Best new iOS, Android, PS Vita, and Nintendo Switch games of the week: Sheltered, ICEY, Subsurface Circular, and more
Added: FROST, Paddington Run, Simulacra, Super Mario Odyssey, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows
Here we are again on a sunny, rainy, windy, or snowy Thursday and it's time to check out what new games we can get our hands on.
I say it almost every week but we've had another good selection from puzzlers to emotive narratives, not to mention one big named game which won't be out until tomorrow.
iOS/Android
Battlevoid: Sector Siege"Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which you take command of human forces with the task of defending them against multiple enemy factions."
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Bloody Mary: The Hudson House"Escape from The Hudson House, a desecrated dwelling with a chilling, bloody history in its past. Read along to unravel the mystery of the house as your choices determine your fate, for better or for worse. As you progress in the game, graphic illustrations and stunning animations help paint the mysterious past and the eerie present."
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Bury Me, My Love- Publisher: Plug In Digital
- Platform: iOS
- Price: £2.99/$2.99
"Bury me, my Love is a Text Messaging Adventure game about Nour, a Syrian migrant trying to find her way to Europe. Her husband Majd, who remains behind in Syria, communicates with Nour through a messaging app, advising her as best he can so that she reaches her destination safely."
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DreamWorks Universe of Legends"Your favorite DreamWorks Heroes (& Villains!) from Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, Penguins of Madagascar, Croods & more are united in a brand new mobile game! From a dream team of companions, create your own Hideaway base, and start your journey to save the DreamWorks universe!"
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ERMO"ERMO is an ethereal puzzle game featured with a charming and peaceful graphics. You will learn the rules in a few seconds, but ERMO will catch you for hours. Immerse yourself in the landscapes and colors of ERMO and let you be carried away by the restful atmosphere."
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FROST- Publisher: Kunabi Brother GmbH
- Platform: iOS
- Price: £4.99/$4.99
"Draw paths to guide the flocking spirits to their home planets. Watch countless beautiful creatures emerge from light, bring balance to a world in constant motion, and unravel its mysteries."
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Heroes Fally- Publisher: Supergenius Industries LLC
- Platform: iOS
- Price: F2P
"Packed with heroes, packed with weapons and packed with puns, Heroes Fally is a beautifully ridiculous endless faller. Leap from rooftop to rooftop and avoid increasingly complex traps laid by your foes! You’ll never quite reach the street below, but crime never stops so why should you?"
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Highwind- Publisher: Selva Interactive
- Platform: iOS
- Price: 99p/99c
"In Highwind you control a paper plane using only two buttons. You will destroy enemy planes and protect your own. Tapping the right side of the screen will shoot bullets and holding the left side will activate the shield. The shield blocks and reflects bullets back to your enemies."
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ICEY"ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world."
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Luther - the Journey- Publisher: Target Games
- Platform: iOS
- Price: £2.99/$2.99
"After reformer Martin Luther nailed those to the gates of the church of Wittenberg the Pope outlawed him. Help reformer Martin Luther on his escape from the city of Worms and bring him into safety together with his companions. Experience countless adventures, collect historical artefacts, and learn more about the history and important personalities of the time of 1521 while the outlawed companions flee from their pursuers."
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Paddington Run"Enjoy this fun-filled endless runner adventure based on the award-winning Paddington movie! Run through the busy streets of London to collect the delicious marmalade, beat challenges and unlock exciting new features in each action-packed level."
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Sheltered "Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a whole new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. Given a head-start over the billions lost in a nuclear holocaust, you must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dire future."
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Simulacra"You found the lost phone of a woman named Anna. In it, you see a desperate cry for help in the form of a video message. The phone behaves strangely as you dive deeper into it. You talk to her friends and they have no idea where she is. Her texts, emails and photo gallery provides fragments of information. It's up to you to piece it together. Recover lost files, piece back corrupted data, and retrace her final steps. Find her before it's too late."
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Subsurface Circular- Publisher: Bithell Games
- Platform: iPad
- Price: £4.99/$4.99
"A detective stationed on the Subsurface Circular investigates a series of disappearances among the city’s robotic working class. Collect words and phrases, then use them in dialogue puzzles to uncover the world's secrets and determine its future."
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The Sun: Origin- Publisher: Igor Migun
- Platform: iOS
- Price: £1.99/$1.99
"In the year 2050, the sun unleashed a catastrophic surge of energy into space, a wave of power that would plunge our civilization into chaos for centuries. It was in this world that a warrior known only as Raven would emerge. A warrior that would save his people by bending the wasteland to his will. A warrior that would one day become a legend."
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Turn Undead: Monster Hunter- Publisher: Nitrome
- Platform: iOS
- Price: F2P
"Take on Dracula and his legion of monsters in this turn based action puzzle platformer."
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Wartide: Heroes of Atlantis
"Wartide: Heroes of Atlantis introduces the unique and highly strategic deployment battle system. Arrange your armies to out-maneuver your opponents and then take control of your heroes in order to unleash powerful abilities to finish them off."
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Wreck Race"Wrecked is all about vehicle destruction. Cause a maximum amount of devastation and destruction as you crash into oncoming traffic. Metal bends, parts fly, engines explode, and cars tumble. Wrecked is one highlight reel after another as you cause massively brutal accidents. Wreak havoc in 15 cars, across 18 tracks, and in three different game modes."
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Yesterday Origins- Publisher: Microids
- Platform: iOS
- Price: £8.99/$8.99
"Join immortals John Yesterday and Pauline Petit in Yesterday Origins. Experience an epic adventure through time and across the world in a story full of intrigue and unexpected twists."
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Nintendo Switch
Moon Hunters- Publisher: Kitfox Games
- Platform: Switch
- Price: £9.99/$14.99
"Explore a mystical Mesopotamian-inspired world that's different every time you play. When the moon does not rise over Issaria, monsters to infest the land and cause chaos. You must set out alone or with the other chosen children of the Moon to solve the mystery and restore balance. You have only 5 days before King Mardokh and the Sun Cultists declare war."
Splasher- Publisher: Plug In Digital
- Platform: Switch
- Price: £12.99/$14.99
"Splasher is a 2D platformer with unique arcade-style action gameplay, set in a crazy cartoon universe. Stand up to Le Docteur – the paint factory's evil boss – and save the Splashers. Your prodigious paint cannon grants you colorful superpowers. Put your skills to the test and face whatever the factory throws your way."
Super Mario Odyssey- Publisher: Nintendo
- Platform: Switch
- Price: £49.99/$59.99
"Explore incredible places far from the Mushroom Kingdom as you join Mario and his new ally Cappy on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure. Use amazing new abilities—like the power to capture and control objects, animals, and enemies—to collect Power Moons so you can power up the Odyssey airship and save Princess Peach from Bowser's wedding plans!"
This is the Police- Publisher: THQ Nordic
- Platform: Switch
- Price: £24.99/$29.99
"This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?"
Violett- Publisher: Forever Entertainment
- Platform: Switch
- Price: £8.99/$9.99
"Dragged by her parents, a young and rebellious teenage girl – Violett, moves to an old spooky house in the middle of nowhere. Forced away from her friends and life in the city; she imagines how boring life in countryside will be: spending day after day, bored in her room with absolutely nothing to do. But what she cannot imagine, is that in just few moments, she'll have the adventure of her life."
PlayStation Vita
Yomawari: Midnight Shadows- Publisher: NIS America
- Platform: PS Vita
- Price: $29.99
"The follow-up to 2016's cult horror hit Yomawari: Night Alone, Yomawari: Midnight Shadows introduces two brand-new girls, Yui and Haru, to the night and the spirits who haunt it. Separated by a mysterious attacker, each girl will explore haunting locations, face the terrors of the night, and test their courage and wits to survive and reconnect with one another."
