Asphalt Extreme makes me long for the days of arcade-style racers like the Burnout or Motorstorm series. The gyroscopic controls are actually pretty good, though the game does some obvious handholding to keep you from drifting into too many obstacles. You can tell that other versions of the game contained a lot of microtransactions, as there was so much in-game currency flying at my face it made me a little queasy.

I find the best mobile games are those that can operate with simple gestures so they can be played even when you’re sitting elbow-to-elbow with other passengers on a crowded subway car or bus. Well, technically this game doesn’t require any more inputs than the occasional swipe and a whole lot of blinking. I found its whole dream-like atmosphere to be pretty engrossing, and the eye tracking systems worked surprisingly well. It’s certainly worth a cursory look at least, especially since you already get it free with a Netflix account.

Lucky Luna is a platformer that relies on swiping back and forth for all of its controls. I can’t say I didn’t find it strange to control a character in a platformer who didn’t have the ability to jump, but after a bit you do get used to the idea of traversal being limited to left, right, and down (up until a certain point where a handy dragonfly changes things). Still, it does feel somehow limited even after a few levels as it tries to introduce new traps and challenges. It has a nice clean pixel art style that remains engaging enough, but certain levels do feel a bit same-y.

Hextech Mayhem is essentially a rhythm game that asks you to time your button presses as your little explosive-enthusiast makes his way across the screen. It’s fun enough, though it’s rather hard to fail when the game constantly restarts you if you hit an obstacle. The game can get so intense you could miss the rather vibrant graphics and animation happening in the background. However, the music always is on-point, driving the action forward with a solid rhythm.

It would be great to get more experimental games on Netflix’s slate like This is a True Story, a game about a young woman struggling to cross a harsh landscape as she attempts to collect enough water to cook a meal for her family. As much as I appreciate what it tries to do, there’s a part of me that wishes the games’ controls made you feel more of the drudgery of the characters’ long trek across the landscape rather than just pressing right on the screen. As it is, the game focuses on telling its story with no real control.

This is a pretty solid attempt to bring a looter shooter to the mobile market. It’s like a twin-stick shooter except you use thumb presses to direct your shots. It’s better played with a controller, an obvious downside on a mobile device. In addition to fun gameplay, the story is much more than you can expect from other games on the mobile market.

Moonlighter, a game that combines light roleplaying as a shopkeeper with dungeon crawling, doesn’t really do both to the scale you would expect from the best of each of their respective genres. Nevertheless, it’s a very fun, solid game for those who like a pinch of Stardew Valley community building amid bursts of high-stress dungeoneering ala the 2D Zelda games or The Binding of Isaac.

This vibrant Where’s Waldo?-style game is a delightful diamond-in-the-rough. Based on the webcomic of the same name, this hidden object game asks you to spot characters in a cluttered, colorful map. It’s honestly one of the most absorbing games of its type that I’ve played. You can see the attention to detail on each object, and as you move over certain spots in the map you’ll hear the sounds of a character playing a violin to the crowd, or a DJ spinning a record, all of which meshes with the upbeat music so well it made me feel a small glow in my ravaged heart.

It’s a no-hassle, unique brick-breaking game that combines slick controls with interesting mechanics like the ability to blow or suck-in the balls you’re trying to keep from getting to close to the edge of the screen. Each level keeps things fun and unique, and it’s one of the better games Netflix has on offer for a quick burst of distraction.

I’m the type of guy who has a lot more fun playing bad or broken minigolf maps on games like Golf With Your Friends than I do playing most other major releases. Wonderputt Forever does everything it needs to do to keep me engaged. I love watching the scene transitions between levels, and it understands the best part of minigolf games, which is hitting your ball in ways that deftly avoids delightful little obstacles to sink that 1,000-to-1 putt.

If there’s one game on this list that should get your attention, it’s this little jewel from the creator of Downwell. Instead of moving your character down, this time you’re tasked with traveling up, deftly judging parabolic arcs to reach the next platform and occasionally dealing with a rather bipolar cat. The game constantly throws new mechanics your way to keep things fresh. Try it. It’s the kind of game that makes having a Netflix account actually worth it.

If you haven’t heard of this game yet, and you’re into puzzle games with heavy dose of a Missile Command-esque sense damage control and triage, then you’ll really love Into the Breach. It’s designed by the same folks at Subset Games who did FTL: Faster Than Light (Which is still unavailable on most mobile devices, for shame). This mobile version of Into the Breach has pretty tight touchscreen controls that make it easy to move and select units even on a congested board. Really, I have no complaints. The fact that Netflix was able to snag the mobile version of the game means there are some executives at Netflix who know what’s going on in the gaming space, at least to some extent.