{"id":10476,"date":"2026-07-24T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/5-new-mobile-games-to-try-this-week-july-23rd-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:21:56","slug":"5-new-mobile-games-to-try-this-week-july-23rd-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/5-new-mobile-games-to-try-this-week-july-23rd-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"5 new mobile games to try this week &#8211; July 23rd, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"indent\">\n<p><span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSofie Scout &#8211; Road to Poland\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Available on: <strong><span>iOS<\/span> + <span>Android<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a soft spot for this one since I was a Girl Scout myself a long, long time ago &#8211; and especially since it&#8217;s all for a good cause! Sofie Scout might look like your average endless runner at first glance, but buying it for a mere $2.99 will help real-life scouts Juno and Ellie raise enough funds to get to the World Scout Jamboree.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not an easy trek to Gdansk, Poland, as the runner will have you leaping over all kinds of obstacles from tricky ravines to wayward chickens. It&#8217;s a long way to go to raise \u00a33,600, so every bit helps!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"indent\">\n<p><span>2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tShelter from the Storm\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Available on: <strong><span>Android<\/span> + <span>Steam<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the humble point-and-click. It&#8217;s one of the main reasons I got into gaming in the first place, and Shelter from the Storm is the perfect example of why it works so well on mobile. The short-but-sweet adventure will have you tapping away in a haunted mansion in an attempt to escape the horror you&#8217;ve somehow stumbled into, but the hilarious narrator&#8217;s witty quips make everything loads more entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s wonderfully optimised for touchscreens too, with no ads, no microtransactions, and nothing to distract you from the task at hand. I had an absolute blast with this one, so if you&#8217;re curious, there&#8217;s nothing stopping you from giving it a go!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"indent\">\n<p><span>3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tDon&#8217;t Starve Together\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Available on: <strong><span>iOS<\/span> + <span>Android<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The title basically says it all. This multiplayer survival adventure will have you putting your wits together with your besties online to try and survive a world of weird creatures and hidden secrets. Dangers lurk around every corner, but thankfully, you&#8217;ve got your friends trying to survive alongside you so that you don&#8217;t, well, starve together.<\/p>\n<p>The co-op adventure has been properly optimised for mobile with cloud saves, controller compatibility, and UI that&#8217;s been revamped for the touchscreen, and if you&#8217;re keen on seeing how it all plays out, our Don&#8217;t Starve Together review should give you an idea.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"indent\">\n<p><span>4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPoinpy\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Publisher: <strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Available on: <strong><span>iOS<\/span> + <span>Android<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Poinpy was technically already released previously as a Netflix exclusive, I feel like I still need to highlight its re-release this time around since it&#8217;s coming back to mobile as an entirely free endeavour. You definitely don&#8217;t see that every day, especially with something as enjoyable as this one.<\/p>\n<p>I gave Poinpy such a glowing review back then, and rightly so. It&#8217;s a roguelike vertical platformer where you pull back to launch yourself into the air, with one-thumb controls that are absolutely perfect for mobile. Given there are no ads or microtransactions here, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s worth leaving the devs a tip &#8211; which you apparently can in-game!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"indent\">\n<p><span>5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tHighway Heroes: Truck Tycoon\t\t<\/h2>\n<p>Available on: <strong><span>iOS<\/span> + <span>Android<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tycoon sims are a dime a dozen on mobile, but perhaps truck-based ones where you manage an entire fleet and expand your empire across the highways of the USA aren&#8217;t as common. Highway Heroes will have you building your truck tycoon with plenty of customisations to tinker around with &#8211; but it&#8217;s not all sunshine and butterflies, as you&#8217;ll also have to deal with rising fuel costs and tricky loads.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody said it&#8217;d be easy building an empire, after all, but the rewards you&#8217;ll reap for all your hard work undoubtedly make it all worthwhile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Sofie Scout &#8211; Road to Poland Available on: iOS + Android I have a soft spot for this one since I was a Girl Scout myself a long, long time ago &#8211; and especially since it&#8217;s all for a good cause! 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