by Lorien Faulkner on April 17, 2009

iPhone, iTunes App Store, Sudoku, Tiki Towers, Vault Breaker, Word Scramble by Zynga

Last week’s iPhone game review touched on the topic of Toddler Defense, or how to use your iPhone to keep your spawnlings from wrecking up the place. This week, we’re going to take a look at three titles to satisfy the puzzle fiend in us all.

Now I don’t consider myself to be a big-time puzzler, but I think I’ve played enough of them to know what’s good and what’s not. We’re gonna skip the Sudoku’s of the world (you either like the ‘classics’ or you don’t) and dive into some of the more original titles you can find on the iTunes App Store. If you feel like I missed the best puzzler of the year, feel free to toss your opinion in the comment mix. Here’s our three picks for great iPhone puzzlers:

Word Scramble by Zynga

If you’re a fan of crosswords and jumbles, take a minute to download Word Scramble by Zynga. The game is free, and let’s you play with friends (either in the room or across the network) in a point-based hunt for words on a jumbled grid. The game also includes a solo mode.

Tiki Towers

If you’re looking for something a little less ‘wordy’, why not try RealNetwork’s Tiki Towers. Players help a crate of monkeys escape each level by building towers and bridges for them to swing across. It may sound easy, but theirs definitely a Lemmings twist to the game. Tiki Towers is a steal at 99 cents, and a ‘lite’ version exists if you want to try it out first.

Vault Breaker

If you play and enjoy Sudoku, grab a free copy of the popular logic puzzler, Vault Breaker. If you’re a puzzler you may have played games like this in the past: players guess at a vault combination and use the each response to edge closer and closer to cracking the code. The title is free, but does contain advertisements.

That’s it for this week! Feel free to drop your picks for iPhone puzzle games in the comments section below, and be ready for our arcade shooter review next week.

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