A gorgeous and addictive entry into the bullet-hell genre, Danmaku Unlimited 2 is worth a look even if you're not a fan of projectile-weaving action.

Rocketbirds is more heavyweight than featherweight, with slick puzzling and oodles of style.

NightSky is a dream - the sort you never want to wake up from - wrapped in the most challenging of conundrums.

Cool music and authentic retro visuals can't make up for Radiant Flux's ropey controls and often unfair difficulty level.

Gravity Duck is cute and clever, but never surprises and rarely poses a challenge. All in all, it's a bit of a lame duck.

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

Alien vs Predator: Evolution is a broken, uninspired, frustrating mess of a brawler. Even fans of the series aren't going to find much to like in this tie-in game.

Expansive, gorgeous, hardcore, free: Real Racing 3 sets the new standard on mobile for racing games.

A competent and challenging 2D shoot-'em-up that fails to add anything of note to the genre.

Gun Bros 2 packs in lots of new bells and whistles, but essentially suffers from the same grind-heavy gunplay and cynical IAP-driven progression system as the first game.

Major Magnet is a colourful, playable, and imaginative arcade casual game that suffers from a vertical difficulty curve.

This block-matching puzzle title is appealing enough to hold your attention, but the relatively lackluster presentation might prove too off-putting for some.

A generous, quietly entertaining puzzle game that's only slightly let down by a lack of variety and sedate difficulty curve.

An uninspired endless chase that never quite gets out of the starting blocks, Turbolab Pursuit has its moments, but they're few and far between.

Bub and Bob would be proud: Jelly Dash has that golden era Taito positivity in spades, and squishes in an entertaining and fast-paced puzzler at the same time.

An excellent retro-tinged shoot-'em-up that doesn't forget the strides that have been made in the genre recently.

It's not quite a podium finish, but Flick Champions Winter Sports may make you smile as you live out your dreams of winning a gold medal.

An ingenious, superbly implemented logic puzzler that's sadistic and cerebrally satisfying in equal measure.

A by-the-numbers physics-puzzler, Cyto is well put-together, but never quite intriguing enough to wholeheartedly recommend.

It's simple and brutish, but there's a lot of violent fun to be had in The Gods: Rebellion, and the combo system makes each crunching blow that bit more satisfying.

Bouncy and fun yet inescapably facile, Hackycat wins our favour through an abundance of rewards and an irrepressible joie de vivre.

A brilliant variation on the endless-runner genre, Worm Run is breathless, addictive fun of the highest calibre.

An interesting idea executed in a rather conservative manner. It’s hard no matter what your level of football knowledge is, but it's best reserved for the staunch footie fan.

A poor relation of its bombastic console kin, Hell Yeah! Pocket Inferno is worthy of a minute or two of attention, but nothing more.

Year Walk is ingenious, imaginative, and intriguing, and only let down by its short runtime and easy puzzles.

Relic Rush is one of the most stripped-back platformers you'll ever play, but the fact that it still feels immensely satisfying and rewarding to play is a testament to its thoughtful design.

Puzzle Retreat is a well-conceived casual puzzler whose only flaws are a lack of spark and variety.

Let's Fish! Hooked On is not the fishing game you are looking for, on account of its glitchy, repetitive play.