5 new mobile games to try this week – August 29th, 2024

In this fast-paced online world we live in today, nobody really has the patience to wait three seconds for things to load, much less wait for the elevator when you’re in a hurry to get places. That certainly puts a boatload of pressure on you in Going Up, where you’ll manage how elevators work across a minimalist management sim.

This strategy game tasks you with getting people to where they need to go, whether they’re hotheaded CEOs or wayward tourists. While things start slowly enough, you’ll soon have to deal with an influx of people until everything snowballs into a powder keg of impatience. Keep your elevator efficiency at its peak before everyone decides to – god forbid – take the dreaded stairs instead.

Help Jenny LeClue unravel the mystery of a wrongfully accused murder – a true conundrum she’s very much involved in given her own mother is the prime suspect. The narrative adventure features a distinct art style and more than 50,000 words of dialogue to immerse you in this coming-of-age tale set in the sleepy town of Arthurton.

There are over 10 hours of gameplay as you travel through abandoned mines and spooky graveyards, all while encountering a colourful cast of characters along the way.

Embrace a life of villainy and boss-ery in Overboss, a retro-inspired digital board game that lets you quench your hidden thirst for conquering the world. Tired of your usual underworldly domain, you’ll set out on a quest to rule the overworld by shaping the landscape to your liking. You’ll need to recruit monsters to fight by your side as you take on other would-be overbosses and expand your reign of terror.

Strategise the best tile placements and discover how each token turns the tide in your favour with every turn. Do you have what it takes to become the biggest baddie out there?

Rescue a fluffy feline from the depths of a dangerous dungeon in Labyrinth: The Wizard’s Cat, a nostalgic pixel-art dungeon-crawler with plenty of old-school vibes. As you solve puzzles and avoid obstacles while navigating through dark dungeon corridors, you’ll pick up valuable loot and power-ups that will help you on your quest – and when a cute cat’s life is on the line, you should stop at nothing to complete your mission.

The first-person puzzler offers challenging levels and a variety of weapons you can use to survive, with simple and intuitive controls and thrilling real-time combat.

If you’ve ever wanted to get back at viruses for all the malware they’ve snuck into your PC all these years, now’s your chance. As the title of the game suggests, Anti Hack burdens you with the responsibility of clearing a corrupted computer from any pesky hacks. The puzzle adventure thrusts you into the heart of a compromised system, where you’ll need to traverse neon-lit circuits and solve logic puzzles across seven distinct worlds.

The cyberpunk visuals were inspired by retro games and cult-classic films, with puzzles that are based on actual computer logic and hardware to boot.