I'm honestly shocked that PikPok isn't charging money for Slam Dunk King. There's more than enough content and fun here for a non-freemium game. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. It just seems weird.

Leo's Fortune delivers a platforming experience as creative and refined as any console game.

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol returns with Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies, bringing users a taste of World War II in over 180 missions full of brilliant strategy gameplay.

Major Magnet is a passionate project, one that tries to honor its forefathers while existing as its own original work. And it succeeds tremendously.

I think Chillingo has a fine game on their hands, here. The craftsmanship is apparent in the details and I found myself unable to put it down. I was genuinely eager to keep playing, going for a higher score and improving with each game. All in all, a terrific game with plenty of charm and things to do.

It's vibrant, fun, addicting, adorable and a buck.

SKYHILL may not be the most complicated roguelike out there, but it more than makes up for that with its neat crafting system and pick-up-and-play design sensibility.

Card Dungeon is a delightful riff on the hackneyed roguelike genre.

With an excellent battle system and diverse character roster, Terra Battle is ever expanding and endlessly playable.

Break lots of glass in this refreshing take on the classic endless-runner style game.

Timeline Civil War is a media rich and interactive reference app that features commentaries, video, interactive maps and so much more.

Shadowrun is back, and this time it is here to stay!

This stealthy survival-platformer has made the trip to iOS with all of its important bits intact.

Battle Bay avoids feeling like a simple clone of World of Tanks by being a better game. It's colorful, varied, and simultaneously more accessible and strategic than Wargaming's tank battler. Sure, Battle Bay may not be a completely new idea, and the free-to-play-ness of it might be a touch overdone, but it's still a blast.

Falls more into the good to very good category and less into the holy $#!& realm. The graphics, sound (especially the repetitive hard rock battle track), and controls are all nice, but not unlike the majority of what you see come out the majority of Gameloft's adventure titles.

Warbits offers some high-quality, albeit familiar, turn-based strategy.

If you like arcade racing games, you definitely need to play Riptide GP: Renegade. It's extremely impressive on basically all fronts. Even its file size is astoundingly modest (107 MB). Whether you're looking to race your friends or just enjoy some single-player racing, Renegade provides some of the best racing on mobile to date.

Morphopolis is a visually stunning hidden object adventure about the metamorphosis of a bug, packed with puzzles to solve and a beautiful world to interact with.

Command your crew of space cadets to explore the unknown in this lovingly crafted sci-fi simulation game.

NOVA has oodles of polish, and it's incredibly easy to forget that you're playing a game on your iPod. With a fleshed-out single-player mode and a solid multiplayer option, NOVA has it all. It's beautiful, the controls are great, and even multiplayer doesn't lag.

The graphics, style, and sound effects are all superb, leaning towards a comic book style rather than a realistic football one.

The act of hitting an object that's careening towards the center of the screen isn't complex in any way, but it can be fun. Quite a bit of fun, actually. And the option to choose from three different difficulties makes it possible for players with a fairly wide range of skill levels to partake.

Fight it out with a friend in this Victorian-era party brawler of sorts.

It's admittedly similar to another popular number game, but it's different enough to set itself apart and darn fun either way.

Don't judge DOOM Resurrection simply because it's "on-rails." It's actually an incredibly engaging and fun game that was truly made specifically for the iPhone. Yes, at $9.99 it's a bit pricy, but that's a worthy price to pay for one of the iPhone's best games.

There’s plenty of reason to return to Toy Story: Smash It! regularly and while it’s perhaps not the hardest of titles out there, it’s a heck of a lot of fun.

This is one freemium title that doesn't punish the cheap.

Knock-Knock is a hide-and-seek survival game where players must help navigate a sleep-deprived lodger through a creepy cabin until dawn arrives.

This is a fantastic twin-stick shooter, both in its free and paid versions, and if you have any kind of love for the genre then it cannot be resisted.

I don't consider Dark Meadow a "copy" so much as a new entry in a young genre. A genre that it fits very, very well. Fans of gesture hack-n-slashers, gothic thrillers or both are in for a real treat.

I am amazed at the amount of detail that has gone into developing this game.

I wasn't expecting Into the Dead to be an endless runner, and I certainly wasn't expecting to have as much fun with it as I have, but it is and I did. I'd recommend it as an automatic buy regardless, but the fact that it's free makes it a (I'm sorry but I have to) no-brainer.

Across Age's story line brings a lot to the table.

Splendor has a couple of silly issues, but it’s still a great port of a great game.

An excellent effort. It's neat, simple, frantic, and very, very addictive, and a suitable new home for my words-based superpower.

It's more involved than a typical corridor flyer, looks great, plays well and is absolutely loaded with challenge. The price might look a bit scary, but I think fans of this kind of game will get their money's worth here.

Kingdom Rush offers enough variety in towers and enemies to take up more than a few minutes of someone's time, especially those who enjoy a very well done tower defense game. And this is one of them making it an easy recommendation to buy.

It's a must-have for strategy fans, no question.

It controls beautifully, has lots of crazy tracks to master and can make any commute fly by. With a little tune-up it could be a real beast.

Addictive gameplay and gorgeous level design are the real strengths of the game. Paper Munchers HD has just the right blend of style and originality to make it a physic-puzzler standout.

When Foursaken Media decides to create a combination of RPG, Roguelike, action-adventure, and monster-collection, everybody wins.

Building rollercoasters proves to be great fun in this colorful simulation.

Mooniz is one of those iOS gems that hits an almost perfect balance between accessibility and nuance. Absolutely anyone can pick it up and just "get it" within seconds, but it'll take a lot more than mere comprehension to get even remotely close to the top of that scoreboard.

The game was a flawless execution of a simple concept that is hard to put down. I played the game long after I felt comfortable writing this review. It has the same addiciting quality as Temple Run, but with gameplay that feels a bit more skillful.

Just as crazy-awesome a game as one would expect to get from the people who brought us Space Invaders-Infinity Gene.

Hop back on the board with one of the best skateboarding games around.

The graphics really pop, and the gameplay is quite addicting. Players will definitely get plenty of bang for their buck in this highly recommendable title.

Beautiful, fun and innovative.

Tilt to Live 2 takes everything that was great about the original Tilt to Live and makes it feel fresh by presenting so many new ways for players to try and defeat the dot menace.

Being a border control worker for a corrupt country in a dystopian past really shouldn't be as gripping as it is.

As someone who grew up idolizing fictitious cartoon characters each weekend, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I was instantly drawn to Seal Force. It plays to that particular audience incredibly well. However, it's more than just a nostalgia trip. It's also a clever mash-up of two popular iOS genres that, surprise surprise, work quite well together.

Imangi has once again proven why they are one of the best independent developers on the iOS platform.

The Executive is as fun and accessible as it is bizarre.

Red's Kingdom's individual components are all very familiar, but they're constructed in a way that I haven't really seen before. This makes playing it feel both fresh and comfortingly familiar. As a puzzle game, it's top-notch, and it just so happens to be a pretty great adventure game too. There's very little out there quite like Red's Kingdom, so you should go pick it up and try it for yourself.

Those turned off by Dark Legends will find a brighter, happier, and better experience with Arcane Legends.

A fast-paced precision platformer that gamers won’t be able to put down for long.

Roll some dice, place some bets, and hopefully come out on top in this iOS adaptation of a family-friendly board game.

Monster Burner is a fantastic mix of different game types ensuring that it will appeal to almost everyone. There's even a special mode, alongside the numerous other levels, aimed at children. It's a true must have for all iPad gamers.

Manage a space program, or just blow up a bunch of ridiculous creations, in this physics-based space simulator.

Writer Rumble does something really unique with word games, and it does live online multiplayer right, by making it an integral part of the game and making it easy to find matches.

With each mode spanning four levels, I can't recommend Bug Heroes enough due to its amazing replay value. If you enjoy dual stick shooters and have a soft spot for tower defense or RPG's, you'll absilutely love Bug Heroes.

One of the most polished, well designed tower defense games in the App Store. Each of its 20 levels are extremely well crafted, and the additional units, weapons, and RPG elements all come together to create the best game the series has to offer.

NHL 2K11 HD brings a great hockey experience to the iPad. It is a fast-paced game that makes for addicting gameplay.

Simply Poker Squares is by far the best solitaire game I've ever played, not just on the iPad, but in general.

This one-touch action platformer makes being a ninja explorer feel effortless and satisfying.

1001 Attempts is a basic high-score game that succeeds by focusing just on the challenging essentials.

Slayin is an endless action-RPG that is exceptionally retro, and just plain exceptionally good.

Osmos for iPad is a game that plays about as beautifully as it looks. It's tranquil, yet it can be intense; it can be thoughtful, but require quick reactions.

This puzzle game combines Tetris with physics, magic, and a healthy dose of charm.

RiseToFameHD doesn't integrate the work of recognizable musicians, and it provides no microphone for singing a Red Hot Chili Peppers song poorly and comes without a faux drum set for drunkenly accompanying a tone deaf lead singer/roommate. This alone sort of kills the party atmosphere of group, frat boy fun, but the animation is slick, the music is lively, and the interactive features are good fun.

This endless golfer presents infinite courses suspended in 3D space that incorporate ramps, stairs, holes, and more to infinitely challenge players.

I could see Card Thief being a disappointment to those who like Card Crawl's straightforward translation of dungeon-crawling into a Solitaire game. But, if you enjoyed Card Crawl and were hoping for a successor that would take its concepts to the next level, Card Thief just might grab a permanent spot in your game folder.

This quirky rhythm game has all of the necessary ingredients for it to be out of this world.

It's an exceptional value and a fascinating story.

Star Traders: Frontiers's ambitious variety and depth of systems allows you to have a unique experience each and every time you play it.

Heroes of Order & Chaos has players teaming up online to destroy the enemy base while protecting their own. Join forces, level up, and equip powerful weapons to take to the fight against the bad guys!

Do some puzzles to make some platforms in this smart and fun free-to-play cave mining adventure.

A truly immersive experience, The Stormglass Protocol is a room escape puzzle game like no other.

Slingshot Racing is a ton of fun. The quick sessions make it perfect for pick-up-and-play gameplay, the grappling hook mechanic is very easy to learn, yet difficult to truly master. Snowbolt and Crescent Moon have absolutely nailed this game.

Yet another excellent addition to Kairosoft's release library. It's familiar, but just different enough to feel unique among the rest. There's no reason why fans shouldn't snap this one up immediately, assuming they haven't already.

God of Blades is a great take on the auto-runner genre, and the fact that it absolutely commits to its theme is part of what makes it so much fun. There's nothing quite like it on the App Store, and it's fun to boot.

Welcome to your new 'five more minutes, oh no, why is it dark outside' addiction.

Rearrange comic book-like panels to change the outcome of a story in this noir-ish, thrilling puzzle game.

Those who love games in the line-drawing genre should definitely check this title out. It's a worthy investment which cleverly integrates classic, line-drawing game play philosophies with fast-paced, sometimes hectic, strategy/action.

I truly can’t recommend Can Knockdown 3 enough. It’s exceeded my expectations massively and is a fantastically simple yet addictive title.

Not only is XCOM: Enemy Unknown one of 2012s best strategy games, it's also one of the most faithful iOS ports I've ever seen.

A maddeningly addictive little game that requires more than the luck o’ the Irish to steal the pot of gold back.

For fans and non-fans of ping pong alike, this is fun - plain and simple.

Plants vs. Zombies takes on Hearthstone in a way that is endearing and surprisingly fun.

The latest installment in the Dungelot series is nicer looking and harder than its predecessors.

The Wolf Among Us lures players into a fairytale-based murder mystery that has them hooked throughout the entire first episode of a five episode series.

Stratego can be great fun when playing against another person, even with numerous losses due to playing against people who actually know what they're doing, but the single player should be avoided at all costs.

At its core, Lock 'n' Load is an average dual-stick shooter. However, it's executed in such an above-average way that complaints like that cease to matter. Plus, in one section players control a grandma with guns strapped to her wheelchair. Who wouldn't want to play that?

Get your groove on just about anywhere with Ubisoft's free version of the popular dance game.

This is the rare interactive book that will genuinely entertain the whole family.

Aside from a rather major setback, Knight Storm is all kinds of alright.

It's fun to play, easy to pick up, hard to master, has great animation, quirky style, humorous level dialogue, and has enough levels to keep you entertained for a good deal of time. What more could you want from an iPhone game?

Any Kairosoft App Store release should be an insta-buy for sim fans at this point, and Mega Mall Story is certainly no exception. It's well worth the meager asking price, but buyer beware: it can have a profound effect on productivity. And one's social life.