Arcade
A snappy arcade flicker where you send coins skidding across a board to knock down targets.
★★★★☆ 4.4
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We play small, strange, and surprising mobile titles so you don't waste an evening on a dud. Our editors recently spent a week with Coin Strike, and you'll find that write-up alongside dozens of others here.
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Arcade · 4.4★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
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A pocket-sized fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and a surprisingly warm story.
★★★★★ 4.6
Strategy
A coastal real-time strategy game about defending shifting islands from raiders.
★★★★☆ 4.2
Racing
An arcade racer built entirely around long, glowing drifts through night cities.
★★★★☆ 4.3
Adventure
A quiet exploration adventure about a lamplighter reviving a sleeping village.
★★★★★ 4.7
Puzzle
A mechanical puzzle game where you build contraptions to guide seeds into bloom.
★★★★★ 4.5
Editor’s pick
RPG
Emberfall Saga
★★★★★ 4.6
Emberfall Saga looks like a dozen other mobile RPGs until you spend an hour with it, at which point the writing quietly grabs you. You lead a small band of misfits across a fading kingdom, and the party banter between fights carries more heart than most games this size attempt.
- Genuinely good character writing
- No random-battle grind
- Save-anywhere combat
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What readers say
«A snappy arcade flicker where you send coins skidding across a board to knock down targets.»
Hugo · Coin Strike
«A pocket-sized fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and a surprisingly warm story.»
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«A coastal real-time strategy game about defending shifting islands from raiders.»
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Questions & answers
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An editor plays something they enjoyed and pitches it to the team. If two others agree it's worth a proper look, we assign a full review with at least ten hours of play. Genre never matters — only whether it's interesting.
Do studios pay you for reviews?
No. We don't accept payment for coverage or for a higher score, ever. When we tested Coin Strike, for instance, it was because someone on the team liked it, not because anyone paid us to look.
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