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Expense IQ - Expense Manager

This week's roundup is brought to you by Expense IQ - Expense Manager from Handy Apps. This amazingly complete expense tracking system has a solid and colorful UI, and just about every possible checkbook, alert, and tracking feature you could want. Everything you input can be saved and exported for personal backup and expense reports, and all your data is synced via Dropbox, making Expense IQ a snap to use across multiple phones or tablets. Bill alerts, a PIN lock, and even a homescreen widget are all included in this app's bag of additional goodies. The basic version is free, but to get access to advanced functions you'll need to pay for the full $9.95 version via in-app purchase.

Expense IQ is the long awaited successor to EasyMoney - the number one money manager app that combines an expense manager, a bill reminder, a checkbook register and a budget planner. Expense IQ – Expense Manager provides a rich, detailed window into your personal finances and daily money management needs. Track and manage daily expenses quickly & easily. Business expenses, personal expenses, travel expenses etc can all be managed rapidly using Expense IQ’s simple and intuitive user interface. Interactive reports & graphs let you analyze income, expenses, cash flow and balance over various date ranges and accounts.

Expense IQ Money Manager Developer: Handy Apps
Price: Free
3.6
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Games

Broken Age

Android Police coverage: Double Fine Brings Crowdfunding Blockbuster 'Broken Age' To Android Ten Months Late

Broken Age is probably the most anticipated adventure game in years, at least for enthusiasts, after celebrity developer Tim Schaefer's record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. The Android version includes both episodes of the split-narrative story, following both a girl in the past and a boy in the future. Intriguing hand-painted visuals and an all-star voice cast help justify a high price tag.

Broken Age is a family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story of barfing trees and talking spoons. Vella Tartine and Shay Volta are two teenagers in strangely similar situations, but radically different worlds.

TinyKeep

Android Police coverage: TinyKeep Spruces Up The Tired Dungeon Crawler Genre With Impressive Graphics And Physical Controls

It's hard to remember the last time I saw an Android dungeon crawler that wasn't trying to ape the 8-bit look, but this one goes straight for the high-end crowd. TinyKeep is a procedurally-generated top-down action RPG with full 3D graphics and fantastic controller support, a legacy of its PC roots. You'll need a powerful machine to use it, preferably something with a Tegra processor, though this one isn't an exclusive.

In TinyKeep players will embrace the role of a hopeless prisoner held deep in a forgotten dungeon who one day wakes up to find themselves mysteriously released. Their savior is nowhere to be seen, but the cell door is broken and ajar, tempting them with the sweet scent of freedom. With nothing but a flickering lantern and a strange letter left behind by their in-mate, they must venture into the darkness and escape TinyKeep.

Spellcrafter

Android Police coverage: Spellcrafter Is A Strategic RPG With Gesture-Based Spell Casting

Spellcrafter is an interesting top-down RPG with advanced 3D graphics and tactical combat - think X-COM or Final Fantasy Tactics. But rather than try to adapt a PC or console-style control scheme to mobile, the game takes advantage of the touchscreen format with gesture controls for casting spells, not unlike the less conventional portions of games like Okami. It gets bonus points for a fair price ($3) with no in-app purchases.

Spellcrafter is an RPG game with deep tactical turn-based combat and a unique spell casting system. Explore the magical world, collect gold, interact with NPCs, take quests and make moral choices. Recruit heroes, assemble and summon powerful troops and send them into battle. The unique feature of Spellcrafter is the spell casting system. The game recognizes the sign you draw on the screen and automatically chooses the appropriate spell from the spellbook.

Spellcrafter Developer: Jujubee S.A.
Price: 1.99
3.4
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Goat Simulator GoatZ

Android Police coverage: [Update: It's Live] So BAAAAAA-d It's Good: GoatZ Is Dragging Its Zombie Goat Survival Horror Simulation To Android On May 7th

Goat Simulator has always been something of a tongue-in-cheek critique of modern gaming, but this stand-alone expansion pack brings the parody to new heights. You play a goat struggling for survival in a zombie apocalypse... well, sort of. Survival really isn't the goal, it's more about exploring the zany map, messing with the intentionally buggy physics engine, and seeing how many of the game's obtuse Easter eggs you can find. And yes, you can become a zombie goat if you so desire.

GoatZ is the latest official addition to the Goat Simulator universe, and is a fine contender for the dumbest thing to come from Coffee Stain Studios yet - GOATS AND ZOMBIES IN THE SAME GAME. Well if you’re not already yelling at your mom to buy the game for you right away, maybe this will impress you a bit more:

  • Official new app from the idiots that brought you Goat Simulator
  • Mandatory crafting system - Craft anything in the world, as long as it’s one of the half dozen weapons in the game.
  • Fully fledged survival mode where you have to eat every five minutes to survive, just like your grandmother.
  • Turn humans into Zombies and loot some crates. Just like your grandmother.
  • Tons of new unlockable goats with special powers - shrink people’s heads, hang glide, wreak havoc, spit and be a goat. For real.

Fist Puncher

Android Police coverage: Fist Puncher Is A $10, Kickstarter-Funded, NVIDIA SHIELD-Compatible, Android TV Supporting, Old-School 2D Brawler Now Available On Google Play

Fist Puncher is, as the name might suggest, an old-school beat-em-up in the fashion of Streets of Rage or Double Dragon. Smash your way through 50 levels as a variety of 80s action movie stereotypes using physical buttons on you HID controller, NVIDIA SHIELD, or Android TV hardware - touchscreen controls are not supported. The game never takes itself too seriously, which is certainly a blessing, since not even misty-eyed nostalgia types will do so.

The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team to deliver old-school justice to the lawless streets. Play it on NVIDIA SHIELD.

  • As featured in SHIELD Hub.
  • 19 playable characters, including Dr. Karate, Steroid Jackson, Hella Fistgerald and the Beekeeper.
  • RPG features allow you to assign attribute points to hone and sculpt your characters to your liking.
  • Purchase perks including new moves and powers for your characters.
  • Over 50 levels, including a a nude beach, a slaughterhouse, and an ostrich farm.
  • 99 unlockable achievement trading cards - collect them all.
  • Over 100 collectible items.
  • Attack with tasers, slingshots, guns, bombs and more.
  • Throw cars, cows, dogs, street musicians and whatever else you can pick up.

Ys Chronicles 1

Android Police coverage: DotEmu Brings Ys Chronicles 1, An Update To A Classic 80s Action-RPG, To Android And Android TV

It's nice to finally get some classic Japanese role-playing games that don't come from Squaresoft or Enix. Ys Chronicles I is a remastered version of Ancient Ys Vanished: Omen with new graphics, anime-style cutscenes, and full touch controls. This series of action RPGs isn't a blockbuster outside of Japan, but it's definitely worth the price for gamers who don't want turn-based battles, and no one makes better Android ports than DotEmu.

In Ys, you play as Adol Christin, an adventurous young swordsman. Early in the story, you find yourself on a mysterious beach in Esteria, a kingdom whose cities are besieged by hordes of demoniac creatures. Esteria’s people are depending on you to defeat the demons and free the kingdom. To accomplish your goal, you must find six sacred books containing the history of the ancient land of Ys; books which will also provide you with the knowledge to restore peace.

Ys Chronicles 1 Developer: Dotemu
Price: 5.49
3
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Grim Fandango Remastered

Android Police coverage: Double Fine Productions Brings Grim Fandango Remastered To Android, On Sale For Launch At $9.99

Broken Age isn't the only Tim Schaefer opus to grace the roundup this week. Grim Fandango is widely considered one of the best point-and-click adventure games ever made, and now it can be had on Android for the hefty sum of ten bucks. You play a cheeky and sarcastic skeleton who works as an afterlife travel agent, or at least that's how he starts out. The 3D graphics in Grim Fandango are a bit dated, but the Dia de los Muertos style still holds some charm.

One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango's epic story of four years in the life (or death) of Manny Calavera, travel agent to the dead, has been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than when it won GameSpot's Game of the Year award upon its original launch. Grim Fandango still stands as a classic of the genre, with unforgettable characters and unique combination of film noir and Mexican folklore.

LEGO® Star Wars™: TCS

Android Police coverage: [Update: Back On Amazon] LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga Touches Down In The Play Store, Still MIA From Amazon

Star Wars was one of LEGO's very first licensed pop culture products, and this collection of simple kids video games from back in the PS2 era was well-received at the time. This $7 pack includes a story that spans all six current Star Wars movies with dozens of mini-fig characters, playing through basic platforming and puzzle segments. It's a lot of game for seven bucks and includes no in-app purchases, but adults who aren't fans of the films will quickly grow bored.

Experience the entire collection that combines the original LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and the sequel LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for hours of epic Star Wars content and fun gameplay all from your Android device. Begin your adventure in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and journey through all six episodes in the whimsical style and humor of LEGO. May the bricks be with you.

Earn to Die 2

Android Police coverage: Earn To Die 2 Speeds Through Several Dozen Zombies And Crashes Into The Play Store

Mix the accelerate-and-orientate gameplay of Trials with a 2D zombie apocalypse setting and you'll get Earn To Die. The sequel to the original mobile game offers quite a few more features than the simple gameplay might suggest, including an impressive amount of vehicle and weapon customization, plus a full story mode. The game is free with in-app purchases, but what few it has are unusually reasonable.

Drive your car through a zombie apocalypse in this massive follow-up to the chart-topping hit Earn to Die. An evacuation ship is waiting on the other side of the country. The only thing that stands in your way: city after city overrun by zombies . With only a run-down car and a small amount of cash you face a familiar situation... to drive through hordes of zombies in order to survive. Earn to Die 2 introduces a massive new Story Mode, five times longer than its predecessor.

Earn to Die 2 Developer: Not Doppler
Price: Free
4.5
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Fruit Ninja: Math Master

Android Police coverage: Fruit Ninja: Math Master Is An Educational Take On A Popular Game That Adds A $5 Price Tag And Subtracts The IAPs

Nobody tell HalfBrick, but Fruit Ninja might not be the all-encompassing media sensation that they seem to think it is, and which would justify a licensed children's math game. Even so, this looks like a pretty decent way for kids to kill some time on a long trip, mixing basic arithmetic with some of the original game's swipe-based mechanics. And like all responsible games aimed at children, this one has no in-app purchases. Nice.

The world-famous fun of Fruit Ninja meets the very best in educational apps in Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master. This is the perfect learning companion for ages 5 – 7. Join the Fruit Ninjas in an exciting adventure through jungles, temples and ancient ruins. The curious (and hungry) pig Truffles finds himself in a sticky situation, so Katsuro and his friends must journey to find the Lost Tablets of Fruitasia to rescue him.

Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0

Android Police coverage: Disney's Infinity Digital Toys Finally Come To Android With The Toy Box 2.0 App

Disney Infinity is the megacorp's take on toy-game combos like Skylanders, and it has so far proven to be a money-making machine. This is the first version of the game to come to mobile, allowing spoiled kids to play in the sandbox mode with their collected plastic figurines. Technically the game is free, but you only have access to a few random and cycling characters without buying the toys and activating them, either with the console game or online via code.

Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0 is here. Create your own worlds and games starring over 60 of your favorite Marvel and Disney characters. Marvel Super Heroes come to Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0, with some of your favorite characters including the Avengers, Spider-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Also explore some of your favorite Disney and Disney/Pixar characters from Frozen (Elsa & Anna), Big Hero 6 (Hiro & Baymax), Brave (Merida), Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters Inc, and more in Disney Infinity: Toy Box 2.0.

MARVEL Future Fight

Android Police coverage: Future Fight, A Free To Play Marvel Universe Beat-Em-Up, Gets An International Release In The Play Store

Future Fight is a basic 3D dungeon-crawler with a Marvel Comics (not movies) theme. Pick three heroes or villains, sit through some static text-only story babble, then go out and beat the crap out of a ton of low-grade minions and maybe a boss or two. The graphics and combos are interesting enough, but not so compelling that conventional gamers will be able to look past the mountain of IAP for energy, character unlocks, and grinding upgrades.

The Avengers...Spider-Man...the Guardians of the Galaxy. You can unite the greatest heroes from all corners of the Marvel Universe for the epic battle that will decide the fate of all realities - MARVEL Future Fight. S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury has sent a dire call from the future: The multiple dimensions of the multiverse are collapsing upon each other – and it’s up to you to ensure humanity survives. Gather the mightiest Super Heroes and Super Villains, assemble your team, and protect the universe at all costs.

MARVEL Future Fight Developer: Netmarble
Price: Free
3.9
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MORTAL KOMBAT X

Android Police coverage: High-Profile Gory Fighter Mortal Kombat X (Or At Least The Free-To-Play Mobile Version) Is Now Available On The Play Store

The Mortal Kombat series needs no introduction, but this mobile version of the gory fighter bears more in common with Warner Bros. other 2D fighters than its console release. A series of swipes and taps will see you through various game modes with a maximum of four fighters to a side. The graphics are pretty and suitably cringe-inducing, but in order to collect the multitude of characters you'll need to spend a small fortune on in-app purchases or spend weeks grinding away.

Experience the over-the-top, visceral fighting of MORTAL KOMBAT X. Bring the power of next-gen gaming to your mobile and tablet device with this visually groundbreaking fighting and card collection game. Assemble an elite team of Mortal Kombat warriors and prove yourself in the greatest fighting tournament on Earth. Create your own team of Mortal Kombat fighters and lead them into battle to earn experience, new special attacks, and powerful artifacts.

Skullduggery!

Skullduggery is an interesting mix of platforming elements and the slingshot mechanic from Angry Birds. It's also deliciously offbeat: you play an animate skull in the hire of the Infernal Revenue Service, beating up delinquent undead tax evaders (get it?) by stretching out your own brain matter and flinging yourself through the levels. A single $5 in-app purchase removes ads and unlocks some of the game's more intricate features.

You know the old saying, “you can’t take it with you?” Well, we’ve got news for you, my friends, they were WRONG. “Deadbeats” have been taking their riches with them to the afterlife for centuries and it’s the job of the INFERNAL Revenue Service — and its army of skulls — to collect. That’s where you come in. In “Skullduggery.” you’ll play a Semi-Organic Autonomous Skull employed as a collection agent for the IRS. Using the elasticity of your own brain, flick yourself around the fortresses of the afterlife’s biggest deadbeats.

Skullduggery! Developer: ClutchPlay Games LLC
Price: Free
4.5
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The Enchanted Cave 2

Dustin Auxier's original Enchanted Cave game was an impressive if simple adaptation of standard dungeon crawlers (or "roguelikes" as they seem to be called these days). The sequel adds some better graphics, a larger, more interesting dungeon to explore, and a revamped inventory and special attack system. The progression tree will allow you to tune your skills to your desired fantasy class.

Delve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically choosing your battles to gather as much treasure as possible. Find rare artifacts, gold, and stat gems, and traverse the skill tree to become your choice of a mage, warrior, alchemist, or a mix of skills. Craft potions, enchant your equipment, and discover secret areas. But be careful because the cave has become quite dangerous lately with more explorers going missing every day…

The Enchanted Cave 2 Developer: Dustin Auxier
Price: 5.99
4.2
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SwapQuest

RPGs and puzzle games have been getting very cozy as of late. The newest combination of the two genres is SwapQuest, which uses the familiar tile-swapping mechanic to facilitate your hero's progression through the various battle zones. The characters move along the paths on a grid, attacking and collecting loot automatically, so your selections will guide their progression. A basic story and leveling system are included, and a single $2 IAP unlocks the full game.

SwapQuest is a captivating new mix of easy-to-learn puzzle mechanics and old-school RPG elements. The kingdom of Aventana is under attack by a demon cloud known as the Horde. Many legends tell of its destructive power and how it devoures everything in reach. Will you become the hero Aventana needs? Can you find the magical sword that is said to be powerful enough to defeat the Horde?

Dungeon Highway Adventures

Dungeon Highway Adventures mixes 3D "voxel" graphics with a tilting endless runner structure. It's also hilariously violent - who knew a bunch of 8-bit monsters could bleed like tertiary Tarantino characters? The game is simple but charming, though you're out of luck if you'd like tap movement controls. It does have in-app purchases for currency, but a $2 purchase will banish ads forever.

If you didn’t get your fill of your own gory, pixelated demise the first time around, Dungeon Highway Adventures brings you more chances to explode in a shower of blocky goo. With new levels, obstacles, enemies, and artwork, coupled with an all new item system, you can die like it’s the first time all over again. Hopefully you’ll take out some of the dungeon creatures along the way.

Cooped Up

Cooped Up takes the flinging game mechanic from Angry Birds and, with no small amount of self-awareness, re-purposes it for a new take on the "jumping" genre. Said games have gone out of style in the last year or so, but Cooped Up has enough of it to go around. Fling your tiny, dead-eyed songbird from line to line, alternately avoiding or smashing through obstacles. A single $3 IAP removes advertising.

You are the latest addition in the exotic bird sanctuary. The other older birds have been Cooped Up a little too long and are a branch short of a perch. Ahhemmm... they is a bit crazy. Fling yourself up up and away but watch out, there's more than just birds that you must avoid. However don't be afraid to snack on the way... and don't let the other birds laughing at you get you down. Pick yourself up and twang twang twang again.

Cooped Up Developer: Nitrome
Price: Free
4.1
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Partyrs

On the surface Partyrs is a simple tile-switching game where the tiles have been replaced with charming little pixelated characters. And that's basically it, but the creativity in the level design is what will keep you coming back. Swap characters around the room/woods/cold and unfeeling vacuum of space to get them what they want, whether that's closer to the music, in proximity with another guest, or something a little more kooky.

Thirty cheerful creatures are having a party. Beginning with a funny music-loving alien to a lazy elephant: Some pretty funny guys are invited. They are all fond of a great party and it’s your task to host it. your job to keep everyone happy. But the Partyrs are pretty choosey. Tap to see what a Partyr wants and use your brian, swap the Partyrs around and help everyone to have a good time.

Partyrs Developer: Shelly Alon
Price: 1.99
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Fish Pond Park

The latest management sim from Kairosoft has you taking control of... a fish pond. A commercialized fish pond, mind you - something between a hatchery and a safari hunting ground. You'll have to build up your facilities and raise fish from hatchlings in order to populate your park, then attract visitors who are looking for that big catch. Unlike some of the more recent Kairosoft games, Fish Pond Park uses a conventional premium model.

Nurture an idyllic slice of tourist's heaven into the top nature spot of the nation, furnishing it with a variety of services like inns, tours, and more. Mix and match areas of your wooded wonderland to concoct exciting outdoor attractions that appeal to sightseers' sweet spots. Which combinations make what? Energize that outdoorsman's spirit and experiment for yourself. Any pond or river also doubles as an aquatic habitat for fry--which you can raise for later fishing excursions in the all-new fishing mode.

Fish Pond Park Developer: Kairosoft
Price: 2.49
3.9
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The Ramen Sensei

Kairosoft seems to be branching into more and more obscure areas for its latest business managements sims. This one lets you take control of a gourmet ramen noodle shop - apparently the dorm food staple has come up in the world, at least in Japan. All of the standard Kairosoft tropes are here, plus the ability to build custom menu items. Like the developer's original games, this one is a premium offering with no in-app purchases.

Build your ramen rep by fashioning the ultimate bowl from a vast assortment of noodles, soup, and toppings. From roast pork to miso, mackerel, and more--the only limit is your imagination, meaning you'll need to use your noodle to nail the right recipes and bring hungry customers in by the crowd. Enter contests and see how you size up against rivals, thus cementing your standing as superlative sensei of the savory. Succeed--and one day you might even have your own ramen theme park.

The Ramen Sensei Developer: Kairosoft
Price: 5.99
4
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GA 10: Lords of Nurroth

Tin Man's latest game book is the tenth story set in the Orlandes universe, following the first-person tale of a thief who uncovers a shadowy secret. If you've played any of Tin Man's RPG-slash-Choose Your Own Adventure games before, you know what to expect: lots of reading and tabletop-style character progression. This one is on sale for half off at the time of writing.

Nurroth, north of Orlandes City, is often viewed as an uncultured den of pirates and thieves. As a professional thief yourself, you get more than you bargain for after completing your most recent job. Clearly, you’ve stolen something you shouldn’t have. The Nurrothian Lords are on your trail, and you’re soon caught in a political tangle between Nurroth and Falavia. But a thief’s life is never meant to be easy…

Wings Remastered

Wings was one of the first dogfighting games to include a pilot's eye view battle mode, but the game itself was actually much more interested in telling its WWI story. This remastered edition switches to 3D graphics, but keeps the triple game modes: first-person dogfighting, top-down bombing, and isometric strafing runs. Nostalgic for the original 2D visuals? The original Amiga game is also available on the Play Store.

Cinemaware's classic Wings. gets re-mastered in high definition with all its original missions, dogfights, story and gameplay. Relive the action, glory and seat of the pants daring of a WWI Allied fighter pilot. You'll strafe Hun armies, bomb enemy aerodromes and match wits against deadly Aces in heart-stopping dogfights, the loser going down in flames...without a parachute. More than just a simulator, Wings. features genuine arcade action and an emotion-packed role-playing experience.

Battledots

Battledots takes the concept of lane-based strategy and boils it down to its purest elements, replacing all units and attacks with dots. It's kind of like Stratego played out in real time on an abacus. You get a limited amount of resources to spend on defending and attacking, so choosing the lane in which to make your stand is vital to winning. Online multiplayer and single-device multiplayer are included, and you get it all for one dollar.

Battledots is an intense, fast-paced strategy game where you must attack the opponent while defending your base, and everything is done with dots. There are 15 dots to choose from, and each one has its own unique abilities that will aid or hurt you in battle.

• Over 100 Levels

• Over 15 different Dots with unique abilities

• 5 powerful Bonus-Dots

• Endless-Mode with Leaderboard

• Local Multiplayer: Play against a friend on one Device.

• Cross-Platform Online-Multiplayer

Indefinite

Indefinite is a fascinating minimal game that puts you in the shoes of a suspect under interrogation. All you have to do is answer rapid-fire questions. But be careful: if you don't keep your answers straight or you take too long to reply (even to the uncomfortable ones), the interrogation is over. The chilling after-action report tells you what the authorities decided to do with you... and your family. This is the rare text-based game that manages to be both simple and incredibly unsettling at the same time.

What is Indefinite? Indefinite. It doesn't quite fit into any genre. You might call it an interrogation simulator, a text-based memory quiz, or a dystopian interactive fiction game. Were you the mastermind behind The Incident, or merely a pawn? As you play, you will unravel the mysterious circumstances behind a catastrophic global incident.

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Magenta Arcade

Magenta Arcade takes the familiar top-down space shooter formula and mixes it with a couple of new ideas. First of all, the setting is more like a techno-punk fantasy than the typical space shooter that so often uses this setup, and second, your finger is the character - all of the various weapons will shoot out of your fingertip on the battlefield, so there's nothing important blocked on the screen.

MAGENTA ARCADE is a finger-based top-down shooter brought to you by Long Hat House. Become a god. Your finger is a weapon, but also your greatest weakness. Know when to touch the screen to attack or retract to defend yourself. The cycle of wishes is a sacred ritual for the people. It is where you give out wishes for them. During many cycles peace reigned in your lands, but everything changed when Ivo Magenta made his last wish.

Twin Runners 2

Have you ever tried to play two endless runners at the same time? That's the gist of the original Twin Runners. Use two fingers to control a pair of runners in parallel (but not identical) fields. The sequel adds a bit of variety with more colorful graphics and a new slanted perspective, but keeps the ridiculously frustrating gameplay. $1.70 banishes advertising forever.

Easy to learn: just tap the screen to flip ninjas' direction. Hard to master: you'll need only one thumb and you have only one brain but... Two different roads with various obstacles in front of you. You will need to mix anticipation, dexterity, and memory to complete all offered challenges. Twin Runners 2 is a stunning try and die game very challenging. Hard ? yes. Insane ? probably. Impossible ? almost.

Seek

Seek has an interesting gameplay hook: your phone or tablet is a first-person window into the world, and you use its gyroscope as a means to look around. It's basically a VR game without the headset. Your job is to look through the low-poly world to find your tiny friends, and with each one found, your perspective changes enough that new parts of the world are unlocked. Unfortunately poor compatibility is giving it low review scores at the moment.

Using an android tablet as ‘a window to the world’, the player inhabits a child in an exploration game to find their hidden friends around a forgotten island. With each child found, their unique visuals reveal the islands secrets. Seek is suitable for all ages. Caution: This app makes use of the gyroscope and accelerometer to navigate in the game world. Please ensure you have enough space when playing the game. Ideally a swivel chair is recommended.

Bears vs. Art

Bears aren't known for their appreciation of modern art, but this one is downright unsophisticated. In Bears vs Art, you move your fuzzy avatar around grid-based stages, alternately avoiding or mauling patrons, then destroy "priceless" paintings in Fruit Ninja fashion. The aesthetic and humor are appealing (one of the first things you do is smash the "Mona Beara"), but HalfBrick has unfortunately fallen for the siren call of a power recharge system (which can be dismissed with a $6 in-app purchase) and currency IAP (which can't).

Greedy millionaires have opened abstract art galleries to display and admire their latest work. Now Rory the bear is ready to fight back against the pointless pieces invading his home. Bears vs. Art – a puzzling postmodern expression of the fight against subtext, from the creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. Discover 150 galleries with exciting puzzles around every corner. Plan your moves carefully or race the clock in timed challenges to destroy every painting on every wall.

Li-Ning Jump Smash™ 15

I had no idea that there was such a thing as professional badminton, much less pro badminton video games. Li-Ning Jump Smash is a somewhat over-the-top representation of the sport, and that fact isn't lost on the developers. The latest edition switches to an anime style for its competitor characters... who will apparently save the world from a comet with super-powered shuttlecocks. The game includes exhibition, tournament, and multiplayer modes, and lots of currency-based IAP.

With more than 6 million downloads worldwide, The World's No.1 Badminton game comes back in Jump Smash™ 15. Get ready for a badminton experience like no other; featuring an all-new intuitive swipe-mode gameplay, global stadiums, PVP mode, original anime characters, and high quality visual effects.

• Exhibition Mode: Play in singles or doubles mode to earn JS coins.

• Tournament Mode: Play your way through the tournament to become the World Jump Smash Champion. Earn JS coins and unlock characters in Tournament mode.

• Multiplayer Mode: Go head to head with your friends or compete in local and online tournaments.

• Training Mode: Utilise training mode to improve your character's individual statistics.

• CustoMe™: Customise your own individual character and play with them in Tournament and Multiplayer Mode.

Susume Tactics

This PSP port may look like a latter day take on Space Invaders, but in fact it's a minimalist real-time strategy game. A unique touch-based interface wrangles a game style that's usually reserved for the mouse and keyboard, and while the graphics are decidedly simple, there is enough variety in units, enemies, and maps to keep fans of the genre entertained. There's no mention of a multiplayer mode, but neither are there any ads or in-app purchases.

Destroy the enemy with your army in this fast paced real-time strategy game. A premium single player arcade style game with hours of play value. Finally the PSP version has been ported for customers to enjoy on Google Play. Susume Tactics is a premium game with a premium experience. Endless hours of fun, no two battles are the same. Play for 5 minutes in Arcade mode, or hours at a time in War Mode.

Hardboiled

Fallout fans who have grown weary of the over-the-shoulder perspective of the latter games would do well to check out Hardboiled. This top-down post-apocalyptic RPG wears its inspiration on its shoulder, though of course it's been adapted to a touch-based user interface. The story also has a little in common with Mad Max, but you'll need to rely on strategy instead of brute force to succeed in the turn-based combat system.

The blast was immense. Humanity finally had destroyed itself. The fallout lasted for weeks after the bombs went off. If you didn’t die in the blast, you died in the coming weeks from radiation and disease. Everyone was fighting for survival in what's left of the abandoned towns and cities. Slowly the survivors are trying to put what's left of their lives back together, some even with force. Just like the other survivors, Max was trying to reclaim his life back.

Hardboiled Developer: Game Dev Team
Price: 0.99
3.9
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Soul Unleashed Full Version

Soul Unleashed is an odd mix of Japanese RPG story and art elements with old-school (and I mean really old-school) first-person dungeon crawlers like Realms of Arkania. Come for the multi-character party management and level progression, stay for the odd asynchronous multiplayer mode. The game seems much more interested in its anime character creator than its story. There's a free demo available if you're not ready to lay your money down.

Soul Unleashed is an Adventure RPG made just for those adults who may have forgotten what an adventure feels like. It is a brand-new app inspired by the good-old days of gaming. Paying homage to the PC games of the 80's, it seeks to bring out the sort of board game feel you would find in tabletop RPGs and trading card games. From 7 main lines, you can select from over 160 different talents (general term for techniques, magic, etc.) to learn, constructing a wide variety of different characters.

Climax

Climax reminds me of the old Wario Ware games: a collection of tiny, almost instant mini-games thrown together at random. The touch-based interface allows for a wide array of bite-sized activities based on iconic movie scenes done in minimalist fashion. Film buffs will get a kick out of it, but if you haven't seen the movie in question, you can probably get the objective from the game prompts.

You think that you know everything about cinema, cult movies or twist endings? Then come test your knowledge with Climax, an application like you’ve never seen before. Climax is not about a boring quiz or an old-fashioned board game. Instead, you’ll have to use all your culture of the 7th art in order to guess the solution of each mini-game, thus replaying the most famous scenes in the history of cinema.

Circle Frenzy

Circle Frenzy is a basic runner game that has you going in a circle, and it looks like it stars one of those really basic enemies from all the Kirby games. It's fairly self-explanatory, and those looking for a challenge will have to go through a few levels before getting to the meat of the title. A $1 in-app purchase removes ads, but the game is otherwise free.

Run, jump, and duck to avoid sharp objects to get the highest score and outlast the exploding planet. Will you go beyond the stars to a world full of promise, but laden with danger? Simply touch the screen to jump your character onto objects and touch again to jump over objects. Stay on each world as long as you can for extra points, but if you overstay your welcome … BOOM … the BIG BANG will no longer be a theory.

Wire Defuser

In Wire Defuser you play a hapless bomb squad member who must safely disable a series of explosives. It's a pretty good setup for a puzzle game, and you'll need to use some very basic electrical knowledge to get through the 80 or so levels. Timing, logic, and a little common sense are essential... not to mention patience. In-app purchases allow you to skip levels, and the pricier ones also banish advertising.

Defuse dat bomb. Wire Defuser is a fast-paced puzzle game about defusing bombs, saving the planet... and, well, defusing bombs. Your mission, should you decide to accept it is simple: defuse the bombs. Every level presents a new chain of buttons and switches, each executable in a different screen interaction. Skill and reflex will be required. If you manage to get through the chain in time, the bomb is defused. But watch out as the slightest error will blow up everything.

Note Fighter

Steampunk and musical theory: two great tastes that taste great together. This simple game is intended to help music students learn to read sheet music by way of a basic runner formula and a little H.G. Wells-style robot character. It's cheap with no in-app purchases, and includes just three difficulty levels. There's also a free version.

Note Fighter - Practice your note reading in steampunk style. 3 difficulty levels (easy, medium and hard) to to make it easier to play the song. This is NOT a simulation of note reading. Just a simple game, with an educational side effect.

Note Fighter Developer: MythicOwl
Price: 1.99
4.1
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BlastBall GO

BlastBall is a mix of tile-sliding puzzles and Connect Four elements. Slide the static squares around to line up five or more horizontal or vertical balls in either color. This basic version of the game is free with no IAP, but an upgraded edition has power-ups and extra turns for $3.

BlastBall GO is the bare bones version of the BlastBall franchise. The full game, called BlastBall MAX, has amazing power-ups, challenging missions and 25 turns per game. The BlastBall puzzle mechanic was co-created by abstract boardgame designer Kris Burm. He's known for boardgame classics like GIPF, DVONN, TZAAR, YINCH and ZERTZ. BlastBall aims to be the ULTMATE single player puzzle experience. So put on your thinking cap, and give it a try.

ReRave Plus

Remember arcades? You know, those dark rooms full of gigantic quarter-powered game machines? Apparently they're still around, and at least a few of them include this touch-based music game. The basic formula is Simon Says-style tapping and holding to the beat of various electronic songs, but it gets insanely difficult on the tracks with higher BPMs. A few songs are free, but you'll have to pay for more.

Innovative gameplay that combines music, rhythm and touch accuracy to create an addictively fun and captivating experience. React quickly and compete against the world by pressing symbols as they rotate to the 12 o'clock and match the beat of the music. Press closest to the center to earn the most points possible. Break away from the restrictions of scrolling and "matching symbols" that is repetitive and limiting with other music game products.

City 2048

City 2048 does what it says on the box, so to speak: it's basically the familiar tile game with a sprinkling of Sim City on top. Collapse identical tiles into each other to progress from grassland to agriculture to a rural town to a metropolis. It's not much more than a visual skin, but if you need a little extra spice on the addictive game, this version is interesting and cheap with no in-app purchases.

City 2048 is an exciting, addictive and easy to play puzzle game. It is a unique version of the 2048 Number Game. Swipe to move the tiles with the blocks to build a huge metropolis. Develop your city. Get bonuses, and who knows what might be ahead...

City 2048 Developer: UnderAIR
Price: Free
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The Line Zen

Surely Line Zen is the simplest kind of endless runner: just move your finger left or right to avoid the various obstacles. Some of the more complex rooms amount to puzzles in this pseudo-sequel to The Line. Like most Ketchapp games, this one is free with a single in-app purchase to remove advertising.

Welcome to The Line Zen. The Line Zen is the sequel to 2014's hit game, The Line, but now with a new twist. You still dart and weave through a procedurally generated world while avoiding the red shapes, but now you use friendly green shapes to your advantage -- but be careful -- because sometimes they can get in the way.

Numbers - Merge

This game probably looks familiar if you've ever tried Threes or 2048. While it does follow a lot of the same rules, its odd and even number scheme is more flexible: each stage is a puzzle on its own instead of a shifting board. The endless play style is available too, if the more structured game modes don't strike your fancy. Purchasing cheat points will remove the ads.

Numbers Merge is a new addictive number puzzle. Tap one number of the group of same numbers, merge them to a bigger one, 1 to 2, 2 to 3... Simple game rule but hard to master, full of fun and challenge.

  • Easy to play but hard to master.
  • Need think numbers carefully for the target.
  • 60 well designed level, full of fun and challenge, but addictive.
  • Four different game modes.
  • 4X4, 5X5, up to 5X6 map with blocked box, make the game different from others.

Washington's Wig

In Washington's Wig, you play a dog who's tasked with returning the famous general's hairpiece before the portrait artist can capture his bald head crossing the Delaware. The gameplay is pretty stale, but the kooky premise and free price (with no in-app purchases) makes it worth a look if you want another endless runner to tinker with.

In this completely historically inaccurate tale, George Washington has embarked on his famous crossing of the Delaware only to realize he has forgotten his precious wig. Join a cast of canines as they bravely race to return the missing hairpiece. Old-school arcade action meets adorable dogs (except the ugly ones) in this fast-paced adventure.

Helmets on Fire

Helmets on Fire is an endless runner with aspirations to 4chan levels of randomness. The basic run, jump, and collect gameplay is solid enough, but after years of basic endless runners with 8-bit graphics, there's very little to this game that you haven't seen before. Retro and pop culture characters can be unlocked by playing the game itself or with one-time in-app purchases.

Helmets on Fire. is a free runner game with platforms using a retro style in pixel art. It reminds other classical games with references like Mario, Link and even the characters of the power rangers tv show. Enjoy this crazy adventure. In Helmets on Fire. you will play as a construction worker who, accidentally, unleash the fury of an evil egyptian god who was buried in the ruins of an ancient civilization in the middle of the city.

Beast Quest

At first glance this looks like yet another soulless tap-and-swipe action game in the vein of Infinity Blade. And perhaps it is, but the lore is based on the Beast Quest series of fantasy novels. That and a free-roaming exploration mode, may make it worth consideration for fans of the books, though the game still falls into all the usual traps of the free-to-play titles that it shamelessly emulates.

An evil wizard has enchanted the magical Beasts of Avantia - only a true hero can free the Beasts and stop them from destroying the land. Are you the hero Avantia has been waiting for? Embark on an epic action-adventure in a huge open world. Battle hordes of dangerous enemies and take on giant Beasts in huge boss battles. Explore snowy peaks and sandy beaches, seeking out ancient artifacts and lost treasures.

Jurassic World™: The Game

Would investors in a dinosaur theme park be OK with pitting genetically-engineered fossils against one another in 10-ton cockfights? Probably not, but you can do it anyway in the licensed Jurassic World game. It's a mix of a park builder and a Pokemon clone, but the usual downers of grinding card collection, IAP-motivated upgrades, and wait timers are present. The game also works with Skylanders-style Jurassic World toys, just in case those in-app purchases aren't enough.

Return to Isla Nublar with the creators of the smash hit Jurassic Park™ Builder for your next adventure: Jurassic World™: The Game, the official mobile game based on this summer’s epic action-adventure. Bring to life more than 50 colossal dinosaurs from the new film and challenge your opponents in earth-shaking battles. Construct the theme park of tomorrow in this unrivaled build-and-battle dinosaur experience.

Empires and Allies

Oh when will developers like Zynga tire of endlessly rehashing the Clash of Clans pseudo-strategy formula? Probably around the same time dull gamers get tired of paying for the requisite in-app purchases.

Welcome to Empires & Allies, an all-new modern military strategy game that puts the weapons of modern war at your fingertips in a never-ending battle to conquer the world.

  • DESIGN YOUR PERFECT ARMY from the arsenals of today’s militaries with battle-hardened tanks, drones, helicopters, and more.
  • DEPLOY MODERN WEAPONS including tactical nukes, hellfire missiles, and orbital strikes.
  • DYNAMIC BATTLEFIELDS deliver increasingly difficult scenarios that emulate the unpredictability of warfare.
  • JOIN ALLIANCES to fortify defenses and reinforce attacking units
  • SAVE THE WORLD from the GRA, an evil terrorist organization, and defend your territories from other players

Evil Genius Online

PC gamers might remember Evil Genius as a strategy sleeper hit, where you played a larger-than-life Bond villain managing a base and world domination schemes in the style of Dungeon Keeper. If that name makes you shudder, then you're right to be wary: Evil Genius Online comes to mobile in the same way Dungeon Keeper did, with outrageous in-app purchases and an entire game based on waiting for meters to fill up. What a shame.

Build your own ultra-secret underground lair and command an army of minions to carry out your diabolical plans. Watch your enemies cower in fear as you undertake menacing missions, devise ingenious gadgets and achieve global power. Join other evil geniuses in their quest for world domination. Invite players into your syndicate, then when their backs are turned send in your spies to raid their base and meddle with their plans.

LumiKids Park by Lumosity

LumiKids Park is an adapted version of the Luminosity brain-training suite designed especially for kids. It boils down to a bunch of basic activities with some progress reports for parents, but if you're interested in some kid-friendly games and puzzles for your toddler, it's free with no in-app purchases.

From the team at Lumosity, we welcome you to the award-winning LumiKids Park, where children can have fun while using important core skills. Kids will love exploring this interactive park filled with surprises designed to make them giggle and keep them challenged.

• Intuitive for young learners to use by themselves: no text or voice-over instructions

• Adapts to each child’s ability level, keeping young learners challenged, engaged and motivated with no feelings of failure

• As a parent, gain insight into your child's play

• Receive tips on how to continue practicing these skills with your child

5-2-1-0 Kids! by HFHS LiveWell

This bafflingly-titled game is a mix of a basic collector, Candyland, and what is quite possibly the most boring endless runner ever... sponsored by Ford. (No, really.) 5-2-1-0 Kids! isn't really supposed to be a game so much as a set of instructions for kids to follow for a healthy lifestyle... which includes the guidance "2 hours or less of recreational screen time" per day. Good luck with that one, well-intentioned game designers.

5-2-1-0 Kids. powered by Henry Ford LiveWell is designed to teach children 4-9 years old the 5-2-1-0 message, endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. 5-2-1-0 means 5 or more fruits and vegetables, 2 hours or less of recreational screen time, 1 hour or more of physical activity, and 0 sugar-added drinks every day. Hi-5, Twoey, Uno, and Zip will teach this message in a way that is fun and engaging. With each mini game the child is challenged based on their skill level to gain points by mastering the principles being taught.

WTF Game(s) Of The Week

Roller Cactus 3D

Roller Cactus is basically an adaptation of those weird Japanese game shows where hapless contestants must fold themselves into human Tetris pieces. Oh, and it stars an animate cactus on roller skates. And it's brutally, wickedly violent, for some reason - failures are rewarded with cheeky Mortal Kombat-style "Cactusality" poses. Take note, developers: sometimes all it takes to get our attention is a few chuckles.

It’s a car... It’s a plant... No. It’s a suicidal cactus on skates. Best of cactus is they can’t move much so you can pull mean tricks on them. We have put a pair of skates on one and have launched him against a wall... well, against a lot of walls, but we’re not sooooo wicked. We’ve left space to let him pass through. It’s up to you to position his branches the right way in order to overcome each and every wall faster and faster.

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