While it has an interesting central idea, Half-Inch Heist is more about frustration than it is fun.

A fun, frenetic, and feature-packed tribute to the run-and-gun arcade shooters of yesteryear.

Give Crystal Adventure a chance, and you'll find some great gameplay behind its lacklustre aesthetic.

Retro City Rampage pummels you with fantastic video game and movie references throughout, and has the gameplay to back up the funny.

Although it's limited in scope and replayability, Haunt the House: Terrortown is enjoyable and charming enough to make you forgive its shortcomings.

Wave Trip's quirky style and music-driven arcade gameplay make for a refreshing twist on the Jetpack Joyride format.

There's a lot to like about Infestor, and despite a few niggles it offers an engaging, novel platform experience.

While there are occasional flashes of what might have been, Tin Man Can is too bland to recommend.

There's a decent puzzle-platformer in here, but it takes too long to grind out the game's currency to unlock later level sets and see it all.

Battle of the Bulge is as cold, brutal, and unforgiving as the titular conflict, but it's also one of the top choices for hardcore iPad strategists.

Like watching fish in a tank, Nemo's Reef can be a relaxing and even pretty experience, but there's so little to do that you'll quickly flush it from your home screen.

Wappy Dog possesses just slightly more sophistication than a Furby does. Only the very young and easily amused will get much from Wappy Dog, other than its sheer novelty.

Without the in-app purchases, Final Fantasy: All The Bravest would feel a little flimsy. With them, it just feels tacky.

The core implementation of placing trampolines to bounce your pangolin up-screen is just a little too unwieldy to heartily recommend. Nevertheless, the art's great and the physics are spot on.

A simple and competent ball-flicking game bolstered by largely satisfying mechanics and a well-judged progression system.

A lightweight action-RPG that makes up for its design and technical shortcomings with a weird, woozy, and strangely captivating style.

Solid RPG fun delivered in an interesting package, Life is Magic will help you see the world a bit differently.

A game that prizes exploration and creativity above all else, The Blockheads is a great way to waste a couple of days.

Less a breath of fresh air, more a blast of air conditioning, Temple Run 2 adds little to the endless-runner genre, though it is fun. It's just not the shot in the arm some of us were hoping for.

A cute cat and disarming presentation can't hide the fact that this is a puzzler with staying power.

Visually lush and easy to get into, Zenonia 5 has one big failing: it just doesn't do anything that hasn't been seen before. In-app purchases also upset the experience.

A solid, accessible strategy game with a neat concept, but it's a little too wooden and clunky to really score a direct hit.

A merely adequate Temple Run clone in pretty much every way, Run'n'Gun passes the time but fails to ignite.

If you know your Stan Lee from your Stanley Carter, there's a lot to like in the collection of these beautiful cards, and the math grinding will appeal to the Excel-obsessed. But those looking for an accessible battler will be best served elsewhere.

Tokyo Crash Mobs takes the crown as the Nintendo 3DS's weirdest game yet, with potentially dull match-three action that is rejuvenated by silliness.

Touch Battle Tank 3D has tanks, but not a whole lot else. Avoid, then avoid some more.

A great mobile offering just got even better, as Gunman Clive emerges as one of the best platformers on the 3DS.

There might be a good game somewhere here, but Little Amazon feels far too cynical to recommend.