Unfortunately, it lacks depth.

Everything is well presented, and there aren’t any real problems with the game that are going to frustrate you. But the fact of the matter is you’re going to have seen everything that Aggretsuko: The Short Timer Strikes Back has done before, and that isn’t really enough to recommend it.

The best way to describe In Time on the iPhone is that it's like using a treadmill after being a trail runner. It's decent and serviceable, but it's nothing memorable, and there are a lot more enjoyable alternatives out there.

Order Up!! To Go is not a bad game. Everything in the game works from a functional standpoint, but could have used a little bit more cooking in planning out player progression.

The battles are one note, there aren’t exciting new kinks added in nearly enough, and the action is fairly slow. If you’re really hankering for a dungeon crawler you can do worse, but you can also do a lot better.

The game has lengthy load times, boring writing, and tiny sprites that make navigation difficult, even when you’re zoomed into Bikini Bottom as closely as possible. It should be rolled up in a carpet, and then it should disappear into the depths of the Krusty Krab’s dumpster.

Gothic Classic has an avid fanbase, and for good reason. The game is intricately detailed, with deep lore, and meaningful world-building. But sadly the awful controls are too much to cope with, and they do ruin the game to some extent. Perhaps it works better on a keyboard and mouse – but this is a game on the Nintendo Switch, and on this format it doesn’t quite work.

The biggest saving grace of Papertris is its budget price, but even with that in mind there are so many better options out there for puzzle game fans than this.

This is a disappointing fish tale.

Battle of Gundabad may be a deck building game, but with only AI to play against and a confusing layout to contend with, I don't think it'll convert anyone to thgenre. File this one under "missed opportunity."

I hate that I hate the puzzles in Layton’s Mystery Journey, because I like almost everything else about it. It looks great, the characters are fun, the scenarios and cases are charmingly whimsical — but the puzzles are either boring and frustrating. Maybe the series has always been like this. I’m not experienced enough to know. But after Layton’s Mystery Journey, I certainly don’t care enough to go back and find out.

It's not perfect, and when compared to those other games I mentioned earlier in the review, it simply can't compete on that level. But as a short distraction with no pressure of long lasting appeal Glo Flo can certainly fit the bill.

Catch the Candy often fails to hit the mark even when it comes to the most basic elements of level design, and the game as a whole feels like a something of a rush job – a concept that was far too plain to begin with, shackled by a series of equally tepid stages that do nothing to paper over its already sizeable cracks.

What's My IQ? admittedly looks good. The game's anime mascots all wear a look of perpetual low-key terror that will make you recall long classroom hours spent on your worst subject. But while What's My IQ? may get a smile or two out of you, the appeal doesn't last long-and neither do your cheats.

Kingdom Builder should be a great game on iOS. The rules are simple and the play eminently suitable for transition to a touchscreen interface. But while it essentially delivers what it needs to, it's a salutary lesson on how a number of small issues which might not be deal breakers individually can rapidly snowball and make an app slip into unusable territory.

So am I just supposed to laugh when I spend ten minutes flopping a piece of bread around a house, only to lose when the bread wildly flops to the floor and goes bad? I’ve laughed at goats rocketing through the air, and comedic surgeries gone wrong …but go throw a piece of bread on the floor. Did you laugh? Probably not.

You can spend a lot of time "playing" Pilot Brothers without ever really achieving anything, including fun. I'm sadly grateful to take leave of Chief and Colleague. If we meet again, I hope it's in a much, much updated format, relevant to the current platform.

Danger Boat isn't particularly horrible per se, as it's quite playable and safe.

In a mobile environment where zero dollars is fast becoming the new 99 cents, your time is the most precious resource of all. The only currency of consequence, I'd argue, in or out of any game. And when a title like Aero Vacation asks you to pay for your own time? You deserve better.

There isn’t enough good to outweigh the bad/annoying, even for a game that doesn’t cost anything to download or play.

Dream Revenant could have been a halmark mobile gaming moment. Instead, it’s a masterclass in how to make a mess out of the best of intentions.

Worst of all, Tales of Phantasia deserves so much better. Fans mention its name in the same breath as legendary RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI for a reason. But as long as the West only has this mobile mess as a modern reference, we'll never fully comprehend that reason.

It’s an argument that could extend to many idle clickers, but usually the genre offers titles that distract you from realizing how futile things are. Merge Town! hardly does this, and it certainly doesn’t last for any great deal of time. Throw in the fact that there are just too many adverts available to you, either through your own choice or in a compulsory manner, and Merge Town! just isn’t much fun. There’s too little game in here to keep you amused for longer than a few minutes.

Overall, it would be hard to recommend the mobile version of Cosmonautica to anyone but absolute lovers of space trading games. There is great potential here, but Chasing Carrots has a lot of work to do before I’d feel comfortable giving it a proper endorsement.

Though it's pretty to look at, it's ultimately just another shallow money trap mobile gamers should steer clear of.

Castle Clout is technically fine, but it's not really all that much fun to play.

Playing Monster Mansion is as disheartening as watching someone drop a pack of raisins into your Trick-or-Treat bag. Very young monster fans might appreciate the simple gameplay and graphics, but even kids will crave something with a sharper bite before too long.

Those with greater patience might find it rewarding towards the end, but the blood-thirsty like me will find it disappointing that Barry won't splatter when dropped from great heights.