We're up to April in our retrospective series. Doesn't time fly? But only in one direction. Like a bird condemned to forever fly around the world, never stopping, never experiencing a rest, just ever onwards into an endless dawn.

Anyway April was a pretty damn good month for mobile gaming, as you'll probably be able to see from the three games that make it on to our best-of list. They're fresh, they're exciting, and there's a good chance you've forgotten all about them in the past eight months.

So this list is going to set that straight. Top up your coffee, turn off any other electrical devices that might distract you, and let's get right on with it.

Pang Adventures

A super hard reboot of a super hard original. Pang is built around a simple central premise – go and pop a load of bubbles. But these aren't the sort of bubbles you or I might be used to in real life.

Because real life bubbles tend not to kill you if they touch you. There are some puzzling elements here, as well as a good deal of twitching as you try and avoid getting squished by evil alien bubbles.

Of all the retro-tinged games that came out this year, this is amongst the best of them. It understands what made Pang so good, and then wraps that understanding in super smooth graphics.

Warbits

A brilliant, mobile strategy game that might look cute but refuses to pull its punches. It's smooth to play, gorgeous to look at, and if you're into that sort of thing you're guaranteed to lose hours to it.

There's more than a smidge of Advance Wars here, and that's no bad thing. Lead your forces over a series of tightly packed, short burst skirmisher, learning as you go.

It's not casual, but there's so much going on here that anyone with an aptitude for strategy is going to love it. Throw in multiplayer and you're left with the complete package.

Chameleon Run

An auto-runner that throws a colour swapping twist into the mix. And that turns what could have been a pretty staid experience into one of the most entertaining games we've seen this year.

It's super fast, super intriguing, and really, really easy to play. That doesn't mean it's a walk in the park though. This is the sort of game that chews you up and spits you out if you get something wrong.

But you'll be only too happy to let it do that, over and over again. This is a fine example of the mobile platformer done right, so go back and experience it in all of its glory. You've been told.