TouchArcade's Best Games of 2016: THE COMPLETE LIST

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  1. Boardumb

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    Hey all. Well, another year is in the books, and it's arguably the biggest year for mobile gaming yet. Due to how many amazing original mobile games as well as multiplatform games and ports were released this year, we bumped up our normal Best Games list to 100 entries. That seems like a daunting number, but believe me, it could have easily been twice or even three times the size!

    Anyway, even with 100 slots it was still a VERY hard list to pare down, and a ton of great games inevitably got left off the list. So similar to what we did last year, I'm going to post the complete list of everything we had in consideration just as a reference for those who are interested or maybe were miffed their favorite game didn't make the top 100. This is a no frills list, no links to reviews or anything like that, but feel free to look it over and we welcome any comments about your particular favorite games that either did or did not make the top 100 as well as just some general conversation about the year that was 2016 in mobile gaming.

    THANKS TO EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A GREAT YEAR! We do this all for you, and of course we wouldn't even be in a position to do this without you, so thank you from everyone at TouchArcade!


    GAMES THAT MADE THE TOP 100:
    Adventures of Mana
    Apollo Justice Ace Attorney
    Assassin's Creed Identity
    Assoluto Racing
    Atomic Super Lander
    Avadon 3: The Warborn
    Banner Saga 2
    Batman - The Telltale Series
    Blitz Breaker
    Bullet Hell Monday
    Bully: Anniversary Edition
    Burrito Bison: Launcha Libre
    Chameleon Run
    Circa Infinity
    Clash Royale
    Crashlands
    Crypt of the NecroDancer Pocket Edition
    Dan the Man
    Day of the Tentacle Remastered
    Deus Ex GO
    Dog Sled Saga
    Don't Grind
    Dungeon Warfare
    Ember
    Final Fantasy IX
    Flappy Golf 2
    Galaxy on Fire 3 - Manticore
    Goat Simulator Waste of Space
    Goo Saga
    Guild of Dungeoneering
    Guns of Infinity
    Hatoful Boyfriend
    Human Resource Machine
    I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
    Imbroglio
    Jade Empire: Special Edition
    Kathy Rain
    King Rabbit
    Le Parker: Sous Chef Extraordinaire
    LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
    Leap Day
    Leap of Fate
    Legend of the Skyfish
    Looty Dungeon
    Lost Frontier
    Lost Socks: Naughty Brothers
    Love You to Bits
    Lumines Puzzle & Music
    Mekorama
    Mikey Jumps
    Mini Metro
    Mr. Robot Exfiltration
    Nekosan
    Neo Turf Masters
    Neon Chrome
    Party Hard Go
    Perchang
    Pocket Mortys
    Pokemon GO
    Pumped BMX 3
    Punch Club
    Really Bad Chess
    Reigns
    Retro City Rampage DX
    Road Not Taken
    Rodeo Stampede
    RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
    Rome: Total War
    RunGunJumpGun
    Rush Rally 2
    Samorost 3
    Severed
    Shadow Blade: Reload
    Sky Force Reloaded
    Slide the Shakes
    Snakebird
    Solitairica
    Sorcery! 4
    Space Food Truck
    Space Marshals 2
    SteamWorld Heist
    Steins;Gate
    Steppy Pants
    Super Cat Tales
    Super Mario Run
    Super Stickman Golf 3
    Survivalcraft 2
    Teeny Titans
    Tennis Champs Returns
    The Bug Butcher
    The Quest HD
    The Walking Dead: Michonne
    Thumb Drift
    Time Locker
    Titan Quest
    Tomb of the Mask
    Treasure Buster
    Warbits
    Yankai's Triangle
    Ys Chronicles 2


    GAMES THAT CAME OH SO CLOSE TO MAKING THE TOP 100:
    A Short Tale
    Abyssrium
    Adventure Company
    Adventure To Fate: Quest To The Future
    All is Lost
    Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
    Asphalt Xtreme
    Astro Attack
    Back to Square One
    Batman Arkham Underworld
    Battle Champs
    The Battle of Polytopia
    Battleship Lonewolf
    Bejeweled Stars
    BlazBlue Revolution Reburning
    Bomboras Forever
    Bullet Force
    Burly Men at Sea
    Bushido Bear
    Card Wars Kingdom
    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
    Caterzillar
    Cattch
    Choppa
    Combo Critters
    Conduct THIS!
    The Counter of Death
    Crashing Season
    Critical Ops
    Crush Your Enemies
    CSR Racing 2
    Cubed Rally World
    Cursor: The Virus Hunter
    Cut the Rope: Magic
    DC Legends
    Dead Venture
    Demon's Rise 2 - Lords of Chaos
    Disco Dave
    Disney Crossy Road
    Dofus Touch
    Doomsday Clicker
    Drakenlords
    Dungeon Tiles
    Dungelot: Shattered Lands
    Dunkers
    Eggggg - The Platform Puker
    Egz
    Eisenhorn: Xenos
    Ellipsis
    Enyo
    Epic Flail
    Exiled Kingdoms RPG
    Exploding Kittens
    Extreme Gear: Demolition Arena
    F1 2016
    Faily Brakes
    Fallen London
    Feral Fury
    Fieldrunners Attack!
    Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
    Fishing Break
    Flail Rider
    Flipped Out - The Powerpuff Girls
    Forbidden Desert
    Futurama: Game of Drones
    Galaga Wars
    Gear.Club
    Geometry Dash World
    Go Rally
    Grayout
    The Greedy Cave
    Halfpipe Hero
    Hammer Bomb
    Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories
    Hero Generations Regen
    Hero Slide
    Heroes of Loot 2
    Heroes of Normandie
    High Risers
    Highway Runners
    Hovercrash
    Hungry Shark World
    Hyperburner
    I Keep Having This Dream
    illi
    Infinite Tanks
    INKS
    Invisible Inc.
    Iron Maiden Legacy of the Beast
    Island Delta
    Jasper's Rocket
    Joan Mad Run
    Journey Below
    Jurassic GO - Dinosaur Snap Adventures
    Kingdom Hearts Unchained Chi
    Lanota
    Lifeline: Crisis Line
    Lifeline: Flatline
    Lifeline: Whiteout
    Lonewolf
    Loop Mania
    Lost in Harmony
    Lost Portal CCG
    The Lost Shield
    Mars: Mars
    Marvel: Avengers Academy
    Marvel Tsum Tsum
    Maximum Car
    Mazes Of Karradash 2
    Mercenaries Saga2
    Midnight Star Renegade
    Miitomo
    Mixed Macho Arts
    Mobius Final Fantasy
    Momoka: An Interplanetary Adventure
    Moveless Chess
    Mr. Crab 2
    My Horse Prince
    NBA 2K17
    NBA Live Mobile
    Never Alone: Ki Edition
    Nightgate
    Oh…Sir! The Insult Generator
    OK K.O. Lakewood Plaza Turbo
    One More Jump
    Onion Force
    Out There Chronicles
    Oz: Broken Kingdom
    Pang Adventures
    Patchwork The Game
    Pathfinder Adventures
    Peter Panic
    PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator
    Phoenix 2
    Pianista
    Pinball Breaker Forever
    PinOut
    Pixel Cup Soccer 16
    Pixel Machines
    PKTBALL
    Politaire
    Post Brutal
    Primordia
    _PRISM
    Prison Run and Gun
    Psycard
    Pull My Tongue
    Puzzle Strike
    Puzzlepops!
    Puzzlewood Quests Premium
    Rayman Classic
    RBI Baseball 16
    ReDungeon
    Replica: A Little Temporary Safety
    ReRunners
    RETSNOM
    Return of the Zombie King
    Riptide GP: Renegade
    Rockabilly Beatdown
    Rocket Ski Racing
    Romancing SaGa 2
    Rule with an Iron Fish
    Runaway Toad
    The Sandbox Evolution
    Shadow Wars
    Shoot the Dragon
    Silly Sausage: Doggy Dessert
    Siralim 2
    Sky Chasers
    Skyhill
    Smooth Operator!
    Snowball!!
    Space Grunts
    Spingun
    Splash Cars
    Squaredance
    Stellar Wanderer
    Submerged
    Super Arc Light
    Super Phantom Cat
    Super SteamPuff
    Swap Sword
    Swapperoo
    Tap Hero
    Tap My Katamari
    Telepaint
    Tentacles: Enter the Mind
    That Dragon, Cancer
    The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
    The Westport Independent
    Titan Brawl
    To The Throne
    Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers
    Tower of Fortune 3
    Traffic Rider
    The Trail
    Train Conductor World
    Twofold Inc.
    Ultimate Briefcase
    Uncharted: Fortune Hunter
    Venture Kid
    VOEZ
    Vulture Island
    War Tortoise
    Warcher Defenders
    Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
    Waste in Space
    Yakin
    Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble
    Zip Zap
    7 Mages
    9th Dawn 2
     
  2. OrangutanKungfu

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    Glad to see Retsnom in there. One of those rare games which gripped all my spare moments till I completed it 100%. Great puzzle mechanic added to a solid platformer, with a thoroughly downbeat tone expressed beautifully in story, visuals and audio. I had it in my top 10 for the forum game of the year.

    Super Phantom Cat is the perfect antidote, though, if it all gets too bleak. What a wonderful game, so bright, so well designed.

    Look at that list though! Some really flipping good games didn't make the top 100. Poor Momoka got completely swallowed up in the Crashlands fervour, but it's a great Metroidvania. Vulture Island was slight, but a marvellous Dizzy-style puzzle platformer. 9th Dawn 2, Rom Saga 2, Demons Rise 2...

    One last mention for Planar Conquest, which didn't even make the long list but has a forum thread stretching over 150 pages. Phew...
     
  3. Exact-Psience

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    This is the first year where i totally agree (about 90-95% of those i have played at least) to TA's list. Pretty surprised INKS didnt make top 100.

    But overall, it's been another great, great year for iOS gaming! Looking forward to another year of finding the awesome games and apps in the sea of... well... mediocrity and trash. LOL
     
  4. mephiozo

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    Nice to see that Prison Run and Gun was almost in top 100 :)
    Maybe part 2 will make it next year :D
     
  5. HelperMonkey

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    When the mobile gaming world looks like some endless, bleak, free-to-play junkyard...
    Look to this list and take comfort.

    Amazing year.
     
  6. HelperMonkey

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    (And if Death Road to Canada wants to show up to kick things off for 2017, I Am Ready.)
     
  7. Andy C83

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    Hatoful Boyfriend is in the top 100. This is all that matters. Truly, 2016 was a blessed year for mobile gaming.
     
  9. Ogre Pixel

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    Hey! Our game Warcher Defenders is on the close to top 100 games!

    That's cool! Thanks :)
     
  10. Jayg2015

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    This is an excellent list. I would have eggggg, hammerbomb, warcher defenders in top 50 though
     
  11. zohaali146

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    Great to find Assasin;s Creed Identity and Chameleon Run there.
     

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