Casual
A relaxed tap-and-collect puzzler about lining up coins across colourful boards.
★★★★☆ 4.3
Mobile Games, Tested Properly
We play every game to the end before we write a word, then tell you plainly what's worth your time. Puzzles, RPGs, strategy, arcade racers — if it runs on a phone, we've probably got an opinion on it. Recently the team spent a weekend digging into Lucky Coins, and you'll find our full take below.
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Casual · 4.3★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
Why us
We finish the game
No half-played hot takes here. We play far enough to know how a game holds up once the tutorial is behind you.
No paid praise
Studios don't buy scores from us. A low rating stays a low rating, no matter who's watching.
Every genre welcome
Puzzles, RPGs, racers, strategy — we cover the lot instead of chasing one trend.
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Editor’s pick
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Emberfall Saga
★★★★★ 4.6
Emberfall Saga is a proper role-playing game that somehow fits on a phone without feeling squeezed. You build a party, wander a hand-drawn continent, and get tangled in a slow-burning story about a fading kingdom. The writing is better than it has any right to be — characters remember things you said hours ago.
- Strong, memorable writing
- Tactical combat that rewards thought
- Choices that actually echo later
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We expected to bounce off it in ten minutes and ended up finishing every board.
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What readers say
«A relaxed tap-and-collect puzzler about lining up coins across colourful boards.»
Ida · Lucky Coins
«A story-driven RPG where every party choice reshapes the world around you.»
Rafael · Emberfall Saga
«A naval strategy game about outmanoeuvring rivals across an open sea.»
Ida · Iron Tide Command
Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
We pick a mix of new releases and older titles we've been meaning to try, always across different genres. Someone on the team has to want to actually play it — we don't cover things just because they're popular. Reader suggestions push a lot of games up our list.
Do studios pay you for reviews?
No. We don't take money to write about a game or to raise a score. If we ever received a free copy for review we'd say so plainly in the article, but our opinion stays our own regardless.
Can I suggest a game for you to cover?
Please do — it's how we find half the good stuff. Just email us the name and a line about why you like it. We read every suggestion, though we can't promise to cover them all.
Is there advertising on the site?
We keep things light with basic display ads that help cover hosting, and they never affect what we write. For example, our Lucky Coins review was tested and written exactly the same way whether or not an ad happened to sit next to it. Editorial and ads stay completely separate.