Racing and arcade games worth your thumbs

We play mobile games until they wear out our screens, then tell you which ones are actually fun. This week the team spent a lot of hours with Casinacho, and there's plenty more in the catalog below.

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Casinacho Arcade · 4.4★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements

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Casinacho
Arcade

A colorful arcade game with quick rounds and a surprisingly deep rhythm to its timing.

★★★★☆ 4.4
Dust Drifters
Racing

An arcade racer about power slides and dusty desert tracks.

★★★★★ 4.6
Ember Vale
RPG

A cozy pocket RPG with turn-based battles and a warm little story.

★★★★☆ 4.3
Tide and Tower
Strategy

A lane-defense strategy game about protecting coastal towers from the sea.

★★★★☆ 4.1
Skylark Drift
Adventure

A gentle exploration adventure across floating islands.

★★★★★ 4.5
Pit Crew Panic
Simulation

A frantic management sim where you keep race cars running on the fly.

★★★★☆ 3.9

Editor’s pick

Dust Drifters
Racing

Dust Drifters

★★★★★ 4.6

Dust Drifters is unapologetically arcadey. Forget realistic physics — this is about holding a drift through a long curve and feeling the back end swing out just right. The tracks are wide, the boost is generous, and the whole thing wants you to go fast and look cool doing it.

  • Satisfying drift mechanics
  • Two control schemes that both work
  • Cars that actually feel different
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What readers say

«A colorful arcade game with quick rounds and a surprisingly deep rhythm to its timing.»

Hugo · Casinacho

«An arcade racer about power slides and dusty desert tracks.»

Bruno · Dust Drifters

«A cozy pocket RPG with turn-based battles and a warm little story.»

Sofia · Ember Vale

Questions & answers

How do you choose which games to review?

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