Blue Defense: Second Wave! is amusing when played to fill a free minute or two, but it lacks the depth needed to encourage extended play.

A fast-paced, gorgeous endless space-racer that showcases everything that's good about mobile gaming.

Not much has changed since Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes came out in 2015 and that's mostly a good thing. Whether you're playing through the campaign mode or prefer taking on your very own bombs in Free Play mode, it'll keep you on your toes. There's no major need to pick it up if you've got the game on another platform already, but at such a low price it's hard not to recommend it to liven up social gatherings.

2XL ATV Offroad dresses up controls quirks and a shallow Career mode with phenomenal graphics.

Slow turn-based racing makes Disc Drivin' a mediocre game that lacks fun and excitement.

A title-winning performance from Full Fat - this is flicking brilliant.

A well made blast of quick dodging fun, Chocohero lacks the balancing needed to make it a classic, but it's still worth picking up.

Skullduggery! has a clever control scheme, some brilliant ideas, and a lot of retro charm.

An App Store rarity - a proper head-scratcher that's great looking and also has something to say.

A brilliant spacial puzzler with some intriguing ideas that works perfectly on mobile.

Another excellent entry in the Lumines canon. It might not be the most original, but it's still an awful lot of fun.

A mash up of old concepts in a brand new way. Even if the idea of a puzzle RPG makes you balk, you need to give this one a go.

A beautiful underwater adventure - the four-year wait was worth it.

Deathsmiles mixes up the formula to drag in bullet-hell fans and lowers the barrier to entry to encourage newbies. Everyone with a passing interest should try out this smart, compulsive and thrilling blaster.

An entertaining platformer with a decent chunk of content, Cordy 2 will keep you playing for a good while, but it doesn't bring anything new to the platform genre.

A brilliant game that's full to bursting with bright ideas and new ways to play.

Lara Croft: Guardian of Light is a fast-paced adventure full of challenging puzzles and formidable foes.

A love letter to Pokemon past and present, that's also an incredible game in its own right.

It's been a long hard road but DS owners finally have a football game that they can be proud of – FIFA 09 is this season's most improved player.

Campfire Cooking is not only visually striking, it's also relaxing, endearing, addictive, and offers up a real variety of challenging puzzles to enjoy.

This psychedelic space shooter is an acquired taste, no doubt, but those that 'get' its quirks will adore TxK.

While the prospect of matching three of more balls isn't going to win any awards, Spinzizzle is delightfully original and represents an interesting, highly playable spin on the genre.

Thanks to charming presentation, tight rhythmic gameplay, and keen replayability, Tiny Wings is well worth flapping onto the App Store for.

A stylish, well-intended hidden object game, Time Geeks: Find All! undercuts its attempt at innovation with fundamentally misguided design.

Jelly Cars 3 is an addictive combination of driving and physics-based platforming that manages to overcome one or two minor control issues.

This match-three-puzzler-in-RPG-clothing adds just enough flavour to spice up its otherwise passable gameplay.

A series of five taut, well-written character-driven vignettes, that provide a perfect reason to reenter the world of The Walking Dead.

Ingenious in every aspect of its design from visuals to controls, this is a new generation of platformer that will earn a permanent place on your home screen.