With familiar rotational platformer gameplay and exacting mechanics, Pyro Jump won't set your world on fire, but it is a solidly crafted example of the genre.

A neat action puzzler, Fragger is another example of a popular Flash game making a welcome leap to iPhone.

Fast, frantic, and fun, Gravity Guy 2 has a twist up its sleeve that distinguishes it from most other endless-runners. You can't help but enjoy playing it.

A passion for the sport is a requirement to get the most out of Rugby Nations '13 - while it boasts smart graphics and decent controls, matches aren't quite as gripping as they possibly could be.

Not exactly original, but a well-made and lovely looking castle defence game.

An impressive side-scrolling shooter whose intuitive touch screen controls and unique art style compensate for a lack of variation and longevity.

Less strategic than it wants to be, but this is a fun and hugely likeable time-waster for iPad owners.

A satisfyingly meaty twin stick shooter that spices up its repetitive blasting with weighty combat and a free-wheeling perk system.

Playmobil Pirates is full of personality and contains some excellent visual design. The handful of issues present here only slightly detract from an otherwise very entertaining freemium builder.

When it's good, Supertype is great, and it's worth sticking with it through the lower points to get to those soaring heights.

Although Dark Void Zero ran the risk of being a one-joke game, its faux-retro styling combines beautifully with tight gameplay to create a brilliant iPhone action platformer hampered only by its shortness.

A polished remake of a retro classic, Pipe Mania's extra features build on the challenging core gameplay while the broad selection of modes provides hours of enjoyable pipe positioning fun.

Fortuna Magus doesn't innovate much on the classic retro JRPG formula, but that might be exactly what some people want.

Stoneship is an intriguing mix of memory gaming, high seas exploration and strategic planning, but its regularly frustrating nature and lack of replay value take the wind out of its sails.

Though fans of the series may be able to excuse its technical issues, this isn't the top-end collection it could have been to attract new players to this classic series.

Nidhogg 2 is a game of ethereal highs and thudding lows, and those sporadic bursts of joy are best experienced with a friend by your side.

Kasso Gaiden doesn't feel like it is unique enough to stand out, but it's an interesting little game. I do wish the sound effects were mutable, as they sort of take away from the experience.

A thoroughly entertaining and wonderfully crafted puzzle game, Flow Free: Bridges is only held back by its conservatism.

A pleasantly bright and breezy social word game with a tactile control system.

Though a bit limited in content, Mad Bullets is a bright, light-hearted shooting gallery game with precise controls.

Fighting Fantasy: Bloodbones is macabre and intriguing, but not my idea of fun. Franchise fans will likely lap up the grim adventure though, and should roll a dice, adding that figure to the score below.

Enjoyably distracting when played alone and hugely entertaining in company, Point Blank DS is ideal for five minutes of fun.

Bucketz is a hyperactive game full to the brim of bright ideas, but its attempts at variation and humour can be a little overwhelming.

Super Mario Party is what you'd expect from the series - short bursts of fun that everyone can enjoy .

A physics puzzler that twangs sharply off the string and adds a fun, if macabre, time mechanic into familiar gameplay.

A smart puzzler that gets past most of its niggles thanks to some fresh ideas.

Worth a look and close to being excellent, but Bear Winter could do with losing its continues in the snow.

The Lighthouse HD is a visually impressive and much-needed twist on the classic line-drawing genre.

Death Rally provides plenty of cool weapons and rides, yet the absence of multiplayer and tighter track designs prevent it from being truly killer.

Age of Zombies needs to pull back on the lame jokes to let its nicely designed gameplay shine through.

Hilomi is a neatly put-together puzzling adventure that's well worth some attention.

Pure Chess attempts to bring asynchronous play to a classic and fails, but the single-player is still worth the entry fee.

It might not have the depth to keep you coming back for more, but while Lineable has its claws in you you'll be smiling.

Crimson Shroud is one of the most finely crafted games available on the Nintendo 3DS, though the tabletop setting may prove difficult for some to engage with.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword still doesn't wholly convince a decade on, with flaky controls, drab visuals, and a dull over-world. But it retains enough of that irresistible Zelda magic to warrant a place on your Switch. Just.

A fresh spin on the maze runner with tough, competitive angle that belies its cute exterior.

Looking for a game to really sink your teeth into? If you've got the patience, like being sociable in your builders, and are willing to sink the time in, then Total Domination – Reborn is for you.

A polished and precise tower defence title, Siegecraft TD does little to change the tested formula, but that's not too much of a bad thing.

A combination of cheeky grins and exploding donkeys makes Worms: Open Warfare 2 a simple and enjoyable slice of handheld action.

Offers little in the way of strategy or innovation, but does the core RPG feedback loop extremely well.

Karateka Classic has the same problems that all vintage games have, but it's a faithful port and its deep gameplay may just surprise you.

It's not the most in-depth of games, but Journey Below plays so well that you won't mind retreading the same ground.

Tough and brutal despite plentiful hints and in-depth tutorial, Le Havre is a faithful recreation of the award-winning boardgame.

Car Jack Streets is all about entertaining open-world high jinks, although there are some issues in terms handling and the difficulty level.

Help Volty is a charming, engrossing little puzzle game, but one that comes with a few disappointments and frustrations.

A solid port of a solid game, but if you don't have the time to put into it, Heroes of Might and Magic III HD can feel a little flat.

Gorgeous to look at, and a heap of fun to play, Monster Wars is a clever but flawed mash-up of tower defence, RTS, and slash-'em-up.

A polished and entertaining experience, Metroid Prime Pinball is only let down by its lack of proper pinball tables.

A tactile combination of Threes! and match-three puzzler gameplay, SideSwype is perhaps a little too streamlined for its own good.

Part Mario, part Space Invaders, part every 2D game you can think of, Pix'n Love Rush's complex set-up will likely charm just as many players as it bamboozles.

Stickets is a quietly accomplished and fresh puzzler, though its somewhat narrow focus limits its long-term appeal.

A pretty sharp puzzler with a few rough edges, Exit Strategy is entertaining enough that you won't mind its roughness.

It has its moments, and those moments are worth sticking around some of the less interesting parts for.

A standard, entertaining dungeon crawler. Legacy Quest doesn't offer much, but it is fun.

There's enough here that Tiny Guardians feels pretty fresh, but it's still very much a tower defence game.

Marvel Pinball is exactly what you'd expect - a well-designed pinball game based around the characters of the Marvel Universe.

A clever and tactical game that just lacks the extra features to truly ascend to the top of the deck.

Balances accessibility and depth for a fun, rewarding take on mobile management.

A slimy and gross adventure with some interesting puzzles and a nice mobile pace.

While it isn't the most innovative game in the world, Tiny Plane has enough interesting ideas to make repeatedly destroying a plane a decent way to waste some time.

Lacks the glamour of its competitors, but the game at the core of Summoners Fantasy has a lot going for it.

A brief and brilliant arcade leap-'em-up, Jupiter Jump has enough in its rhythmic bounces to keep you going for hours.

Taito's Qix is reborn in this visually arresting puzzle title, but fans will have to learn to live with its rough edges in order to gain maximum enjoyment.

A strong ending to a good series, if you've pushed past the technical issues this far then there's no reason why you shouldn't complete the set.

A well-built and novel take on the tower defence genre, Anthill: Tactical Trail Defence doesn't quite fulfil its promise, but it's still worthy of your attention.

If you're into your clickers you'll get a kick out of the relatively fresh elements found in Coin-Op Heroes 2 but none-fans would be best off staying away.

A blend of arcade racing and sales negotiations, Shine Runner is an original experience.

It might lack a bit in variety, but if the idea sounds like a good one to you, there's plenty here to enjoy.

A gorgeous, engrossing experience, but it's too straightforward, too brief, and too slow to be an essential adventure.

A rich evocation of the wonders of Westeros, marred slightly by an overly light strategy model and significantly by egregious free-to-play elements.

A gleefully destructive game that peaks early and fizzles out too soon, Death Worm is nonetheless well worth checking out for its empowering gameplay.

A shiny shooter offering bite-sized varied daily play, but that's a bit too brutal regarding instadeath.

A sharp, short arcade experience. Revolve may not stick in your head for long, but it's still good fun while it lasts.

A sharply drawn free-roaming action game that combines knock-about combat with a steadily expanding world to explore.

A beautifully designed game that'll turn your life inside out for a week.

Despite a couple of gripes, Octodad: Dadliest Catch suits the Switch well. Whether you're playing on your own or arguing with up to three other players with the drop-in co-op mode, you're bound to have a fair bit of fun with it.

Assassins Creed III Liberation isn't quite the poster child for Sony's neglected format that many were hoping for, but Vita owners should probably be grateful they get a dedicated adventure of their own. There's no telling whether the same will hold true this time next year.

A solid brawler, but one that does very little with the Tekken licence. If you want another Street Fighter-like scrapper, it's a solid purchase.

A solid adaptation of a tense, rollicking boardgame. But this digital version suffers a bit without the immediacy of face-to-face play, and from a startlingly similar competitor.

Finding Teddy's hands-off approach will likely be too much for many to take, but there's an intriguing and enthralling point-and-click adventure here that's just waiting to be discovered.

It's a pleasure to be involved in Jurassic GO's vivid world, but don't expect more than a cute digital safari.

If you don't own a portable device for playing Angry Birds, then this is a bumper package you'll want to invest in. Angry Birds aficionados need not apply though.

Stylishly presented and perfectly adapted to the character of the Minis mindset, Cubixx is a pleasingly uncomplicated, effortlessly playable and very solid action puzzle effort.

Prope's fast running action puzzler gets a lot right, however squiffy controls put a real dampener on the otherwise impressive porky proceedings.

A little gem that's a lot of fun in short bursts, but pay too much attention to No Brakes Valet and the wheels start to fall off.

Full of Team 17's wicked humour and some neat ideas, Flockers doesn't quite have the chops to be more than the sum of its parts.

A bright and breezy one-touch arcade experience. Satellina might not last very long, but it's still worth a look.

Unsurprisingly, this Metal Slug 2 remake has all the same strengths and most of the weaknesses - which is to say it's a cracking platform-shooter with iffy virtual controls.

Although it feels more like an expanded tutorial for the original Neuroshima Hex than a proper game in its own right, the 100 levels on offer here will provide many days of fiendishly challenging head-scratching enjoyment.

It's what you'd expect from a free-to-play Pokémon clone, but Monster Legacy pushes enough of the right buttons to still be entertaining.

Little Nightmares Complete Edition is a wonderfully atmospheric horror game which lacks challenge in its puzzles.

An engaging platformer that misses a few steps, Leo's Fortune is still well worth a look.

Drift Girls isn't going to be for everyone, but then again it probably doesn't want to be. If you like cars and anime babes, and aren't above a bit of lechery, you should probably go get it.

Racing breaks up the harvest, build, repeat cycle of town building in this cute title.

An entertaining, if familiar, endless-swimmer that's kept afloat by its gorgeous visuals and ample personality.

An interesting looking snowy pinball experience that'll keep your flippers happy over the holidays

A melting pot of ideas and abstract concepts, Arranger is sure to appeal to those looking for something a little different on their iOS device. It's just a shame that its zany genius is curbed slightly by some poor controls.

With an endearing art-style and fine puzzling action, Sushi Mushi nevertheless has a few rough edges.