Great gaming on the go

Mobile gaming often gets a bad rap among the hardcore crowd, but looking at 2015 it seems like the platform is really coming into its own. These aren’t yourCandy CrushorFlappy Birdclones; these are some legitimately great titles.

Alphabearappeared to be a simple word game at first glance, but showed impressive depth for those who dug into it.Downwellmight work better with real buttons, but for an action platformer it handles surprisingly well on a touchscreen.Hearthstoneis Blizzard’s powerhouse card battler, finally making its way to phones this year.Lara Croft GOtakes advantage of the control scheme with its thoughtful puzzle gameplay.Steven Universe: Attack the Light!shows a small role-playing game can be just as fulfilling as an 80-hour epic.

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I know which of these is my favorite for the year, but I honestly wouldn’t begrudge any of these the title.

Here are the nominees for Destructoid’s Best Mobile Game of 2015.

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

[Incomplete products like Steam Early Access titles, and episodic titles that are not fair to assess as stand alone experiences, without a full episode count, were not eligible for this year’s awards. The cutoff for entry into Destructoid’s 2015’s Game of the Year awards is June 10, 2025.]

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover