Sales Hotline
My Sunrise
    • Back to blog overview

    Kick-off 2025: the top three games for your smartphone

    Whether you’re waiting for an appointment or commuting on the train, there’s no better way to while away the time than playing a fun game on your mobile. If you’re bored of all the old ones and looking for something new in 2025, we’ve got you covered, with our top three games for Apple and Android devices.  

    Roger Sieber, netfabrix GmbH

    February 27, 2025 . 2 minutes read

    3rd place: Three Kingdoms Heroes (Apple Arcade) 

    https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/three-kingdoms-heroes/id6448407603 

     

    Category: Strategy 

    Developer: Koei Tecmo Games 

     

    In «Three Kingdoms Heroes», you’re a Chinese warlord from a distant past and going into battle. In turn-based duels, you have to manage your troops on an open battlefield. The basics are simple. But as with chess, and this game mirrors it in the soldiers’ various moves and assaults, it only becomes apparent as you play just how profound and tactical the whole thing actually is. In short: if you’re in the mood for relatively short, yet still authentic tactical battles in a Far Eastern setting, then we can highly recommend «Three Kingdoms Heroes»! 

    2nd place: Cassette Beasts 

    https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/cassette-beasts/id6736517805 
    https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Cassette%20Beasts&c=apps&hl=de_CH 


    Category: Pokémon-like 
    Developer: Raw Fury 


    Fancy a game like «Pokémon», but with a new twist? Then check out «Cassette Beasts»! You land on a mysterious island and make some friends just in time, moments before monsters attack you. You can catch and store them on old-school cassette tapes, so you can transform into them later if you want. 


    «Cassette Beasts» offers the familiar «Pokémon» formula in a brand-new setting, with new ideas and more tactical options in combat. If you like «Pokémon» gameplay but are looking for some variety, you’ve come to the right place. 

    1st place: Trials of Mana+ (Apple Arcade) 

    https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/trials-of-mana/id6504607988 

     

    Category: JRPG Classics 

    Developer: Square Enix 


    The «Mana» series boasts a long and successful history. And while the first two parts were pretty successful and popular in Switzerland on the Game Boy and Super Nintendo, «Trials of Mana» wasn’t released in the West for almost a quarter of a century. Apple Arcade subscribers can now enjoy the spruced-up new edition presented in 3D.  


    Typical of the genre, you set off on an epic adventure in which you choose three of six protagonists and experience a variety of adventures with them. Multiple play-throughs are well worth it. This is especially true for anyone who remembers the 90s, when «Trials of Mana+» used real-time combat game-play.  


    While certain elements of the game could’ve been modernised, it seems like the developers wanted to retain the essence of the original and only modernise the presentation. Some might describe the game as a «blast from the past», and gamers with a yen for role-plays really mustn’t miss it. Our mobile game of the month! 

    Recommended articles