The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think is the most noteworthy, surprising, interesting, or really any other hard to describe quality that makes it worth having if you were just going to pick up one.
These picks might be controversial, and that’s OK. If you disagree with what we’ve chosen, let’s try to use the comments of these articles to have conversations about what game is your game of the week and why. Without further ado?
Stardew Valley
So Stardew Valley ($7.99) is kind of the “big name" release of the week, is the talk of the town, and as I write this it’s sitting atop the paid games chart in the App Store. So choosing it as our Game of the Week likely isn’t a surprise to anyone. However, it’s not just that it’s a popular game that’s now on mobile earning it this nod, it’s that Stardew Valley is among our favorite games of all time on any platform, and that it’s now available on our mobile platform of choice and can happily t...