Best Apple iPhone 5 games to download first

1. Street Fighter X Tekken

There were fears, but this would-be button masher feels perfectly at home in it’s new touch screen housing. It’s fluid, it’s fast and it may well be the best looking mobile fighter to date. Although it only has a small roster, the game’s online matches will provide endless hours of gameplay to compensate.

Price: £1.99 | Availability: Out now

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2. Asphalt 7: Heat

Not just another ‘updated for larger display’, with the latest update, A7:H’s loading time has doubled, and its frame rate is absolutely solid. 60 licensed cars, 15 circuits, stunning visuals, and online multiplayer make this immense release one of the best drivers available at the moment.

Link: £0.69 | Availability: Out now  

3. Jet Pack Joyride

‘Fruit Ninja’ creators Halfbrick Studios released this adorable, frantic side-scroller back in September 2011, but it’s just been updated for the iPhone 5’s bigger display. Play as Barry Steakfries; miserable salesman turned jetpack thief. If for some reason you weren’t sold at ‘jetpack thief’, you’ll be happy to know - it’s free.

Price: Free | Availability: Out now

4. BitMonster

Nothing showcases the iPhone5’s power better than BitMonster’s gorgeous and richly textured, non-violent adventure ‘Lili’. Our botanist and ‘veggie magician’ teen travels across the island of Geos, collecting flowers to defend herself against the cursed spritis that inhabit this beautiful environment. Laden with mini-games and progressively challenging.

Price: £2.99 | Availability: Out now

5. Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery

S: S&S EP is a self proclaimed 8-bit ‘prog-rock videogame album’ that sees a young Iranian nomad girl traveling through dark, tortured, David Lynch-esque surroundings. The latest update for the iPhone5 takes full advantage of the larger display to better experience the mind reading, mushroom munching, moon-phased madness.

Price: £1.49 | Availability: Out now