A giant exploding ball screams toward you. A well-timed smash whacks it into an armoured cube. Or is that a boss monster?!

In Micro Breaker’s neon playgrounds, 3D blocks stack vertically, creating huge, swaying sculptures just begging to be demolished.

What we love: The wild power-ups! Snag blue hexes to shoot lasers, increase the size of the ball and turn random bricks into bombs. But be sure to dodge disruptive red hexes, which can ruin your run by adding more bricks or shortening your paddle.

Quick tip: To take down the undulating snake boss, focus your shots on the green bricks surrounding its spine. The other bricks are indestructible!

Meet the creator: Micro Breaker is the first App Store release from 8- and 16-bit enthusiast Marcin Kloc and his studio, Raster Age.