New Mobile Games This Week on iOS and Android: 2-8 November 2026

Welcome to this week's roundup of the best new mobile games on iPhone and Android. Thursday 5 November is the big day, with a beat 'em up, a detective mystery and two Apple Arcade exclusives all arriving at once, and we've added the best mobile launches from the last week too.

Absolum brings Dotemu's fantasy brawler to phones, and NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition adds the WNBA to Apple Arcade for the first time. The Roottrees are Dead has you digging through a recreated late-90s internet to solve a mystery, and IGF winner Titanium Court has made the jump from PC to phones.

Here's the full list.

New Mobile Games This Week on iOS and Android: 2-8 November 2026

Absolum

Release: 5 November 2026

Dotemu's beat 'em up Absolum arrives on iOS and Android on 5 November, published on mobile by Playdigious.

You fight to free the land of Talamh from the rule of Sun King Azra. There are four heroes to play as, Galandra, Karl, Brome and Cider, and every run makes your character stronger for the next one.

The mobile version has a rebuilt touch interface, along with achievements through Game Center and Google Play Games. On Android, buying Absolum once also covers the PC version.

NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition

Release: 5 November 2026 (Apple Arcade)

NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition lands on Apple Arcade on 5 November, playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. As with every Apple Arcade game, there are no ads or in-app purchases.

The headline addition is the WNBA, which features in the Arcade Edition for the first time. All 15 WNBA teams and 180 active players are included, with their own WNBA Quick Match and WNBA Blacktop modes.

The usual modes are all here too, including MyCAREER, The Association and NBA Eras.

Crossy Road Rush

Release: 5 November 2026 (Apple Arcade)

Hipster Whale's Crossy Road Rush launches as an Apple Arcade exclusive on 5 November, taking the Crossy Road world somewhere new.

There's an adventure mode with 50 handcrafted levels, plus a daily survival mode with global leaderboards. You can play on your own or with friends, both locally and online.

The Roottrees are Dead

Release: 5 November 2026

Evil Trout's detective game The Roottrees are Dead comes to iOS and Android on 5 November, published on mobile by IndieArk.

It's 1998, and a private jet crash has killed members of the wealthy Roottree family. As the investigator, you rebuild the family tree to work out who the heirs to the fortune are.

Your tools are a recreation of the late-90s internet, with old web pages, newspaper articles and family photos to search through for clues.

The Farmer Was Replaced

Release: Early November 2026

The Farmer Was Replaced is out now on iOS and Android, published by Metaroot. The PC version has sold more than a million copies, and on mobile it's free to try, with a one-off purchase to unlock the full game.

You don't farm by hand. Instead you write short programs in a Python-like language, and a drone plants and harvests your crops based on your code. There's a custom keyboard built for coding on a touchscreen, and Bluetooth keyboards work too.

The mobile version comes with The Miner Was Replaced expansion included, which sends your drones underground to mine resources such as coal, quartz, mushrooms and dynamite.

Titanium Court

Release: 29 October 2026

AP Thomson's Titanium Court came to iOS and Android on 29 October, published by Fellow Traveller, launching on Switch, Switch 2 and PS5 the same day. It first arrived on PC in April, and it won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at this year's Independent Games Festival awards.

It mixes match-three puzzles with tower defence. You match tiles on a grid to gather resources and hit enemy castles, then spend what you've collected recruiting soldiers before the enemy attacks your base. Around all that is a surreal story about a new queen trying to find her way home.

Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf

Release: 28 October 2026 (Android Early Access)

Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf is now available on Android in Early Access, ported by Snapbreak Games for developer Wishfully Studios. The opening is free to play, and a one-off $8.99 purchase unlocks the full game. iOS pre-orders are on the way.

It's set on the planet Novo, two years after the first Planet of Lana. Lana can now wall jump, and her companion Mui can hack machines and briefly take control of other creatures, which is the key to a lot of the puzzles.

The mobile version supports controllers and has cloud saves.

Bills Must Be Paid

Release: 1 November 2026

Rike Games brought Bills Must Be Paid to iOS and Android on 1 November. It's a premium release at $5.99, with the complete game included.

It's an incremental game about smashing piggy banks. Every swing of your hammer costs stamina, and the cash you collect goes on paying your bills, which unlocks perks.

You can pick up new hammers and rings along the way, and some piggy banks fight back by dropping random loot or dodging your hammer altogether.

The Spotter: Dig or Die

Release: Late October 2026

The Spotter: Dig or Die is now out on iOS and Android, following its PC release earlier this year. It's published by Forklift Interactive.

You're stationed at a ruined gas station out in the desert. By day you dig underground for resources, and by night you defend the station against swarms of mutants. What you dig up goes into upgrades for your weapons and defences.

Capsulepia: Capsule Toy Shop

Release: Out now (Android)

Capsulepia: Capsule Toy Shop is a pixel-art tycoon game from Runwith (Auto Ace LLC), a small studio in Japan, and it's out now on Android.

You run a capsule toy shop, stocking the machines and growing the business from one small shop into something much bigger. There are daily events to keep an eye on, and a collection of toy series and items to complete.

It's free to download, with ads and in-app purchases. Premium stock draws use a paid in-game currency, and they're not available to players under 16.

That's the list for this week. Looking ahead, Football Manager 27 Touch joins Apple Arcade on 10 November, and GigaBash is due on Android later this month.