Video Roundup: Subway Shuffle, Asterope, Pathways, Firewall, THTouch

At TouchArcade, we receive a lot of submissions from developers about new games and updates. While we very much appreciate the contacts, due to time constraints we are unable to review every game submitted.

We do feel that gameplay videos are an important component in decision making for buying an iPhone game, and some developers have kindly provided videos with their submissions. Here’s a collection of some game videos that may appeal to our readers.

Subway Shuffle ($2.99, Free Lite) – puzzle game which you must determine the proper subway route.
Asterope ($2.99) – unique game involving a spaceship and a grappling hook
Pathways ($4.99) – “pathway" puzzle game with 75 levels
Firewall: Defender 001 ($0.99) – space themed Tower Defense game
THTouch ($0.99) – Texas Hold’em with unique interface

Videos after the break:

Subway Shuffle ($2.99, Free Lite)

Here’s the setup: you are riding the subway, and your task is to reach your destination. The problem is, there are other subway cars in your way! Each subway car can move only on its own color line: the red cars on the Red Line, the blue cars on the Blue Line, etc. Can you shuffle the cars from station to station, eventually moving your own car to your exit station?

Puzzlers will probably like this game, and a free Lite version is available to try out.

Asterope ($3.99)

Experience an independently developed, story driven game where your mission is to stop the Androids’ invasion of Earth!

Certainly has unique gameplay.

Pathways ($4.99)

This exciting new game puts you in the shoes of a curious young boy looking for adventure. It’s up to YOU to navigate through challenging and brain stimulating PATHWAYS in order to find your missing friend!

Seventy-five addicting levels, each progressively harder than the last, will leave you scratching your head as you make your way towards the climactic ending.

Firewall ($0.99)

Welcome, Artificial Intelligence Agent 1.4.3. Your assignment is to DEFEND our vital interweb data in Grid 817 from attacks by cyber terrorists. To do this you must manage deployment of our new adaptive breach system code named FIREWALL: Defender 001.

A version of Tower Defense.

THTouch ($0.99)

It aims at giving you an interface that never obscures your view at all the facts on the table and is incredibly easy to use.

With the unique wheel-like finger interface that always shows you a context sensitive amount of options to select from with a single swipe to the appropriate direction you’ll learn to play the game blindly in a matter of just a few minutes.

Texas Hold’em (poker) with a unique user interface.