New game digest: CookieRun, My Hero Academia, 9 Kings, a new Nuverse game and more

Here every Friday you’ll find the latest global releases, game dates, new soft launches and everything in between.

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CookieRun: Crumble (Devsisters)

This latest entry in the CookieRun series is an idle RPG and is out now worldwide on iOS and Android.

My Hero Academia United Survival (KLab)

KLab’s free-to-play roguelite action RPG, based on the anime, launches on iOS, Android, and PC on August 6 worldwide, excluding mainland China. Pre-registrations have passed 800,000.

9 Kings (Playdigious)

Playdigious is porting roguelike kingdom-builder 9 Kings – previously PC-only via Hooded Horse – to iOS and Android on October 8. Pre-orders are open now, with cross-progression support via Google Play Games.

Stack Match Jam (Popcore/Take-Two)

Take-Two has launched its free-to-play casual match 3 puzzler Stack Match Jam on Android and iOS across all territories.

Plants on Fire: Attack & Defend (Nuverse Games)

Nuverse’s tower defence/autochess hybrid is due on iOS on August 27, free to download with in-app purchases. It’s currently being featured by Apple as a New Game story. Nuverse previously published Marvel Snap and was affected by the US TikTok ban.

Little Corners (Weekend Games)

Weekend Games’ cosy sticker-book decorating sim is coming to iOS and Android later this year, joining the existing PC version on Steam.

I Want to Play the Villain (Triomatica Games)

Triomatica, the studio behind Boxville, has announced theatre-themed logic puzzler I Want to Play the Villain for iOS, Android, PC and consoles. It’s due out Q1 2027, but a Steam demo is slated to release on August 17.

Pigeon: A Love Story (Tiny Dragon)

Developer Wristwork and publisher Tiny Dragon have launched full-scale pigeon dating sim Pigeon: A Love Story on iOS, Android and Steam, as part of the Yogscast-backed Tiny Teams festival. Players fly and coo (via microphone) through true-to-scale recreations of real cities to find a match, with the mobile version priced at $2.99/£1.99 for the London map, with further cities available as add-ons.