Games

Liked Casey’s Contraptions? Then you’ll like Amazing Alex! While being troubled by a nagging sense of déjà vu.

The best block-falling game we’ve played on iOS and more puzzle-oriented and challenging than most. A must-buy.

A near-perfect game for the anti-building-regulations grumbler (and, let’s be honest, small kid who likes building and smashing towers) inside us all.

Hello darkness, my new friend. A must-see, Nihilumbra is precisely the type of brave and original find that makes the current iOS gaming scene so exciting.

A bit like Tetris for word-game nuts, and every bit as compulsive as that classic block-puzzler.

Issues with a few puzzles can’t spoil what is a superbly written and pacy adventure that’s frequently laugh-out-loud hilarious. Magnificent.

A quick yet satisfying, er, flower simulator about survival in the face of extreme adversity. And also bugs.

Some frustratingly difficult later levels, but otherwise this enjoyable dam-building puzzle is top of the class.