Here is the author's pick for the top 10 free android game apps of the first months of 2013:
1. Zombie Smasher
Zombie Smasher is the #1
addicting and entertaining game available on Google Play.Get ready to defend
your home as a mob of zombies is about to invade your town! Those undead
creatures are back, and it's up to you to keep them brainless. Use your finger
to tap on the zombies to smash and eliminate them before they break down your
door.
How to Play:
- Simply touch the zombies to kill them
- Don't touch the kids from neighborhood
- Use the special power-ups wisely
Game Features:
- Story Mode (60 levels and more to come), Survival Mode, Time Mode
- 7 totally terrifying enemy zombie breeds
- Amazing visuals & immersive CD quality audio
- Intense zombie-blasting action game play
2. Temple Run 2
With over 170 million
downloads, Temple Run redefined mobile gaming. Now get more of the exhilarating
running, jumping, turning and sliding you love in Temple Run 2!
Navigate perilous cliffs, zip lines, mines
and forests as you try to escape with the cursed idol. How far can you run?!
Features includes beautiful new graphics,
gorgeous new organic environments, obstacles, powerups and more.
3. Word Search
One of the best Word Search
games on the market. With each very
clean and user-friendly interface, and multicolour highlighting makes easy on
the eyes.
- Infinite play with dynamic grids
- The grid adjusts automatically to your device
- The grids are filled with words that cross and intersect
- Improved and intelligent touch sensitivity
- Clean look yet colourful
- Best times list
- Special tablet support
4. Angry Birds
The survival of the Angry
Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs.
Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs’ defenses. Angry Birds
features challenging physics-based gameplay and hours of replay value. Each
level requires logic, skill, and force to solve.
If you get stuck in the game, you can
purchase the Mighty Eagle! Mighty Eagle is a one-time in-app purchase in Angry
Birds that gives unlimited use. This phenomenal creature will soar from the
skies to wreak havoc and smash the pesky pigs into oblivion. There’s just one
catch: you can only use the aid of Mighty Eagle to pass a level once per hour.
Mighty Eagle also includes all new gameplay goals and achievements!
In addition to the Mighty Eagle, Angry Birds
now has power-ups! Boost your birds’ abilities and three-star levels to unlock
secret content! Angry Birds now has the following amazing power-ups: Sling
Scope for laser targeting, King Sling for maximum flinging power, Super Seeds
to supersize your birds, and Birdquake to shake pigs’ defenses to the ground!
5. Rail Rush
Get ready for this epic
adventure! Step into your cart and begin this mine exploring frenzy! Accelerate
through these insanely fast rails while tilting and swiping to avoid the
obstacles.
Your job is to collect precious stones, so
get those gold nuggets and gems! There will be surprises along the way, and special
gifts to earn if you're lucky! Break the rock eggs to reveal what’s inside of
them and pick up all the gems for your personal explorer’s collection!
Find new and exciting paths to explore
across the mine, and go through those special levels to earn more nuggets!
Featuring 6 exciting environments: Caverns, waterfalls, spider nests, dead
cities and mushroom halls, as well as surprise levels which will amaze you with
their colorful scenarios.
You can also equip your cart with power ups
to extend your chances inside the mine, while completing missions and ranking
up, in order to become the ultimate explorer! Indiana Jones himself would envy
you!
6. Titres
Get the true Tetris® game –
for FREE! Loved by hundreds of millions of players worldwide, this all-time
blockbuster is an absolute essential for your Android smartphone.
DEVELOP YOUR TETRIS® TOUCH
Slide, rotate, and drop your Tetriminos into place with touchscreen ease.
TRACK YOUR STATS
Know and improve your high score. The more you play, the better you’ll get!
ENJOY THE TETRIS® THEME SONG
Listen to a catchy remix of the famous Tetris® tune during breaks.
With over 132 million paid downloads on
mobile phones, Tetris® is one of the best-selling mobile games ever! This is
the real Tetris® game for Android – and it’s FREE!
As always – due to the rich, immersive
quality of this game – your download will take some time. We promise it’s worth
the wait!
7. Super Suduko
Super Sudoku has been
polished to perfection and boasts an intuitive, touchscreen game board that’s
easy to navigate and fun to play!
Take advantage of Automatic Annotation for
effortless calculations of your achievements. Track your patterns with helpful
stats and improve your game as you progress.
Game Features:
1. Totally FREE and No Ads.
2. 5 levels of difficulty
3. Undo/Redo and Autosave
4. Standard Sudoku, Sudoku-x, Hyper Sudoku, Percent Sudoku, Color Sudoku and
Squiggly Sudoku.
5. Global Leaderboards support. Our rating system awards you points for each
puzzle solved based on difficulty.
8. Jetpack Joyride
You're going for a ride -
from the creators of FRUIT NINJA! One of the hottest mobile games in the world
is now available free on Google Play!
Suit up with a selection of the coolest
jetpacks ever made and take to the skies as Barry Steakfries, the lovable hero
on a one-way trip to adventure! From the creators of the worldwide phenomenon
Fruit Ninja comes the action-packed Jetpack Joyride, Halfbrick's most
anticipated Android game ever!
Join Barry as he breaks in to a secret
laboratory to commandeer the experimental jetpacks from the clutches of science
evildoers. After lift-off, simply touch the screen to ascend and release to
descend, raining bullets, bubbles, rainbows and lasers downwards as you fly
towards higher and higher scores!
You'll start off with the legendary Machine
Gun Jetpack to scatter the evil scientists of Legitimate Research, but
throughout each game you'll collect coins and complete missions to earn cash
and buy new gear in The Stash! Pick your favorite jetpack, snazzy outfit and
stock up on items then get back out there!
Get a boost of speed and power using the
Lil' Stomper, Profit Bird and Crazy Freaking Teleporter, just a selection of
the vehicles pickups available - all playable with one touch controls.
Stay alive, get funky and lose yourself in
Jetpack Joyride. There's so much to see and do, all the time in the world and
more than enough jetpacks! As always, Barry Steakfries will provide!
Due to technical limitations, any device
with 600Mhz or less will be unable to run Jetpack Joyride.
9. Flow Free
Flow Free is a simple yet
addictive puzzle game.
Connect matching colors with pipe to create
a flow. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle in
Flow Free. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap!
Free play through hundreds of levels, or
race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Flow Free gameplay ranges from
simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How
you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free a try, and experience "mind like
water"!
10. Angry Birds Star Wars
JOIN THE ANGRY BIRDS IN
THEIR BIGGEST ADVENTURE YET!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
a group of desperate rebel birds faced off against a galactic menace: the
Empire’s evil Pigtroopers!
Rebel birds, striking from a hidden base,
have won their first victory against the evil Imperial Pigs. During the battle,
Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the
PIG STAR, and are racing to deliver the plans to the Rebel Birds. Now they need
your help!
Join an epic adventure with the Angry Birds
in the legendary Star Wars™ universe! Use the Force, wield your lightsaber, and
blast away Pigtroopers on an intergalactic journey from the deserts of Tatooine
to the depths of the Pig Star -- where you’ll face off against the terrifying
Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Pigs! Can you become a Jedi Master and restore
freedom to the galaxy?
Time to grab your lightsaber and join the
adventure! May the birds be with you!
HOURS AND HOURS OF ENGAGING GAMEPLAY -
Explore more than 100 levels in iconic locations like Tatooine and the Pig
Star. Can you dodge Imperial pigs, laser turrets, Tusken Raider pigs, and the
dark side of the Force to get all three stars?
NEW GAMEPLAY MECHANICS - Use lightsabers,
Blasters and Jedi powers to wreak havoc on the Imperial Pigs!
LEVEL UP YOUR BIRDS - Keep playing and level
up your birds to improve their skills!
SECRETS AND HIDDEN GOODIES - Can you unlock
all the R2-D2 and C-3PO bonus levels?
FREE UPDATES - This is only the beginning of
the epic saga!
THE MIGHTY FALCON
Stuck on a tricky level? Earn stars and call the Mighty Falcon to rain down the
destruction. New goals, achievements and gameplay!
PATH OF THE JEDI
The ultimate training ground for a Young Jedi, this episode features 40 Dagobah
Challenge Levels with Jedi Master Yoda! Master the Path of the Jedi to unlock
the ultimate Lightsaber! Available as an in-app purchase, or by earning three
stars on every level.
This free version of Angry Birds Star Wars
contains third party advertisements.