The Best games you've downloaded for free? + best games that are virtually unknown

Sometimes I won't give a game a second glance,
But then they do a free promotion for a day, I download to test it out
And am very pleasantly surprised,
I'm Curious to know what games other people have downloaded for free,
And were pleasantly surprised by?

Here's mine:

IceCreamMania
This is a simple puzzle game in which you have to mimic an ice cream pattern with different colors, patterns, etc by using 5 color paint pots and a bunch of stencils.. I've spent countless hours perfecting each level with 5 stars,
It gets extremely challenging! And very addictive

Vikings Slice
This game is similar to an oldie called diamond cut,
Your out at sea and must save the Vikings And have them land in their boat,
Some must be sliced from the ice, and others muct be knocked by ice that you slice off icebergs to be knocked into the boat..
This is one of the best physics puzzlers I've ever played

Smoody
Another awesome physics puzzler

Chocolate tycoon
I was addicted to this for weeks
Time management style game, with chocolate!

ISlash
One of my All time favorites, so glad they put this up for free because I definitely wouldn't have given it a chance otherwise, I'm a girl and things with ninja stars in the description Don't usually excite me..but now they do! This game is sik

Bob Jump
Again, another favourite that is virtually unknown,
This game is a mixture of "the incident" and tetris,
You are a little man, that could be compared to old skool Mario,
Who must avoid tetris-like blocks that keep falling from above, and climbing higher and higher to avoid the blades at the bottom of the screen,
Kinda like an endless runner, but instead an endless avoider/climber

Farm Break
Another one of my favorite puzzlers, you control 3 sheep who help each other reach the door at the other side of the level, big sheep can move things, middle sheep jumps highest, small sheep fits in small places torres switches, etc,there's a few clones in the AppStore at the moment such as Indian family and home sheep home, but none compare to farm break!

Sheepernova
Sheep in space,
All kinda of crazy gravity and you must flick the sheep to collect the stars a d get the the warp gate, some levels you must only use 1 flick, some levels you have multiple sheep, etc..it's really fun , one of the first games I ever got for free and is still one of my favorites

Cover orange
you must protect your character, an orange, from getting hit, you have to move around objects then press play, and the rain cloud comes across and hopefully doesn't hit you


Other notable mentions (but more known)
Typing Maniac
Crazy Rhino
slice it
Beyond YNTH (I purchased this, but it was recently free)
Chop chop caveman (purchased)
Time geeks (purchased)
cat physics
Sunday lawn
Tiki totems 2


Note- these games are probably not still free, but were once free..

Has anyone else been pleasantly surprised by a game they thought they wouldn't like? Free or not?

If you havent heard of these games you should check them out, especially if you like puzzlers!

 

I've had that app for about a month..your right.it does pay for itself,,it's quite nice that he individually writes reviews for each game that's currently free and worthy! Specially for the price.. Another great one is app zap..it's the main one I check everyday..in hate waiting for the game trails free games videos to be uploaded (around 3am here..by the time i wake up there often not on sale anymore..)so i started digging for free games myself , app zap almost always picks them all up, then I also check app hero, openfeint, app miner, free app a day, and app dream..god that sounds obsessive, but i hate missing out on free games..usually people always catch on and post them here quite quickly which is nice..ever since I joined up here abou t a week ago I've stopped checking the free app apps and rely on the discount and free threads..

Don't get me started on buying a game, then it goes up for free..I don't know why but it feels like I've lost a leg or something! When really, it's only a few dollars..i think it's because iTunes cards go so quickly with me, when it's there I have to spend it, and every app I get for free is one more app I get to buy.. The quote you mentioned is a good one, haven't heard that one yet, but it's very true, I'm in Aussie and every game is marked up more than the USA and other countries, if a game on sale is advertised at 2.99 it actually costs $4 here which is incredible annoying when you leave just enough credit to buy a certain app that's being released, then you have to wait til the next day to go buy another iTunes card.. Terribly frustrating! Will check out some of those games..sounds cool and ad-supported is the next best phrase other than FREE for a day! I can't believe those words can bring such joy! Haha..

I am addicted to 7 little words currently, me and my mum played through the sunrise pack together and finished it quite quickly, bought the chocolate pack and am now on level 20.. Don't know what I'm going to do when I finish all the packs, it's good to keep your mind active, even if it is a game on an iPad!
I'm Aussie though and some of the questions are very yankee which sometimes makes it a bit difficult, nothing google can't handle though