It's a familiar scenario: You download a hot game everyone's talking about. You play it so obsessively for a while that when you lie down to sleep, your brain projects the game onto your eyelids and you feel like you're playing it in your dreams. Eventually you finish the game (or hit a wall), the spell breaks and you stop playing, or even delete the app altogether.
These 11 games are addictive enough to follow that pattern. They're also clever enough to break that cycle, because the developers keep cramming in more updates, including extra modes that shake up the main game. Give 'em another try. You might find a new, old obsession.
Triple Town
Triple Town made a huge splash when it came to iOS and Android last year. It's a puzzle game where you place items on a grid, aiming for groups of three. Three hunks of grass turn into one bush; three bushes turn into one tree; three trees turn into one house; and that's how you build your town. Just make sure you avoid the bears, who get in the way and terrorize your villagers.
Developer Spry Fox has been great about adding new content, including seasonal themes and pets you can unlock with coins or in-app purchase. But that's just window dressing—the good stuff is all the new modes. The most recent is Robin Bear, which replaces the ninja bears with "robbin'" bears who steal your points. Along with time-attack Boom Town mode, and super-tough City on a Lake mode, it puts just enough of a twist on the formula to keep you coming back.
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