2016 was a year that happened. Frankly, that's the best thing I have to say about it. But for mobile gaming, it felt like a transformative year. Nintendo finally got their feet wet on the platform. Supercell shook up the world with Clash Royale [Free] ? and then we saw as it went through some uncharacteristic growing pains. And while I kind of felt like that 2016 perhaps wasn't quite full of quality games as 2015 was, going through the list of great titles released in 2016 should serve as a reminder that we live in a time of too many games. There are some games excluded from my list solely because I didn't have the time to play them. And I left off a lot of games that I did play that were worthy of mention. Even games that got five stars from me were left off! But I wanted to go by the ten games that were the most memorable and enjoyable experiences. Maybe in a review fashion, some games wind up as 'better', but recapping my year in mobile gaming, these ten games (in order from ten to one) are my ten favorites of 2016.
My Horse Prince, Free There are a ton of games I could have put in the number 10 slot that would be deserving. And My Horse Prince as a 'game' wears thin after a while, sure. But I would be unable to live with myself if I didn't mention the game about a woman dating a horse with a man's face. It would be a mortal sin to not recognize the audacity that it took to make a visual-novel-esque game about a wom...