A unique take on the third-person action genre with satisfyingly different touchscreen controls.

Top marks for creativity: Glyph Quest is beautiful to behold and some of its systems of play are intriguingly deep, even if its base play isn't that inventive.

Resynth's musical design and relaxed pace makes for a satisfying minimalist puzzle game.

World of Warships offers plenty for fans of nautical engagement, but the pace might be a bit too slow for others.

Subnautica is a thrilling survival game set on a watery alien planet. With engaging survival combat and a beautiful world to explore, the only thing bringing this mobile port down is the autosave freeze issue.

A massive, beautifully collected, exceptional value for money anthology of the Final Fantasy IV universe, yet one that will do nothing to convert non-FF fans.

Field Commander is a polished, well-presented game with loads of options, but it's let down by weak AI. Best enjoyed via multiplayer.

Mos Speedrun is a fun old skool platformer with tight controls and some neat tricks that help make it stand out from the crowd.

A neat number elimination puzzler, Art Style: CODE is a great example of how small and cheap downloadable games can expand your mind and fill your time.

A smoother, less angry roguelike experience, Storm Casters ticks enough boxes that it's well worth a look.

NHL 2K11 has the fundamentals of a good hockey game without the features and polish of a great one.

Bringing a fair amount of character to the catapult set-up, The Horrible Vikings comes with too much baggage to really take on the genre's masters.

Much like the first game, your tolerance of the whims of fire will determine whether you enjoy this or not.

Violent and funny in most of the right places, Alive4ever Mini might just be another follower of the undead fashion, but it does what it sets out to do well enough that you can forgive the absence of new ideas in the game.

Rope Rescue HD is an average Angry Birds-style game with few new wrinkles.

A clever little word game, Lumicon could do with a few more features, but it's still an entertaining way to tax your brain.

A brightly coloured, cleverly designed platform-puzzler, Kami Retro is recommended for quick doses of challenging fun.

Killzone is precisely average. It's mildly entertaining, sure, but also disappointingly flawed.

It still has the fun factor of the series, but Asphalt Xtreme feels more like a game stuck in the past than a step forward.

Simple and linear, Sprinkle Islands never allows room to think, but it's reasonably entertaining all the same.

The Adventure Pals may not be particularly challenging, but it's a tidy platform that wants you to have fun with it.

Part timing, part luck, Canabalt is the kind of quick-fix that has the potential to become a phenomenon, the game's free-running fix giving players a new kind of high score to chase.

Isaac Newton's Gravity is the kind of game that makes hours seem like minutes, though its challenge may leave you cold.

Take a break from plumbers, swordsmen, and bounty hunters and set some time aside to discover a classic worthy of that title.

A bag of surprises inextricably bound together around a well-told story.

A great game that's hidden behind a control system that it just wasn't designed for. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath doesn't really work on iOS.

World Zombination is an essential download if you like tower defence games with a little more bite.

Spacecom is deeper than its simple graphics and set-up let on, offering some strategic thrills that are accessible to all.