New release roundup: The best new mobile games from capybara chaos to robots vs humans

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So here are the most exciting new mobile games right now, the developers and publishers behind them, and why, exactly, they've made the cut.

Punko.io: Tower Defense

Cartoony roguelike Punko.io: Tower Defense combines character building, strategic planning and tower defence and throws in a dash of punk for good measure. Oh, and zombies too.

In this second game from AgonaleaGames, players must fight off hordes of the undead with magic spells and a whole host of equipment - ranging from the weapons they draw to the shoes on their feet. Players can summon multi-dimensional Punkos and deck them out in this various gear, making them even stronger with the right upgrade materials.

The stronger they are, the more likely these Punkos will survive, encouraging exploration beyond the safety of the towers and into graveyards, cities, subways and beyond. There are special skills to be unlocked too, perhaps turning the tide against those ever-hungry monsters so keen on a game-ending snack.

Machine Yearning

Five words: "Put hats on a robot."

If you’re not already sold on Machine Yearning, just know that this is a meta-narrative game about the jobs market in an increasingly robotic world; and while the player lands a robot’s job despite being human, that’s only the beginning of the challenge in an AI-filled workforce.

Half word game and half memory tester, the campaign mode tests players skills and pits them against the AI to decide if humans can do anything this modern tech can’t. There’s also a timed mode to measure one’s own self-improvement and an endless mode to keep the gameplay rolling.

This debut title from Tiny Little Keys gives players a chance to prove their humanity while hiding the fact from their robot coworkers, especially those snitching captcha systems, inverted to detect human activity this time around.

Bleach Soul Puzzle

Mobile game maker KLab has launched the first-ever puzzle game based on Bleach, the popular manga-turned-anime. In this spinoff, titled Bleach Soul Puzzle, players can find plenty of familiar faces in miniature, cutified form, including Thousand-Year Blood War characters Ichigo, Uryu and Yhwach.

Leveraging the tried-and-tested Match-3 formula, gameplay involves matching shapes of a single colour to clear them from the board, gradually working towards each level’s unique target. There are also bleach-themed items to be found across these casual puzzles.

Bleach’s move to the casual market makes it one of many world-renowned IPs to board the Match-3 train, joining the likes of Zynga’s Game of Thrones: Legends and Capcom’s Monster Hunter Puzzles: Felyne Isles.

Capybara Go

Animal companions, a text-based adventure, roguelike elements and RPG mechanics? What more could any player ask for?

Capybara Go comes from hybridcasual specialist Habby as the firm’s latest idle RPG, tasking players with decking out their titular capybara pal with every skill it could ever need. Players can also make allies of other animals like frogs, dogs and… mushrooms… and, of course, work together with those creature compadres to take down a range of enemies.

Out now in soft launch, this animal adventure is currently available in Australia, Canada, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.

Dice Route

Maths and minimalism intertwine on a mission from Point A to Point B, as Suzya’s Dice Route’s rolled out on mobile.

The goal here is simple: advance dice across different maps towards a specific six-dotted tile, and land them with the six-face on top. The strategy is all in the movement, therefore, finding the correct route to land the dice correctly in a limited number of moves.

There are more than 100 levels and each has multiple difficulty settings, giving replayability as players improve and empowering them to control the level of challenge.

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