Casual game 2012 — top best games in the Casual game genre

Online, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Strategy

November 15, 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 94/100

The player builds towers, selects upgrades for them and hires cool special agents to destroy all the balls flying over the map. A total of 21 buildings with...

Fieldrunners 2

Action, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

July 19, 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 87/100

This tower defense strategy game centers on defending against an invasion by legions of fieldrunners. The player places weapon towers to create winding routes for...

Solar 2

Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game

June 17, 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This open-world arcade sandbox takes place in an infinite abstract universe where the player controls a celestial body. In Solar 2, players can complete varied...

Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Board / Group Game, Strategy, Casual game

May 24, 2012

Steam: 83/100

This railway strategy board game challenges players to connect cities with routes and reach designated destinations. Players build their networks, racing to claim...

Botanicula

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game, Point & Click, Exploration

April 19, 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Botanicula is an adventure arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. In this game you will find a relaxing atmosphere, a huge number of detailed locations that...

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Casual game

April 19, 2012

Steam: 91/100

This hidden-object adventure puzzle follows a museum owner who sets out after an undead pirate has kidnapped her daughter. The pirate plans to resurrect his beloved...

Townsmen

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Free game, Simulation, Casual game

August 3, 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Townsmen is a free-to-play real-time management strategy for mobile platforms. The game will take you back to the time of the French Revolution of the 18th century...

Carcassonne

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Casual game

June 27, 2007

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A medieval strategy game based on the board game, in which players build a map of the area around Carcassonne by placing tiles depicting cities, roads, cloisters...

Virtual Families

Simulation, Top-down view, Casual game

May 6, 2009

Steam: 88/100

A life simulator focused on family development and daily concerns. It all starts with one character whose life gradually fills with events: work, daily life...

House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, First-person view, Point & Click, Casual game

January 24, 2012

Steam: 97/100

House of 1000 Doors: Family Secrets is an indie adventure puzzle game in the point and click genre with a first-person view. An adventure awaits you in an ancient...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Adventure, Arcade, Side view, Casual game

November 13, 2012

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Scribblenauts Unlimited — side-scrolling arcade adventure puzzle game. Welcome to an adventure in a vast world where your most powerful tool is your...

Bejeweled 3

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

December 7, 2010

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This match-three puzzle game centers on making combinations of gems across eight modes. In Classic, new gems fall into place after matches, allowing further...

Zuma's Revenge

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

September 14, 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This overhead puzzle-action game sends a fearless frog to an island ruled by evil spirits and tiki bosses. To stop the advancing stream of balls, the hero fires...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

May 12, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Bad Hotel

Indie, Casual game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 14, 2012

Steam: 33/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Bad Hotel combines tower defense with procedurally generated music. The player is a budding entrepreneur whose hotel lies in the territory of Tarnation Tadstock, a...

Frederic: Resurrection of Music

Arcade, Action, Music game, Indie, Casual game

January 19, 2012

Steam: 85/100

Frederic: Resurrection of Music is a dynamic musical arcade game with a colorful visual style. You will be able to join Fryderyk, one of the most important...

Mad Tracks

Racing, Third-person view, Online, Arcade, Casual game

February 17, 2006

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Mad Tracks is an online racing game with a third-person view. The game has single and multiplayer modes. In single player, your goal is to achieve the highest...

London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game, Casual game, Racing

June 26, 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This sports game is based on the 2012 Olympic Games in London, with players competing for their countries across more than 35 events. The disciplines include track...

Snapshot

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Casual game

August 30, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Snapshot is a side-scrolling adventure arcade puzzle game. The game will tell the story of a cute robot named Peak, who is collecting mysterious energy scattered...

A Game of Dwarves

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Casual game, City Building

October 23, 2012

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A Game of Dwarves is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to stand at the head of a gnome settlement and protect it from the...

Pool Nation

Sports game, Simulation, Casual game

October 31, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This sports pool simulation features physics designed to make the balls behave realistically. Pool Nation lets players turn off aiming assistance and choose between...

Osmos

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

August 18, 2009

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

This physics-based arcade game blends strategy and puzzles in an abstract world of particles. The goal is to grow by absorbing other motes while avoiding larger...

Return to Mysterious Island 2

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game

June 19, 2009

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Return to Mysterious Island 2 is an adventure logic puzzle game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. Mina's rescue at the end of the first game...

Splice (2012)

Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

June 13, 2012

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Splice is a puzzle game set in a microbial world, where cells must be rearranged to form a target structure. Each level, called a “strand,” consists of several...

The Promised Land

Casual game, Strategy, Adventure

July 11, 2012

Steam: 86/100

A casual strategy game with adventure elements about building a colony in an untamed land. The player leads a small group of settlers, providing food and shelter...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

September 25, 2000

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary — After rescuing Mina, Jonathan Harker and his lover return to London with the mysterious Dragon Ring. As they begin to enjoy a...

Farm Mania

Casual game, Farm Simulator

October 17, 2008

A farming simulator where you need to restore an old farm from scratch and turn it into a thriving estate. Gradual development opens up new opportunities, and...

Storm in a Teacup

Indie, Casual game

May 19, 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A platformer about Storm, who explores a magical world inside a teacup, created by his brother Cloud. Across 40 levels, the player solves physics-based puzzles...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

June 16, 2011

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Zen Bound 2

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

April 2, 2010

Steam: 90/100

A puzzle game about painting wooden sculptures by wrapping them in rope. Each level presents a spatial challenge that players solve by inspecting the object and...

Vera Blanc: Episode 1 - Full Moon

Adventure, Logic, Comics, Visual novel, Mysticism / Supernatural, Casual game

June 30, 2010

Vera Blanc: Full Moon is a comic book-style visual novel in which the main character, a sexy girl named Vera Blanc, can read people's thoughts. She realizes this...

Ashes of Immortality

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Casual game

March 30, 2012

Steam: 69/100

Ashes of Immortality is a classic adventure role-playing game in a fantasy setting. Humanity lives in horror. The creatures that haunt our nightmares, hunt in the...

My Singing Monsters

Music game, Arcade, Simulation, Casual game, Free game

August 22, 2012

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 94/100

My Singing Monsters is an arcade music simulator. You have to raise a cute monster and then feed it to help it grow. Take care of a collection of funny monster...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

December 1, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

March 16, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 63/100

Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Wizarbox. The game is published by Deep...

Girls Like Robots

Puzzle, Casual game, Logic

October 11, 2012

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Girls Like Robots is a puzzle game about arranging characters so that each one sits next to their friends, though not everyone can be pleased at once. Their...

Juniper's Knot

Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Visual novel, Indie, Casual game

April 13, 2012

Steam: 95/100

This short kinetic novel follows a demon and a boy who meet in a silent town on an autumn afternoon. Its story unfolds through text, illustrations, and sound, with...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

May 11, 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Little Inferno

Arcade, Logic, Casual game, Indie, Puzzle

November 18, 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Little Inferno is an unusual puzzle game from the creators of World of Goo. It smelled like something was cooking... And here's your new Little Inferno entertaining...

Reckless Racing 2

Casual game, Arcade

February 2, 2012

Metacritic: 91/100

An arcade racing game featuring dirt and tarmac circuits. Reckless Racing 2 includes 18 cars, from small buggies to fast supercars, and 24...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre of 2012