A battle card strategy game that starts out feeling like challenging game of Chess but soon feels more like a simplistic game of Checkers

A solid golf game that will remain on your iPhone for as long as you have it. With bright graphics, quality controls, and fun multiplayer, this app is definitely a winner.

Drop7 is a minimalistic game that describes itself as a blend of “Tetris and Sudoku.” Combining falling discs with basic counting, Drop7 is surprisingly challenging and is definitely worth a look.

GudeBalls is a puzzle game involving spinning plates and marbles. It’s a quirky, odd game, and pretty entertaining, even if it lacks immense replay value.

Reversi Online Tournament takes a classic board game, adds a fantastic multiplayer, and creates a polished, detailed app that’s everything you could ask for from Reversi. If you’re a fan of Reversi (or Othello), this is an absolute must-have…and we have a free copy to give away!

If you like difficult games, you’ll love Crossbones. This card-matching game might have a pirate’s tenderness when it comes to serving up its learning curve, but once you learn how to play, it’s a fast-paced, thrilling card game that requires some mental agility.

Frogs and rockclimbing? What is this madness? Ancient Games takes an original concept and turns it into a series of difficult puzzles, complete with beautiful, photorealistic graphics and a hundred levels that mix zen with frustration. This might be one of the best puzzles in the App Store.

Block Knights is everything that Tetris on the iPhone should have been. Blocks are played on all four walls, thanks to the accelerometer, and the result is a difficult and delighting game that really puts a fresh face on an old classic.

Melody Match is a new twist on the classic card-matching game using—you guessed it—sound clips instead of flash cards. Some of the melodies are real treats for the ear, and the game uses a variety of themes, ranging from snippets of Bach and Mozart to upbeat Brazilian tunes to traditional songs like Yankee Doodle.

WordFu is the latest offering from ngmoco, the makers of Rolando and Topple. It’s a dice-based, kung fu-themed word game that requires you to assemble words from the letters you roll. The addicting and surprisingly deep gameplay make WordFu one of the best word games that we’ve seen in a while.

Skybound is beautiful game in which you help a bouncing yellow ball to soar into the atmosphere by drawing lines of clouds with your finger. In Normal mode, the goal is to climb as high as possible; in Boss mode, you do battle with a menacing floating eye. The graphics are gorgeous, and the gameplay is fun.