While the .biz domain often revolves around the investments, deals, and stats of the gaming world, it’s important to highlight the games themselves. These are the fruits of labor that emerge after years of research, funding, and development.
Here are some of the most exciting new mobile games, the developers and publishers behind them, and why they stand out.
Apex Rumble
Apex Rumble is an iOS-exclusive city builder infused with 80s arcade action and chiptune beats. It offers a unique psychedelic aesthetic that brings a fresh take to the genre, with 60 levels of Voxel Brix collecting to restore Apex City. The game features players “gobbling up” small towers in a mobile classic Snake-like mechanic, while aiming to stick to color combos and earn high scores. Epicore, a one-man studio based in Sweden, has described Apex Rumble as a blend of PacMan, Tetris, and SimCity.
Potion Permit
Potion Permit is an open-ended pixelart sim now available on mobile, putting players in the role of a chemist curing the townsfolk’s ailments and engaging in real-time battles with monsters. The game requires players to diagnose ailments, managing town upgrades, material farming, and concoction crafting. Indonesian studio MassHive Media has brought this game to mobile almost 18 months after its console launch, with a lower price and the support of popular publisher Playdigious.
iLLANG
iLLANG is a social deduction game, inviting up to 20 players to find the villainous Illang within the group. In a manner inspired by Among Us and Werewolf, the Illang can sabotage villagers’ objectives and eliminate them one by one. Players must communicate and deduce the villain’s identity, and it is available now in soft launch. Challengers Games has plans to distribute rewards to players as compensation for the wait.
Edenight: Idle RPG
Edenight: Idle RPG by Loongcheer Game introduces more than 80 collectible characters and revolves around auto battles and AFK fights. The game offers dungeons, a fortress to level up, story challenges, and PvP and PvE content. It is available now in open beta on Android and showcases the developer’s expertise in the idle RPG genre.
GPixel
GPixel is a retro racing game that simulates car races on digital paper tracks. This turn-based game offers 28 circuits, 20 patterns, and an atmospheric Night Race mode. Besting opponents requires strategy over speed, making it a unique addition to the mobile gaming market.
