Replay value is good, given the high score nature of the game.

Co-developed by Borne Games and Over The Top Games, Fancy Pants features fluid animations, a terrific graphic style, and charm to spare.

Following the die-early-and-die-often mechanics of titles like Super Hexagon and Pivvot, Duet offers another fantastic offering with minimalist graphics, a rocking soundtrack, and super-responsive controls that make for an experience that’s both frustrating and rewarding.

Featuring futuristic worlds, robotic voiceovers, snarky humor, and extreme stakes, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! is an adrenaline rush in the palm of your hands.

Featuring outstanding visuals, intuitive controls, and gameplay ripped from the ring and crammed into your iDevice, Real Boxing delivers the goods and has the brawn to back it up.

Despite the fact that we finally have a great Zelda-esque adventure on an iOS device, the most talked about aspect of this game is Gameloft's use of IAP to unlock the full experience.

After releasing one of our favorite strategy games, Neuroshima Hex, we had high hopes for the follow-up offering and can gladly report that Army of Frogs is a more simplified, but equally challenging, board game.

Replay value is terrific, with a variety of modes to enjoy and strategies to employ.

Featuring terrific rope mechanics, upgradeable perks, mini-objectives, and an endless high-scoring format, Knights of the Round Cable provides a fun distraction that tests both your timing and your patience.

The soundtrack is charming, offering a fun and cheery vibe to the game. Controls require you simply to tap a minion to select, then tap its move or attack location. Hints are provided at the screen top to remind you of the selected minion's abilities.

Brought to the iDevices from the folks at Warner Bros., LEGO Batman offers a ton of playable characters from the DC universe to battle the likes of Lex Luthor and The Joker for the good of Gotham City.

Offering much of the same great gameplay that we saw in the previous iteration, Dungeon Hunter 2 also manages to slip in some nice improvements to bring us another terrific RPG option that should appeal to hardcore fans as well as usher in a new era of players.

Using simple building mechanics, sparse hands-off combat, and just a light smattering of overall goals to achieve, Rymdkapsel’s gameplay reinforces its presentation to offer a clever and challenging experience.

Offering a ginormous open-world environment with plenty of gameplay to keep you busy well after the holidays are over, Aralon has stormed the mountain and planted its flag to establish itself as top dog.

Offering 4 different game modes featuring endless high score runs with the same well-implemented control mechanics we know and love, Hook Worlds further solidifies Rocketcat as the king of swing.

Taking cues from games like Super Mario Bros. and Giana Sisters, Pixeline brings a fun and adventurous spirit to the iDevice that won't disappoint fans of classic gameplay.

Featuring a half-dozen game modes, a generous dose of humor, and a familiar core gameplay mechanic, Bag It! HD packs an addictive punch.

Combining Cut The Rope-style gameplay with Big Pixel's familiar graphic style, this has the makings of an addictive and high-score-competitive gem.

Controls are dead simple to comprehend and work as advertised. GameCenter integration tracks your scores on 3 global leaderboard and there are 18 achievements to earn, too.

Featuring stellar steampunk-inspired graphics, dead simple controls, and smooth as silk animation, Slingshot Racing has all the trappings of a classic iOS game save for online multiplayer action.

A reimagining of their previous Shoot The Birds offering, Shoot The Zombirds utilizes a creepy Halloween theme, goal-based multipliers, and upgradeable attributes to keep you firing arrows long into the night.

Featuring simplified gameplay, clean graphics, and fun RPG elements, Dungelot gives novices an engaging introduction to dungeon exploration.

While Spider-Man is a typical Gameloft offering right down to the weak storylines and questionable voice acting, it also contains the most important one of all: it's a polished, console-style game that's flat out fun to play.

Whereas popular rope-based puzzlers typically involve covering specific areas with rope or connecting preset points with a minimal amount of twine, Burn The Rope focuses on eliminating the rope completely.

Infused with equal doses of collection and avoidance mechanics, the quick bursts of a variety of game types will keep you on your toes and your fingers at the ready.

A high-flying and highly-enjoyable experience, Air Mail allows you to take to the skies like few others.

Kal Wardin returns to kick butt and take names in one of the slickest FPSs we've ever played on a mobile device.

Featuring much improved controls and a more robust story, Lost Winds 2 is everything we could have hoped it would be.

A port of the popular Flash game, Knightmare Tower mixes twitch gameplay with light RPG elements and an engaging art style to create on-the-go fun.

Featuring spot-on physics, wacky graphics, and sadistic level time requirements to earn even a single star, MotoHeroz is an exercise in patience, persistence, and perfection.

The most polished Mario Kart clone to date, SEGA's best-known characters take to the track with an impressive wealth of content that should keep gamers busy for some time.

Despite the hubbub regarding its similarities to Super Crate Box (due out shortly), when judged on its own merits, Muffin Knight is an enjoyable experience that holds its own.

Using a series of static images and simple drag-to-match controls, Play Kalei can be played as both a relaxing experience or a frantic speed challenge.

Despite changing little other than the graphics quality and swapping out some golfers and courses for new ones, Tiger remains the iOS champ and is worth picking up if you're a diehard golfer.

Improving upon nearly every aspect of the original and including a load of new features, Reckless Racing 2 promises to be a huge hit among racing fans.

Featuring imaginative settings, smooth racing, multiple race types, purchasable/upgradeable vehicles, and even online and local multiplayer, Table Top Racing is an accessible and fun racer for gamers of all ages.

Pairing the same awesome control mechanics with some crazy new environments, Flick Golf Extreme will put your flicking skills to the ultimate test.

Replay value is good, as you'll likely need a few retries to hit upon the 3-feather solutions for all levels. Once you have, though, there isn't a lot to draw you back in, except to solve puzzles faster to raise your scores.

Offering plenty of violence, some sexual themes, and more than a few dirty words, 9mm earns its 17+ rating and provides a highly-enjoyable experience for adult gamers looking for something a little grittier than your average shooter.

Featuring beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay, upgradeable ships/weapons, and an intuitive and simple control scheme, ARC Squadron offers fantastic gameplay in an equally pretty package.

Featuring a fantastic control method, sweet music, and a terrific art style, Bumpy Road is as delightful to watch as it is to play.

Sporting some of mobile racing's best graphics to date, a variety of powerful vehicles to unlock, and the menacing presence of "the law" to throw a monkey wrench into the standard racing formats, Need For Speed: Most Wanted not only plays fantastically, but looks great doing it.

Staying pretty faithful to the original board game, Puerto Rico HD is just another example of how to adapt a game to the touchscreen and make it feel like it was designed with the iDevice in mind.

Using targets, bonuses, and a variety of game modes, Flick Soccer! has plenty of enjoyable content to keep us bending it like Beckham for months to come.

An accurate representation of the physical board game, Catan tasks the players with building settlements and collecting resources in a bid to expand their empires and collect victory points.

Much like their fabulous previous release Year Walk, DEVICE 6 sees you tossed into the midst of a mystery and tasked with finding answers through exploration and puzzle-solving.

Despite the promising elements of multiple warring factions, a variety of tile types, and quick-paced play, our ability to truly enjoy the fruits of this game were a bit constrained until we played a number of games and gained a clearer understanding of the seemingly confusing gameplay.

Constituting a refinement of the Warzone Earth model that brings new maps, a handful of new elements, and a challenging Art of War puzzle mode, Anomaly Korea is every bit as engaging as we expected.

This auction-based title offers Knizia's traditional balanced strategy gameplay for a slightly confusing, yet ultimately wholly satisfying, experience.

Featuring the likenesses and voices of characters from the 1983 cult classic flick, as well as engaging gameplay, WarGames: WOPR creates an air of excitement thirty years in the making.

A collection of different maps and efficient push-notification online multiplayer make it an amazing world domination game.

As usual, the "everything in moderation" philosophy is in full force in this turn-based strategy game that's both thought-provoking and enjoyable.

Despite a seemingly complicated set of rules, Keltis is quite easy to grasp and a fun exercise in strategic gameplay.

Combining simple controls with a variety of game modes and an engaging comic-book style backstory presentation makes for a surprisingly compelling game.

Replay value is good, as the Endless mode should keep you busy long after you complete the Story mode.

Combining quick events with lightning fast cars and furious action sequences provides some top-notch fun and excitement that'll blow your hair back.

A departure for the dev team, Slydris is a relaxing yet challenging experience that appeals to a much wider audience than previous dual-stick releases.

A point-and-click adventure at its core, Superbrothers seeks to create a meaningful and fulfilling experience in addition to a fun and engaging mobile game. Mission Accomplished!

Offering the same solid mechanics as the original with a handful of cool new elements, EDGE Extended avoids the sequel slump and gives gamers an even more compelling experience than the first iteration.

Mixing sound puzzling mechanics with a dose of stealth gameplay in a very pretty package, SPY Mouse took us by surprise with its engaging reward system and clever design.

Building on the more intriguing aspects of their recent hit Heroes and Castles, Foursaken continues to amaze and excite us with these fantastically deep mobile games.

The controls are dead simple, requiring only taps to effect any on-screen behaviors. Replay value is high due to global leaderboards through GameCenter and a serious "one-more-try" vibe.

Featuring new stadiums, new characters, new game modes, and plenty of new gear to work toward, Homerun Battle 2 offers the same great experience as the first with just enough fresh content to encourage veterans to make the jump to the sequel.

Featuring outstanding graphics, crisp sound, intuitive controls, and heart-pounding action, Fight Night Champion is easily the best boxing game on the iOS platform.

Featuring awesome neon visuals, frantic gameplay, and some of the tightest controls we've experienced, Mutant Storm is an impressive addition to any gamer's collection.

With dead-simple controls, outstanding level design, and engaging graphics and music, Beat Sneak Bandit fires on all cylinders to provide one of the more uniquely stunning experiences we've had with an iOS title.

With a myriad of mini-games and a ton of customization options, variety is the order of the day and Pizza vs. Skeletons has proven to be extremely hard to put down.

The game's Retina Display 3D graphics are clean and clear, and the smallish level sizes allow for a tightly pulled-in view. Colors are easily distinguishable and animations are fluid.

A polished time-based challenge with engaging gameplay mechanics and simple path-finding controls, Burn It All is as compelling as any of the app store chart toppers we've come across.

Replay value is high, with the ability to replay levels to earn missing stars, multiple endless levels, and a good number of challenges to complete.

Following in the tradition of other Dr. Knizia classics, it'll take balanced play and strategic moves to beat your opponents and take home the top prize.

Replay value is terrific, as you can mix and match difficulties, factions, and abilities to create vastly different experiences when you play again.

A deep strategic battle for dominance among alien races, Eclipse is a robust and challenging affair that translates well to the touchscreen.

Featuring a simple rule set, family-friendly gameplay, and the excitement of snatching last-minute victory from the jaws of defeat, Las Vegas! requires a little strategy and a lot of luck.

Featuring a large variety of short tracks, upgradeable cars, and terrific graphics, Mini Motor Racing is a quality title that, despite a few quirks, manages to impress.

Improving upon the previous iteration in a variety of ways, fans will certainly take note of the greatly expanded single player campaign, the inclusion of fog of war, and the asynchronous cross-platform multiplayer mode with a plethora of maps to use.

Replay value is great, with a strong "one more try" vibe.

Featuring a colorfully appealing aesthetic, a killer '70s-inspired soundtrack, and often frantic gameplay, Funky Smugglers has proved extremely difficult to put down.

Featuring color-based combat, terrific graphics, and a polished presentation, Jelly Defense is a great introduction to the genre for newbies and a challenging offering for longtime fans, too.

Swapping jet skis for fan boats, you take on the role of a bayou-based smuggler looking to make a boatload of cash.

Just as Eufloria impressed us with its incorporation of naturalistic aspects into an RTS shell, Waking Mars has built its science fiction adventure around creating and cultivating plant life to reinvigorate the fourth rock from the sun.

Replay value is very good, as the game has a strong one-more-try aspect to it and chasing people on the leaderboards can be a lot of fun.

Despite rehashing elements from other chart toppers, Rip Off manages to provide a polished challenge that feels fairly fresh and offers a highly addictive experience.

Like its predecessors, Mr. Ninja is a casual timewaster that offers a fun challenge that just keeps sucking us back in for one more go at it.

While the sequel emulates the original in many ways, there is a healthy dose of new items, weapons, enemies, and locations, as well as a deeper story to boot.

The game features an appealing minimalistic style, challenging design, and dead-simple touch mechanics that provide a tantalizing experience.

Time Surfer utilizes the same one-touch dive-and-fly mechanics, the same procedurally-generated level designs, and the same tri-mission element as its predecessor, but there's plenty of new material here (including its time rewind function) to set it apart and help it stand on its own.

While most brick breakers are stale, generic clones of one another, Anodia uses stunning level design and an enjoyable Campaign mode to add beauty and replayability to a standout offering in an oversaturated genre.

Featuring dungeon-crawling fun, bite-sized adventures, and multiple character classes to use, Pocket RPG is an enjoyable experience that shouldn't be missed.

Featuring fun-for-the-family gameplay and a seemingly limitless dictionary of objects, Scribblenauts is a brilliant timesink that's never the same game twice.

Using tilt controls, you must orient the tetris-like blocks within the puzzle area to create a safe path for the tiny polar bear to find the exit and continue his search for his mother.

Featuring stylish art design, deviously clever puzzles, and ultra-cute characters, Blast-A-Way is a fantastic new addition to your casual puzzle collection.

Boasting a ridiculous number of levels, appealing graphics, and a bevy of mechanics to utilize, Run Roo Run is an enjoyable game with wide appeal.

Some things I found a little annoying were the missions. They're really limited and you really end up doing the same thing.

It is a fun head-scratcher that requires outstanding spatial skills and precise slicing-and-dicing of the various configurations to successfully maneuver through each level.

Featuring a cool hand-drawn art style, challenging physics puzzles, and explosions at your fingertips, Paper Munchers proves itself to be a surprisingly addictive experience.

Featuring fun challenges, bite-sized gameplay, and a new level every day for the next 1,000 days, 1000 Heroz will remain a fresh experience for years to come.

Replay value is good, as you’ll require multiple tries on some levels to earn all 5 water droplets that represent the most efficient use of water. GameCenter provides a handful of leaderboards, though no achievements.