Pocket Gamer UK's Scores

  • Games
For 6,041 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 31% higher than the average critic
  • 19% same as the average critic
  • 50% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 God of War: Chains of Olympus
Lowest review score: 10 Angels In The Sky
Score distribution:
6042 game reviews
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    • 80 Critic Score
    A game that bursts into life when you play it with others, Progress is a great use of almost all of the possible controls on your iPad.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    While some of the new additions aren't perfect, The Room Three is still a brilliant, uniquely tactile experience.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A wonderful looking adventure, Lumino City is about as engaging as it is gorgeous.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Floppy controls mean this evolution is less of a successful mutation, more of a weird gangly third leg no one wanted.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A brilliant strategy title that twists the genre in smart ways, Five Card Quest is worthy of your attention.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Some great moments can be salvaged here, despite the ramshackle port.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In all honesty, this game had me at 'undercover octopus.' Unadulterated slapstick goodness finally comes to mobile.
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    • 90 Critic Score
    A top quality blend of tactics and role-playing, with enough customisation options for enormous replay value.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Slashy Hero is a cute and accessible roguelike with an incredibly satisfying and well-executed swipe-based combat system.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A brilliant game that's full to bursting with bright ideas and new ways to play.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead Effect 2 is more of the same, but if that's what you're after, and you can look past its ickier traits, you'll enjoy it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A clever, engrossing stealth puzzler that should have its best days ahead of it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    A clunky, heavy-handed, almost mercifully brief mystery puzzle game that falls well short of its lofty narrative targets.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Afterpulse almost certainly shouldn't be as good as it is, but it is as good as it is, and you should definitely play it.
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    • 40 Critic Score
    If ridiculously hard games are your thing, you might have a ball, if you don shades. For mere mortals, it's a joyless slog.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Please, Don't Touch Anything has the potential to touch on some serious issues. What it lacks in narrative it makes up for in fun factor.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A bright and clever mix of interesting ideas, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons works pretty damn well on iOS.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A charming, well thought out puzzler that doesn't rush you.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A well put together, but ultimately pretty drab match-stuff puzzler.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A charming and well put together platformer, it's the story that'll make sure you see it through to the bitter end.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tri Force Heroes can be a thrill when played with a group of three friends. But try playing it solo or with just one pal, and things might not be so fun.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A beautifully designed game that'll turn your life inside out for a week.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    League of Stickmen has its faults, but it's a pretty fun, slightly hands-off hack-and-slasher all the same.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No, it's not XCOM, it's a bit different, and it adds enough that it's worth a shot.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ghosts of Memories has some nice ideas, but they're not as well implemented as those in its inspiration.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A bold remix of Chess that dares to level the playing field.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    A rich and cheerful game with some neat ideas, Lumo's Cat isn't a classic, but it is fun to play.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Downwell is a brilliantly balanced vertical roguelike.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An adrenaline fuelled heart-pounder, Bridge Constructor Stunts is a worthy addition to Headup Games’ series.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A sad and sometimes difficult game about how water is the difference between life and death.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A serene logic puzzler that's occasionally too restrained for its own good.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A relatively fresh but extremely punishing take on the endless climber.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great companion to the Walking Dead series that combines fun gameplay with satisfying cast cameo appearances.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    A tiresome Clash of Clans clone, redeemed from utter oblivion by fun flying and amusing characters.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A solid and frequently impressive platform game, but its ferocious nature often makes it too frustrating.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An expensive but intriguing experience. Anki Overdrive isn't perfect, but if you've got enough money to experiment with it, it's a lot of fun.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If you like your shooters shooty, and your mobile games mobile, then Max Ammo is worth a look.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yet another auto-runner platformer, with a fair amount of charm, quite a lot of frustration, but no little green men.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An interesting twist on some old ideas, Super Sharp is a puzzler that just about lives up to its name.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It might not be the most original game in the world, but Sonic Dash 2 is well-enough put together that you'll enjoy any time you spend with it.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's a great game here, and while it is a little hamstrung by the controls, it's still worth checking out.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    There's a bit of fun here, but Kitty Pops is a slowly deflating balloon.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Torque Burnout has the germ of a good idea somewhere in its rickety chassis, but it burns out pretty quickly.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Happy Home Designer is a nifty little game for creative souls, but it may not hold your attention for too long if home decor isn't your schtick.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twin Shooter: Invaders takes me back to my youth, and it lets me take a friend along for the ride.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Still, the payment structure doesn't get in the way of the raw, petrol-stinking enjoyment too much. If you're a funny of pointlessly gritty cop-bashing Fast and Furious nonsense, then this is well worth checking out.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A bright and explosion-filled arcade shooter that's ridiculous good fun.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not what you'd expect from Simogo, but perhaps that's the point. What you do get is an original, compulsive, brain-bending puzzle game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist is a lot more confident when it's simply being a varied and frequently entertaining - if somewhat flawed - 2D platformer.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A simple and entertaining enough casual roguelike, Land Sliders doesn't have much meat on its bones, but that's fine.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's a lot to like in Astra, and if you're into leaping around planets then you're going to enjoy it.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A razor-edged, bite-sized platforming experience of the highest calibre.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Balances accessibility and depth for a fun, rewarding take on mobile management.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A solid and workable match-three puzzler RPG. And that's the nicest thing I can say about it.
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    • 80 Critic Score
    A smartly written, self-contained mini adventure with good puzzles.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    FIFA 16 plays an excellent game of football but the lack of modes outside of Ultimate Team and dreadful menu design hold it back from true greatness.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Finally, a mobile MOBA that doesn't just work, but feels at home in your pocket or bag.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A good and challenging treatment of an unusual subject, but lacks some of the polish you'd expect at the price.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It might not be super original, but this is a well balanced and pretty intriguing card-battler.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    An unkind jumper with a few too many problems, probably best avoided.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An MMA simulator as beautiful as the bloody and bruised fighters it celebrates, MMA Manager is nevertheless fun and well-constructed.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It might not be the most original game out there, but Starseed: Origin is a lot of fun .
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    More neon-infused shooty goodness from one of iOS's most dependable developers, and with plenty of challenge for the jaded.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Raceline CC might not be a racer in the traditional sense, but as a quick-blast mobile title it's pretty entertaining.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Gravity Duck Islands is a feature-packed sequel, but it doesn't address the real problem with the original game.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Impossible Caves is well-made but utterly charmless and infuriatingly difficult.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    A game about flying around, smashing into stuff, that gets a bit boring pretty quickly.
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    • 40 Critic Score
    Rambo: The Mobile Game may not be the worst game on the App Store, but it's still a lazy and expensive tie-in.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Towers Runner was a game made not for humans, but for spreadsheets on the desktops of chancers and charlatans.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pop the Lock is a simple high score chaser with even simpler graphics, but it's still fun.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fun but unoriginal fantasy romp with a bit of strategic skill selection to enliven the repetitive combat grind.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This fruit-based take on the Candy Crush formula is as polished, balanced, and playable as you would expect from the studio that brought you Angry Birds.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    I Am Bread is a ridiculous "slice" of mobile gaming, and while it doesn't really work, it's not really supposed to.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In space, no one can hear you die a lot. But you will die a lot in Dungeon of the Endless, and you'll have a great time doing it.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's Puzzle Craft too, and if you don't have a problem with that then you're going to enjoy this sequel.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    Touchdown Hero: New Season does what little it does well, but it does too little to be a fixture on your home screen.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    Slow Down is very lean and very tough, with unforgivingly random courses and a sneering techno soundtrack that makes you feel inadequate. However, it's solidly put together, with gameplay that starts to flow with practice, and its mechanic is fairly unusual.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Star Wars: Uprising is a perfectly solid RPG, but it doesn't do much that we haven't all seen before.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There might not be that much depth here, but Mucho Taco is surprisingly engaging all the same.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    Involving combat and colourful art do little to disguise a game that feels overbearing in its monetisation, overcomplicated in its presentation, and altogether too familiar.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Power Ping Pong lays the arcade elements on thick, but it's stuffed with content and its gameplay is totally solid.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gorgeous art and music make Seashine well worth playing, but expensive upgrades, unnecessary time pressures, and a genre that's all wrong prevent it from being truly great.
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    • 70 Critic Score
    Trick Shot would be a bit more satisfying if it had weightier ball physics and less demanding stages, but it's still a solid time-waster.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Swap Cops is a charming, slick, fast-paced casual strategy game, though its gameplay may be too distilled for some.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Worms 4 updates the ancient formula in all the ways you might expect on mobile, but technical woes and streamlining hamper the all important multiplayer.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shoot the zombies in the face and then get better guns and then shoot the zombies in the face again and so on and so forth.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    There is some enjoyment to be had with Chill Out! Zombies, but frequent technical problems and an increasing sense of dullness mean it's hard to recommend.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Another of those titles that burrows its way into your brain and won't let go. Quick games will soon swallow hours.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Math Academy looks the part, but is deceptively boring, and dumb to boot.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It won't transform your decks, but it does open up a wide range of mouth-watering new options.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The nub of something very special, just not quite charming or well-realised enough to fulfill its potential.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you can ignore the lingering concerns of greed and mistrust, Dice Mage's fast-paced strategy and memorable soundtrack are enough to be worth a try.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Resident Evil Revelations 2 may be a cut-down port, but if you can forgive its rough edges you're in for a treat.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    There are some decent ideas in Calvino Noir, but it's a mixture that just doesn't come together.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A brilliant and unusual action puzzle game with beautiful presentation and an annoying yet satisfying difficulty curve.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ski Safari 2 is fine, but we've definitely seen this mountain before.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Perfect pacing, unobtrusive free to play mechanics, and tense thrills make Winter Fugitives more than worth your time – and maybe even your bail money, too.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With sharp design, plenty of content, and elegant presentation, Lara Croft GO is one of the best puzzle games of the year.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A frustratingly limited take on footy management that's completely lacking in tactical intelligence.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It might not be the greatest port of Square Enix's masterpiece, but it's good enough to scratch your nostalgia behind the ears.

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