Recommended Casual Game Award

Casual Game Recommended badge Each Recommended game has been carefully evaluated by our editorial staff and found to meet the following conditions:

• Representative of the casual game genre in terms of game length, depth, and complexity
• Appeals to a general audience, with a G or PG content rating
• Has acheived a high rating in gameplay, quality, and originality

Roll the die, grab your pencil, and go! Sketch too quickly and the others will be baffled. Sketch too carefully, and you’ll miss your chance to score big. You don’t need to be an artist to excel at this sketching game. Win points for finishing early, guessing correctly and having other players guess your drawing. Unlike other drawing games, there’s no waiting turns in Sketch it! so it’s always non-stop, imagination fueled fun! Contains a whopping 720 items to sketch.

The tortoise accepted the hare’s demand for a rematch, and the news spread throughout the country. The great race was about to commence, and all the participants were finally ready for this big showdown. Who, among the hare, the tortoise, the wolf, the lamb, and the fox, will be celebrated as the fastest runner in the woods? Bet on a good animal, and don’t forget: Nothing is served by running; you must leave on time!

The players take the role of courtesans of the Nippon emperor and take on the role of caring for his Giant Panda by growing a bamboo plantation.

Their mission: to farm parcels of land, irrigate them, and grow green, yellow or pink bamboo. In turn, they see what the weather brings and perform two actions from among those offered to them: get a new plot of land or irrigation channel, grow bamboo, feed the panda or draw an objective card.

Welcome, girls and boys. My name is Rattlebones, and you have been cordially invited to spend the day at my Fabulous Festival of Dice! Play games! Win prizes! Ride the train! I’ll be wandering about the park, and if you’re the first one to find me, you win! Won’t that be delightful?”

Pairs is a new card game by James Ernest and Paul Peterson. It's simple, fast, and fun. And there are many different styles of art to choose from, thanks to many amazing artists and a very successful Kickstarter campaign!

New city. New rules. New monsters. Same fight ... to be the king!

Fastrack (also available as NHL Fastrack) is a disc-shooting speed game filled with non-stop thrills and sporty action. Using only one hand and the elastic band, the goal is to fire all 10 discs through the tiny slot to the other side of the track. Aim carefully but be fast or you’ll be bombarded by your opponent’s zooming discs. Ride the fine line between fast speed and accuracy to win! This all wooden dexterity game is sustainably made.