Ranked: Wadjet Eye Games's iOS point and click adventures

Wadjet Eye games does one thing, but it does it really well.

It makes point and click adventures that look and feel like lost classics from the mid 90s. This is what would happen if LucasArts and Sierra never stopped making games.

And luckily for us, most of them are available on iPhone and iPad. With the release of Primordia, that's 8 games on the App Store.

But which is best? Which is worst? And which are somewhere in the middle so they're not really that exciting? Find out, now:

Unbound is the only game not made - or remade - with jaw dropping pixel art graphics, so you'll have to put up with some pretty simple artwork.

And then there's the fact that because this story follows Lauren - the aunt of Blackwell hero of Rosa - and is set in 1973, it really doesn't propel the story forward, and felt like treading water.

So seeing as you can play the entire Blackwell game without touching this one, it's gotta go in at number eight.

Here's where it all began. Wadjet Eye kicked off the epic tale of Rosa Blackwell and her spirit medium Joey, with this unassuming little game.

Who would have thought that it would blossom into a fantastic quintet of point and clicks?

Still, this first episode is a little short and simplistic, and we'd have to wait for future games for the promise of this pilot episode to really come to light.

Primordia is something completely different. Well, I mean, it's still a point and click adventure with purposefully retro graphics and even many of the same voice actors as the other games.

But it's also a science fiction game. You play a robot, exploring the long-dead wasteland after all the humans died out. It's moody, evocative, and slightly wondrous.

Some of the puzzles suffer - you need to figure out mad alien devices and squint your eyes to find objects hidden in overdrawn backdrops - but it's still a strong point and click.

Blackwell 3 is where this series really found its feet. Rosa was recast with a new voice actor, and given a fresh character. Once an introverted girl, she's now a mature woman and a fearless hunter of the occult.

It's a shame that this character growth seemed to happen offscreen, in the gap between Blackwell games, but it helped set up the more epic and adventurous storyline that the later games would take.

Overall, this is a more polished and professional package than the indie affairs of Blackwell 1 and 2, and marries smart puzzles with compelling storytelling. If you don't fancy Blackwell 1 and 2, start here.

Now we're really getting somewhere. This proved that Wadjet Eye isn't just capable of making point and clicks that looked like old 90s classics: but more than capable of writing compelling, engrossing stories.

Deception takes aim at psychic fraudsters who con the gullible out of their cash, and Rosa must shut these enterprises down. While helping spooks move on to the afterlife, natch.

The puzzles are top notch as ever, with an even greater focus on detective work and deduction, and lots of clever ways to use Joey's ability to phase through walls and doors.

Shivah has no right being this high. It's a very short game, and is actually the first game made by Wadjet Eye.

But this concise game is the perfect length to tell a thoughtful and mature story about life, death, and faith. It's low key and subtle (until you get into a fist fight with a Rabbi).

It also set up Wadjet Eye's trademark detective gameplay as you had to figure out passwords and trace leads through proper deductive reasoning. Lovely stuff.

Seeing as it's a series about accepting the end, and moving on, it's suitable that Blackwell went out on a high note.

The plot comes together in an epic conclusion that ties up various plot points and important characters for a final hurrah, and sends off Rosa and Joey in style.

The puzzles and situations are as good as ever, and they show Wadjet Eye truly understanding how to make satisfying conundrums based on a ghost and a girl with Google at her fingertips.

Gemini Rue is at once a stylish neo-noir detective tale, and a mysterious dystopian prison break saga. And it bounces back and forth between these stories to always keep you rapt.

This gripping sci-fi yarn props up a brilliant adventure filled with puzzles about deduction, plenty of characters to interact with, and even some action sequences that don't totally suck.

In our Gold Award review, we said " with its tasty cyberpunk atmosphere, smart and logical puzzles, and a completely engrossing story, it's easily one of the best modern point-and-click adventures around."