It gets off to a rocky start, but Hero Hunters is a fantastically fun shooter that will soak up plenty of your time.

A fun, zippy roguelike platformer with a cute premise that belies its high difficulty.

Some primping is all that's needed to make this inventive new approach to music gaming a gold hit.

With its endearing visuals, finger-friendly gameplay and stern challenge, Monster Soup proves to be an excellent iPhone puzzler. Only the lack of play options and that all-important multiplayer mode hold it back.

Swap Cops is a charming, slick, fast-paced casual strategy game, though its gameplay may be too distilled for some.

A fast and fun arcade game with some wicked challenges, Orborun is a decent reinvigoration of a pretty old genre.

A satisfying blast of colourful, creative on-rails shooting that's only slightly let down by an occasional lack of responsiveness in its controls.

A novel abstract strategy game that checks all the boxes for a fantastic digital experience and is charming enough, despite occasional accessibility issues, to win over abstract cynics like me.

The controls for Deadly Bullet take some getting used to. But once you get the hang of things, you'll be immersed in bullet time.

Sunset Hills is a cosy point-and-click adventure game that has a lot of charm to it. I do wish that the game itself were a bit clearer, but overall, it's a good adventure!

An ambitious Zelda-inspired adventure offering plenty to get your teeth into. Horn shoots for the stars and, barring a few technical issues, lands admirably close.

A unique puzzle game that adds regular twists to keep itself thoroughly entertaining and playable.

Football Manager Handheld 2014 remains the best football management game on iOS, but it’s a big fish in a small pond.

Space Chicks is great fun, though the action can get crowded at times. It boldly goes where no endless-runner has gone before, and the genre is better for it.

A superbly crafted combination of tower defence game and management sim that's consistently thought-provoking, yet never heavy-handed.

A bright and slick kick about that will keep your fingers busy for hours.

A brilliant mix of precision and fun, Mikey Hooks is a worthy sequel to its illustrious forebear.

A showpiece for AR technology, this workout for your brain (and, occasionally, your body) is a downloadable treat no self-respecting Vita-owning puzzle fan should be without.

A sad and sometimes difficult game about how water is the difference between life and death.

Once you are gripped within Zuki's Quest field of gravity, you won't be able to let go without a fight.

A charming, cheery, and wonderfully imaginative combination of observational and reaction-based puzzling.

With more tricks than your average magician, Snowboard Hero offers frenetic fun on the slopes, held together by an intuitive career mode that keeps you on track from start to finish.

A well-rounded castle defence riff that livens up the formula with undead physics fun.

Nostalgia stirs memories of classic role-playing with its turn-based battles and familiar narrative themes, yet explores a new horizon with fun airship battles and a sense of adventure.

Well built and easy to pick up, San Juan is an intriguing game of building and trade.

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.

While it doesn't overhaul the genre entirely, the new additions present in Lich Defense enable it to stand out from the crowd. It's just a shame that so much content remains locked behind a an in-app purchase pay wall.

A huge and hefty basketball experience, NBA 2K15 has its problems, but it's still worth a look.