Best games for iPhone
It’s right there in the name: You jump down a well. You have guns in your boots, because of course you do, and as you plummet from level to level, you use those gun-boots to shoot as many enemies as possible. Live long enough, collect enough gems, and you’ll earn all manner of power ups. Die, and you start over. It sounds simple enough, but like the best action roguelikes, Downwell is as deep as the bottomless pit in the title.
Not A Good Match For: Those who have played the PC version and prefer the superior handling of an actual game controller. Downwell’s touch controls are very good, but they can’t measure up to the real thing.
You could call Device 6 a text adventure, but that would be selling the game short. What it is, rather, is one of the strangest, most mysterious and downright elegant games made for touchscreen devices… and it just happens to involve a lot of reading. Call it multimedia-enhanced interactive fiction. As you rotate and flip your device, chasing the winding map of description and design, you’ll find yourself drawn into a strange and sinister adventure complete with one of the catchiest pop tunes ever included in a game.
Not a Good Match For: Those who want a lot of action or replayability, people who hate reading.
By boat, by land, by airship, by giant mechanized city with legs, do you have what it takes to make it… Around the World in 80 Days? That’s the question at the heart of 80 Days, a fantastical re-imagining of Jules Verne’s famous novel that casts you as Passepartout, manservant to the gentleman Phileas Fogg. As a valet, you are responsible for packing the bags, negotiating at markets, and planning the itinerary on your journey ‘round the globe.
Each trip will be different from the one before it, and thanks to the game’s peppy writing and frequent surprise detours, each trip will be great deal of fun. 80 Days captures the joy and melancholy of travel with unusual wit and humanity.
A Good Match For: People who like interactive stories, geography buffs, fans of travel.
Final Fantasy VI and VII are great and everything, but Final Fantasy IX is one of the most charming and underrated games in the series. The story of Zidane, Dagger, Vivi and Steiner makes the transition to mobile devices with surprising grace; not only do the touch controls work well, but you can now opt to turn off random encounters if you just want to explore. If you haven’t played this one, give it a spin on the go. It’ll keep you occupied for many, many bus rides to come.
Not a Good Match For: Anyone looking for a quick, casual mobile game: This is a core FInal Fantasy game, and will take many dozens of hours to complete.
Endless snowboarder Alto’s Adventure defies whatever fatigue we might feel for the endless runner genre, stripping away layers of gaudy mobile paint to rediscover an elegant core. It’s a simple, fun game about floating, sliding, and jumping endlessly forward, through rain, snow, and darkest night.
Not A Good Match For: People who don’t like endless runners, people who hate snowboarding.
You’re in a cold, dark room. First, you get a fire going. Then, you head out in search of wood. After that… well, things develop. To say more would be to spoil what makes A Dark Room special, but suffice it to say: This game grows far beyond its humble origins, and the journey from here to there is an engrossing one.
A Good Match For: Fans of management/RTS games, anyone who likes a little mystery in their games.
Super Hexagon is a game that will kill you in seconds. A pattern of geometric shapes flow towards the center of the screen to the beat of the music, and your task is to dodge them. You won’t. You’ll die. If you get really good, you’ll die in minutes. And you’ll love every one.
Not a Good Match For: Those looking for lengthy gameplay sessions.
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