Puzzle Games
Monument Valley ($4)
Can you guide Ida through a series of impossible architectural
wonders in this Escher-inspired puzzler? It’s a relaxing, gorgeous,
accessible game that never gets too challenging.
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The Room Two ($3)
This is a mysterious journey into the dark as you attempt to unravel
the creepy truth by solving a series of elegant, multi-layered puzzles
in a highly-polished environment full of curiosities.
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Bag It! ($2)
Like Tetris for grocery store workers, Bag It!
tasks players with efficiently stacking loads of groceries into a single
bag. Just remember light, fragile items on bottom, and heavy items on
top; or is it the other way around?
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Threes! ($2)
The aim is to swipe combining matching number tiles and building the
biggest number that you can manage. It may be aesthetically and
tactically simple, but it’s also instantly addictive.
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QuizUp
If you fancy yourself a trivia buff or quiz master then this is the
game for you. Choose from more than 500 topics and take on millions of
other players around the world in a race to answer questions.
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Drop7
Match like-numbered discs and string together massive chain reactions in Zynga’s wildly addictive puzzle game, Drop7. You’ll have an incredibly hard time putting this gem down.
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Odd Bot Out ($2)
Help Odd, the purple robot, escape from the defective robot complex
by solving a series of puzzles that get progressively more difficult.
It’s a classic escape game with a nice geometric aesthetic.
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Match Three Games
Candy Crush Saga
Fiendishly addictive and fast-paced gameplay makes this candy-themed
world difficult to leave until you have conquered every level or run out
of lives, whereupon you can take a break or pay to play on.
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Frozen Free Fall
This Frozen-themed match-3 game features all your favorite characters
from the Disney classic, it’s beautifully animated, and the gameplay is
terribly addictive. There’s limited free play with optional IAP.
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Bejeweled Blitz
Incredibly popular puzzle franchise Bejeweled offers some
jewel matching fun against the clock with a competitive element that
kicks things up a notch as you try to best your friend’s scores.
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Word Games
Words with Friends
Try social gaming Scrabble-style, as you compete against friends or
strangers to create the best words from your available letters. This
cross platform game is easy to get into and works well accompanied by
chat.
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Spelltower ($2)
Can you pick high-scoring words out of the grid before you run out of space or time? There’s a Tetris inspired twist to this word game that adds to the addictive tension.
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7 Little Words
Use the seven clues to pick the right seven words out of the 20
letter group tiles on offer and you’ve cracked that puzzle. Take as long
as you like and guess as often as you like.
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Deep Under the Sky ($3)
A super chilled soundtrack accompanies this visually stunning
platform adventure as you guide a jellyfish through a series of levels
using basic boost, swing, and roll maneuvers.
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Kiwanuka ($3)
Use your magic rod to form your followers into human bridges and
guide the rest of your clan to the promised land, or at least the next
level, in this delightfully imaginative puzzler.
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World of Goo ($5)
Using balls of goo with different properties you have to construct
solutions that will guide your left over goo through the escape pipe to
beat each level. It’s beautifully made, clever, and unmissable.
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