While we can't wait to see Alawar & friends tackle more action games after "Shake Spears!," the ultra-creepy but ultra-fun "Tomb Slider" reminds us why casual puzzle games are still the company's bread and butter.
Aye, if you pass up Black Pearl Games' and Lakoo's "Pirate Gunner" you be missing out on one o' the finest action puzzle experiences in the App Store Sea. Arrr!
A star is born! Magnetic Baby could have gone wrong on so many levels, but care and good design sense on the developer's part have shaped this into a must-have for anyone interested in a good physics puzzler with a heavy dose of platforming action.
If you think managing a high school sounds like the dullest videogame premise ever, think again! Kairosoft returns with another winning management sim. Genre fans will applaud its depth, challenge, and replay value equally, although you shouldn't go into this one expecting pick-up-and-play simplicity.
While its tutorial trips up and its matching style isn't immediately intuitive, "The Greedy Sponge" well rewards action puzzle fans who are willing to stick with it. If you think a cross between Match-3 (actually, make that "Match-5") and "Tetris" sounds grand, this one should nicely fill your gaming gullet.
Well, color us impressed! This is the kind of arcade experience we could use a lot more of on iOS -- even if long-time fans of sidescrolling shoot-em-ups are liable to find it a little on the easy side.
"Cave Dweller" is sure to be a pleasant surprise for most casual puzzle fans who pick it up. Superbly crafted levels keep its core concept fresh enough for genre fans, but those in search of a gameplay style that significantly evolves with progress will be disappointed that there isn't more to dig into.
What would you get if you stripped the Castle Defense formula down to its most rock-bottom basics, added in about ten million dwarves, kicked the whole thing into hyperdrive, and zipped it up in a free package? Find out inside!
Despite feeling like a close cousin to a certain bird-slinging physics puzzler at first, "Burn the City" eventually veers off into fresh territory that makes it well worth looking into for genre fans.
PROPE's experiment with the Unreal Engine holds some surprisingly intriguing casual puzzle gameplay, say what you will about its preference for tranquility over depth of content. The real problem here is that the developer's been snarled by the most basic requirement of the mobile age: always, always, always record the player's progress!