Slide around the screen and dodge overwhelming bullet patterns in this surprisingly narrative-driven shoot-em-up.

Nifty sci-fi humor and creative power-ups keep this fight good, but not great.

D:COM - MISSION ALPHA has a more complex title than it does gameplay, but it still makes for some decent no-frills fun.

Part Kung-Fu epic, part rhythm-based fighting game and part self-promotion, Way of the Dogg is a fan-only affair, if that.

Charade Parade is a pretty cool idea that fumbles slightly in one very important area.

A challenging combination of billiards and mini-golf, Super Paper Pool is rather fun for the skilful gamer.

This ambitious freemium MMO is a lot more compelling than it probably looks.

Total Domination: Reborn does a lot of things right but the PvP elements feel a bit too extreme.

Despicable Me: Minion Rush does the movie justice and is one of the best infinite-runners in the app store because of its great visuals and fun gameplay.

Pirates and puzzles seem like a curious combination, but somehow SEGA manages to bring this PC mainstay to iOS with style.

Anodyne Mobile is not the best PC-to-iOS port, but this Zelda homage with a mysterious world is still worth checking out in this form.

Simple fun, if unremarkable, Sewer Escape is a cute vertical Endless Jumper title.

Sometimes more of the same is more than enough.

It's a little stingy on game time, but Dark Manor is a satisfying Free to Play Hidden Object game from Big Fish Games.

Long battles are the norm in this oddly interesting yet deeply flawed title.

A little too simplistic for comfort, Monsters University is a pretty by-the-numbers Auto Runner game.

CastleMine looks a bit rough and doesn't feel very balanced for difficulty, but it's a fun tower defense game that manages to be more strategic than most.

Cling Thing surprises at every turn with clever uses of its sticky mechanics.

Power up and in-app purchases free, Nat Geo Wild QuizUp is all about pure knowledge. It's just a shame that there aren't more questions.

Guide a tiny school of fish to safety in this beautiful and surreal adventure.

As a real time strategy game, Pyramus has a lot going for it. Except a few key fundamentals.

Secret Passages: Hidden Objects is like the classic series of I SPY books, but with a lot more complexity and a storyline.

One-touch controls or not, it takes a fair amount of patience to see even a single level of GOL: Legend through to the end. But it's extremely satisfying when that happens.

CRUSH! is an intense block-based puzzler that’s best described as Tetris’ evil twin brother.

Action Bowling 2 is a bowling simulator with easy gameplay and 2 types of multi-player modes.

Occasionally a little messy, and keen to take one's money, Mirrors of Albion is a freemium-focused Hidden Object game that still offers some casual fun.

Nothing's incredibly wrong with this endless runner, but nothing's incredibly right about it either.

Eden to Green is probably the first tower defense CCG I've ever played. It's also set the bar pretty high.