Looking for the best mobile games of 2025? This authoritative list compiles every game we’ve reviewed this year, categorized by score, including all Platinum (10/10) and Gold (9/10) Award winners. Bookmark for the latest updates!
🧐 How We Pick the Best Mobile Games of 2025
The mobile gaming landscape is vast, with tens of thousands of titles released annually. Our teams across Pocket Gamer, 148Apps, and App Spy have been reviewing mobile games for over 15 years, compiling decades of collective expertise. This deep knowledge ensures every game featured on this list has passed a rigorous selection process.
We do not review every game; instead, our editors and reviewers carefully filter through new releases each month, selecting only the titles that show the most promise and potential quality. Below is the ultimate resource, allowing you to quickly see the crème de la crème of mobile gaming released in 2025, ranked by their awarded score.
🥇 The Elite: 5-Star (10/10) Pocket Gamer Platinum Award Winners
These six games represent the absolute peak of mobile gaming in 2025, earning the highest score possible for their exceptional quality and polish.
| Game Title | Review Date | Review Site |
| Cat Quest III | August 22nd, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Crunchyroll: Shogun Showdown | May 21st, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Enter the Gungeon | September 3rd, 2025 | 148Apps |
| EvoCreo 2 | March 10th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| I Am Your Beast | March 6th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Slender Threads | November 25th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
✨ The Gold Standard: 4.5-Star (9/10) Pocket Gamer Gold Award Winners
These 24 titles are phenomenal releases that set a gold standard for their respective genres, offering near-perfect experiences on mobile platforms.
| Game Title | Review Date | Review Site |
| Bloomtown: A Different Story | August 6th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Cat Quest III | August 11th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Chants of Sennaar | August 26th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Disco Elysium | August 1st, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Dredge mobile | February 27th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Hitman: Absolution | October 27th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Jump King | February 24th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Lara Croft: Guardian of Light | March 5th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Magical Maintenance Mystery | April 11th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Merge Maestro | July 17th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| MicroMacro: Downtown Detective | August 29th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Neo Cab | October 20th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| PBJ – The Musical | April 3rd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Pine Hearts | October 7th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Real Vampires | November 5th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Resident Evil 2 | January 15th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Songs of Conquest | March 27th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Spooky Express | October 21st, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Super Farming Boy | August 12th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| The Art of Fauna | February 11th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| The Star Named EOS mobile | April 16th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Timelie | November 21st, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| TOEM: A Photo Adventure | October 22nd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| True Fear 3 | July 2nd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Vampire’s Fall 2 | June 11th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
🥈 Top Performers: 4-Star (8/10) Pocket Gamer Silver Award Winners
These 38 reviewed games are highly recommended titles that deliver excellent experiences and significant enjoyment.
| Game Title | Review Date | Review Site |
| Aarik and the Ruined Kingdom | January 23rd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| A Kindling Forest | January 9th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| AstroCat Adventures | November 17th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Besiege | December 4th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Blue Protocol: Star Resonance | October 8th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Broken Sword: Reforged | August 4th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Claws and Chaos | March 11th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Crashlands 2 | April 9th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Dark and Darker Mobile | February 13th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Duck Detective: The Secret Salami | January 25th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Expelled! | March 12th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Follow the Meaning | April 9th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| GoChess | March 17th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Gordian Quest | April 3rd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Grand Mountain Adventure 2 | March 19th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Grid Ranger | November 20th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Growbot | July 29th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Hitman: Absolution | October 17th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Hitman: World of Assassination | September 4th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Islanders: Mobile | November 30th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Kingdomino: The Board Game | June 30th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| LOK Digital | January 22nd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Meteorfall: Rustbowl Rumble | June 24th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| MicroMacro: Downtown Detective | September 23rd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Pokemon Friends | August 4th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Primrows | April 23rd, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Prince of Persia: Lost Crown | May 27th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Pup Champs | May 27th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Resident Evil 3 | April 11th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Road to Empress | September 10th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Rollercoaster Racer | August 5th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Set a Watch: Digital Edition | September 30th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Skate City: New York | January 20th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Soul Hunter | November 26th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Subnautica mobile | July 16th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Sunset Hills | May 14th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| The Great Sneeze | March 18th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Thronefall | June 20th, 2025 | 148Apps |
| Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake | March 6th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
| Wargroove 2: Pocket Edition | July 15th, 2025 | Pocket Gamer |
📚 Need More Great Games?
The list above represents 68 outstanding mobile games released and reviewed through December 2025. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back often, as our team continues to pick out the best of the best as the year concludes and new titles are released.
