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

Bloons TD 5 - a game in the Casual game genre

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

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 19 November 2014

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...

Solar 2

Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Linux → 19 June 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...

Frederic: Resurrection of Music

Arcade, Action, Music game, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, PS Vita, iOS, Windows Phone, Android, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 16 May 2014

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...

Botanicula

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

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 8 May 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...

Bejeweled 3

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

Game released: Browser, iPad, iPhone, J2ME, Mac, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 12 December 2012

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...

Return to Mysterious Island 2

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

Game released: PC, iOS, Mac → 19 June 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...

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2012

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...

Toki Tori

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

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, PlayStation 3, Linux, Nintendo Switch → 21 April 2011

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...

Fieldrunners 2

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

Game released: PC, iOS, PS Vita → 10 January 2013

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...

Auditorium

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

Game released: Browser, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC → 4 February 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...

Pool Nation

Sports game, Simulation, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2013

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...

Scribblenauts Unlimited

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

Game released: Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC, iOS, Android → 6 December 2013

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...

Bridge Constructor

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

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 16 October 2013

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...

Townsmen

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

Game released: PC, Android, Amazon Fire TV, iOS → 1 December 2016

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...

Spring Bonus

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

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, Windows Phone → 29 March 2012

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...

Farm Mania

Casual game, Farm Simulator

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 17 October 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...

Virtual Families

Simulation, Top-down view, Casual game

Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 6 May 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...

Critter Crunch

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

Game released: BREW, iPhone, J2ME, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac → 2007

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...

Vera Blanc: Episode 1 - Full Moon

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

Game released: PC, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 30 June 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...

Zuma's Revenge

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, Nintendo DS, PC, Xbox 360, Zeebo, PlayStation 3 → 8 March 2012

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...

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

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

Game released: iPad, Mac, PC → 5 August 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...

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

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, Windows 3.x, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 5 April 2012

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...

A Game of Dwarves

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

Game released: PC → 23 October 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

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Linux → 2 March 2012

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...

My Singing Monsters

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

Game released: iOS, Android, PS Vita, PC → 3 September 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...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, PlayStation, PC → 14 February 2012

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...

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"

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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, Windows 3.x, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 4 May 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

This children’s point-and-click adventure follows the secret agent SPY Fox as he searches for Mr. Udderly, rescues the cows, and tries to stop William the Kid from...

NightSky

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Mac, Linux → 1 March 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

NightSky is an atmospheric 2D action-puzzle game about guiding a sphere through picturesque worlds using realistic physics. Each world is divided into areas with...

Eufloria

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

Game released: iOS, PlayStation 3, PC, Linux, Mac → 9 February 2012

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...

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Arcade, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 11 September 2012

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action game combines twin-stick shooting with match-three puzzles. Players control the Nano Probe, a microscopic device fighting an infection by...

Carcassonne

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

Game released: Xbox 360, Windows Mobile, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PC → 27 June 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...

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull

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

Game released: iPad, Mac, PC → 6 June 2012

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...

King Oddball

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

Game released: iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux → 27 September 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...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

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

Game released: PC, iOS, Android, Linux → 4 December 2015

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...

Dead Stop

Casual game, Strategy

Game released: iOS, PC → 27 September 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...

Hidden Expedition: Amazon

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

Game released: Android, iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC → 12 May 2012

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...

Check vs. Mate

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

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii → 3 August 2012

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Triple Town

Arcade, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 6 December 2012

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Triple Town is an arcade puzzle game with strategy elements. Your task is to collect plants, houses, etc. into groups. Moreover, the system is multi-level: when...

Pickers

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

Game released: PC, Mac → 22 February 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

Game released: iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC, Android, Linux → 29 February 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...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre of 2012 (Game released)