
It's very one-more-go-even-though-it's-2am addictive. You swipe your party of heroes to guide them through levels of increasing difficulty. Having made its name with Tiny Tower and Pocket Planes, Nimblebit's latest freemium game was more of an action title, blending Snake gameplay with RPG-style characters and upgrades. Everything's designed around touchscreen controls, and the puzzles themselves are genuinely brain-frazzling, providing a decent challenge.
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The Room (£1.49)Ītmospheric puzzler The Room has been taxing brains on iOS and Android alike, getting you to explore a carefully-crafted 3D room solving puzzles.

No birds or pigs here, though: it's inspired by classic point'n'click adventure games, with the teeny-burglar hero exploring six quests to uncover delightful puzzles and surprises. Tiny Thief was the latest game from Rovio Stars, a new publishing business that's part of Angry Birds-maker Rovio.
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This re-engineers the game as a series of 60-second rounds where you have to score as many points as possible, using power-ups to bump up your performance, and comparing your efforts to friends. Bejeweled Blitz (Free)Īnother freemium game from EA, but this time one offering match-three puzzling based on the famous Bejeweled brand. The graphics are spiffing, the handling works beautifully, and updates have provided extra content since its release. The game sees you racing more than 45 cars over 900 events, upgrading as you go.

Real Racing 3 (Free)ĮA's racing threequel was controversial due to being the first freemium game in the much-loved series – free to play, but you pay to speed up repairs and unlock new cars faster. The emphasis is on building a space-base through Tetris-like block-placement, while fending off waves of enemies. There's something rather marvellous about Rymdkapsel: an addictive, accessible game that offers a twist on the real-time strategy genre. Here's a reminder of some of the best Android games released in 2013 so far, which will hopefully provide a few download ideas for veteran Android gamers and newcomers to the platform alike, whatever your gaming tastes, drawn from The Guardian's weekly best Android apps roundups.Īll prices are correct at the time of writing, and bear in mind that (Free) almost invariably means (Freemium), so expect in-app purchases.
