Cut The Rope is my new favorite iPhone game.  As another high-quality release from Chillingo, this physics puzzler well deserves its spot, right after Chillingo’s Angry Birds, at the number two spot on the App sales list.

I find the game play of Cut The Rope to be a tad easier than Angry Birds.  It is more of a thinking mans game than brute force and, as the levels increase, takes more and more strategy to complete.  Coming in at 100 levels at the low price of $0.99 (and an additional 25 coming in a pending release), the game gradually increases in both difficulty and complexity.  You start out doing nothing more than cutting ropes with a swipe of your finger in order to feed the critter, Om Nom, a piece of dangling candy.  As you progress though, you get into bubbles that make your candy float, air pumps that blow the bubbles, and even catapults.

But there is more to the game than getting the candy to Om Nom.  You also need to collect all the stars on the screen in the process in order to win the ultimate number of points for a particular level.  The strategy comes in cutting ropes or popping bubbles or whatever not only in the right order, but with the proper timing so that all the goals are accomplished.

The developers are not just sitting on their success though.   If you would like to see a teasing sneak peak at the pending 1.1 update with the new space theme and anti-gravity elements, check out this YouTube video.  The new version will also bring graphics optimized for the retina display and 11 new achievements for the Crystal leaderboards.  And if all of this with a 25% increase in levels are not enough, the developers are also promising a release timed for the holidays with even more Om Nom goodness.  I predict that that level of dedication to their customer base is going to keep this game on the App Store charts for a long time to come.

All in all, I’d give this game a perfect 10 out of 10.  It is simple in concept but will take hours to master.  Three MILLION downloads and 59,000 5-star ratings in the App Store can’t be wrong.  If you don’t have this title on your iPhone yet, you won’t be disappointed.