Combining features from Sword & Poker and Words With Friends, Poker Pals is a strategic board game best enjoyed by taking on players from around the world at your own pace.

Eschewing the typical criminal storyline that gave purpose to GTA's mayhem, Payback 2 HD simply provides you with a series of bite-sized situations that put you into heart-pumping action sequences meant to keep your adrenaline flowing.

Featuring simple controls and fairly basic puzzles, Ninja Throw HD makes for a nice title for kids, though adult gamers will likely find it underwhelming.

Featuring rope-swinging action, 3-star collection objectives, and a whimsical cartoon presentation, Munch Time HD ticks most of the checkboxes for becoming a hit title.

Replay value is great, as much of the game focuses on racking up big points and staying alive to achieve high scores.

iBlast Moki was one of our favorite early iDevice releases, mixing sweetly-rough graphics with simple controls and timing-based, bomb-blasting fun. The sequel takes all of these elements, adds in a bunch of new goodness, spit-polishes it to a high sheen, and delivers it in an impressive package.

Featuring last man standing mechanics, Greed Corp. HD brings out the inner Machiavelli in all of us.

With its charming 3D graphics and layered terrain, this enjoyable offering is both fun to watch and exciting to play.

While not all sports seem that conducive to this control style, gamers may find some of these offerings to be a fun timewaster.

Developed by Omni Systems Limited, Eufloria HD provides a variety of objectives and an array of factors to take into consideration within a simple, eye-catching interface.

Despite its story-driven gameplay and similarities to Guerrilla Bob, Cowboy Guns failed to captivate us in any meaningful way.

Mixing elements from a variety of popular casual fare, Contre Jour manages to create a highly-engaging experience that delights at every turn.

Featuring colorful and varied designs, as well as an impressive physics engine, Blosics HD is an interesting and enjoyable title.

Featuring fully-destructible environments, unlimited ammo, and a bunch of interesting power-ups, Rocket Riot easily overcomes its quirky controls to provide a fun and exciting experience.

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.

Featuring great, animated visuals and solid gameplay akin to fan-favorite Galcon, Tentacle Wars HD adds a few interesting elements that provide new strategic considerations.

Despite the familiar neon graphics and side-to-side arcade shooter style, the included twists really up the ante and make this a compelling challenge.

With gameplay focused on conquering territories and building cities and armies, you might think that Match-3 mini-games would feel out of place, but somehow it works in this interesting title.

While Lost Earth doesn't really offer anything too innovative, the presentation is well done and the gameplay is very enjoyable.

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

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.

Featuring a terrific neon interface and challenging gameplay, A.I.R. Defense is an intriguing release that mixes genres to great effect.

Replay value is present in spades, as the combination of strategy and luck make for a unique experience every time.

Looking like a skinned version of Doodle Jump, Ooga Jump incorporates a lot of the fun nuances that made Pocket God so enjoyable while providing fans a full-fledged spin-off in its own right.

Featuring super-creepy visuals, spine-tingling audio, and several genuinely startling moments, Indigo Lake makes for a fantastic spooky experience at just the right time of year.

Featuring clever control mechanics, loot to find/purchase, and interesting strategic gameplay, Pocket Titans may be a short adventure, but it’s certainly an enjoyable one.

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.

Featuring a clever mechanic that allows for on-the-fly turret swapping within a centrally-located edifice, Steampunk Tower sees you fighting a battle on two fronts while micromanaging your defenses.

No stranger to mixing game types to garner unique and interesting results, Foursaken infuses elements of roguelikes, creature collectors, RPGs, and adventures to create a compelling offering.

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.

Despite employing a similar art style as many of their other offerings, Random Runners fails to excite or intrigue us in any way.

As educational as it is fun, Type:Rider uses environments composed of letters to teach the history of fonts.

You and up to three additional players hold mankind’s fate in your hands as you attempt to cure four diseases that threaten our continued existence.

Featuring interesting level design, a cool pixel art aesthetic, and a quirky sense of humor, LEVEL 22’s restricted vision and reliance on trial-and-error often left us wandering the halls in frustration.

Featuring a great mixture of dumb luck and strategic gameplay, Dead Man’s Draw is a compelling challenge hampered mainly by its IAP push and its lack of an online multiplayer option.

Despite a handful of game modes and a fairly smooth experience overall, 2K14 reinforces the adage that all that glitters is not gold.

Featuring a variety of enemies, simple controls, and tons of loot used to upgrade your character, Trouserheart may be light on depth, but it’s heavy on fun.

With the addition of a playable female protagonist, a greatly expanded game world, collectible ingredients for enhancement potions, and a richer storyline, Infinity Blade III retains all of the fantastic elements of the first two offerings while managing to improve in fun new ways. We’ll be quite disappointed if this truly is Infinity Blade’s swan song, as each iteration has been decidedly better than its predecessor.

Noteworthy for its cool mechanic that instantly swaps first-person and top-down viewpoints whenever the mood hits, Strike Team has our full attention.

Eschewing the multitude of weaponry available in the original for a crash course in defensive driving techniques, Zombie Highway: Driver’s Ed makes up for it with missions, vehicle upgrades, and experience leveling that compels the player to keep on truckin’.

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.

Retaining the same style and spot-on controls as the original, Mikey Hooks adds grappling hooks, more obstacles, and a damage mechanic that adds a great deal of challenge and makes the sequel a standout hit.

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.

Featuring aircraft from the post-WWII/Cold War era, a short campaign, plenty of multiplayer options, and a few neat surprises, Sky Gamblers: Cold War provides yet another combat sim that gets the job done without standing out.

Replay value is very good, as there are plenty of unlockables and mixing up your loadouts can have an impact on how the battles play out. Additionally, enemy placement varies from one effort to the next, so that helps to keep things fresh.

Replay value is pretty good, as you can play very stealthy in one playthrough while blasting baddies at will in another. Your dialogue choices can also differ from one attempt to another, warranting additional playthroughs to see how these decisions play out. The gameplay itself is fun, despite (or maybe even in response to) the somewhat awkward enemy AI that often leaves them exposed like cutouts in a shooting gallery.

Replay value is pretty good, as you can grind to get better gear and afford interesting perks, but we just didn’t feel that there was enough there to keep us interested for very long.

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.

The controls were responsive, just not sensitive enough.

Puzzle design is outstanding, with many later instances requiring extremely tight timing to escape certain doom. A dozen GameCenter achievements are available for a bit of replay value, and there is even an achievement for completing the game in one sitting with 5 or fewer deaths, which can be a pretty daunting challenge. This was our first experience with LIMBO and we were pretty blown away.

After a rocky start that saw the original release pulled for several months, Black Dawn is back with a new moniker, better visuals, and the same great gameplay that attracted gamers in the first place.

Featuring a gorgeous aesthetic, open-path gameplay, and even a turn-based asynchronous multiplayer mode, Siegecraft TD brings something new and exciting to the table.

Featuring solid physics and cool level design, Cling Thing does a lot right without doing anything exceptional.

Featuring a polished presentation, a genuinely interesting storyline, and a clever tap-based combat mechanic, Spiral Episode 1 is an entertaining offering that promises more to come.

Featuring a clean, minimalistic aesthetic, multiple game modes, fun power-ups, and unforgiving gameplay, CRUSH! is sure to give puzzle lovers fits.

Featuring an innovative collapsing mechanic, great music, upgradeable skills, and tons more, Scurvy Scallywags manages to make Match-3s fun again.

Boasting more of everything that made the original so great, Kingdom Rush Frontiers provides fans with all-new ways to keep peace in the kingdom.

Using a handful of provided materials, you’ll need to construct makeshift bridges to allow your train to cross gaps in the line safely.

Featuring a solid physics engine, flashy graphics, and an even larger open-world sandbox than they’ve offered before, Gangstar Vegas certainly looks the part though despite some control quirks.

Featuring a handful of gaming modes, a variety of unit types, and tons of player-generated maps to enjoy, Cubemen2 offers an exciting take on the tower-defense genre.

Similar in style to Rodeo’s previously-released Hunters series, Warhammer Quest offers outstanding visuals, challenging battles, and deep strategic gameplay.

Featuring multiple graphic styles, generous paddle control, and lengthy vertically-scrolling levels, Hyper Breaker Turbo breathes life into a weary genre.

Featuring unlockable characters and combo moves, upgradeable abilities, and gesture-based controls, Combo Crew is fast-paced fun.

A natural fit for the large touch screen, we are beyond thrilled to finally satisfy our tactical fix on the go.

A cross between Plants vs. Zombies and Axe in Face, High Voltage Software’s Zoombies is an engaging challenge that has taken us quite by surprise.

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 familiar game style and numerous attempts at humor, Dig! simply doesn’t do enough to stand out from the pack.

Featuring tight controls, a randomly-generated pathway, and a strong “one more go” draw despite its fairly hardcore difficulty, Impossible Road is an intriguing offering that quickly got its hooks into us.

Featuring a terrific aesthetic, quirky obstacles, and simple controls, Daddy Was A Thief provides a fun high-score-chasing experience that’s accessible for gamers of all ages.

With two gameplay modes, intuitive controls, and a graphic style that’s reminiscent of Cut The Rope, Tasty Tadpoles is a cute and simple offering that seems geared toward younger gamers.

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

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.

Holding true to the vision of the original, Random Heroes 2 addresses many of the issues that we had with the first to offer a more compelling experience than before.

Swapping out zombies for vampires and adding some particularly impressive visuals to the mix, Fangz is an exciting release during a rather dull week.

A casual affair featuring uniquely-skilled fish, quirky missions, and powerful gem combos, Fish Out Of Water! should feel right at home on any young gamer’s mobile device.

Featuring super simple controls, cute animations, and tons of cosmetic customizations, Monkey Boxing is a quirky little title for the kid in all of us.

Featuring an old-school aesthetic, pop-up interactive boxes, and a clever story that follows a pair of main characters, Gemini Rue delivers where it really counts.

With its polished presentation, simple controls, and entertaining gameplay, Illusion Labs has the makings of another hit on its hands.

Despite the pedigree of its inspiration, HEAVY – sword fails to deliver the same warm fuzzies as a certain Italian plumber.

Featuring plenty of unique and upgradeable weapons, improved graphics, and tense gameplay, Overkill 2 offers an experience that’s every bit as exciting as the original and then some.

Featuring silhouetted foreground aesthetics, brilliant one-touch controls, and plenty of objectives to keep gamers busy, BADLAND is a standout game that we can’t stop playing.

Featuring 8-bit graphics, a catchy chiptune soundtrack, and ginormous buttons for easy control, Slayin looks and feels like an old-school arcade game shrunk down to pocket size.

Featuring up-to-date rosters, new Trading AI, a host of management tweaks and improvements, and the same robust experience we’ve grown to love, iOOTP Baseball 2013 continues to provide a fantastic product to diehard baseball fans.

While some of our nostalgic faves have made a great impression when brought to the mobile screen, Duke Nukem 2 was probably better left in the past.

Developed again by Kukouri Mobile Entertainment, Tiny Troopers 2 features expansive levels, improved upgrade systems, and exciting gameplay, offering more of the same great action with some welcome tweaks.

Featuring simple graphics, speed-run mechanics, and tight controls, Chopper Mike offers a challenging experience in a frustrating environment.

Featuring a cute main character, intuitive controls, interesting puzzles, and great graphics, Unmechanical is a worthwhile, albeit short, adventure.

Despite reducing the total course count to nearly half of the original, Super Stickman Golf 2 has improved upon and enhanced nearly every other aspect of the game.

Featuring a colorful and quirky aesthetic, terrific controls, compelling collection mechanics, and one-more-try gameplay, Ridiculous Fishing is ridiculously fun.

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.

Featuring terrific visuals, a fully-stocked armory, and multiple game modes, Journey to Hell sadly comes unraveled by its dull and drudging gameplay.

Featuring clean, sharp graphics, randomized obstacles, and an engaging commentary style, Outland Games’ pleasing presentation outpaces its average gameplay.

Despite its interesting premise and sharp visuals, Fury of the Gods fails to offer exciting or compelling long-term play.

Featuring levels in the triple digits, creative puzzles, and a great light-darkness mechanic that dictates where you can and cannot go, Penumbear makes for a compelling offering.

Notable for its knitted sweater aesthetic, Knitted Deer offers a somewhat run-of-the-mill experience with floaty physics that can be unforgiving.

Though the name was probably meant to be tongue-in-cheek, it actually describes this offering to a T.

Featuring pretty graphics and a ridiculous number of levels, Sporos’ main drawback is its lack of difficulty or challenge. Since it’s touted as a laid-back and relaxing puzzling experience, we cannot fault this oversimplified timewaster too much, though.

Featuring an updated graphical interface, a loose storyline, and lots of zombies, weapons, and perks of varying powers to mix-and-match, King Cashing 2 offers an even deeper take on its already addicting gameplay.