Touch Arcade

If you want to spend a little bit of time in an interesting world, play Milkmaid of the Milky Way. Developer Mattis Folkestad has put forth a tremendous solo effort here into a charming game that's worth your time.

Hyperlight EX is an arcade game that doesn't make any sacrifices for mobile both when it comes to content and the control schemes. Definitely give this one a look if you're in the market for another Geometry Wars-like.

I ended up having more fun with Djinn Caster than I expected to ever have with a game published by Kemco in its current form. I don't know if it's going to be to everyone's tastes, but if you've ever found yourself pining for the days where you could get a good, solid Eastern-style ARPG without getting a free-to-play shakedown, you'll probably want to give this one a look. The story and cast are memorable, the gameplay is enjoyable, and I really like the style of its presentation. It feels completely unlike anything else in this publisher's line-up, and if you ask me, it's about time.

If you don't mind the idea of making slow progress through a game through a ton of shorter sessions, you'll probably have a blast with Dungeon Rushers. In that sense, it's probably better on mobile than it was as a PC game, but I feel like the game could have satisfied both types of experiences if the pace were only a little bit quicker.

The presentation is sublime, the considerable amount of new content has been implemented carefully and respectfully, and the mechanical changes sand off some of the original gamebook's harsher edges. I would have been quite happy had Tin Man done their usual fine work on a straight conversion of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (and that is indeed on its way), but this is something altogether different and more special.

There are some bugs, including visual ones that mess up the interface, but Bkom has been diligently patching. It definitely needs more heroes, but with so many abilities and stats to consider for each hero, I understand this will take time. Balancing all of these elements has to be like spinning plates. I’ve been following their progress on the game's site. They’ve also included native recording and streaming straight from the game, which is neat. I hope to see that 4th hero in the promotional art and trailers sooner than later. Don’t let this one pass you by if you like strategy games even a little bit.

Once I start playing this game, even lamenting how I can't keep the multiball going for as long as I want, I can easily lose a lot of time to this game. Hours disappear. Anything Rivverman Media is insta-buy at this point, and MUL.MASH.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL is another winner from the studio. And I hope the game does well: future updates should bring new levels and paddles, and I'm interested to see what Riverman's got in store for the future of this game.

The graphics and effects are very nice for this kind of game. Especially if you have a newer device. If you’re okay with the grindy nature of these games, Thousand Storm will offer you a fun walk down memory lane. I’d love to see more pre-time skip arcs.

You could do a whole lot worse than Realm Grinder when it comes to picking up a time waster, but the developers could do a lot better in turn. With some tweaks, it could be one of the more compelling clickers on the market.

Overall, Voyageur is an ambitious attempt at a procedurally generated sci-fi interactive fiction whose lengthy playthroughs end up hurting it rather than helping it. There's plenty to explore and plenty to do, so it's worth at least one trip down the galaxy; unfortunately, you might not feel like going through it again after it's done.