Forget velvet capes and gothic castles – the pesky fiends of Real Vampires prefer to hide in cowsheds and knock spoons out of hungry peasants’ hands. Sink your fangs into dozens of darkly funny mini-games inspired by eastern European folklore as you try to stop bloodsucking upiórs from terrorising villagers – or side with the vampires and rule the night instead.

What we love: Playing both sides. Each short tale has two variants of its grim-yet-goofy mini-game: Choose the daytime version to nail vampires into their coffins, or switch to nighttime to wreak some havoc.

Quick tip: While tying together cow tails as an upiór, drag one animal onto another so their rear ends overlap – but make sure the cows are facing opposite directions. If you’re playing the daytime version, tap rapidly on the cows’ knotted tails until they come undone.

Meet the creator: Real Vampires was born when Danish game developer Trine Laier met Polish historian Dr. Łukasz Kozak at a karaoke bar in Warsaw, where they exchanged anti-vampire bread recipes. (In Slavic folklore, villagers baked bread mixed with blood to keep the monsters at bay. Ick!)