Tidecall Tactics

Tidecall Tactics is slow in the best way. You place units on a hex grid, read the enemy pattern, and try to hold a shrinking coastline. Every mission is a small puzzle, and losing usually means you missed something obvious, not that the game cheated.

It respects touch controls too. Tapping to move and confirming with a second tap avoids the fat-finger disasters other grid games have. We especially liked the optional challenge maps that strip away your best units.

What we liked

• Clean touch controls
• Puzzle-like missions
• Fair, readable difficulty