A fast-playing, multi-faceted strategy game that works well on mobile, but which deserves more flourish and less bugs than it gets in this workmanlike conversion.

Dream Chamber's great noir-style setting is wasted on annoying mini-games, illogical puzzles, poor writing, and a story that goes absolutely nowhere.

Strike Wing: Raptor Rising has the core of a great 3D space shooter, but it's lack of a proper structure and misjudged IAP system torpedo its chances.

A wonderful addition to Star Wars Pinball that changes up the pace of play with smart missions and mini-games, while packing it with plenty of references that every Star Wars fan will enjoy.

A solid twin-stick shooter with an interesting evolutionary twist, but the execution doesn't quite match up to the concept.

Though the game has some issues that make it unnecessarily frustrating, Mimpi is worth taking for a walk.

Even Up isn't the most exciting puzzler on the App Store, and it arguably suffers for its lack of penalties and rewards, but it's a decent replacement for Sudoku all the same.

Reaper’s main adventure can use a little more meat, but cutting up enemies should keep you busy regardless.

A dull and uninspired mess of a physics puzzler, Rabbids Big Bang is one to avoid.

A well put together and entertaining brawler, Echo Prime is a slow burn, but it's worth the effor.

The carnage is satisfying and the violence is meaty. Dead Trigger 2 might not be fresh, but it's solid, dependable fun.

Indigo Lake surprises by being a genuinely scary and atmospheric adventure-puzzler, as well as by incorporating effective first-person controls.

Caught in a zombie apocalypse? Escape From Zombie City can set you straight, with plenty of neat twists on the saturated genre.

Dual Destinies is disappointing. In general it's more of the same Phoenix Wright we've come to know and love, but the stories and characters are horribly weak.

Happy Hills 2: Bombs Away! is slower-paced and more frustrating than many other physics puzzlers, but its addictive qualities can’t be denied.

Temperamental controls and B-grade visuals aside, this is a lovely little downloadable racer with a surprisingly compulsive time trial format.

A cool, responsive and remarkably stressful arcade tapping game that only really has one nerve-shredding trick - but it plays it well.

A nice blend of styles and ideas, Pocket Titans isn't perfect, but it is a lot of good-natured fun.

Excellent controls and great graphics don't make this endless-runner feel like anything more than a routine jog.

If you can find three friends who are also willing to fork out the entry fee, you're laughing. Otherwise, Atomic Ninjas is a fairly good (but utterly dead) online battler.

Though Shadow Vamp controls like a slippery little monster at times, there's a clever and original puzzle experience at the (black, unbeating) heart of this game.

If your favourite take on Batman is the 'biff-bang-pow' kind rather than the 'world's greatest detective' kind, then you'll find plenty to like in this straight-forward button-mashing brawler.

Running about smashing things with your creature is fun for a bit, and the experience grind loop is certainly powerful here, but otherwise it's a pretty standard dungeon-crawler.

Small World 2 is a quality update to a classic iPad boardgame. Minor AI and auto-match niggles don't detract from the fun of asynchronous play with friends.

You've played this game before, albeit with a more barbaric theme, though that shouldn't stop you giving it a go if you're after more strategy-management action.

Carps and Dragons is a fairly entertaining fish-'em-up, but the messy controls put a dampener on an already-water-filled experience.

I never thought I'd type these words into a video game website, but here goes... Sonic Lost World is a very good 3D Sonic game and you should buy it immediately.

An interesting idea that falls a little flat, Mega Dead Pixel doesn't have enough going for it to really recommend.