I work with Google Play Games Services. I took the code from the official example. Try with API 27 and with API 17.
All works only under one account (owner Google Develo
I had the same issue.
In my case, it happened when I added a new developer in my google console.
When some changes are made in the console, even though google gives us a green flag instantly, it is taking some time to get activated. My problem got solved without me doing anything but to wait a couple of hrs.
Note that as per Developer's Blog,
GoogleSignInOptions gso = new GoogleSignInOptions.Builder( GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_GAMES_SIGN_IN).build();
is sufficient for
Games Lite scope
.
Note: This is as per 14th November 2018