Best new mobile games on iOS and Android – October 2022 round-up

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GameCentral’s round-up of the best smartphone games includes the new Shovel Knight, a kitten themed roguelite, and a Cyberpunk 2077 spin-off.

This month has seen Supercell’s infamously brutal quality control process kill off two popular-but-not-profitable public betas, Everdale and Clash Quest. Luckily there are plenty of other non-Supercell titles that made it to full release, from the superb dungeon exploring Tallowmere 2: Curse Of The Kittens, to the latest incarnation of the wonderful Shovel Knight.

iOS & Android, Free (EastSideGames)

Based on the charming cartoon parody of Star Trek: The Next Generation, this is an idle game with an episodic story about the junior Starfleet crew members’ tribulations at the hands of psychotic holodeck AI, Badgey.

As is customary, you’ll spend the first few minutes tapping to drum up points, before automating the process so you can manage the simulation rather than being its unpaid manual labourer.

The Below Decks characters look great and the humour, as expressed through quick chats amongst crew members, is solid enough, but the game just isn’t quite as compelling as other incremental games; Egg, Inc. and Cell to Singularity, for example, prove rather more gripping.

Score: 6/10

iOS & Android, Free (Chris McFarland)

It’s been in early access on PC for a couple of years, and now Tallowmere 2’s unusual brand of 2D roguelike dungeon-eering and cat rescue makes its way to mobile.

Keeping your shield up Dark Souls style, you’ll be searching out chests to loot for better weapons, defences, and blessings, which give your character buffs that last the rest of your run, or until you find a better one.

The touchscreen controls work