The silliest mobile games in the world

Like no other gaming platform, mobile games have to grab your attention. After all, they've often only got a title, screenshot and a few lines of text on your operator's portal to convince you to pay up to a fiver to download them.

We've written before about how big brands (films, TV shows, console games) work well in this context. But there's another way for mobile developers to get your attention: silliness. The kind of games whose titles and basic premise are enough to make you snort coffee all over your mobile screen.

Think Turbo Camels: Circus Extreme, or if you're slightly pervy think Sexy Pillowfight. Or, if you're in India, you might think of any one of dozens of games from local publisher Mobile2win. The firm makes – and we mean this as a sincere compliment – the silliest mobile games in the world.

We thought they deserved wider attention. Let's start with Spank The Ass, whose title screen featuring a coquettish donkey tells you all you need to know about its content. Well, if it doesn't: basically you need to spank this donkey, while chasing your mates around a beach. Genius.

More animal fun comes with Moo Poo, a game built around the simple premise of "Why should you be glad when a bird poops on you? Because cows can't fly! Well, not anymore..."

Meanwhile, Sty Wars: The Pigs Strike Back is an inspired action-adventure that features a lightsabre-wielding pig called Yo-duh. If you win, the porky fella gets to relax in a swimming pool.

It's not all animals, mind. The gloriously-named Anti Terrorism Party Pack has three mini-games that see 'Yosama' battling it out with 'Bash', while Terror Gas has the pair chucking stink bombs at each other (which, come to think of it, is as good a way of settling the War Against Terror as any other).

Torture Chamber, on the other hand, focuses on you interrogating of a prisoner, making them suffer as much as possible before they confess, without actually killing them. Ouch.

There's a saucy side to Mobile2win's games line-up too. WT Paparazzi Edition is a tennis game, except instead of playing, you're a fan sitting in the crowd, trying to snap photos of the female players' skirts riding up.

7 Year Itch sees you choosing to play a wife or husband, and then chucking saucepans at your despised other half, while Sperminator is about... well... Mobile2win's one-line description sums it up: "The sperms are coming! It's up to you to stop them from doing it!"

We've saved the most gobsmacking game for last, mind. It's called Drink & Drive, and yes, it really is about getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. The site says:
"Realise why people advise against drunk driving... especially if it's your dad's brand new car you're driving! Try your best to get home on time after a night at the pub! Dodge traffic and beware of your 'double vision'! Don't stop for anyone... not even the cops! Warning: Oncoming Objects may be closer than they appear!"

It's safe to say Drink & Drive won't be coming to an operator portal near us anytime soon. But the other games listed above (and Mobile2win has hundreds more) are exactly the kind of ridiculous concepts that could attract attention from browsing mobile gamers.

They're the silliest mobile games in the world, and for that, Mobile2win, Pocket Gamer salutes you...