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.

Luxor on the iPhone is everything we hoped it would be and more. It's currently the best marble-popper on the App Store.

A stealthily concealed puzzle game, Tiny Token Empires is a hybrid of the best sort, mixing together two styles of play to create something really intriguing.

Shogun manages to combine amazing graphics with demanding and addictive gameplay to create one of the finest 2D shooters available on the iPhone right now. Add in iPad and iCade support, and you've got an epic blaster that is sure to please arcade aficionados.

Diggin' Dogs manages to take a simple premise and embellish it with excellent presentation and a surprising level of depth. If you loved Where's My Water? then you'll lap this up like a thirsty pup.

100 Trials takes the roguelike concept, mixes in a slab of puzzling brilliance, and lets it simmer into something wonderful.

This 'dodge-and-detonate' action title stands out from similar games on iOS, and while it does get repetitive after a while, it's still unique enough to be given a chance.

An engaging, feature-packed match-three puzzler that won't leave you fuming.

A strange concoction that somehow just works, Wizorb is an entertaining, though at times unwieldy beast.

Granny Smith is a suitably sweet and satisfying casual game with a moreish mechanic at its core.

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.

Snail Bob won't get your heart racing with its originality, art-style or presentation, but it is a very well designed physics-puzzler.

A gorgeous endless-runner that mixes challenging gameplay with sumptuous visuals.

A surprisingly thoughtful and nuanced casual shooter that, once you attune to its rhythm, proves difficult to put down.

A well constructed piece of adventure gaming, The Journey Down: Episode One is worth checking out even if you're not a point-and-click sort of person.

While some will be disappointed that RAD Soldiers isn't about armed surfers from the early '90s, it's still a massively entertaining tactical violence simulator with plenty of humour and charm.

A brilliant and beguilingly simple hardcore platformer, 1001 Attempts delivers more excitement in its bite sized blasts than most games could ever dream of.

Fans of the scrolling-text style of iOOTP Baseball will be in their element in this edition. And while the gameplay itself remains familiar and unchanged, it may not prove quite compelling enough for all but the most ardent slugger fans.

While it won't give Cut the Rope anything to worry about, Tasty Tadpoles is a solidly made and accessible casual puzzler that your children will probably enjoy.

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.

Despite some control issues, Quadropus Rampage proves that an octopus with four tentacles can mess up bad guys just as effectively as the eight-legged breed.

Bridgy Jones is terrific fun. It's challenging, surprising, and even quite funny. A perfect touchscreen game with loads of content.

A Ride Into The Mountains is a ramshackle indie effort with frustrating controls and poor translation, but it's also imaginative, charming, and worth 69p.

Lums demonstrates that there's still some originality left in the dark corners of the physics-based puzzle genre.

A compelling catastrophe simulator masquerading as a strategy title, Empire is an entertaining game of endings.

A brilliant skate sim with a surprising depth, Touchgrind Skate 2 is well worth the time and effort it takes to master.

A challenging and gorgeous game, The Rivers of Alice is a mysterious adventure that some will adore.

Packed with action, intrigue, and gore - and excellently told and illustrated by Wallis and Chalk, respectively - Gun Dogs could well be Tin Man's most accomplished gamebook to date.