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Updated on December 19th, 2024
Here it is: the list of the best mobile games of 2024 so far! We'll be adding more reviews as the games get released, so make sure to bookmark this page and check it every now and then. You can also have a look at the best mobile games of 2023 if you're feeling a little nostalgic!
All the mobile games we've reviewed in 2024
Every year, we review hundreds of new mobile games, picking out the cream of the crop for you to play. It's not as easy a process as you might think. For a start, there's definitely no time to review everything - our editors and reviewers look through the stacks of titles released each month and pick out those which we think have the most promise. There are tens of thousands of mobile games released every year, and we only have so much time.
So, even before games are reviewed, they're filtered through on multiple levels before that selection. But, with us doing so many reviews each year, we thought it was sensible to create this resource, so that you can, at a quick glance, see the best mobile games of 2024 by review ranking.
We'll let you in on what might be quite a well-known secret: the teams at Steel Media (that's Pocket Gamer, Pocket Gamer France, 148Apps, App Spy, and more) really love mobile games - as well we should, because we've been reviewing them for over 15 years now, or, if you want to do that weird thing people do where they add up the collective years to get an obscene number, the sites have been reviewing mobile games for over fifty years collectively...
That means that there's a lot of knowledge in these halls, and it also means that we are quite precise when it comes to picking which ones we do decide to review.
Below you will find - by awarded score and within that, alphabetical order - each of the games we've chosen to review this year so far. Decide for yourself which of them are the best mobile games of 2024!
5 Star - 10/10 - Pocket Gamer Platinum Award
- Balatro review - October 31st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Caves of Lore review - January 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Ex Astris review - March 12th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Infinity Nikki review - December 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Monument Valley 3 review - December 10th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Scattered Verse review - November 22nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Slice & Dice review - March 28th, 2024 - 148Apps
- The Longing mobile review - January 18th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Wildfrost review - April 16th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
4.5 Star - 9/10 - Pocket Gamer Gold Award
- Athenian Rhapsody review - May 31st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Astra: Knights of Veda review - April 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Balatro review - September 27th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Braid Anniversary Edition review - May 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Children of Morta review - October 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Codenames review - September 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit review - November 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Crayola Adventures review - March 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Darkside Detective review - August 19th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Drop Troop review - August 23rd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Eldrum: Black Dust review - December 16th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Ex Astris review - March 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Hamster Inn review - April 22nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance review - July 25th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Loop Hero review - May 14th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Miniatures review - November 14th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Neuronet: Mendax Proxy review - April 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Pineapple: A Bitter Sweet Revenge review - September 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Pizza Hero review - January 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Skul review - June 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Slipstream: Rogue Space review - February 19th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Songs of Travel review - May 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Strange Horticulture mobile review - March 27th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Squad Busters review - May 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Tamagotchi Adventure Kingdom review - January 9th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- The Bear - A Story from the World of Gra review - November 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Total War: Empire review - November 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Unforeseen Incidents review - September 13th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Wuthering Waves review - November 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Yes, Your Grace review - February 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Zenless Zone Zero review - July 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Zenless Zone Zero review - August 2nd, 2024 - 148Apps
4 Star - 8/10 - Pocket Gamer Silver Award
- AFK Journey review - April 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Antstream review - August 8th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 review - April 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Bloons Card Storm review - November 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Choice of Life: Wild Islands review - October 1st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Color Flow: Arcade Puzzle review - June 29th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat review - January 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Dungeon Clawler review - November 25th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Floop's Big House Adventure review - January 25th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Ghost Trick review - April 18th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Girls Frontline 2: Exilium review - March 18th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Going Up review - September 24th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Hades mobile review - March 27th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Halfling Dale review - June 3rd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Hidden in My Paradise review - October 8th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Honey Grove review - November 19th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Honor of Kings review - July 25th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Knight Lancer review - July 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Knights of Pen and Paper 3 review - November 7th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Legend of the Skyfish 2 review - August 13th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Little Nightmares review - January 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Lonesome Village review - April 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Loop Hero review - May 2nd, 2024 - 148Apps
- Love and Deepspace review - January 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- LUNA The Shadow Dust review - June 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Machine Yearning review - September 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Methods: Detective Competition review - January 31st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Methods: Detective Competition review - March 19th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Mister Antonio review - December 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Netflix's Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure review - July 24th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Neon Zone review - November 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Netflix's Katana Zero review - May 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- One Punch Man: World review - February 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Ouros review - August 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Paper Trail review - May 14th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Pilgrims review - April 29th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Pine: A Story of Loss review - December 13th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Please, Touch the Artwork 2 review - February 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket review - October 31st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Roia review - July 16th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Roia review - July 16th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Shovel Pirate review - February 26th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Shovel Pirate review - March 5th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Sokobond Express review - September 17th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Solo Leveling: Arise review - May 9th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Sonority review - August 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Strange Horticulture review - May 9th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Super Monsters Ate My Condo review - April 23rd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Suzerain review - December 13th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Teeny Tiny Trains review - April 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- The Elder Scrolls: Castles review - September 16th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Tiny Discs review - September 29th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- The Flower of Evil review - February 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Unforeseen Incidents Mobile review - September 27th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Wildfrost review - April 24th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Wytchwood review - February 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Yes, Your Grace review - February 8th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago review - November 29th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
3.5 Star - 7/10 - Pocket Gamer Bronze Award
- A Little to the Left review - December 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Adventure To Fate Lost Island review - March 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Arkanoid vs Space Invaders+ review - November 18th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Bunny Haven review - November 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Born Again Online review - January 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Children of Morta review - October 24th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Climb Knight review - October 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Cross-core review - March 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Disney Pixel RPG review - October 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Disney Speedstorm review - July 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Dumb Ways to Survive review - June 18th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Dustbunny: Emotions to Plants review - November 21st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice review - November 1st, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Grimguard Tactics review - November 6th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- GUNCHO review - June 26th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Hidden Through Time 2: Myths and Magic! review - February 28th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Level Devil review - September 10th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Maid of Sker review - September 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Meteor Dash review - June 11th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Neopets: Faerie Fragments review - October 24th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Potion Permit review - February 20th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Puzzle & Dragons Story review - January 3rd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Recontroller review - February 22nd, 2024 - 148Apps
- Resident Evil 4 review - February 14th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Resident Evil 7 biohazard review - August 9th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Rookie Reaper review - June 19th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Solquence review - January 30th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Spooky Pixel Hero review - August 12th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Sword of Convallaria review - August 8th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Warbits Plus review - May 24th, 2024 - 148Apps
3 Star - 6/10
- Art of Rally review - January 25th, 2024 - 148Apps
- Downpour review - March 6th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- From Eva With Green review - February 7th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Kingdom: The Blood review - March 18th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Looped review - June 25th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Mask Around review - December 4th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Money Heist: Ultimate Choice review - January 17th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Netflix’s Death’s Door review - December 28th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer
- Order Daybreak review - July 30th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Packed!? review - April 22nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Solquence review - January 22nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Tarisland review - July 5th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- The Wizard review - October 2nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
2.5 Star - 5/10
- Drive Ahead! Carcade review - November 13th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Hide N Seek Adventure review - June 6th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Jack & Detectives review - September 17th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Kiss in Hell review - April 22nd, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Miraibo GO review - October 15th, 2024 - Pocket Gamer
- Of Two Minds review - February 20th, 2024 - 148Apps
And that's it for now - the best mobile games of 2024 so far. Be sure to keep checking back, either to the sites or here, because we'll continue to pick out the best of the best going forward.
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