Games for iPhone and iPad
By far the most popular category in the App Store, there is a never-ending parade of great games available for iOS devices. For a list of our favorites, check out AppCraver’s Editor Picks of the Best Games for iPhone and iPad, or read on for news and reviews of the newest game releases for iOS.
Bionic Surfer Takes on Kaons and Wins
Bionic Surfer, from developer Robert Casperson, is a conventional side-scrolling shooter and your mission is well-worn: Run, jump over or on top of obstacles, collect power ups and fire a variety of weapons to annihilate the bad guys.
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21 & Fun – Share Scores On Facebook: Doesn't Go Bust
Card lovers that enjoy the game of 21 can find many different versions of play and devices to play their favorite game on. Many of the old handheld games offer a version of 21. Some computer games have 21 also. Splashworks.
Star Defense Takes Traditional Tower Defense to New Level
Developer ngmoco is already much respected for its games, notably, Rolando and Topple 2. The company’s latest, Star Defense, takes game play to a whole new level (100 new levels to be exact). First, the basics. Star Defense is a tower defense game.
NineGaps Has Your Daily Numbers
Quadion Technologies' NineGaps is in some ways like Sudoku, the number puzzler that bookkeepers, Mensa wannabes and violinists seem to enjoy more than everyone else. NineGaps is different than Sudoku in that you complete puzzles consisting of three rows and three columns.
lilt line Will Open Your Ears and Eyes to the Future of Musical Games
lilt line - As the music genre continues to gain mainstream traction with the Guitar Heros and Rock Bands of the world, it’s inevitable that we’ll see efforts that aim to imitate instead of innovate.
Not Really Diggin' Dig Dug Remix
Dig Dug Remix - When a big-name developer appears in the App Store with a "classic" game, I often find they are pedaling their "new" version of an existing game made available on — but not necessarily made for — iPhone.
Paper Toss is Free But It's a Game Worth Paying For
Paper Toss – I suppose I shouldn’t admit it in public, but I would pay for Blackflip Studios’ free Paper Toss, unlike the developer’s Ragdoll Blaster - A Physics Puzzler which I thought was only so-so for $1.99. Paper Toss is sleepy simple as a concept but it’s a narcotic in real life.
Monster Pinball Steps Video Pinball Up a Notch
Monster Pinball - There's just something to be said for video pinball. Sure, it's never going to be as good as the real thing, but at least the objective is simple and even a pinball novice can enjoy a quick game without duress.
Ancient Tribe Off to a Good Start, but Needs to Evolve
If you’re scoping out real-time strategy games for iPhone in the App Store then you may run across Ancient Tribe by Celestial Digital Entertainment. Ancient Tribe is a strategy game where you grow a tribal village by hunting and collecting natural resources.
MobAir: Pilot Training Launches as the Start of a Series of Flying Games
MobAir: Pilot Training is the common shooter-on-rails where the gamer must soar past obstacles and shoot targets in a 3D-like environment. MobAir: Pilot Training is better than average, however.
Toki Tori Now for iPhone
I am the world’s biggest sucker for games with cute, colorful, rich graphics and I love an adorable character in a starring role as well.
Shoot 2 Quill iPhone Typing Tutorial
Shoot 2 Quill by Left Coast Logic is an app that addresses the very bane of my mobile device existence.
Minesweeper Classic Just Like the Original
Minesweeper Classic - For those of us who toiled away for hours in a cubicle at our Windows NT workstations, Minesweeper was one of the few solaces in the drudgery of office life. Minesweeper still lives on in the current release of Windows 7.
Just for Kicks, Urban Kick Academy Proves a Pleasant Little Game
When the developers at 1BigApp contacted us about Urban Kick Academy, they claimed to have had trouble getting site reviews of their debut app for iPhone and iPod touch.
Buka, It’s Great!
Hexage’s Buka is great, just like "All your base belong to us" was once great. Too great for me, though, but that's just great. Buka is a glowing blue planet she-thing that you must maneuver past Mr. Sunshine, Mr. Sleepy, Red Ones and other assorted Baddies Hey, don’t look at me.
