Puzzle

Nope, don’t like this one. Don’t like this one at all. Do you remember a while ago when I complained that a few decent free games on the AppStore had thrown out the trend of “free” being synonymous with “slightly less fun than picking at the edge of the plastic …

Damn it. I’m pretty sure that I’m going to hate myself for this review, though maybe not as much as the creators might hate me for it. See, I have a major soft spot for indie game development. I love the idea of people creating games with passion and whatever …

I notice there seems to be a formula for creating an appealing mobile game. Cute characters plus addictive arcade gameplay with a dash of incorporating the touch screen into your game, and I’ll say right off the bat that Tidy Monsters by Top Bubble does all of this pretty well. …

I’ll confess right away that number puzzle games aren’t really my cup of tea. Sudoku never appealed to me, and I know a lot of classic number puzzle games on the app store I’ve let slip past my radar. However, Yumbers was a game that stood out to me. This …

Gem Hunters is a fantasy match-3 RPG. Players can choose to be a knight who has high defense, a rogue who has a greater attack, or a Mage with raised magic. You’re on a quest for adventure and yes there is a story. There’s a helpful crab that acts as …

What is this!?! A snake? A bird? No, a Snakebird! Challenging, difficult, but addicting puzzle games are hard to come by these days. Snakebird, is an iOS game that is part of this splendid puzzle genre. The game originates on Steam, but like many other successful games it has rotated over …

Sugar Skulls is an overly familiar game that, despite all the things it does well, makes no real effort to tread innovative ground in a genre that is today regarded as stale by mobile game standards. For one thing, the music is absolutely grating, which is unfortunate. As far as …

Rarely is the threat of a deadline relished, however Eraser seeks to put the fun back into the horrible chase of the calendar in a charming puzzle platformer. Assist your character, a stressed designer, as he flees the dreaded red highlighter across a backdrop of his own unfinished blueprints. Your only weapon …

Logic Traces by Ingames, in association with Kongregate, is a fun and interesting little puzzle game. Colored boxes labeled with numbers litter a grid and you can pull out what seem to be wires either horizontally or vertically. The goal is to cover the board with these lines. The numbers …