Ironline Command

Ironline Command trims RTS down to what works on touch. You place units, manage a couple of resources and react to enemy pushes, all without a hundred hotkeys you can't reach on a screen.

Maps are small and quick, so you finish a match in ten minutes. The difficulty curve is honest: early levels teach you, later ones punish sloppy positioning. I lost plenty and always understood why.

Touch controls occasionally miss a selection in a crowd of units, but overall it's one of the more phone-friendly strategy games I've tried this year.

What we liked

• Streamlined touch controls
• Short, focused matches
• Clear difficulty progression