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Top 5 Best Mobile Indie Games of 2012

We are going to keep this one short and sweet: There are simply hundreds of thousands of indie games available on the iOS and Android platforms so it is impossible to attempt to be comprehensive, let alone definitive. Instead, we are going to point out five that we spent a lot of time with and thought were as solid as could be. Here are IGR’s top five favorite mobile indie games of 2012


Review: Waking Mars

waking Mars from indie game developers Tiger Style had a very successful year, moving quickly from its initial iOS release to an improved PC port and then Steam via Greenlight. Discover why this game continues to earn new fans…


Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs. Evil

Stand Alone iOS App for Penny Arcade™ The Game: Gamers vs Evil available through the iTunes App Store. Brand new digital version of fan-favorite game offers online play for up to 4 Players.


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Review: Lexatron

New York based indie developer Brian Hammond, working under the name Fictorial attempts to blast a pathway through the Words With Friends audience and invigorate the faded word-game genre…


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Review: Blue Libra 2

Blue Libra II is the follow up to the space-combat title from indie developer Orator Games available for PC, iOS, Linux and Mac. Read the full review…


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Review: SQUIDS Wild West

The creation of indie French developer The Game Bakers, SQUIDS Wild West is the sequel to the popular role-playing game SQUIDS, which has had over one million downloads worldwide.


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Review: RobotRiot

RobotRiot is a classic shooter/platformer reminiscent of a wide array of classics from the arcade era. The gameplay will be instantly familiar to anyone who enjoyed retro titles like Contra or Megaman; you take control of a small robot with a rapid fire cannon, running, gunning and puzzling your way through various levels set on space ships. RobotRiot certainly ticks the retro box but does it bring anything new to the table?


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Review: Auditorium

Somewhere at the junction between puzzle game, particle simulator, and synthesizer, lies Auditorium. Read the full review…


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English Country Tune

An innovative puzzle game, even if the difficulty seems unrelenting. Players who stick through the frustrating bits will find a complex blend of puzzle styles.


Review: Battle Defense for iOS

Battleground Defense from indie game dev Evelyn Labs is a casual game for iOS which integrates the classic tower defense game play with modern warfare.


Review: Pocket Summoner for iOS

Pocket Summoner is a Pokemon-inspired PvP online Freemium game for iOS that awards those willing to open their wallets, but that offers sufficient “non-paying” adversaries to grant much idle time killed going back and forth obsessively


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Review: A Knights Dawn

Select the right units, and place them well. The forces of evil have a slightly large posse. Time to get medieval on their asses with A Knights Dawn for iOS.