The weather outside is frightful, but gaming on the App Store started out the year hot. Here are the best new games that arrived in January.
Boxville
Triomatica Games
More Than Just a Game
Boxville is both a puzzle game and animated film. Telling the story of speechless cans living in the city of boxes, they draw doodles and cardboards to tell the story. Full of environmental quests and logic puzzles, the game features hand-drawn graphics and a unique music track. It was designed to take away your anxiety and stress as you can explore and observe the world without pressure.
Hoop It Up
Put on your best sneakers and get ready for NBA All-World. From Niantic, the team behind the mega-hit Pokemon Go, the game sees you heading outside to explore the neighborhood while battling and mini-games against others. You can even find sneaker and gear drops to increase your style and performance of your team.
Chronescher
Purple Sloth Studio eG
Climb the Tower
Dive into a challenging isometric puzzle game Chronescher. The game is set in a world with six unique biomes. You’ll need to learn mind bending mechanics to advance forward throughout the game. As you progress further, you’ll learn more about what happened to the person you are playing.
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge
Netflix, Inc.
Cowabunga!
Everyone’s favorite half-shell heroes are tasked to save the day. The dimwitted duo Bebop and Rocksteady assault Channel 6 and steal a host or super-gnarly devices. It’s time to investigate. As no surprise, you can play the beat-em-up game as Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey. But for even more fun, you can also select from April, Master Splinter, or Casey Jones as playable characters for the first time. You’ll be battling Shredder and the faithful Foot Clan while taking on familiar names like Triceration and Baxter Stockman.
Otok
Jaxon Gallegos Garcia
Relax and Build
Create the island of your dreams in the sandbox city builder Otok. To start the relaxing game, you’re give a block island and the colors of other items like roofs and waters or randomly chosen. There are two styles to choose from, medieval with castles and plain with modern-day buildings.
