I've been known to indulge in the occasional indie puzzle-platformer or five, so The Swapper looked right up my street. Turns out I wasn't wrong either – while the underlying concept of using clones to solve puzzles made for multiple people isn't exactly unique, the gorgeous art design coupled with the distilled rooms of puzzling glory make for an experience that sticks with you for days to come.

Much like the simple life of the Barbarian, Tiny Barbarian DX is all about the basics. The game’s two-button jump and attack control scheme works wonders towards achieving that old NES nostalgic vibe, and the vibrant Chiptune soundtrack makes me feel like I’m eight years-old again and playing Mega Man in my parents’ basement. But despite the nice look and feel, the game is just too basic and repetitive to provide any real sort of lasting entertainment, and seems a bit barbaric in its own right.

If I told you that Rush Bros. took the platforming style of Super Meat Boy, with traps generated based on the music tracks you import into the game – plus a multiplayer mode reminiscent of Sonic 2 – then you may well jump onto the opportunity without reading the rest of this review. But that would be an unwise move, as Rush Bros. doesn't exactly deliver on its promise. There's definite potential in the level design and the focus on speed runs, but the controls simply aren't tight enough, and the music import feature is pretty flaky.

Every so often, an intriguing little indie game comes along to remind us why we ever fell in love with video games in the first place. Whether it’s because of a unique and different presentation, or simply just the way it invites you to play, games like these are what make it so much fun to work at Gamezebo every morning. Well it looks like Mushroom 11 might just be one of those games. And it’s not just me saying this either: the mesmerizing new game was even awarded “The Best of Indie Press Day” for 2013.

Sometimes you play a game so simple yet so effective that it leaves you wondering why no one has done it before. Meet Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe, a sort of Tetris match-3 and platformer mash-up that gives as good as it gets. With twinges of Spelunky in there too, this fast-paced, quick-thinking blaster will kill you every few minutes, and yet you'll keep coming back for more. The soundtrack is sublime, the controls are spot-on, and the challenge is very, very real. What I'm saying is, you're going to love this game.

More than just a mere update, SEGA's new release of Sonic the Hedgehog rebuilds the Genesis classic from the ground up to not only run on iPhone, but feel optimized for it as well. Fortunately for those who already purchased the original version, upgrading to this version comes at no extra cost.

Let’s just call Boom! what it is—a slightly different take on the Angry Birds formula. In the newest game from developer Happy Sprites, you play as some sort of green alien-like dude who must save his caged pal Pinky from the evil wizard Belzaar by riding his monocycle (yeah, monocycle) through various physics-based/platforming levels. 

When Fez first launched on Xbox LIVE Arcade in April 2012, hope for a PC release was low.  Creator Phil Fish dubbed it a “console game” specifically, with an experience crafted by the way players ingest it.  While this caused some PC gamers to close the window on Fish and Fez permanently, those who have patiently awaited a change of mind have finally been rewarded with a Steam release.  Time may not heal the PC-spited’s wounds, but giving into the joyful charm of Fez just might.

As the follow-up to the wildly popular Mr. Runner Plus and original Mr. Runner, Mr. Runner 2: The Masks has a lot to live up to. It's an infinite runner, but things are a bit different this time around -- rather than working toward increasing speed and a stressful play environment, things slow down. You can change the speed of your sprint throughout the level, and this makes for some interesting gameplay tweaks players will undoubtedly enjoy. It's telling that the Zing Games logo has a gamer sitting on the toilet -- that's likely where you'll end up having the most fun with it.

Think your job sucks? Imagine if your vocation involved nothing except risking your life to grow a plant that will inevitably wind up munching on you. In They Need to be Fed 2 for iOS, you guide the main character through all manner of perilous traps, only to throw him in the mouth of Audrey II’s shadowy cousin at the end of each level. It’s a crummy destiny for the little dude, but it’s also a fun game.