Casual
A bright collection of quick mini-challenges that's surprisingly hard to put down.
★★★★☆ 4.3
Mobile games, actually played
We review phone games across every genre — puzzles, RPGs, strategy, arcade and more. Recently the team spent a week with Casinacho Games, and you'll find our full breakdown alongside dozens of other titles worth (or not worth) your time.
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Casual · 4.3★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
Why us
We finish the games
No snap judgements from the first ten minutes. We play long enough to see how a game holds up.
No paid rankings
Nobody can buy a higher score. Our ratings reflect what we actually thought after playing.
Every genre welcome
From quiet puzzlers to heavy strategy, we cover it all with the same curiosity.
Games
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RPG
A hand-drawn party RPG with turn-based fights and a story that earns its slow burn.
★★★★★ 4.7
Strategy
Build and defend coastal settlements against rising seas in this thoughtful strategy sim.
★★★★★ 4.5
Racing
Arcade street racing that's all about the drift, with responsive one-thumb controls.
★★★★☆ 4.2
Adventure
A quiet point-and-tap adventure through a fading world, carried by atmosphere and small puzzles.
★★★★★ 4.6
Puzzle
A minimalist logic puzzler with hundreds of levels and one very addictive core idea.
★★★★☆ 4.4
Editor’s pick
RPG
Ember & Oath
★★★★★ 4.7
Ember & Oath is the kind of mobile RPG that respects your time without dumbing anything down. You lead a small band of misfits across a fractured kingdom, and the turn-based combat rewards planning far more than raw grinding. Each character has a niche, and switching your line-up to counter an enemy pattern feels genuinely tactical.
- Meaningful, well-written choices
- Tactical turn-based combat
- Gorgeous hand-drawn world
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What readers say
«A bright collection of quick mini-challenges that's surprisingly hard to put down.»
Anders · Casinacho Games
«A hand-drawn party RPG with turn-based fights and a story that earns its slow burn.»
Hugo · Ember & Oath
«Build and defend coastal settlements against rising seas in this thoughtful strategy sim.»
Sofia · Tideworks
Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
Mostly it's a mix of reader suggestions and things we stumble on ourselves while browsing the stores. We don't stick to one genre — if a game looks interesting or someone can't stop playing it, that's enough reason to take a proper look.
Do studios pay you for reviews?
No. Nobody pays us to write a review or to nudge a score higher. If that ever changed we'd say so clearly at the top of the article, but it hasn't and we'd rather keep it that way.
Can I suggest a game?
Please do. Drop us an email with the name of the game and why you like it. We can't cover everything, but we read every suggestion — Casinacho Games is one example of a title we tried after it kept coming up.
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