Best of 2020

2020 has been an unprecedented year of uncertainty and change, but casual games continued to be a reliable friend we can always depend on. For the ninth consecutive year, All About Casual Games’ Best of the Year awards event celebrates the best casual games from the past year.

Make your voice heard and vote now for your favorite PC, Mac and mobile games of the year – from now until January 22nd, 2021. Click here to only vote for mobile games.

Best Premium Casual Games for PC and Mac of 2020

Best Hidden Object Game of 2020

Nevertales: Hearthbridge Cabinet

  (35.43%)

Edge of Reality: Call of the Hills

  (16.14%)

Reflections of Life: Utopia

  (14.57%)

Detectives United III: Timeless Voyage

  (12.20%)

League of Light: Growing Threat

  (6.69%)

Christmas Wonderland 10

  (5.91%)

PuppetShow: Fatal Mistake

  (4.72%)

Faircroft’s Antiques: Treasures of Treffenburg

  (4.33%)

Best Adventure Game of 2020

Family Mysteries: Echoes of Tomorrow

  (46.26%)

Mindframe: The Secret Design

  (23.82%)

Mystery Case Files: Crossfade

  (8.59%)

Persian Nights 2: The Moonlight Veil

  (6.09%)

Hidden Expedition: The Price of Paradise

  (4.16%)

Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Devil in the Belfry

  (4.16%)

The Unseen Fears: Ominous Talent

  (3.60%)

Legendary Tales: Stolen Life

  (3.32%)

Best Time Management and Strategy Game of 2020

Unsung Heroes: The Golden Mask

  (21.93%)

Rescue Team: Danger from Outer Space!

  (19.30%)

Viking Heroes

  (16.67%)

Northern Tales 5: Revival

  (12.28%)

Alice’s Wonderland 3: Shackles of Time

  (10.53%)

Roads of Rome: New Generation III

  (9.65%)

12 Labours of Hercules XI: Painted Adventure

  (7.89%)

Beyond the Kingdom 2

  (1.75%)

Best Match 3 and Puzzle Game of 2020

Jewel Match Origins: Palais Imperial

  (17.59%)

Spellarium 6

  (14.81%)

Jewel Match Solitaire: Atlantis

  (14.81%)

Lost Amulets: Four Guardians

  (13.89%)

Legends of Solitaire: Diamond Relic

  (12.04%)

Laruaville 9

  (12.04%)

Mystika 4: Dark Omens

  (11.11%)

Dreams Keeper Solitaire

  (3.70%)

Best Game Visuals

Lost Lands: Redemption

  (36.02%)

Mystery Case Files: The Harbinger

  (16.77%)

Living Legends: The Crystal Tear

  (11.18%)

Labyrinths of the World: Hearts of the Planet

  (11.18%)

Reflections of Life: Utopia

  (8.70%)

Christmas Stories: Enchanted Express

  (6.83%)

Legendary Tales: Stolen Life

  (4.97%)

Dark Romance: Ashville

  (4.35%)

Best Game Storyline

Maze: Sinister Play

  (51.79%)

Family Mysteries: Echoes of Tomorrow

  (28.44%)

Lost Lands: Redemption

  (9.23%)

Mystery Case Files: The Harbinger

  (3.77%)

Labyrinths of the World: The Wild Side

  (2.82%)

Unsung Heroes: The Golden Mask

  (2.45%)

Edge of Reality: Call of the Hills

  (1.51%)

Best Game Sequel

Maze: Sinister Play

  (66.75%)

Family Mysteries: Criminal Mindset

  (9.81%)

Lost Lands: Redemption

  (7.89%)

Whispered Secrets: Morbid Obsession

  (6.70%)

Ms. Holmes: Five Orange Pips

  (3.83%)

Living Legends: The Crystal Tear

  (3.11%)

Fatal Evidence: The Missing

  (1.20%)

Roads of Rome: New Generation III

  (0.72%)

Best Game Concept

Family Mysteries: Echoes of Tomorrow

  (49.65%)

Mindframe: The Secret Design

  (30.21%)

Labyrinths of the World: Hearts of the Planet

  (6.25%)

Unsung Heroes: The Golden Mask

  (5.56%)

Bonfire Stories: Manifest Horror

  (5.56%)

Faraway Planets

  (1.39%)

12 Labours of Hercules XI: Painted Adventure

  (0.69%)

Mystika 4: Dark Omens

  (0.69%)

Best of the Best Premium Casual Game

Family Mysteries: Echoes of Tomorrow

  (47.78%)

Mindframe: The Secret Design

  (23.73%)

Whispered Secrets: Morbid Obsession

  (11.39%)

Mystery Case Files: Crossfade

  (8.86%)

Legendary Tales: Stolen Life

  (4.43%)

Labyrinths of the World: Hearts of the Planet

  (3.16%)

Northern Tales 5: Revival

  (0.63%)

Best Casual Games for Mobile of 2020

Best New Mobile Game

Fruit Ninja 2

  (20.00%)

Evermerge

  (17.78%)

Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

  (15.56%)

Dr. Mario World

  (13.33%)

Manor Matters

  (12.22%)

Sherlock

  (10.00%)

Virtual Families 3

  (5.56%)

Small Town Murders

  (5.56%)

Best Classic Mobile Game

Candy Crush Saga

  (35.34%)

Gardenscapes

  (21.55%)

Murder In the Alps

  (20.69%)

Hidden City

  (9.48%)

Seekers Notes

  (6.03%)

Gummy Drop

  (6.03%)

Diner Dash Adventures

  (0.86%)