Hair Studio

Hair Studio is a cosy salon game. A client sits down in the chair in front of a mirror ringed with bulbs and hands you their wish list as a row of picture cards: a wedding ring for a bridal updo, a football for a sporty ponytail, a rainbow for a colour pop, a snowflake for a bobble hat. The hair is drawn as layered strands rather than a picture, so it really changes as you work: twelve base textures across straight, wavy, curly and coily hair, from sleek and silky to spring curls, ringlets and cloud coils, each in four lengths from a pixie to long.

Every visit starts with a quick wash. Drag the shower head over the hair until the bubbles pile up, then sweep the dryer across it in a puff of steam. Next, drag the scissors along a guide line to cut to a pixie, a bob, shoulder length or long, or just tap the length you want. Curl it, straighten it, braid it, pin it into a bun or tie a ponytail, add or remove bangs, move the part to the side. Pick from 21 colours in seven families, then add highlights, an ombré or a dip-dye in a second colour, and finish with 29 accessories: clips, bands, flowers, hats and glasses, each one recolourable. Tap a card or drag it onto the client, and undo is always one key away.

Press Reveal and the curtains close, the camera flashes, the salon applauds and the look is scored out of 100 on length, style, colour family and accessories, with stars at 60, 80 and 95 and a short reason for each part. Clients who leave beaming build your happy streak, the high score the game keeps for you, and there is a new daily client every day. If you would rather just relax, Free Studio has no brief and no score: pick the client's skin tone, texture, age and build, add glasses, a hearing aid or a wheelchair, keep six favourite looks in the browser and save any of them as a photo. It plays with a mouse and keyboard on a desktop or with a finger in portrait on a phone.