Neon Stackers

Neon Stackers looks familiar at a glance but plays differently once you get going. Blocks drop, and matching colours merge upward instead of vanishing, so you're always managing height while chasing bigger combos. It rewires how you think about stacking.

It's fast and it's fair. The tutorial is two screens and then you're off. Everything runs offline, which matters for a game you'll want to open the second you're stuck somewhere with nothing to do.

The free version shows an ad when you lose, and that's the only nag. High scores save locally, so there's a real reason to keep chasing your own best run.

What we liked

• Fresh take on the falling-block idea
• Local high scores
• Quick to learn, hard to master