Best Windows apps this week
One-hundred and seventy-three in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps and games released for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 in the past seven days.
The Spring Sale is currently underway offering discounts on dozens of popular Windows 10 games, as well as movies and TV shows. You find links to it when you open the Windows Store games and movies & TV categories.
As always, if I missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email instead.
Discounts This Week
The following discounts are provided by Red Stripe Deals, a weekly changing list of offers, and the Deals Hub application.
The following is this week's selection:
- Hand of Fate - Official Windows 10 edition, a deckbuilding game for $12.49
- Photo Editor Pro | Polarr, for $9.99
- Drift Mania Championship 2, a drift racing game for $0.99
- Chaos Control, a getting things done task manager, for $12.49
- Sago Mini Babies, a game for young children, for $1.49
- The Surprising Adventures of Munchhausen (full), an adventure game for $0.99
- Snap-Link Mobile for Windows, turn Windows 10 into a remote control, for $15.99
- WiFi Commander: 3D Analyze, discover Wi-fi networks, for $3.99
- Neuro Sequencer Pro, sound generation system, for $1.99
- Transcoder, convert audio and video files, free for the next 6 days.
App of the week
none this week
Other applications
This is a running game that works with touch or mouse and keyboard. Basically, what you do is use the controls to avoid collisions with oncoming obstacles and vehicles while collecting coins and doing your best to keep on running.
You earn coins while you are running which you can invest in power ups like double jumps or unlocks. Some of the items are only available for real money though in the built-in store.
Word Teaser is a simple spelling game in which you need to combine letters on a grid to find a specific word.
Each word you create in the grid that is not the target word helps you find it by hinting at letters that are included in the target word and those that are not.
You find yourself stranded on an island after a plane crash in the adventure game.
Apart from trying to find a way to escape the island, you need to ensure survival by finding enough food, monitoring other values such as stamina or comfort, and making sure the three survivors get along.
Explore the island, solve puzzles and collect items that you require for your survival.
2000 AD Comics is a comic shop that features some free content (you need to register to access it), and paid comics.
It concentrates on 2000AD, the Judge Dredd magazine, and some graphic novels that you can purchase in the store.
Monster Go looks like another endless runner game on first glance and while it falls into the category, it has more to offer than the usual running game.
First of all, it includes fighting. You use your sword to hit enemies before they hit you, and may use special powers such as shields to avoid taking damage.
You control your character either with the mouse, keyboard or touch.
The second difference is that the developers have added character progression to the game. Your character levels up while you play the game, gets skill points for that which you can invest in new features such as improving the overall health or unlocking new special powers.
You may spend gold that you collect in the built-in shop to improve your weapons, get new accessories or specials.
The third and final difference is that you can select stages while the game progresses.
Notable updates
Cover Comic Reader is a universal application now.
Infinity for reddit, formerly known as Reddit8, features a new user interface, support for Windows 10 Continuum, and is universal now.
Netflix supports casting now.