Clash for Dawn

Did you ever download a game from the App Store, and end up being disappointed with what you got? Picking the best game for your iPad becomes a more difficult task with every day that passes by.

With more than 500 games released every day (15,000 every month!) How are you supposed to separate the good from the bad? It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a free game or a paid one, if you are a casual gamer or a hardcore one… How are you going to find the best game in the jungle that is the App Store?!

There are actually a few ways for you to find the best game. You can scroll down the never-ending list of apps, install and remove more and more games from your iPad… Or you can just follow our APP OF THE week recommendation. We guarantee you won’t be disappointed:

Clash for Dawn – https://itunes.apple.com/app/clash-for-dawn/

Are you ready for the best multiplayer game to ever hit the App Store? Wait no more! Clash for Dawn is everything you’ve ever imagined! This is a massively competitive and deeply collaborative dungeon crawler built to give you the best ‘on the go’ gaming experience possible. This game was developed and built for hand held devices, and it shows!

The game itself is more fun, fast paced, and action filled than any other game I’ve tried in recent years! You choose your side-The Brotherhood or The Order-to fight back the darkness that’s taken over your world. Set out on your adventure, either on your own or with a guild, and start enjoying hours of action packed tournaments, hacking and slashing, fights and quests. But if the amazing single player features are not enough to keep you excited, the various multiplayer options such as Guild VS. Guild and Team Dungeons (where you join your friends and progress through different dungeons in real-time) will do just that! This game will keep you satisfied for hours and hours!

If the awesome story and great gameplay aren’t enough, there is one more thing you need to know about Clash for Dawn… The artwork of this game is far beyond anything I’ve seen before! You get the feeling that you stepped into a parallel universe, and all you want to do is explore it for days! Every bit of this game, from the characters to the levels, is absolutely visually stunning.

So if you are looking for hours and hours of fun and excitement, going on quests and following a unique story full of surprising twists and turns… Clash For Dawn is the game for you! So don’t hesitate any longer, and download Clash for Dawn from the App Store now!

Words On Tour

Words On Tour

The second wordy Zynga game on this list is a bit less conventional. Think of it as a free-for-all word search meets Tetris. You complete levels by creating words out of letters that are adjacent to each other in the grid.

You don't have to create words in straight lines either, which means your mental muscles will be flexed if you want to gain maximum points. There are power-up tiles and traps hidden in the game, and you can take your progress online to compare yourself against your friends and rivals.

Words on Tour – it's like a frantic wordsearch meets Tetris. / © Zynga

Words On Tour

Dungeon Hunter 5

Dungeon Hunter 5

The most recent installment in the demonically popular Dungeon Hunter series offers an interesting new twist on the dungeon-crawling hack-and-slash formula. It has a similar main quest to previous games, as you and up to three of your friends slash and spell-blast your way through piles of monsters to save the Kingdom of Valenthia.

There is spellcrafting, leveling-up and boss-fighting in abundance. However, the most interesting new feature is the new 'Strongholds' multiplayer mode, in which you build a base, train a monster army, and then take on other players and their strongholds. Clash of Clans had better look out!

Dungeon Hunter 5: now with a Clash of Clans-style multiplayer mode. / © Gameloft

Wrassling

Wrassling

This hilarious and beautifully minimal game sees you control a flailing 'Wrassler' made up of about 20 pixels, competing in an endless royal rumble match. It's all against all in the ring, as opponents keep jumping in, and attempting to throw their rivals out by windmilling their arms around.

The Commodore 64-style graphics and haphazard-looking gameplay make this game both charming and hilarious. As you reach certain scores, you can unlock hats for your wrassler and fight bosses, on your path to becoming the wrassling champion of Slamdovia (the home of Wrassling, apparently).

These retro-looking 'Wrasslers' will bring you endless fighting fun. / © KAPPSULE

Wrassling

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Asphalt 8: Airborne

If you are into racecar driving, look no further than Asphalt 8: Airborne, a favorite arcade game among Android users. Why do we love it so much? It's free for a start, and you get to choose between real-life cars that you’ve always dreamed of driving – from Lamborghinis to Ferraris – ripping them down courses in various stunning locations.

If you have a competitive streak, you can drive in career mode, which takes you through eight seasons and 180 events.

Asphalt 8: Airborne is the best arcade racing game on the Android platform, wouldn't you agree? / © Gameloft

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Vainglory

Vainglory

This multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is as good to play as it is to look at, and while there are the inevitable in-app purchases, the core game is free to play. The game makes it across to Android after a successful run on iOS, and if there's a better developer name than Super Evil Megacorp, we'd love to know what it is.

Vainglory comes to Android after lots of great reviews on iOS. / © Super Evil Megacorp

Vainglory

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans has a simple, highly addictive concept. Build a town and its defenses, then train your troops to fend off attacks from other players.

As it's a persistent multiplayer game, it's basically never-ending, and is one of the most popular games on the Play Store. Your progress syncs to your Google + account, so you can continue your game across multiple devices.

Do you have what it takes to build a village and be the victor? © ANDROIDPIT

Clash of Clans

Boom Beach

Boom Beach

From the creators of Clash of Clans comes Boom Beach. Like in Clash of Clans, you must build and defend your base while building up your forces to attack and conquer enemy territories. The battles that go down on Boom Beach are among the best you can get on Android, because the order and the type of units sent really make the difference between victory and defeat.

Clash of the Clash hits the beach in Boom Beach. / © ANDROIDPIT

Boom Beach

Cut the Rope series

Cut the Rope series

Cut the Rope is a veteran game by Android standards now. The aim is to feed the monsters by cutting free the candies that are teasingly hanging on ropes over their heads. Sounds weird? Yes, it is, and it's utterly brilliant for it.

Cut the Rope 2 adds a host of new characters and locations, while Cut the Rope: Experiments adds 200 new levels. All for free. You can't say no to that, can you? 

Both Cut the Rope games are a lot of fun. © ANDROIDPIT

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Wire Defuser

Wire Defuser

Many puzzle games on Android are of the therapeutic variety; take your time solving a puzzle while everything in game patiently waits for you. You can forget about all that in Wire Defuser, a tense, time-limited puzzle game in which you must dispose of bombs before they blow.

There are more than 80 levels in the game, and once you've conquered it you can unlock a hardcore mode. It's well presented too, with the bomb dials and knobs looking like something straight out of 80s action movies.

Puzzle gaming takes a hectic turn with Wire Defuser. / © BulkyPix

Wire Defuser

Plants vs Zombies 2

Plants vs Zombies 2

Sequel to one of the most successful free-to-play games ever, EA’s Plants vs Zombies 2 retains the spirit of the original while adding more zombies, plants and power ups. This colorful tower defense game will suck up a lot of your time (and potentially money, if you want to make use of its in-app purchases), but you are guaranteed fun along the way.

Plants vs Zombies 2 is one of the kings of the tower defense genre. / © ANDROIDPIT

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Angry Birds 2

Angry Birds 2

After what seems like endless variations on the original, Roxio is back with a whole new iteration of Angry Birds. The game itself is free, but it's attracted some controversy over its approach to in-app purchases: while some reviews say the game is a hoot even in its free incarnation, others say that Roxio is more interested in making you pay than having you play. We'd love to know what you think.

The gameplay's better than ever, but have in-app purchases ruined it? / © Roxio

Get Angry Birds 2 from the Google Play store.

HADOWGUN: DeadZone

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

SHADOWGUN is the best multi-player shooter on Android, and will push powerful Android devices to the limit because of its demanding graphics. There are several classic shooter modes, including Deathmatch, and the Battlefield-style Zone Control. There is also an easy-to-use multiplayer voice chat, to help you better coordinate your team – or yell insults at your enemy.

Arena shooters are tough to implement on Android, but SHADOWGUN: DeadZone pulls it off. / © ANDROIDPIT

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

Hopeless: The Dark Cave

Hopeless: The Dark Cave

Horror, comedy and cuteness combine to great effect in this shooter about a small group of incandescent blobs in the middle of a dark cave, trying to fight off an endless horde of dark-dwelling monstrosities.

There is no end to the game as such, you just collect coins to upgrade your weapons arsenal for the next go, and do your best to keep the cute little fellas alive. The game is not for the faint-hearted because watching the brave blobs get swallowed up one-by-one by the darkness can be heart-rending.

Try to keep a brave bunch of blobs alive in Hopeless: The Dark Cave. / © Upopa Games

Hopeless: The Dark Cave

Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

Following the success of their first game, MadFinger Games released Dead Trigger 2, which is so zombielicious you’ll be asking for more blood and guts after just a few minutes of playing. You must travel through various undead-infested areas of the world, killing as many zombies with your jam-packed artillery of weapons. It’s positively disgusting, and that’s why we love it.

Dead Trigger 2 is one of the best zombie games on Android.  / © ANDROIDPIT

DEAD TRIGGER 2

Traffic Rider

Traffic Rider

The first person motorcycle game that rewards you for close calls. The handling feels realistic and is achieved by moving the device as if it were a steering wheel. The settings are incredibly detailed with a crisp picture even at high speeds.

Once you finish a circuit under the time limit, you unlock a new map. As you progress, you can unlock up to 20 motorcycles with different handling, power and braking.You get extra time for getting close to other drivers, so it pays to take some risks. 

Close calls are worth more in Traffic Rider. / © ANDROIDPIT

Traffic Rider

The Sims FreePlay

The Sims FreePlay

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
The Sims FreePlay is one of the few really good simulation games that is free to play on mobile. It is a Sims game and you’ll have no doubt of that when you start playing and immediately recognize the familiar graphics. This game allows you to create houses, build Sims, and live out their lives as you see fit. There is a ton of content to enjoy and there is also a social mechanic that lets you engage with other people. It also includes quests to keep things interesting and the developers have done a decent job of updating the game to keep things current.

Shadowgun: DeadZone

Shadowgun: DeadZone

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Shadowgun: DeadZone is a free-to-play, online FPS game that is meant to be the “online component” to the classic shooter Shadowgun. With this app (which can be played by itself), you can engage in epic 12-person matches in real-time multiplayer. There are two game types which are Deathmatch and Zone Control. Each game can be played on one of a variety of maps and each player can choose between ten playable characters. It’s a lot of fun, especially if you don’t want anything hardcore and just want to shoot some people online. If this isn’t doing it for you, check out our full list of the best FPS games for Android!