The App Store is full of kinds of weird and original games. You have the free to play games and tilt games and tower defense games and all sorts of other genres. Here my top 5 favorites. Starting with my least favorite:

5. Star Command

Star Command is a real time strategy, crew management, spaceship game. You fly around in your galactic spaceship (My ship is called the S.S. Spaceship) doing missions and saving humanity. The game has a lot of crew placement and strategic upgrading of structures. You select crew members and tap somewhere to send them there. The crew will work at stations and defend against invaders. I’ve spent quite a few hours shooting Russian space zombies.

4. Spaceteam

I’m going to warn you; this game is multiplayer only. That doesn’t matter though because it is a machine of mayhem. You get a bunch of friends together to play over Bluetooth or WiFi. Each player gets their own control panel with a bunch of buttons and levers that do ridiculous things to fly a spaceship. Such as returning library books, Pi flap, organize olonimeter, or anything else you could possibly think of. Each player then gets a command, like “Turn force field to 7” for example. The twist is, you may not be able to perform the command. Somebody else has the button. Thus, you must yell out your command to the group so the person that has the button knows to press it. Except you get a command you can’t perform almost every time. It get hectic fast.

3. Surgeon Simulator

Your a new surgeon. You got your diploma to operate on all people named bob. Time to get to work. Well, sorta. Thing is, you can’t really control your hands very well and physics seems to kind of broken. Other than that, you’re ready to go! Time to perform surgeries such as a heart transplant. The controls are purposely clunky to make the game hard. Also, if you hit him enough he will bleed out and die. Also, don’t forget the fact that his heart can flat line. Also, ribs are like impossible to break. Also, if a tool fall off of the operating table, it’s gone forever. Also, this game is hilarious. Don’t you just love it when that hammer you were using to knock out his teeth suddenly fuses with his head? I do. All of this and more, is why I put Surgeon Simulator in spot number 3.

2. Out There

 You were in cyrosleep when something malfunctioned and your spaceship is somewhere far away from Earth. (Space seems like a theme on this list) You have to get back. You’re going to have to conserve your oxygen, fuel, and make sure to keep your hull in good condition. You found some sort of alien structure that told you to go to a distant star. Time to start your journey. In Out There, you travel to star to star in a choose your own adventure like way. This game is incredibly hard. I almost always die from running out of fuel. ALWAYS. No, never oxygen or hull damage. It just always has to be fuel. Anyway, you can find alien life and learn their languages. They will also give you alien technology to make your journey easier. I really like how the game has a very sad mood. It’s eerie and dark. Events happen every time you go to a new star. Anything can happen in the events. I haven’t found an instant death event yet though. Overall, Out There is a great game and I highly recommend it.

1. Castle Doombad

Castle Doombad is a 2D tower defense game. You’re a minion of Dr. Lord Evilstein, and he has captured a princess! He captured her to harvest her screams to generate electricity so electricity bills aren’t a problem. Oh no! Heroes have come to take the princess back! How dare they! You better build traps to protect the princess for Dr. Lord Evilstein. Each trap takes up a certain amount of room in the manor. You need to use your screams efficiently to make sure you stop all of the heroes. The game has amazing cartoon visuals that I just love. I enjoy the gameplay a lot too. You get to upgrade your towers, fight stronger and stronger heroes, and have a challenge. This game has everything I could ever want. Of all of the games on this list, I suggest you get this one first. Unless you don’t like strategy games for some reason. I just love everything about this game!

 These are the 5 games that I’ve found that really stand out to me. Castle Doombad and Out There are just amazing. What are your favorite apps?

Star Command [$2.99]

Spaceteam [Free]

Surgeon Simulator [$5.99]

Out There [$3.99]

Castle Doombad [$2.99]