BEST
GAMES
of the
MONTH
August 2023
August was another hot month for App Store gaming. Our look at the best new games that arrived on the App Store in August includes two great puzzlers, a hot word game, and more.
Unpacking
Make Your House a Home
If you’re looking for a unique and relaxing puzzle experience, checkout the Unpacking. As you probably guessed by the name, Unpacking is all about pulling things out of boxes and then finding a right place for them in a new home. It combines both a block-fitting puzzle and home decoration. During the course of eight house moves, you’ll learn more about the character you never see.
Kasplat
Fast-Paced Chaos
Get ready to make a colorful mess in Kasplat. Any fans of the all-time classic Fruit Ninja should feel right at home with the new game. You’ll be tasked with throwing darts and tons of other point objects at paint-filled balloons to create a unique and very colorful canvas. While the premise sounds easy, you’ll definitely be tested while playing to master the game as you need to manage position and color combos while on the way to bring to get the high score.
Luminaria
The Final Struggle of Humanity
Luminaria: Forgotten Echoes is a beautiful atmospheric puzzle with a unique gameplay system. You’ll move shadows around to guide your drone to new discoveries. The game features a minimalist art style and atmospheric music.
Omen Exitio
A Horrifying World
The new game is inspired by gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Expect a mix of the horrifying Lovecraft-created universe with an original plot and characters. How the game progresses will depend on your chosen skills and and choices. You character will develop in numerous ways through an RPG-like character sheet that will show how you interact with characters and surroundings. All of that will effect the different game possibilities and endings.
Molecano
A Hot Word Puzzler
Molecano unique word puzzler with the same fun sense of humor. Prepare to kick back and relax, in a volcano. The premise is simple, you need to help Molene the mole explore the lava landscape using words as a bridge. You need to string words together so she can cross safely and chow down and all of the good spread across each level.
LEGO® Legacy
A Dream Team of Minifigures
It’s minifigure madness in the new game LEGO Legacy: Heroes Unboxed. Only for Netflix subscribers, you can build creations and battle enemies in this fun RPG adventure Ames. Minifgure fans will be happy to hear that you can choose from LEGO mini figures from every era like Hot Dog Man, Majisto, Princess Argenta, Volcano Explorer Iggy, and many more.
Brave Brain
Travel the World With Trivia
You can explore 12 counties around the world without even leaving your home in the fun trivia game Brave Brain. Featuring more than 10,000 questions, getting started is easy. You’ll try to answer quizzes correctly, complete missions, and then progress to higher levels of the game. To begin, you will choose a country and a location. There you will try to answer the quiz questions within 30 seconds.