Arcade

Appetizer Mobile Lab’s infinite scrolling maze extravaganza Dim sees you trapped in an eternal dark labyrinth with no hope of escape, and it’s so much fun. Obviously the tension of this time-limited escape experience is off the scale, especially when you find yourself chasing a dead end and running out …

Ever since the overwhelming success of Crossy Road, we’ve been getting a lot of “adverb noun” games that have tried to replicate a fraction of the success of Crossy Road, whether they be hit-or-miss (spoiler: mostly miss). I mean, don’t get me wrong! We have gotten some good inspired ones …

When a lively samba kicks off this fiery little gem, you almost forget there’s a raccoon being suspended by rope over a rapidly rising pit of lava. Needless to say, Pocahontas would be mortified. It’s quite evident that developer Can Play has a crazy sense of humour – allegedly one …

Do you remember your first smartphone with a touchscreen? Do you remember how everyone completely lost their MIND about it? For mobile games especially, it was absolutely mind-blowing to play something that allows you to manipulate your character without being bounded by some buttons like caged animals. Switchy Sides by …

On this site, I’ve talked a little bit about what I think makes for an enjoyable mobile gaming experience. I like colorful games with visuals that leave an impression, controls that take advantage of the hardware, and games that are still fun if you want to come back to them …

The Eternal is an arcade style game where you collect blue glowing orbs while avoiding obstacles to rack up points.  You play as a range of spirits that work their way up a randomly generated obstacle course. The game is simple enough that kids could play it, but the tutorial starting out is …

Those awkward elevator moments are no more, thanks to Toronto-based Woolly Walrus’s strategic tap experience Quick Drop. Simply drop your elevator passengers at the floor matching their corresponding colour and symbol in a timely fashion to beat this Unity-made tap title. That’s a lot easier said than done however, and …

Most arcade games try to hook you in with a fast-paced and quick-reflex premise, but Dodgy Tunnel attempts to hook you in with the exact opposite, and it suffers as a result. With a botched progression system, drawn-out yet confusing gameplay, and tedious and out-of-place music, Dodgy Tunnel is a …

Flyt is one of the many free-to-play arcade games on the appstore, and as a result it initially presents as little more than geometry navigating bigger geometry in its screenshots. Yet I find myself attracted to these sorts of games; both because I enjoy classic arcade games, and because I …