Her Story is a bold experiment in interactive storytelling, resulting in one of the best detective games ever made.

Downwell is a brilliantly balanced vertical roguelike.

While some of the new additions aren't perfect, The Room Three is still a brilliant, uniquely tactile experience.

Animal Crossing; New Horizons, much like its predecessors, operates outside of the boundaries of most games. While the most tension you'll ever feel is while sprinting away from wasps, there's a warmth and comfort in the code which you won't find almost anywhere else.

A slightly scattered action game with an interesting strategic sideline, Bug Heroes 2 gets a little lost in itself sometimes, but it's still worth a crack.

With an air of professionalism, First Touch Soccer delivers a consummate football experience, representing a new high water mark for the genre on iPhone.

A superb re-creation of a popular and unusual Dungeons & Dragons board game, with excellent usability, tough AI opponents and little multimedia tweaks that really add to the experience.

As slick as ever and now with online play, FIFA 13 plays a mean game of football in spite of one or two control issues.

The full Skylanders experience for your tablet device, and a superb game in its own right: Trap Team is one heck of an achievement.

Mario takes on the roleplaying genre again and comes up trumps once more. Mario & Luigi is a carefully crafted adventure that's worth exploring even if you're not a huge fan of the classic platformers.

A marriage of great graphics and solid role-playing, Chaos Rings works through minor hitches to provide enjoyable gameplay.

Rolando 2 rolls up cool new features and a thorough fine-tuning for a sequel that's nothing short of golden.

Nintendo again shows that it's the master of its own hardware with another sublime entry in the Zelda lineage. If you own a DS then this is an utterly essential purchase - it really is that simple.

A stellar combination of graphics, entertaining action, and robust multiplayer, Modern Combat 2 is one heck of a shooter.

A vast and engaging third chapter that expands brilliantly on the first two.

Rich with layers of gameplay, but saddled with a less-than-intuitive interface, Kingdom Conquest nevertheless succeeds as a serious, in-depth freemium title.

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.

Wooords's ease of use and challenging puzzles ensure that it's a must have for word buffs and puzzle fans of all abilities.

Giving the impression of an interactive cartoon, Where's My Water's physics-heavy puzzling should appeal to everyone, despite its childish exterior and some control irritations.

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

Another slice of exacting, unadorned tactical play from Shenandoah, Drive on Moscow doesn’t tinker much with Battle of the Bulge’s mechanics, but its new setting makes for an equally worthwhile challenge.

Velocity 2X is aglow with ambition, ideas, and design smarts. A modern shoot-'em-up perfected.

An engaging first episode that snaps along at a decent pace. Tales from the Borderlands might not have the emotional heft of Telltale's other games, but it's got enough charm and cheek to see it through.

The Nintendo DS port of one of the most beloved classic Dragon Quest games has made the transition to mobile incredibly well. For the most part.

A harrowing and often tragic exploration of life in a war. This is a must buy.

Operation Dracula swaggers around like it owns the place, and it has every right to do so.

Steamworld Heist excels at what initially seems like a potential weakness, removing a dimension from the typical 3D battlefields of XCOM and similar games. But its brand of 2D tactics only makes positioning, smart strategy, finding effective synergies between weapons and classes, that much more crucial and satisfying when you survive against overwhelming odds.

An absolutely stunning racing game that feels like it was always meant to end up on mobile.