The 7th Guest: Infection does an excellent job converting a classic puzzle into a full blown game, but the level of patience and strategy required to fully enjoy the game might be a turn off for some.

While the game is relaxing, it isn't something I'm likely to play again. There's no obvious flaw with Zen Bound 2, but there's something that turns me off from a game that's in between something passive (like Crosswords or Scrabble) and something active (like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja).

AIR Defense is a visually unique twist on a couple of familiar iOS genres. While the game is sometimes rough around the edges, there's some compelling elements here for those who enjoy defense games.

Freefall Defender is extremely simple but it's also kind of fun. It doesn't set the world on fire but it passes the time nicely enough. Give it a shot if you're in the mood for quirky simplicity. Don't expect depth though!

If you are into "bullet hell" shooters, AirAttack is a great genre game. It's not so great that it transcends genres, but it is a solid game nonetheless.

For those that can look past the mechanical hang-ups, this game can be a blast.

AFTO has a lot of potential. There is a beefy game here, full of interesting ideas that push the iPad into some new territory. If you're looking for the next stage in the development of the tower defense game, this may well be it.

In a nutshell, as long as you are willing to put up with an amazingly sharp difficulty curve, Abstract War will entertain and delight.

Overall, players aren't going to be terribly impressed with this. The gameplay is really very average and doesn't lead to anywhere that could be considered above average; with the awkward camera scheme it is really difficult to move with any constant sense of speed to appease the timer; and the presentation is perhaps the only redeeming quality of this game. Not the wisest of purchases.

It would have been nice to see Game Center be implemented a bit more, such as with the addition of achievements for example. Other than this though, it's a fun little game.

If you like puzzle games and are sick of Match 3, Infection Zone is a great mental diversion. It's bright, happy, and most importantly, challenging.

Angry Bulls is good fun, even if it is terribly politically incorrect.

So feel free to yell out, "I sank your battleship!" to your iPhone whenever you like, but be prepared for some pretty odd looks.

Fans of puzzle games will definitely get a kick out of Portaball, but its unforgiving nature and lack of any real graphics or sound will turn away some. If you can get past the utilitarian design, Portaball really is a good game.

It's lacking more than a few characters and the controls take some getting used to, but the overall experience is definitely a positive one. Especially for series veterans and third-person shooter fans.

It's what I'd call a "safe" game. It doesn't try anything completely unique but it has a clean look, does what it does very well and offers up plenty of increasingly complex fun.

So, not a bad game, but not something you're going to fall in love with, either. Unless, of course, you're a huge fan of the Annoying Orange character; in which case, we're sorry.

The title is heavily inspired by Blizzard's World of Warcraft, but its portability adds a dose of novel freshness to a familiar outing.

The core gameplay of Par Out Golf is quite fun and offers more challenge than you might actually expect. The cartoon inspired visuals also compound the charm tenfold, while the game is true to the sport by instilling elation one moment, followed soon thereafter by the burning hatred and frustration of a thousand suns.

Though Fast Five the Movie: Official Game is supposed to be a compliment to the film, it honestly feels like another attempt to milk Gameloft's existing customer base.

The gameplay is perfectly suited for those ADD moments in life when you want to play a game or entertain yourself for a few minutes while you're waiting to do something else. This is a fun, easy to play game that nearly anyone can enjoy.

As long as you can get past the occasional instance of camera uncooperativeness, Great Little War game very much lives up to its name.

Snuggle Truck may have lost some of its message in its style transition, but the game is still incredibly fun.

For a simple 'find the image' game though, it's a clever idea and one that certainly makes a change from the standard Hidden Object title.

A great little idea. It's not going to win prizes for most beautiful app by any means but it has a rough charm to it. The key mechanic of sitching dimensions is great and really gives you food for thought. A bargain at the price.

Anyone looking for a fresh take on an emerging genre should plop down the pocket change and go for a dive with Squid Drop.

One of my favorite games this year – even after completing all 100 of the levels (with a 5th world with a brand new gameplay mechanic coming soon), I still found myself going back to try and improve my scores.

If you are up for dodging player cutouts and squeezing shots in just under the pipe, odds are you will find this game entertaining. Just do your best to avoid paying too close attention to the leaderboards, otherwise you will never be able to put the game down.

A snack of a game but a tasty one. The music also sounds very much like the Pirates of the Carribean theme music which was rather appropriate.

Featuring a tedious storyline that is hard to invest yourself into, a deluge of the same enemies over and over again, plus a little visual tarnish to boot, Third Blade is a game that doesn't live up to its own high aspirations.

A curious contradiction. With overly fast gameplay laced with story sections that feel too slow by comparison, and simple controls fused with menus that are often incomprehensible, this is a game that sometimes suffers from its dedication to the extremes.

Games like Bunny The Zombie Slayer are an amusing illustration of how fun simplistic themed games can be successful as long as players are not fixated on an extended experience.

Golden Axe 2 is showing its age a little now at nearly 20 years but it's still fun. If you've never played the title before then $3 might feel a little steep for only a few hours of fun, but if you've been here before, you'll just be so pleased that your memories weren't just rose tinted, they were the truth.

Good fun, even though it's not Easter any more. It's a simple concept but one that throws a fair few challenges your way making for a satisfying experience. It's also great to see more Universal apps at a low price point.

Overall, Rebounce is a real treat and far from your typical puzzle game. It sets a fast pace and will easily devour a few hours of your life at a single sitting, if you let it.

The beauty of Ramps is that it's great for both quick plays and long sittings.

If the game gets continuously updated I could see myself returning to it, but until then I will just say it was fun while it lasted.

A fun little game with an interesting concept behind it. In some ways, it's successful in its mission to make you feel the anxiety of only having one life. But then when you consider that you can practice an infinite number of times before you play any level, some of that tension goes out the window. Also, the game is naturally a short one, so you won't get a whole lot of play time out of it.

To its credit, the game does feature a limited multiplayer feature, but on a whole it's MUCH easier to recommend Civilization: Revolutions to anyone interested in civ building on his/her iPad. While there's a difference in price point between the two games, sometimes you do get what you pay for.

SplitApple is one of those games that may not feature a lot of modes and extras, but that is okay. The meat and potatoes of the game is its archery system, which is designed well enough that there's room for true skill to develop.

On a Tilt is an enjoyable little app, but it's not particularly impressive or memorable even. At the end of the day, it lacks the longevity to keep you coming back. Thankfully, it's fun for a while, and it only costs a dollar.

Fruit Snatch is a very simple concept but it's fun to play. It's not overly challenging by any means but it's a fun game to drop in on for short doses.

GemCraft isn't the prettiest of games, nor one with an involving storyline, but it does have a lot of depth. The combination of gems, structure building and unlockable skills makes for a potent mix.

There are many interesting and new ideas that Color Collider brings to the table, but sadly the mechanics can become increasingly frustrating the more difficulty the player encounters. Issues aside, it is both a fun and challenging game that is bound to give the masses fits for quite some time.

I love Max and the Magic Marker more in concept than in execution. If the platforming elements were tighter, and if the exploration elements were properly accommodated by the game, then this could be something truly special. However, as it stands, what you have is a game that is at times brilliant, but mostly frustrating.

Quibble is an immensely simple idea but it's just what you could want from a Word game.

The videogame equivalent of War and Peace, this is not. What you can expect is to waste a few minutes of your life, enjoying the antics of a crazy Caribbean crab, just looking to get his share of a small fortune.

If it wasn't for pesky questions being repeated, Confidence would be my new favourite trivia game. As it stands, it's still in my top three as I love the variety of the categories.

It is an addictive, casual experience that lends itself to short bursts of portable gaming bliss.

This is a game that might have been acceptable in 2009, but here in 2011, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect more.

There's certainly enough to enjoy here and with the promise of a level editor in a future update, there's a very good reason to keep Woozzle on your iOS device for a while to come.

For $2, this is a great title for the music rhythm fan to give a shot. It makes a pleasant change from more standard music game fare, feeling more fast paced, and the music quality in particular is exceptional.

Simply put, You Don't Know Jack is the kind of experience that not only stretches the mind with challenge, but inversely massages it with humor to ease the blow of defeat.

I truly enjoyed Big Cup Cricket. Its control system is spot on, consistently accurate and makes the game a joy to play.

Overall, it's aesthetic and challenging. The game play, if the mechanics worked properly, would be great. If you have the patience, I suggest checking this one out. Hopefully future updates will make it easier to enjoy.

A series of achievements encourage you to keep persevering as well as the ever satisfying global leaderboards. Don't expect huge revolutionary moves here but do expect some pleasant fun that will pass the time nicely.

Though the art style provides a certain aesthetic appeal, that still can't disguise the fact that Gold & Chocolate provides ninety levels of very little variation in mechanics.

An interesting setting for a racing game with a solid track collection that is unfortunately weighed down by poor execution on the part of physics and vehicular control.

Air Penguin is the perfect example of a quality casual game. It's simple yet gives you reason to keep playing. Plus it's fun to drop into for five minutes at a time or for much longer too.

Moving Day is certainly not going to recreate the genre by any means, it is a fun romp that should keep players busy for a couple of amusing hours. It provides the perfect amount of gameplay for ninety-nine cents, and will keep players hanging their heads in frustration for long after they have put the game away.

A great little retro arcade game – and I mean arcade in the truest sense. This feels like something that could have been made in the 1980′s and just recently unearthed. This is 'retraux' in incredibly fine form, and well worth checking out for fans of arcade games and fans of retro-styled games.

ClickGamer Solitaire doesn't reinvent the wheel. There are no gimmicks or oddness here. Mostly because it doesn't need them. It does exactly what you could want from a solitaire game which is all you could ask for. An ideal game to play on your lunch break.

While Pac'n-Jump is hardly the most original game on the App Store, it certainly adapts from its inspirations well and offers plenty of fan service along the way. Fans of the endless ascension platformer genre could do far worse.

Pick up Buganoids if you like 80's arcade games, and want to play something that feels like it was recently dug out of a box somewhere and ported to iOS.

Brodlzottn clearly uses a lot of endless jumping and running style mechanics that we've seen before but it still feels fresher than many. It's down to the concept really, it's so utterly bizarre and unique.

What is lacked in polish is made up for in solid level design, amusing mechanics, and 250 different puzzles.

What was a valiant attempt and reinventing a classic game on iOS has been run aground by piss-poor execution and lack of polish.

Very similar to other Tower Defense games but it's still enjoyable in its own right. It's cutesy and charming in appearance and the variety of different pets to use does add a more tactical element to things than you'd expect.

High score junkies, retro gamers, and achievement hounds should really enjoy the classic fun provided by Dawn of Play's tribute to the early days of handheld gaming.

Although it's no SSX, Snowboard Heroes is still a solid iOS game and has enough to it to keep you busy for a lengthy period of time. Any snowboarding fan will especially enjoy being able to play something of this quality on the go.

Traffic Master takes what might sound like a somewhat mundane task – controlling traffic – and turns it into a surprisingly fun and challenging game. This one's worth checking out, and it's only a dollar.

Easily one of the better-designed platformers I've played on iPhone. And considering it's only a dollar, it's hard not to be impressed.

You'll have your fun with it, but not too much until you pay.

Gameprom is back doing what they have proven themselves proficient at time and time again: making stellar pinball games.

Gluonia is worth a look if you're desperate for a new physics based puzzler but currently it just doesn't stand out from the crowd sufficiently enough to be worth recommending above all others.

It is very old school in its approach and doesn't ease you in gently. With 30 hours of gameplay on offer though, RPG fans would be mad to overlook it however. It's a tremendous piece of gaming history and still holds up well to this day.

If it weren't for the ever-present lag, the simple "puzzles" required to create new worlds might even be mildly entertaining, at least for younger kids. Unfortunately, constant crashes are simply unacceptable.

It's a very well designed game, and it's at a very reasonable price point, I recommend that you give it a shot.

With very rich, vibrant colors and some solid match 3 game play, Piyo Blocks 2 is a great game for anyone looking for a challenge.

Sometimes the design of Circus Pain is confusing, and it lacks some replay value at the moment, but this is a reasonably entertaining, if not brief foray into the physics puzzler genre.

On the surface, Killing Zone Defense is just your run of the mill tower defense game, but that's the beauty of it. It doesn't try too hard to be quirky or unique, it sticks to just what you could want from such a game and achieves it with style.

Admittedly, it might feel a little bare, but Lane Splitter is a very fun, arcade-style iOS title. Definitely worth a buck.

The experience is just so overwhelmingly great, that it is absolutely worth playing, worth seeing and experiencing for yourself.

It turns out that sometimes the simplest of ideas really are the most fun. I was impressed to see just how fast time went once I got into Tasty Planet and found myself working my way through each level. My only complaint is that it might be a little too easy as there's a definite lack of peril here, bar larger things being able to reduce your size.

If you are eager to take on new challenges with your favorite birds, then dropping $0.99 on Angry Birds Rio is a no-brainer. For those who have Angry Birds fatigue and have had their fill, there is nothing dramatically new to pull you in.

Cart Cow might not be your first choice for a physics based puzzler but it does deserve to be in the top 10. It's got some great ideas and level design, once you look past the minor niggles.

MotoTrialz isn't the best game ever, and the controls and features need some work, but it's a solid little game – and you could sure do worse for $0.99.

These are the kinds of titles that can set the platform apart as one of the truly unique experiences in gaming. It is definitely well worth a look, especially when you consider that the base game is actually free.

Overall, Seed Studio is off to a nice start with Pirate's Battle. I would love to see more playable ships and some extra game modes or minigames, but the package as a whole is still a great offering if you love playing same system multiplayer.

A fun addition to the dual stick shooter genre, but it lacks substantial content.

There's no story, and the duels are rather simple; even so, that simplicity makes it an easy way to get a few minutes' entertainment. As a Witcher fan, I would have liked a more significant tie-in with the game world, but even so The Witcher: Versus is, if not a must-have, certainly a fun way to spend some time.

For free, you'd be daft not to get it and the potential is clearly there making for an addictive experience. One that you'll find yourself dipping into often, just in order to up your ranking.

NewtonApples is a simple little game but entertaining. Throwing in a small section about the laws of motion is a great touch and adds to the experience.

It's a game that could get away with being more expensive and still be worth playing so at less than a dollar, Get Outta My Galaxy is near unmissable. You won't be sorry.

It's a game that knows it doesn't need to be anything clever. Just the simple reverse Jenga style gameplay means you'll happily keep at it. Just for the sake of knowing you mastered the game.

Operation Wow offers a great homage to arcade classic Operation Wolf.

It's an OK game with a nice quirky style behind it. However it's a game that feels more worthwhile as a freebie than something you have to pay for. Maybe if high score support follows, it'll have a bit more of a point to it.

Bird Zapper manages to be fun in a way that many similar games aren't, and I think that speaks to the attention to detail present here. Bird Zapper feels slick, and it's truly fun to play-even if it isn't the most original game in the App Store, Bird Zapper excels where it counts.