[Mobile games]The best mobile games of 2023 so far (July 2023)

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Here it is: the list of the best mobile games of 2023 so far! We'll be adding more reviews as the games get released, so make sure to bookmark this page and check it every now and then. You can also have a look at the best mobile games of 2022 if you're feeling a little nostalgic!

 

ALL THE MOBILE GAMES WE'VE REVIEWED IN 2023

Every year, we review hundreds of new mobile games, picking out the cream of the crop for you to play. It's not as easy a process as you might think. For a start, there's definitely no time to review everything - our editors and reviewers look through the stacks of titles released each month and pick out those which we think have the most promise. There are tens of thousands of mobile games released every year, and we only have so much time.

So, even before games are reviewed, they're filtered through on multiple levels before that selection. But, with us doing so many reviews each year, we thought it was sensible to create this resource, so that you can, at a quick glance, see the best mobile games of 2023 by review ranking.

 

We'll let you in on what might be quite a well-known secret: the teams at Steel Media (that's Pocket Gamer, Pocket Gamer France, 148Apps, App Spy, and more) really love mobile games - as well we should, because we've been reviewing them for over 15 years now, or, if you want to do that weird thing people do where they add up the collective years to get an obscene number, the sites have been reviewing mobile games for over fifty years collectively...

 

That means that there's a lot of knowledge in these halls, and it also means that we are quite precise when it comes to picking which ones we do decide to review.

 

Below you will find - by awarded score and within that, alphabetical order - each of the games we've chosen to review this year so far. Decide for yourself which of them are the best mobile games of 2023!

 

5 Star - 10/10 - Pocket Gamer Platinum Award

Lost in Play review - July 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Omega Strikers review - May 5th, 2023 - 148Apps

4.5 Star - 9/10 - Pocket Gamer Gold Award

Dragon Pow review - July 13th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Flash Party review - February 15th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Highwater review - March 15th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Lacuna review - June 12th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Laya's Horizon review - May 2nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Legacy 4 - Tomb of Secrets review - June 20th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Pickle Pete review - March 6th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Raging Bytes review - April 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Roundguard review - April 25th, 2023 - 148Apps

Sands of Salzaar review - January 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Sid Meier’s Railroads review - May 2nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Super Meat Boy Forever review - April 20th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Ten Dates review - February 14th, 2023 - 148Apps

Ten Dates review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Terra Nil review - March 28th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic In Gotham City review - June 26th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

The Legend of Tianding review - March 31st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Valiant Hearts: Coming Home Netflix review - January 31st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari DLC review - April 22nd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Wavecade review - January 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

4 Star - 8/10 - Pocket Gamer Silver Award

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Arena Breakout review - July 14th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Black Book review - May 15th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Brotato review - April 3rd, 2023 - 148Apps

Coffee Golf review - June 21st, 2023 - 148Apps

Cursed Labyrinth -Hack & Slash review - March 9th, 2023 - 148Apps

Divinity Chronicles: Journey To The West review - May 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Gomorrah review - February 24th, 2023 - 148Apps

Happy Game review - February 7th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Hoop Land review - June 9th, 2023 - 148Apps

How We Know We're Alive review - March 20th, 2023 - 148Apps

Kloot Arena review - June 24th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Lucid Lenses review - June 28th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Luck be a Landlord review - July 25th, 2023 - 148Apps

Madness/Endless review - February 7th, 2023 - 148Apps

Mighty Quest Rogue Palace review - April 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Netflix Oxenfree II: Lost Signals review - July 12th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Netflix The Queen's Gambit Chess review - July 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Omega 13 review - January 25th, 2023 - 148Apps

Perfect Grind review - January 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Pine Tar Poker review - January 19th, 2023 - 148Apps

Postknight 2 review - March 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Rocco's Island: Pocket Edition review - February 22nd, 2023 - 148Apps

Roller Drama review - January 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Roundguard review - April 25th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Tap Shap review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Teeny Tiny Town review - July 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Tiny Shop review - May 26th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Tomb Raider Reloaded review - February 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Torchlight: Infinite review - May 14th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge review - January 18th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

TriviaLinked review - April 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

3.5 Star - 7/10 - Pocket Gamer Bronze Award

Beecarbonize review - March 14th, 2023 - 148Apps

Boxville review - January 30th, 2023 - 148Apps

Bugsnax review - July 24th, 2023 - 148Apps

Cuttlefish review - May 1st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Eversoul review - February 23rd, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Fireball Wizard review - June 29th, 2023 - 148Apps

Galactic Defender review - July 7th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

How We Know We're Alive review - March 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

IDEA review - March 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

LEGO Bricktales review - April 27th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Lost Words: Beyond the Page review - May 24th, 2023 - 148Apps

Magic and Machines review - June 6th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Orange review - April 14th, 2023 - 148Apps

PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo review - March 30th, 2023 - 148Apps

Perfect Grind review - January 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

Punch Kick Duck review - February 9th, 2023 - 148Apps

Punch Kick Duck review - March 1st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Roller Drama review - February 2nd, 2023 - 148Apps

Roto Force review - July 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

Scenic Route's Generations review - April 27th, 2023 - 148Apps

Settlement Survival review - April 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story review - May 8th, 2023 - 148Apps

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story review - May 10th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Three Skies review - June 29th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

TriviaLinked review - April 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

UFO99 review - January 24th, 2023 - 148Apps

Ultra Blade review - March 2nd, 2023 - 148Apps

Undawn review - June 20th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Vlobs review - March 22nd, 2023 - 148Apps

Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden review - April 12th, 2023 - 148Apps

3 Star - 6/10

Avatar Generations review - February 7th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Delete After Reading review - March 17th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Domingo review - March 15th, 2023 - 148Apps

EISEN review - March 10th, 2023 - 148Apps

Legend of Keepers review - June 1st, 2023 - 148Apps

Mia and the Dragon Princess review - May 3rd, 2023 - 148Apps

Paths: Beatrice's Adventure review - April 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Torecower review - May 18th, 2023 - 148Apps

Resonance of the Ocean review - January 6th, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

Ultimate Sackboy review - February 21st, 2023 - Pocket Gamer

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2.5 Star - 5/10

Bumballon review - June 22nd, 2023 - 148Apps

Endling - Extinction is Forever review - February 15th, 2023 - 148Apps

Temporal War review - July 20th, 2023 - 148Apps

Water 2050 review - April 5th, 2023 - 148Apps