Best new mobile games on iOS and Android – July 2026 round-up

Crownlings: Heroes & Conquests – Advance Wars has another homage (Angry Banana)

If you’re looking for new games to play on your smartphone then July has an intriguing crop of detective games, auto battlers, and an accomplished Advance Wars clone.

Since it’s too hot to do anything you don’t have to, slumping somewhere air conditioned with your phone is potentially your best bet for survival. Fortunately, this month’s batch of touchscreen games offer some viable time sinks, from the free-to-play auto-battling tactics of Rift Wars: Merge Arena, to the elegantly styled minimalism of Sky Lobby, via Netflix’s latest addition: Tomb Of The M...