Arcade
A snappy tap-and-flick arcade game about knocking tokens across a board with perfect timing.
★★★★☆ 4.4
Mobile Indie Games Worth Your Screen Time
We dig through app stores so you don't have to, pulling out the small studio releases that actually deserve a download. From quiet puzzlers to scrappy racers, every pick here got real play hours from our team. Most recently we put Coin Strike through its paces and wrote down what stuck.
Read the review «Coin Strike» →
Arcade · 4.4★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
Why us
We Actually Play
No review goes up until someone on the team has put real hours into the game. Impressions matter more than trailers.
No Strings Attached
Studios don't pay us and don't get to preview what we write. Our opinions stay ours.
Every Genre Welcome
Puzzles, racers, RPGs, odd little simulators — if it's good and it's indie, it has a home here.
Games
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RPG
A pocket-sized fantasy RPG with tactical turn battles and a surprisingly warm story.
★★★★★ 4.6
Strategy
A lean turn-based strategy game about defending supply lines across shifting fronts.
★★★★☆ 4.2
Racing
A tilt-to-steer rally racer that nails the feeling of drifting through gravel.
★★★★☆ 4.1
Adventure
A moody point-and-tap adventure about a lighthouse keeper and a town that forgot itself.
★★★★★ 4.7
Simulation
A cozy port-building sim where you grow a sleepy dock into a bustling little town.
★★★★☆ 4.3
Editor’s pick
RPG
Emberwild Saga
★★★★★ 4.6
Emberwild Saga punches well above its download size. You lead a small band of travelers across a hand-drawn continent, recruiting odd companions and untangling a quiet story about a fading forest. The writing is understated in a good way — nobody shouts their backstory at you, it unfolds through little camp conversations.
- Charming hand-drawn world
- Readable tactical battles
- Story that earns its ending
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What readers say
«A snappy tap-and-flick arcade game about knocking tokens across a board with perfect timing.»
Hugo · Coin Strike
«A pocket-sized fantasy RPG with tactical turn battles and a surprisingly warm story.»
Lena · Emberwild Saga
«A lean turn-based strategy game about defending supply lines across shifting fronts.»
Rafael · Ironline Tactics
Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
We look for games from small or independent teams that we can actually enjoy on a normal phone. Something has to give us a reason to keep playing past the first session — a clever mechanic, a strong atmosphere, a control scheme that just feels right. If it's a copy-paste template, it doesn't make the list.
Do studios pay you to review their games?
No. We don't take money for coverage and we don't let anyone preview what we write before it goes up. That's the whole point of staying independent. Coin Strike, for example, we found and played entirely on our own, and the review reflects exactly what we thought.
Can I suggest a game for you to cover?
Absolutely, and we read every suggestion that comes in. Drop us an email with the game's name and a line about why you think it's worth our time. We can't promise to cover everything, but good tips from readers are some of our best leads.
Is there advertising on the site?
We may run a few unobtrusive ads to help keep the lights on, but they never influence what we write or how we score a game. Editorial and advertising stay completely separate. If that ever changed, we'd tell you plainly.