Simogo's Beat Sneak Bandit ($2.99, Universal) just launched on iOS a few weeks back, but it toppled some very strong competition to win Best Mobile Game at the IGF Awards this week, with an incredibly stylish and innovative approach that finds you tapping along to the rhythm to help the titular bandit sneak around stages without being seen.

Released last week in the App Store, Waking Mars ($4.99, Universal) is a Metroid-like side-scrolling sci-fi adventure that blends action and gardening mechanics, all fronted by stellar 2D artwork. Waking Mars (previously Lost Mars) earned a nomination for Best Mobile Game at IGF, and we'll have a full review of the game online in the coming weeks.

ASYNC Corp. ($0.99, iPhone) offers a smartly simplistic and vibrant puzzle experience in which you must create 2x2 blocks of the same color; to do so, you'll swap blocks between two zones. It's a great two-finger puzzler, and the IGF nominated game even has an amusing interface that takes the form of a corporate computer terminal, complete with an inbox full of junk.

Even without a release date in sight, Faraway stood tall as a Best Mobile Game nominee. We shared our experience playing an early build of the game at Fantastic Arcade last fall, and the alluring one-touch game lets you zip around the cosmos as a shooting star, spinning around its fixed counterparts to create constellations. Look forward to this one.

Ridiculous Fishing is another game we wrote about following Fantastic Arcade, but we just got our first hands-on with it this week. Expectedly, it's a lot of fun, as the oddball idea -- about collecting a line full of fish and then blasting them to bits with a firearm -- is both hilarious and entertaining.

Fingle ($1.99, iPad) is another game that we recently reviewed, and the uniquely intimate approach -- in which two players intertwine fingers to keep several moving icons pressed on the screen -- earned developer Game Oven Studios an honorable mention from the IGF. We called it a "fine little curio" in our review, which sounds right for a game that's like Twister for digits.

Due out later this year, Hundreds seems like absolute perfect fit for a tablet, based on our quick hands-on at GDC. It's a slick puzzler in which sometimes-moving balls must be expanded to reach a total sum of 100 without touching while being manipulated. It looks both incredibly smart and tricky, but also seriously refined and original. Hundreds received an IGF honorable mention.

One of the best-known games in the bunch, iBlast Moki 2 ($2.99/iPhone, $4.99/iPad) launched to acclaim last year with a touch-based physics approach in which you solve colorful puzzles by placing bombs, ropes, timers, and much more. Its slow-paced, cerebral approach earned the game an honorable mention in the Best Mobile Game category.

Temple Run (Free, Universal) has been an incredible smash for Imangi Studios, with more than 40 million downloads to date, so the IGF honorable mention must have been the cherry on top of that success. In the game, you'll quickly run ahead through dangerous and randomly generated paths, swiping as needed to avoid hazards and continue pursuing high scores.