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Top 6 best iOS and Android games of May 2020

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Top 6 best iOS and Android games of May 2020

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Spring is here, the sun is shining (it is here in the UK at least), and we've got an awful lot of free time on our hands. And yet an unhealthy amount of May was spend hunched over our mobile phones.

As ever, you can blame those pesky games. There have been some fun little diversions that have developed into raging obsessions on iOS and Android this past 30 days or so.

And what a pleasantly varied bunch they are too. We've got an adventure-platformer with a time loop twist, a meaty twin-stick shooter, a novel spin on the match-three puzzler, a heart breaking narrative game, a full-on kart racer, and a new CCG contender.

Inevitably, we've left a whole bunch of really good iOS and Android games out. So if you've been playing anything else religiously in May, do share in the comments section below.

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1
Reventure

Publisher: Pixelatto
Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG
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Reventure

Reventure looks an awful lot like yet another backwards-looking platformer in love with the genre's 8-bit past. But it's actually a good deal more ambitious than it initially seems.

Its world is open to exploration, for one thing, and there's an intriguing Groundhog Day aspect that sees you looping back to the beginning again and again. All of which sounds like it could get tedious, but 100 distinct endings and subtle embellishments to each run keep things fresh and interesting.

2
Juicy Realm

Available on: iOS + Android + Steam + Switch
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Juicy Realm

Juicy Realm is an extremely sharp and unusually well fleshed out twin-stick shooter with detailed graphics, bags of unlockables, and loads of replayability. Pick from a range of colourful characters and blast gun-toting fruit into sweet chunks.

Yes, it's all a bit wacky. But in a way that enhances rather than detracts from the core action. It really is a sweet treat of a thing if you like your action games to have a bit of substance to them.

3
Kartrider Rush+

Developer: Nexon
Publisher: Nexon
Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Racing
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Kartrider Rush+

Can we all just admit that Nintendo's mobile Mario Kart debut was a bit of a disappointment? We're all adults here, and it doesn't change our love for the big N one jot. But yeah, Mario Kart World Tour ain't too hot.

Not if you wanted something that resembles a full fat karting game at any rate. KartRider Rush+ gets far closer to what we were after, with slick arcade racing action and a more involved, fleshed out control system. OK, so it lacks that Nintendo soul and magic. But it plays well.

4
If Found...

Available on: iOS
Genre: Puzzle
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If Found...

If you dig narrative games, then If Found... is a brilliantly fresh addition to the genre. It sees you literally erasing the painful memories of protagonist Kasio as she returns from university to small town Ireland.

No, the gameplay isn't particularly involved, never really moving beyond wiping the screen with your finger. But the story If Found... tells and the distinctive hand-drawn art style through which the developer tells it more than makes up for this lack of depth.

5
Legends of Runeterra

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Card battler, Card/board game, Strategy
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Legends of Runeterra

OK, so Legends of Runeterra was technically launched in April. But it landed right near the end of the month, and so missed our April round-up. And it's too big a deal to pass over.

This is a CCG from Riot Games, the team behind the hugely popular MOBA League of Legends. Unsurprisingly, it's set within the same universe. Yes, there's a distinct Hearthstone flavour to the game, but with more strategic permutations.

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High Rise (2020)

Available on: iOS + Android
Genre: Puzzle
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High Rise (2020)

Just when you think there's no more mileage in the match three puzzler genre, a new game comes along to make you look silly. High Rise doesn't just add a 3D element to the colour-matching formula, but it also brings height into play.

Here you're matching up little single unit houses in a bid to form larger buildings, until you find yourself with a compact grid filled with towering skyscrapers. It's a novel, elegant twist on one of them most oversubscribed mobile genres.

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Jon Mundy
Jon Mundy
Jon is a consummate expert in adventure, action, and sports games. Which is just as well, as in real life he's timid, lazy, and unfit. It's amazing how these things even themselves out.