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

Bejeweled 3 - a game in the Casual game genre

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

Game released: iPad → 17 May 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...

Zuma's Revenge

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

Game released: iPad → 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...

Dracula: The Last Sanctuary

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

Game released: iPad → 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 → 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...

Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell

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

Game released: iPad → 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...

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 → 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...

Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Collector's Edition)

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

Game released: iPad → 9 February 2012

Steam: 89/100

This adventure game combines puzzles and hidden-object searches in a story about Sherlock Holmes investigating a legend on a fog-shrouded moor in 19th-century...

Mysteryville 2

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Adventure, Hidden Objects

Game released: iPad → 8 March 2012

Mysteryville 2 is a first-person action game with a dash of strategy and puzzles from the developers at NevoSoft studio. The main publisher of the game is...

iBomber Defense Pacific

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

Game released: iPad → 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...

Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart

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

Game released: iPad → 8 March 2012

Steam: 76/100

Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Freeze Tag, Inc.. The game is published by Freeze Tag...

7 Wonders 2

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

Game released: iPad → 18 April 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

This match-3 puzzle game centers on the construction of historical wonders in distant lands. Players match tiles to move the required pieces down the board and...

PuppetShow: Souls of the Innocent

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: iPad → 22 August 2012

Steam: 87/100

This adventure and hidden-object puzzle follows the mysterious illness of a young girl who has been asleep for more than two days, leaving local doctors unable to...

Spring Bonus

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

Game released: iPad → 27 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...

Awakening: The Goblin Kingdom

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: iPad → 6 June 2012

Steam: 84/100

This fantasy adventure with puzzles takes place in the snow-covered, mountainous Goblin Kingdom. Princess Sophia, the only human seen in this part of the world for...

Victorian Mysteries: Woman in White

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

Game released: iPad → 3 May 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Victorian Mysteries: Woman in White is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Freeze Tag, Inc.. The game is published by Freeze Tag...

Azada: Ancient Magic

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: iPad → 17 May 2012

Steam: 95/100

Azada: Ancient Magic is a first-person adventure with horror, puzzle and fantasy elements from the developers of Big Fish Games, Inc. The main publisher of the game...

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull

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

Game released: iPad → 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...

Cave Quest

Strategy, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Point & Click

Game released: iPad → 16 May 2012

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Cave Quest is a first-person strategy game with adventure and puzzle elements from the masters at MD Studio. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

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Best Games in the Casual game genre of 2012 for iPad