BEST
GAMES
of the
WEEK
February 22, 2018
The latest new games role into the App Store for a potential odyssey to your iOS device. This week isn't the huge avalanche of new releases, allowing us all to focus on some interesting titles. The early highlights include a snowboarding sequel, a dice based board game, an intriguing narrative adventure, and more.
Alto's Odyssey
AppAdvice's Game of the Year Runner-Up: Alto's Odyssey
Alto and his friends have moved from snowboarding mountains to sandboarding dunes. Alto’s Odyssey breaks the sequel mold continuing what made Alto’s Adventure great, and subtly build upon it. It's a beautiful and compelling game choice that can be enjoyed by any level of gamer.
Roll For It!
Roll the dice to try to get the numbers on the accompanying cards.
The game stands out with the ornate 3D physics engine for authentic dice rolls. The cards have different dice roll combinations, and you try to clear the cards with each roll.
Seul.(Alone) The entrée - CYOA
A choose your adventure game with a thrilling narrative complete with horror elements.
This is a game that defies convention to deliver a philosophical thriller that is arranged a bit like a dream. There's a detective storyline that is easy to grasp on to, and then mixed with elements of nihilism, existentialism, surrealism, solipsism and absurdism mixed with pure horror.
Up a Cave
A physics based platformer in which you try to guide a square out of dangerous caves.
A danger filled cave sets the scene of this physics based platformer with 30 challenging levels. The game features a silhouette art style, tons of collectibles, and plenty of speed.
Glitch Dash
An intense 3D endless runner with all kinds of obstacles.
The game includes laser, swinging saws, and portals to contend with as you run along. There are tons of ways to die, and you also need to rotate the world at times to get past specific objects.
Dissembler
Remove all of the colored tiles by flipping tiles to make matches.
Dissembler is a brain teasing puzzle game about matching tiles to clear the board of various abstract designs.
SiNKR: A minimalist puzzle
A minimalistic puzzle game of solving contraptions.
Your goal is to figure out contraption for a hook to grab a puck, and reel it into the designated area. As you progress, the contraptions become more complex with multiple hooks, cranks, and pucks.