Top 10 iOS and Android games of October 2018

We do like a super-slick twin-stick shooter here on PG. Tesla vs Lovecraft is a brilliant example from the experts at 10tons.

It's frantic stuff, with a Lovecraftian universe, tons of power-ups, and a ludicrous level of action. It's tough, but oh-so-sweet.

The smooshing together of the Reigns series and Game of Thrones is about as much of a no-brainer as it gets in mobile gaming. Of course it was going to work brilliantly. The gruesome political plotting of both properties seems to be a marriage made in one of the seven heavens.

We're still relieved to play the final product, though, if only because it distracts us from the fact that the final season of the show is still some months away.

This gloriously rhythmic puzzler is, at its heart, a simple case of diverting bouncing balls into a receptacle. You've played loads of game like it before.

Except you haven't because ELOH fills the package out with a lovely percussive feedback system that has you playing with it as much as playing it.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a brilliantly well put together platformer that gradually throws a series of fascinating challenges your way.

These hinge on a world-manipulation mechanic that has you conjuring various objects out of thin air. It's all very clever indeed.

More narrative-driven puzzler action from the Prof. Layton team. Needless to say, it works just as brilliantly on mobile as Layton's Mystery Journey did.

This despite the fact that it's a port of the old Nintendo DS original. It helps, of course, that the graphics have been sharpened up and fresh content added.

This follow-up to Euclidean Lands is way prettier, larger in scope, less hand-holdy, and it has an intriguing AR element to boot.

Sure, there a few annoying trial-and-error elements have sneaked into the mix. But this remains a high quality, mind-bending puzzler.

Take Clash Royale's competitive castle vs castle premise and work in some of that old Angry Birds magic, and you've pretty much summed up Badland Brawl.

We can't lie - we're still a teensy bit sad that it bears so little resemblance to the first two Badland games. But what's here is a casual strategy delight.

Here's a brilliant combination of classic and modern platformer staples. Candies n' Curses evokes memories of Bubble Bobble, but with a mobile-friendly swipe-based control system.

Hop between levels, shining your light on ghosts as they flood the screen.

You must know about Stardew Valley by now. All you really need to know in addition is that it's now available on mobile, and that it's a decent port.

The beloved farm management game has made the journey to mobile largely intact - iffy combat controls aside. Boot it up and say goodbye to tens of hours of your life.

We loved the first Super Cat Tales. Guess what? We're pretty enamoured with the sequel too.

Sure, it's from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thinking. But when that entails an ingenious riff on classic platformer tropes, we're quite happy with more of the same.