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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

May 20, 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

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...

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...

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Casual game, Point & Click

March 2, 1998

Steam: 97/100

This point-and-click adventure with educational elements follows the search for the Great Conch Shell, whose disappearance prevents Uncle Blenny from opening 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...

Auditorium

Strategy, Music game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

February 4, 2009

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Auditorium is a puzzle game centered on a stream of moving particles of light and sound that must be guided into audio containers. The player manipulates different...

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...

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...

Critter Crunch

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

July 10, 2008

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 87/100

A puzzle game built around a food chain in which creatures feed on one another until they burst. Single-player modes include Adventure and Puzzle, while multiplayer...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Spring Bonus

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

April 15, 2011

Steam: 87/100

This casual match-3 puzzle takes place in the spring countryside, where the Easter Bunny and animal friends set out to light a magic rainbow by melting away...

Eufloria

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Casual game

November 4, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Eufloria is a meditative real-time strategy game with a top-down view. You'll explore a beautifully realized universe, created in a unique and compelling style...

Dead Stop

Casual game, Strategy

September 27, 2012

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dead Stop is a tower defense game about a mad scientist fighting zombies risen from their graves and protecting survivors. He uses a range of contraptions against...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

October 2, 1998

Steam: 98/100

This puzzle adventure follows Sam, the world’s youngest superhero, as he travels to a weather factory in the sky to overcome his fear of thunderstorms. He...

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...

A Game of Dwarves

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

October 23, 2012

Steam: 64/100

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...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

December 12, 2011

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

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...

King Oddball

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Indie, Casual game, Puzzle

September 27, 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade puzzle game follows a king who swings a boulder with his tongue and uses it to destroy targets. The player chooses when to release the rock, with...

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...

Pickers

Adventure, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

February 22, 2012

Steam: 84/100

This casual adventure combines hidden-object searches with treasure hunting and trading. The player explores farms, antique shops, and abandoned storage units to...

iBomber Defense Pacific

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

February 29, 2012

Steam: 85/100

This tower defense strategy game is set in the Pacific, where the player faces enemy forces and fights to regain freedom. Across the campaign maps, turrets must be...

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

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

August 5, 2010

Steam: 75/100

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials is a first-person, horror-puzzle adventure from the masters at MumboJumbo, LLC. The game is published by MumboJumbo...

Hidden Expedition: Amazon

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

June 20, 2008

Steam: 69/100

This hidden-object adventure puzzle takes place in the Amazon rainforest, where the Hidden Expedition team searches for a missing professor. Their only clue is a...

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull

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

January 8, 2011

Steam: 85/100

This hidden-object adventure follows the Lawson family after their move to a mansion in Louisiana. When Marcus mysteriously disappears, his wife, Sara, tries to...

Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny

Arcade, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Action, Role-playing game, Casual game

June 7, 2012

Steam: 77/100

Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny is an arcade with fighting and anime or manga elements from the studio Artdink Corporation. The game is published by Namco Bandai Games...

Treasures of Montezuma 3

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie, Adventure

May 19, 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 64/100

Treasures of Montezuma 3 is a continuation of the arcade puzzle game in the “three in a row” genre. You again have to go to the world of the Aztecs, where you can...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre of 2012