Dead Man's Draw is a superb card game with excellent production values and an intriguing level of depth.

There are a few niggles here and there, but if you love your board games fantastical and polished, you're going to love Armello.

In many ways a very simple game, the tactile pleasure of flicking basketballs into a hoops makes NBA Hotshot a joyous experience.

A fun, fast-paced dungeon-crawler that does its inspiration justice, Warhammer Quest isn't perfect, but it's a damn good start.

Straightforward colour-matching mechanics, challenging modes, and excellent replay value make Push Panic highly recommended.

The World Ends With You is a wonderful game, but this Final Remix doesn't quite to it justice.

A smooth and soothing puzzler, Kami still offers a decent challenge to anyone who wants to go for a perfect score.

SteamWorld Heist is an unexpected and super-satisfying strategy smash - if you've enjoyed games like Codename STEAM or Fire Emblem, then consider this little gem an essential purchase.

OCO is a remarkably tasteful and calming puzzle-platformer with a beguiling audio element.

A fun, if curiously uninspired, entry in the Yoshi's Island series, featuring superb art and sound, but very few new gameplay ideas.

Despite a few missteps, there's enough that Homo Machina gets right that you're going to love the time you spend with it.

A puzzling platformer with its feet firmly on the ground, Rinth Island is a brilliant slice of gaming that almost anyone will enjoy.

The Nintendo Switch is the perfect home that Super Meat Boy never knew it needed.

A brash and lovely looking arcade shooter with enough content to make it well worth your time.

Hunters 2 is an almost perfect sequel - it improves on what has gone before without drastically changing too many things. The presence of in-app purchasing is unfortunate, but not enough to sully the good work done elsewhere. Turn-based strategy fans should pick it up.

Despite minor dictionary niggles, this is a must-have word game for anyone who likes her mobile gaming delivered with a side order of brutality.

Apart from the lack of an undo button, One More Button is a slick and engaging puzzler with a difference.

A big explosion of guns, grunts, and buzz cuts. You know exactly what you're getting with Modern Combat 5: Blackout.

Both easy to learn and challenging, Paper Munchers is an addictive puzzler.

Riot Rings may not be as violent as its title suggests, but its huge amount of content, excellent polish, and addictive gameplay ensure it runs rings around its opposition.

Glitch Dash is a seriously stylish, finely crafted runner that avoids most - but not quite all - of the genre's pitfalls.

Don't let its visual similarity to Tetris fool you. This is a game that stands on its own very high merits.

A fast-paced and relentlessly hard racer, Fluid SE is well worth your time.

Fast & Furious 6: The Game is the simplest, most accessible, and graphically impressive of the current set of drag racers.

A thoughtful and tightly executed expansion of Noughts and Crosses that will spark plenty of online grudge matches.

Vibrant, playable and tough pinball, which is but a combo away from us yelling “Awesome, you guys!” in Cartman's trademark sneer.

A shiny and entertaining hovering adventure, Power Hover is as beautiful as it is fun.

Pine: A Story of Loss is a wordless game full of story, emotion, and memories of someone who is now gone. It's emotional and does a fantastic job of showing what it's like to lose someone that you keep remembering.

Stellar Wars is a solid sequel to Legendary Wars, righting some of the wrongs and providing a captivating new setting for the strategic action.

Bravely Second is a worthy sequel to a fantastic game and fans of the series will be very pleased.

Visually appealing and with an operatic setting like no other, Battle of Puppets's strategic play is highly addictive, if also repetitive.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 is a charming adventure hampered by an ill-conceived touch control scheme.

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Goblin Scourge Edition is a wonderful narrative adventure with only a couple of performance issues.

Commander Pixman takes good old-fashioned gameplay and wraps it up in an appealing retro package which will keep adrenaline junkies sated for quite some time. The steep challenge may be a little too much for some players, however.

A surprisingly welcoming treat of a JRPG, and a successful blend of two worlds.

A fresh and entertaining snowboarding game. It might have a few problems, but the core gameplay makes up for that.

A stellar update of an esteemed platform classic, the Prince's latest handheld trip is one that is well worth rediscovering - or discovering for the first time if you're lucky enough to still be considered a youngster.

The novelty of the Walking Dead series is wearing off a bit, and 'Amid the Ruins' lacks the tension of some previous episodes, but good storytelling is timeless.

In all honesty, this game had me at 'undercover octopus.' Unadulterated slapstick goodness finally comes to mobile.

A bright and surprisingly challenging touchscreen platformer, Bean Dreams is a sharp and entertaining sequel.

A bold and intriguing adventure with an impressive scope, albeit one that's held back by a few niggles here and there.

A bright and pretty brilliant retro shooter.

Square Rave is as satisfying as it is intuitive, and more addictive than both.

Has a very high entry barrier, but beyond it is a unique and compelling fusion of strategy game and history lesson.

A fast paced and entertaining adventure, once it gets going Sultans of Rema will have you on the edge of your seat.

Holedown is a sweet and satisfying game of shattering blocks. It's like a casual game for grown-ups and people with attention spans, and I'd definitely suggest you go and check it out.

Jellies! is an adorable little color-matching puzzle game with a fantastic style and an interesting arcade-like twist.

Refreshingly original bubble-guiding game. Slow and sublime but also deviously tough, with lots to see and find. Don't let this one float away.

Westworld is far more than just a reskinned Fallout Shelter, but its grind may be a little off-putting for some.

Great Little War Game 2 sticks to familiar battlegrounds, but it's still (wait for it) a great little war game.

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.

A wonderful looking adventure, Lumino City is about as engaging as it is gorgeous.

Operation: Vietnam doesn't win any bravery medals for its concept, but it's a well-trained, impressively executed idea that hits all the necessary targets.

An entertaining and gorgeous platformer, Icycle: On Thin Ice is as smart as it is fun.

A fast-paced and engaging tappy shooter that looks stunning. It might be a little too simple for some, but there's a neat high score chasing rhythm here that's hard to ignore.

Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast is still as enjoyable as its predecessors, only with more movie references and less Monty Python jokes.

A smartly written, self-contained mini adventure with good puzzles.

A sublimely understated hidden object game that shows that, sometimes, subtle improvements to a strong foundation are all a sequel needs.

Some minor multiplayer issues and overly long load times do little to change the fact that WipEout is back in the palm of your hand, and it's better than ever.

Be prepared for a tough but rewarding challenge with Defenders & Dragons, one that emerges from a deceptively simple tug of war setup.

Part-racer, part-side-scrolling shooter, Delta-V Racing offers an impressive amount of excitement and challenge, and it can be played using just a single finger.

Yet another tile-slider, but one that manages to do something a bit different. Engaging, if a bit complicated for its own good at times.

It might start out a little sluggishly, but when Anomaly Defenders reveals the full extent of its strategy, you can't help but be sucked in.

A shiny and sharp racer that gets the meat of the genre right, Reckless Racing 3 is well worth some attention.

If you're okay with making your own fun, and delight in recounting homespun stories, then Terraria is the game for you.

Creative new modes and a great set of features don't just keep Infinity Field from being a copycat, they make it a superior twin-stick shooter.

An exciting, accessible role-playing game that does away with most of the fluff that bogs down the genre while retaining the depth that fans adore.

Another fine racing game from Vector Unit, filled with modes and great tracks. But it's often too stuffy and serious for its own good.

Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake is a funny and charming puzzle collection, with lots of secrets to uncover, that's only let down by some finicky controls.

A bright and entertaining adventure game that never gets bogged down in strange ideas.

Despite a disjointed Campaign mode, Sky Gamblers: Cold War provides more slick dogfighting action with a greater range of military toys to play with.

Hector Ep2 is more welcoming for newcomers, without losing the sharp wit, funny jokes, and tough puzzles that marked it out in the first place.

An adrenaline fuelled heart-pounder, Bridge Constructor Stunts is a worthy addition to Headup Games’ series.

A seriously tough but tactile physics platformer that will delight and frustrate in almost equal measure.

Lollipop 3: Eggs of Doom is smashing fun, though the experience cools off as quickly as breakfast left on the table.

In a genre as packed to the gills as the match-three puzzler, Piyo Blocks 2 stands out by doing the simple things extraordinarily well.

Streets of Rage 2 is a well-crafted iPhone port, capturing the original gameplay well and offering Bluetooth multiplayer to boot.

Tempered by minor control quirks, Beneath a Steel Sky remains as entertaining as it did 15 years ago, galvanising the adventure gaming resurgence on iPhone.

Today Liberty City Stories is breaking new ground again by bringing that experience to mobile for the first time.

An attractive and vast racing simulator that largely holds its own against the Real Racing series, but which requires an awful lot of hard work (or expenditure) to make any progress with.

A welcome addition to the Dragon Ball Z franchise that's sure to have you screaming in anger and excitement.

Smart, slick, and seriously well made. Housemarque does it again.

Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is another lovely platformer to add to your 3DS eShop collection.

FireWhip takes time and dedication to learn, but once you grasp it this is a sharp, compulsive little arcade blast.

An innovative collection of Breakout-themed mini-games, Nervous Brickdown is a well-designed and beautifully realised slice of DS pocket gaming.

While it does suffer from some technical frustrations, Vita is the best place to play Nuclear Throne outside of PC.

DERE Vengeance could have easily become just another standard platformer with its 2D style and straightforward controls, but it is so much more than that. After that second level, everything gets turned up to eleven. The puzzles are a fantastic challenge, the atmosphere keeps you in such suspense, and the story will keep your attention until the very end.

New mechanics and infectious humour make this a solid entry in a safe, assured series of games.

First-rate conversion of two excellent games that, individually, lose a little of their spark on PSP, although nothing that significantly dulls the overall experience.

Quell Memento is a gem of a puzzle game, with armfuls of clever, elegant, and addictive levels. The story is nicely told, but a tad too simple to really be affecting.

Mecha Ace is a fast-paced text adventure game. It's full of choices that help keep the action interesting.

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.

Simple but smart, Collision Effect offers striking visuals and a setup that remains uncomplicated but challenging throughout.

Samurai II: Vengeance is a sharp, stylish action game that could use more diverse level design, but is undeniably entertaining.

BUTCHER is an incredibly slick and deliciously violent twin stick shooter that's found a perfect home on the Nintendo Switch. It's mobile friendly, thanks to the minute levels, and it runs like a dream on the hybrid console. If you're expecting something a little different, BUTCHER isn't it. But there's no way in hell you'll be disappointed with what's on offer here. It's a twin stick shooter to die for.

There's a lot to here to enjoy, and if you're a big fan of Marvel, there's even more.

A lovely little puzzle game packed with British humor and wonderful graphics.

Cling Thing looks like a bargain bucket greatest hits compilation of other games on the App Store, but don't let that put you off.