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?
 
Hyper Light Drifter
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard great things about a game but never actually experienced it myself because I tend to only play on mobile and Switch. That is again the case with this week’s pick Hyper Light Drifter ($4.99). Now, you may be thinking “Hey! That’s been on Switch for almost a year!" and you would be correct, but to that I would say “Have you SEEN my freaking backlog on Switch""" So yes, this week’s arrival of Hyper Light Drifter on iOS is my first time ...