Badland

Right away, you’re dropped into a shadowy forest packed with odd plants and strange creatures that stare back from the branches. In Badland, you guide a little flying critter past spiky wheels, heavy boulders, and weird machines that swing down without warning. Sometimes branches grab at your wings, or a chunk of rock slides down from above. The whole place feels alive, with things shifting and groaning as you squeeze through narrow tunnels. Most of the time, you just try not to get squished.

How to play?

You tap or hold to flap your creature’s wings, keeping it in the air and steering past obstacles. The game Badland throws all sorts of gadgets at you: spinning blades, rolling logs, and sticky goo that slows you down. Every so often, you’ll spot glowing orbs—some make you huge, so you can shove things out of the way, while the tiny ones shrink you enough to slip through tight pipes. If you hit a trap, you restart from the last checkpoint. Sometimes you end up with a trail of clones, all flapping together, and it gets pretty hectic. Weird thing—once, I bounced off three logs in a row and somehow made it out. Not sure how that worked, honestly.