 FPS without having to tweak any settings. More details here.

NOTE: There’s more gaming-related coverage here. For those interested in more Asus-related stuff, we have it here.

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