Casual
A bright collection of quick reflex mini-games tied together by a cheerful hand-drawn overworld.
★★★★★ 4.6
Indie Mobile Games Worth Your Time
We dig through the noise of the app stores to find handmade games that actually respect your attention. Everything here is played by our team first, then written up honestly. This week we spent a lot of hours with Casinacho Games and came away impressed.
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Casual · 4.6★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
Why us
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Every Genre
Racing, RPGs, puzzles, strategy — we don't stick to one lane. Good design shows up everywhere.
Games
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RPG
A turn-based mobile RPG with a hand-painted world and party members who actually talk back.
★★★★★ 4.7
Strategy
A slow-burn naval strategy game about building trade routes and defending them.
★★★★☆ 4.3
Racing
An arcade off-road racer built entirely around the joy of a good powerslide.
★★★★☆ 4.4
Adventure
A quiet narrative adventure about walking home across a country that's slowly forgetting itself.
★★★★★ 4.8
Simulation
A calm plant-growing sim about light, water and the patience of gardening.
★★★★☆ 4.2
Editor’s pick
RPG
Ember of the Ninth Vale
★★★★★ 4.7
Ember of the Ninth Vale is a proper old-school role-player squeezed onto a phone without losing its soul. You lead a small band of misfits across a fading kingdom, fighting turn-based battles that reward patience over button mashing. Positioning matters, elemental weaknesses matter, and healing at the wrong moment can lose you a fight.
- Deep but readable turn-based combat
- Genuinely good character writing
- Fair mobile-first pacing and saves
Latest articles
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Why this humble mini-game collection kept sneaking back onto my home screen.
The genre everyone thought died on handhelds is thriving in your pocket.
Sometimes the best mobile game is the one that asks almost nothing of you.
The handling tells you everything before the first lap ends.
What readers say
«A bright collection of quick reflex mini-games tied together by a cheerful hand-drawn overworld.»
Clara · Casinacho Games
«A turn-based mobile RPG with a hand-painted world and party members who actually talk back.»
Elin · Ember of the Ninth Vale
«A slow-burn naval strategy game about building trade routes and defending them.»
Nora · Tideborn Command
Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
We follow curiosity more than charts, hunting for indie and small-studio releases across every genre. If a game feels fresh and plays well on a phone, it's a candidate. We install it, play it for a few evenings, and only then decide if it's worth writing about.
Do developers pay you for reviews or scores?
No. Nobody can buy a score or a positive write-up here, and we don't accept payment tied to coverage. When we recommend something, it's because we genuinely enjoyed our time with it, like we did with Casinacho Games.
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