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148Apps round-up: Meerkatz Challenge, Cultures, and Helmut

The week in casual games

148Apps round-up: Meerkatz Challenge, Cultures, and Helmut
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Time is limited. Apps are plentiful.

How can you make sense of the ever-increasing number of new games in the App Store? Well, by reading Pocket Gamer, of course. But we can't possibly cover everything, and there are some games that just don't fit in our wheelhouse.

Thankfully, our friends over at 148Apps are here to save the day. Take a look at some of the casual games that have caught the attention of the 148Apps team…

Meerkatz Challenge
By Travian Games GmbH

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"Cute and challenging, Meerkatz Challenge is a fun puzzle game, particularly for fans of Lemmings." (Jennifer Allen)

Cultures
By Headup Games

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"Cute it might seem, but Cultures is a bit too slow paced when it comes to those pesky timers to truly endear itself." (Jennifer Allen)

The Order of Souls
By Silver Dice Games

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"The Order of Souls is a free-to-play, turn-based RPG with a genre-mixing art style, interesting narrative structure, and lackluster combat." (Campbell Bird)

Fanatic Earth
By Kemco

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"Kemco's stable of mobile RPGs grows, but in Fanatic Earth's situation it's a case of quantity over quality." (Brittany Vincent)

Stronghold 3: The Campaigns
By Digital Tribe

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"A cumbersome strategy game, Stronghold 3: The Campaigns has a few too many issues to recommend it." (Jennifer Allen)

Helmut
By ROSTLAUB

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"Helmut is a fun, fleeting time-sink that offers a momentary distraction and nothing else." (Andrew Fisher)

All this, plus Jordan Minor previews Epic Skater, then offers the best tips for making the most of Dragons: Rise of Berk. Click on over to 148Apps now for app news, reviews, interviews, and more.

Chris Kirby
Chris Kirby
Chris is a little frightened that he is the oldest writer on the 148Apps staff, but maybe there's someone else out there who remembers when a Mac Plus was cutting edge and the Newton was nothing short of miraculous.