The 10 Best BlackBerry 10 Games

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The new BlackBerry Z10 already has thousands of games available. We pick ten of the best.

It's safe to say that we're currently in the "dihydrogen monoxide" era of BlackBerry World. A few days after the platform has launched, there are a lot of apps in the new BlackBerry 10 store—but many of them are weird, often Chinese-language clones of popular apps and games. Top developers have pledged allegiance to BlackBerry 10, but so far there's no "Where's My Water" quite yet—it's more like "Where's My Dihydrogen Monoxide." (And no, that isn't in the store either.)

Here's a list of games you can't download from App World as of January 31, but that you'll be able to in the future: The Sims, Tetris, Bejeweled 2, NOVA 3, Real Soccer 2013, Asphalt 7: Heat, Jetpack Joyride, Where's My Water?, Galaxy On Fire, Fruit Ninja, and Sonic 4 Episode 1. That's only a fraction of the list, and that list is one reason I'm not giving BlackBerry 10 a rating yet. If all of those games and more are in BlackBerry World by the time the BlackBerry Z10 launches, BlackBerry 10 will be a compelling casual gaming platform.

But what about now? BlackBerry 10 is already out in the UK and it's coming out in Canada soon, so there are plenty of people picking up BlackBerries right now who need to play something. We downloaded a whole bunch of games from BlackBerry World and discarded the ones that were jerky, stuttery, or just plain off to find 10 games that are absolutely worth downloading for your Z10 today. They include a huge RPG, a shoot-'em-up, a strategy wargame, and three Match-3 games that I packed into one entry on this list. Interestingly, fewer of them are free apps than I'd expect to see on a similar list for Android: BlackBerry World seems to have a larger percentage of paid apps. (I think it's really important to pay for apps, though.)

We're looking forward to more apps coming to this platform, but here are some great ones for now.

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Quell ($0.99)
9 of 10

Quell ($0.99)

Quell ($0.99)
A peaceful, pleasant puzzle game, the popular Quell challenges you to push a raindrop around the screen to collect little gems with your finger in a limited number of moves. Quell has a pleasant pastel palette and soothing music, and graphics on the BlackBerry Z10 were smooth and skip-free.
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