Updated on December 29th, 2022
Here it is, the list of the best mobile games of 2022 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.
All the mobile games we’ve reviewed in 2022
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 been 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 2022 by review ranking.
I’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, 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 2022!
5 Star – 10/10 – Pocket Gamer Platinum Award
4.5 Star – 9/10 – Pocket Gamer Gold Award
- Afterplace review – December 19th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Artery Gear: Fusion review – June 21st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- BOSSGAME review – October 22nd, 2022 – PocketGamer
- Card Crawl Adventure review – August 3rd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Catalyst Black review – May 25th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Dungeons of Dreadrock review – February 14th, 2022 – 148Apps
- DYSMANTLE review – November 10th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Finding Paradise review – November 14th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Grammarian Ltd review – April 21st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Irregular Recruits review – March 3rd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Knotwords review – April 29th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Monster Train review – November 1st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Netflix Desta: The Memories Between review – October 3rd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Netflix Spiritfarer review – October 11th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Night Skate review – February 24th, 2022 – 148Apps
- OPUS: Echo of Starsong review – November 22nd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Papers, Please review – August 29th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Path to Nowhere review – November 7th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Pawnbarian review – July 28th, 2022 – 148Apps
- REDMAGIC 7S Pro Supernova Lords Mobile Edition review – October 4th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Streets of Rage 4 review – May 28th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Taito Egret II Mini review – April 4th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Vivid Knight review – March 9th, 2022 – 148Apps
- We’ll Always Have Paris review – April 28th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
4 Star – 8/10 – Pocket Gamer Silver Award
- 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller review – December 19th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- A Memoir Blue review – December 1st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Afterplace review – December 21st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Apex Legends Mobile review – May 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Blacken Slash review – July 22nd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Catalyst Black review – May 27th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Descenders review – August 5th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Dice Versa review – September 19th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Disney Mirrorverse review – June 23rd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Dungeon Merchant review – October 31st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Evercrawl review – October 28th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Finding Paradise review – December 23rd, 2022 – 148Apps
- FUR Squadron review – December 22nd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Fury Unleashed review – March 24th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Gunfire Reborn review – May 31st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Hindsight review – August 8th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Isle of Arrows – Tower Defense review – November 4th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Iron Marines Invasion review – September 8th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Jade Order review – August 8th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Journey of Greed review – September 7th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Netflix Into the Breach review – July 22nd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- King’s Path Solitaire review – May 20th 2022 – 148Apps
- Lucky Luna review – September 13th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- M.Duck review – April 5th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Milo and the Magpies review – January 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Milo and the Magpies review – January 28th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Monster Splitter review – September 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Netflix Into the Breach review – July 22nd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Netflix Oxenfree review – September 27th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Ninja Must Die review – December 14th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Otaku’s Adventure review – May 25th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Paragon Pioneers review – June 29th, 2022 – 148Aps
- Pawnbarian review – May 17th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Poinpy review – June 20th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Project Winter Mobile review – August 30th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Reigns: Three Kingdoms review – December 5th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- RPG Overrogue review – January 20th, 2022 – 148Apps
- RUNNER: PREAMBLE review – October 6th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Scrap Divers review – September 20th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Soulvars review – May 9th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Square Valley review – April 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Square Valley review – May 9th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Star Discord review – January 20th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Streets of Rage 4 review – May 25th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Sumire review – April 11th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Super Auto Pets review – February 28th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Teacup review – August 22nd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Text Express: Word Adventure review – September 1st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Turtle Beach Atom review – December 8th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Turtle Beach Recon Cloud review – November 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- The Past Within review – November 3rd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Unreal Life review – March 4th 2022 – 148Apps
- Vampire Survivors Mobile review – December 14th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Void-X review – June 15th, 2022 – 148Apps
- We’ll Always Have Paris review – April 28th, 2002 – 148Apps
- Westurn: Turn Based Showdowns review – July 27th, 2022 – 148Apps
3.5 Star – 7/10 – Pocket Gamer Bronze Award
- Abandon Ship review – June 22nd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield review – April 4th 2022 – 148Apps
- Alien Isolation review – January 24th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Another Tomorrow review – February 17th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Automatoys review – September 9th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Automatoys review – September 21st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Barnard’s Star review – June 16th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Cat Museum review – March 21st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Dexter Stardust review – September 2nd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Diablo Immortal review – June 10th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Dr. Chatelet: Faith review – August 5th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Encodya review – February 10th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Evidence 111 review – November 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Hero Emblems II review – June 23rd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Hindsight review – August 12th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- In The Rural Village of Nagoro review – October 18th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Jade Order review – July 13th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Journey of Greed review – August 24th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Kraino Origins review – October 19th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Labyrinth City review – March 17th, 2022 – 148Apps
- lettermon review – September 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Lifeline: Beside You in Time review – June 28th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Little Dog Bob review – July 27th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Logica Emotica review – June 13th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Micro RPG review – January 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Mosaic Chronicles Mobile review – March 14, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Netflix Before Your Eyes review – July 29th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- N-GON review – October 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Please, Touch the Artwork review – February 3rd, 2022 – 148Apps
- Puzzle Quest 3 review – March 1st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Railbound review – September 15th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Road Redemption review – October 7th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Rocket Bot Royale review – April 22nd, 2022 – 148Apps
- ScourgeBringer review – September 13th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Tallowmere 2 review – October 4th, 2022 – 148Apps
- The Conqueror Lord of the Rings challenge review – June 8th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Tightrope Theatre review – September 1st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Tower of Fantasy review – August 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- The Revolt: Massing review – March 7th 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- UFO99 review – August 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus review – August 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
3 Star – 6/10
- A Musical Story review – March 1st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Akindo – Merchant”s Road review – April 11th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Bound By Blades review – November 28th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Dadish 3 review – June 15th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony review – May 2nd, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Dislyte review – May 16th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Doki Doki Ragnarok review – May 31st, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Eldrum: Red Tide review – October 18th, 2022 – 148Apps
- El Hijo review – January 31st, 2022 – 148Apps
- EndCycle VS review – April 20th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- EverCrawl review – October 21st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Everdell review – August 26th, 2022 – 148Apps
- GrubDash Driver review – March 29th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Heck Deck review – January 11th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Hero Emblems II review – June 27th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Inua – A Story in Ice and Time review – February 10th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Kingdom Catastophes review – March 30th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Loopy Wizard review – April 21st, 2022 – 148Apps
- Phobies review – March 8th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Pocket Skate review – August 30th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Railbound review – September 16th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Raven review – May 29th, 2022 – Pocket Gamer
- Unhappy Raccoon review – October 14th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Who pressed mute on Uncle Marcus? review – March 18th, 2022 – 148Apps
- Wreckfest review – November 28th, 2022 – 148Apps
2.5 Star – 5/10
So, that’s it for now, the best mobile games of 2022 so far. Be sure to keep checking back, either to the sites or here, because we’ll be continuing to pick out the best of the best going forward.
