Arcade
A snappy arcade spinner where you rotate rings of lava to line up glowing tiles before the floor tilts.
★★★★☆ 4.4
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Arcade · 4.4★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
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Ember Crown Saga is a proper RPG that respects the fact you're on a phone. Battles are turn-based and pause-friendly, so getting yanked out mid-fight by a text message never costs you progress. You pick up your party of mismatched misfits, learn their quirks, and slowly untangle a story that's warmer and funnier than the grim cover art suggests.
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What readers say
«A snappy arcade spinner where you rotate rings of lava to line up glowing tiles before the floor tilts.»
Bruno · Volcane Spins
«A turn-based mobile RPG about a fallen scholar rebuilding a party across a slowly thawing kingdom.»
Sofia · Ember Crown Saga
«A relaxed economic strategy game about running island trade routes against the weather and the clock.»
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