Free Games Friday: Hero Sky Epic Guild Wars, Polyform, Agent RX

The weekend’s almost here, so you have time to relax and check out a free game (or three) on your smartphone. Here are the highlights from the last week.

This is a hand-picked list of free apps we’ve noticed this week while assembling our regular App Deals roundup of new and discounted apps. We haven’t reviewed them and we don’t endorse them. As with the main App Deals column, apps can stop being free at a moment’s notice if they’re discounted, so grab them quickly if you’re interested.

Android

Farm Line
From the publisher’s description: “Farm Line is a very wildly addictive heroes casual game. Connect two or more adjacent farm crops on the line to make them crush, and try to scoring as many points as possible. Take on this deliciously sweet saga alone or play with heroes to see who can get the highest score!”

Modern Combat 5: Blackout
From the publisher’s description: “Step into the action as the latest instalment in the best FPS series raises the bar for shooters once more! Create a squad, add your friends and test your individual and team skills against other squads! Is single player your thing? Then step into a world on the brink of anarchy and shoot your way out of one dire situation after another to expose a lunatic who’s trying to tear the world to shreds.”

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town
From the publisher’s description: “Welcome to Shadow Town. There are beaches, but you should not go near the water. There are woods, but those who enter them never return. And there’s a village, but all it has to offer are empty streets and fog that hangs in the air like a curse. The only thing you can explore in this place is the source of the terror that will grip your heart.”

Hero Sky: Epic Guild Wars
From the publisher’s description: “Join arms with your friends to fight in spectacular guild wars against players from all around the world! Customize your favorite Hero and dive into endless battles with your own unique combination of Troops and Heroes! Build your village into an impenetrable fortress and claim supremacy over the Sky World!”

MONOPOLY Dash for Chromecast
From the publisher’s description: “Play cards a whole new way with MONOPOLY Dash for Chromecast! This fun, card game version of MONOPOLY has includes all of the fast dealing property trading fun you love.”

WGT Golf Mobile
From the publisher’s description: “Play the #1 free golf game and top-rated 3D simulation sports game on famous golf courses like Bandon Dunes, Pebble Beach and St Andrews. Each golf course is re-created using HD photography, GPS terrain mapping and precise physics for the most realistic golf simulation available.”

Zombiestan VR (Google Cardboard)
From the publisher’s description: “4 levels (more coming soon), 3 different weapons, tons of zombies, new input setting menu (remapping button), classic mode.”

LaneMine
From the publisher’s description: “Control your character by shifting lanes, left and right. Avoid mines and kill-zones and collect all the coins. Complete the level in different ways.”

Lute Hero
From the publisher’s description: “Lute Hero is a Late Medieval/Renaissance rhythm game! Earn gold, unlock new pieces, and customize your instrument to shred some sweet lute licks!”

iOS

Modern Combat 5: Blackout
From the publisher’s description: “Step into the action as the latest instalment in the best FPS series raises the bar for shooters once more! Create a squad, add your friends and test your individual and team skills against other squads! Is single player your thing? Then step into a world on the brink of anarchy and shoot your way out of one dire situation after another to expose a lunatic who’s trying to tear the world to shreds.”

Winky Think Logic Puzzle
From the publisher’s description: “Slide shapes and match colors to solve 180 logic puzzles in the awesome game that builds your brain with hours of finger-twisting fun. From simple matching to complex games packed with obstacles, mazes and multi-touch action, Winky Think will stretch your fingers almost as much as your mind.”

PAC-MAN Friends
From the publisher’s description: “PAC-MAN Friends is a new, original fast-paced game using classic PAC-MAN characters! With simple tilt controls, you can maneuver PAC-MAN through progressively challenging mazes to rescue his friends from the Ghosts’ Castle!”

Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
From the publisher’s description: “Investigate the mysterious disappearance of two archaeologists and find the cursed secrets they unearthed beneath the town in this amazing Collector’s Edition.”

MUJO
From the publisher’s description: “MUJO is a unique puzzle game with features that cannot be found in any other game. Let’s start collecting tiles and erase them all to attack monsters! This game has no end! Enjoy whenever you want as much as you would like.”

Polyform
From the publisher’s description: “Polyform is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 gameplay and turns it on its head by bringing it into the world of 3D! Rotate the puzzle around and slot in the blocks to connect 4 like colors before the mass goes critical!”

Time Surfer
From the publisher’s description: “Surf for your life across the galaxy! The end of the universe is after you. Your only hope? Cheating death by rewinding time! Get ready for an adrenaline-pumping surf!”

Agent RX
From the publisher’s description: “You are Agent RX. One of the best agent from ISEN. Unfortunately ISEN’s secret military base,a floating fortress called ARIES has been compromised by unknown assailants. Only with stealth infiltration can recover ARIES. Are you up for it?”

Tom Loves Angela
From the publisher’s description: “Talking Tom has climbed all the way up to the rooftop to get a glimpse of Angela. Tom will repeat what you say to Angela so help him woo her by singing a song, having a chat using the innovative “intelligent” chat function and by giving her gifts!”

Windows Phone

Toca Hair Salon 2
From the publisher’s description: “In this kid-friendly, super-creative app, you get to run your very own hair salon, with six fun characters to choose from. Cut, colour and style any way you want, using lots of different tools.”

Bomberland
From the publisher’s description: “Bomberland: Classic game in a NEW great implementation! 40 levels and more. Global leaderboard. Multi item on store.”

Golden Bricks
From the publisher’s description: “Use your old LEGO sets to build new models! Golden Bricks introduces the following categories of models: aircraft, animals, ships, buildings.”

Star Wars: Commander
From the publisher’s description: “Charge into battle on distant planets, and lead your troops to victory in this action-packed, combat strategy game! Build a base, recruit an unstoppable force, and challenge players across the Star Wars universe in Star Wars: Commander!”

Escape the prison room
From the publisher’s description: “In this Prison version, try to break out of each jail room. Solve the mini puzzles and discover the hidden objects to use them to open the room and go to the next level. This popular game has now a Prison themed of all your favorite Prison break movies”

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