Top mobile games of 2026 so far (September 2026)

Looking for the best mobile games of 2026? You've landed in the right place. This running list gathers every game Pocket Gamer has reviewed this year, sorted by score so you can spot the standouts at a glance. We'll keep updating it as new releases roll in, so bookmark the page and swing by regularly. And if you're in a nostalgic mood, the best mobile games of 2025 are still worth a look.

How the list works

Every game that reaches a full review has already passed through several rounds of selection. With dozens of reviews published each year, this page exists as a single snapshot: the year's reviewed titles, ranked from highest to lowest score, with alphabetical order used as a tiebreaker within each tier.

A quick note on the people behind the scores: the teams at Steel Media have been reviewing mobile games for more than 15 years — or, if you add up the years across the network's sites, over fifty years combined. That depth of experience means the review slate is chosen carefully, and only games that clear the bar make it onto the page.

Scroll down, browse the tiers, and judge for yourself which titles deserve the crown of best mobile games of 2026.

5 Star – 10/10 – Pocket Gamer Platinum Award

• Gumslinger 2: Ducks & Nukes – February 3rd, 2026
• Meg's Monster – May 16th, 2026
• Shelter from the Storm – July 23rd, 2026
• Tomb Raider – February 28th, 2026
• Wish Upon A Cat – July 27th, 2026

4.5 Star – 9/10 – Pocket Gamer Gold Award

• Almost Out of Mana – March 24th, 2026
• And Roger – June 17th, 2026
• Club Soko – July 25th, 2026
• Consume Me – June 9th, 2026
• Discounty – August 24th, 2026
• Drova - Forsaken Kin – May 15th, 2026
• Goblin Sushi – May 11th, 2026
• Mochi-O – March 23rd, 2026
• Monument Valley 3: The Garden of Life – December 27th, 2025
• Ponchorado – March 3rd, 2026
• Servant of the Lake – August 13th, 2026
• Silt – January 27th, 2026
• Tiny Bookshop – July 20th, 2026
• Wednesdays – March 30th, 2026

4 Star – 8/10 – Pocket Gamer Silver Award

• A Space for the Unbound – August 14th, 2026
• Bacon in Zane – April 21st, 2026
• Battle Fate – May 5th, 2026
• Card Crawl 2 – April 7th, 2026
• Clay Jam Classic – March 27th, 2026
• Coffee Talk Episode 1 – April 10th, 2026
• Cozy Caravan – January 15th, 2026
• Cult of the Lamb – December 30th, 2025
• Dawnmaker – January 20th, 2026
• Don't Starve Together – July 21st, 2026
• Dungeon Story: Match and Monsters – May 11th, 2026
• Fangs Breaker – December 31st, 2025
• Gambonanza – May 18th, 2026
• Inmost – May 5th, 2026
• Mind Shaper – March 24th, 2026
• Nova Drift – March 19th, 2026
• Order Automatica – September 20th, 2026
• Pigeon: A Love Story – August 7th, 2026
• Pond Pals – May 27th, 2026
• RogueSlide – June 3rd, 2026
• Slime Rancher – May 29th, 2026
• SlimyLeap – February 17th, 2026
• Spirit Crossing – May 25th, 2026
• The Division Resurgence – April 4th, 2026
• Vohenn – January 24th, 2026

3.5 Star – 7/10 – Pocket Gamer Bronze Award

• Afterard – March 26th, 2026
• Arknights Endfield – January 27th, 2026
• Astro Party EX – February 10th, 2026
• Battle in Hell's Paradise – July 3rd, 2026
• Bloodless – September 2nd, 2026
• Dragon Quest Smash/Grow – April 20th, 2026
• Farming Simulator 26 – May 19th, 2026
• Hidden Around the World – April 6th, 2026
• Hyke: Northern Lights – April 17th, 2026
• Kasso Gaiden – April 6th, 2026
• Knight & Dragon IV – January 14th, 2026
• Last Asylum: Plague – March 23rd, 2026
• Shattered Dimension – May 21st, 2026
• The Macabre Journey – December 26th, 2025
• TR-49 – January 21st, 2026

3 Star – 6/10

• Dogpile – August 24th, 2026
• Glorbs – February 2nd, 2026
• Mini Escapes: Infinity Pool – March 27th, 2026
• The Rhymatory – May 7th, 2026
• The Walking Dead Aftermath – July 16th, 2026

2.5 Star – 5/10

• Green Light – April 2nd, 2026
• Shiren: Serpentcoil Island – February 16th, 2026

What's next

This list will keep growing throughout the year as more reviews go live, so check back often — the next standout could be just one review away.

Source: the original publisher