It’s Black Friday! That glorious day of the year when people trample themselves to death for a flat-screen TV with a 50% discount.  That’s why I don’t like going to a physical store to buy something with a discount. It’s much safer to simply shop online and get pretty much the same deals but without the hassle of getting out of the house and risk being beaten for a pack of toilet paper on discount.

The other “joy” of Black Friday is that you get bombarded with marketing emails, tweets, Facebook messages and dozens of other pestering notifications. But, throughout all of the noise, it’s a good opportunity to buy something with a real discount if you’re a consumer, or to benefit from this to sell something, say if you’re an Android developer.

For Android devs particularly, Black Friday/Cyber Monday should be a well planned event to promote their apps and games. If your game or app has in-app purchases, that means you’re able to generate Google Play Promo Codes. Using those you could organize a giveaway, a contest or even trade those for a retweet or Facebook like. You get more active players, while they get the feeling they got something that’s worth money, for free.

Google Play in particular helps devs with Black Friday promotions every year by creating lists with apps/games gone free or with a steep discount. This year Google has tons of Black Friday Deals, from premium games at low prices, to discounted movies, music and even Google hardware. I counted more than 150 apps and games with discounted prices, over 90 premium movies for under $10 as well as subscriptions for Google Play Music/Videos.

Below is a breakdown of the Google Play Black Friday 2018 deals, updated as I discover more. Please note that some of these deals are country restricted, but if you add a parameter in the URL you can see them all: Google Play Black Friday/Cyber Week Deals.

Premium games for discounts up to 80%

  • Reigns – now $0.99
  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: WotL – now $3.59
  • Star Wars™: KOTOR – now $2.99
  • Samorost 3 – now $0.99
  • Farming Simulator 18 – now $0.99
  • Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition – now $0.99
  • Motorsport Manager Mobile 3 – now $0.99
  • Evoland 2 – now $0.99
  • Trivia Crack (No Ads) – now $0.99
  • Need for Speed Most Wanted – now $0.99
  • Teen Titans GO Figure! – now $0.99
  • Dungeon Maker – now $0.99
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – now $1.49
  • True Skate – now $0.99
  • The Room: Old Sins – now 1.49
  • Geometry Dash – now $0.99
  • Monument Valley 2 – now $0.99
  • Monument Valley – now $0.99

The link to see all premium games with deep discounts is here: Google Play Black Friday 2018: Premium Games

There are also premium apps discounted for Cyber Week, you can see all the offers here: Google Play Cyber Week 2018 discounted apps

Here’s an overview of the discounted app subscriptions, mainly workout apps (for that extra Thanksgiving weight):

  • STARZ – $5/month for 3 months
  • Headspace: Meditation & Mindfulness – 40% off one full year
  • Fabulous: Motivate Me! Meditate, Relax, Sleep – get 50% off your first year
  • Run with Map My Run – 50% off one year
  • Freeletics: Personal Fitness Coach & Body Workouts – 50% off one year

Google Play Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for music, specific IAP and ebates:

25 recent movies are now discounted, with prices starting at $5 for Black Friday (full list here):

  • Now You See Me – down to $4.99
  • Deadpool 2 – down to $9.99
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me – down to $9.99
  • Sicario: Day Of The Soldado – down to $9.99
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – down to $9.99
  • A Quiet Place – down to $8.99
  • Hereditary – down to $6.99
  • Teen Titans Go! To the Movies – down to $9.99
  • The Secret Life of Pets – down to $9.99
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service – down to $4.99
  • Fight Club – down to $4.99
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 – down to $9.99
  • Goosebumps – down to $9.99
  • How to Train Your Dragon – down to $9.99
  • Red Dawn – down to $4.99
  • Napoleon Dynamite – down to $4.99
  • Maze Runner: the Scorch Trials – down to $4.99
  • Office Space – down to $4.99
  • Why Him? – down to $4.99
  • Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates – down to $4.99
  • Friday After Next – down to $4.99
  • Deadpool 2-Movie Collection – down to 16.99
  • The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy – down to $19.99
  • Sherlock Holmes 2 Film Collection – down to $12.99
  • The Hangover Trilogy – down to $16.99

And that’s it on the Google Play Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals for 2018. Unless I’ve missed any, in which case you should add a comment for others to benefit from your tip.