GAMES OF THE WEEK - The 5 best new mobile games for iOS and Android - August 6th 2020
It's that time again! Time for another entry into our long-running GAMES OF THE WEEK series.
If you're looking for the best 5 games which have hit the iPhone, iPad or Android stores this week then you've landed yourself at the exact right place at just the right time. Lucky, lucky you.
With this article, we skirt around the droves of subscription services (Apple Arcade, Google Play Pass, GameClub, Hatch, and all of their friends) which have launched onto mobile platforms over the years. We also don't factor in things like Steam Link or Google Stadia which allow streaming to handheld devices - and would open up this list to almost every game under the sun.
What that means is that our list is a finely curated list of brilliant, fresh titles which you can download and play without subscribing to, or installing, any third-party initiative. Of course, there are some great games on those services, but, let's focus on the stuff that you can grab right now.
This week you're going to be carefully timing your blocks in roguelite shooters, dodging boxes and crates in fast-paced platformers, competing against friends and family in dozens of local-multiplayer mini-games and much, much more.
Remember, if you're looking to check through some of our previous selections then you can always do that at our Games of The Week Hub, it's a great way to find games to fill out that empty storage space on your phone. Or, if you like your news in bitesize chunks, delivered straight to your palm then maybe follow us on Twitter or join our Discord.
Anyway, without any further delay, click on the big, blue button below to find out more about our top five of the games which released on mobile over the last week.
1
Super Glitch Dash
Quick dashes and dodges through well-timed swipes is the way that you'll survive in twitch runner Super Gltich Dash. It's available as part of Google Play Pass, but available separately on both the App Store and Google Play. Check it out below.
2
Gun Rounds
Twisting both turn-based RPG combat with roguelike shooter, Gun Rounds is a fantastic experiment in juicy-fun. It's filled with a variety of enemies to master, a fantastic retro-soundtrack and some clean, two-colour visuals.
Gun Rounds is available on the App Store as a premium game, but PC players may well have gained it in the recent Bundle for Racial Justic and Equality on itch.io .
3
Guardian Tales
I'll defer this description to our reviewer Catherine, who recently reviewed Guardian Tales. She wrote "Guardian Tales is a charming breath of fresh air for fans of 8-bit games and JRPGs of old. The free-to-play gacha game, while chock-full of complicated currencies to figure out, doesn’t really make you feel like you need to pay to win. It invites players to enter into a fun and quirky world to get away from it all, which is a more-than-welcome distraction from the seriousness of life. "
4
Gogogo!
Minigames are my jam, and if they're something you also enjoy then you should check out the free to play Gogogo! which comes with 20 free minigames which can be played between groups of up to 16 local players. Once you're done with those 20 there are plenty more, which you can unlock through watching ads or paying outright to unlock them.
Gogogo! is available now for iOS and Android.
5
Brawlhalla
Ubisoft published Brawlhalla has finally made its way to the mobile arena, launching on both iOS and Android in a similar form to its PC and console counterparts. Much like the other games it is entirely free, however you can pay to get extra characters outside of the rotated playable heroes - should you find one that you're a bit more attached to.
Best of all, Brawlhalla on mobile will have full crossplay with the other versions, so you can play against your console-bound mates.
