After all those December deals on Xbox Windows phone games, it’s only natural that the return to a single Xbox Red Stripe Deal of the Week would be less exciting. And so it is! This week’s Xbox sale game is alchemic puzzle game Doodle God from JoyBits. Doodle God last went on sale for 99 cents in July – here’s another chance to get it on the cheap. If the repeated Xbox sale doesn’t light your fire, perhaps the remaining Red Stripe Deals will do it. Instead of two non-Xbox deals, we have five this time – all Windows Phone 7 and 8 compatible. Games Drive Hard Taxi from JuJu-Apps, Jack Hale from Igor Maliukh, and Toilet People from Muki Software are on sale for 99 cents. Productivity apps Chronos Calendar and Yivosoft Recorder also get discounts. Head past the break for descriptions, pictures, and Store links! Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more

Doodle God (Windows Phone 7 and 8) Regular price: $2.99 Sale price: $.99 Download size: 24 MB Store Link

Doodle God started as a popular indie game that was later upgraded to Xbox Live status. It’s a puzzle game themed around alchemy. You start out with only four elements to mix and match, each combination creating a new element. The object is simply to make them all, which requires tons of experimentation and thought. What makes glass in real life? Fire plus sand. Combine those ingredients in-game and you’ve just unlocked glass, which can then be mixed with many other elements. The Windows Phone version suffers from a bug that can make certain Achievements impossible to earn if you accidentally press the hint button. So don’t press that button! The developers promised to patch it but never came through, unfortunately. Also bad, the game dropped to 99 cents for a lengthy time before returning to the too high $2.99 price. 99 cents is what it should cost all the time. If you follow a guide, you’ll get the Achievements in just a few hours. See our review for details. If you don’t care about Xbox features, the latest sequel Doodle Kingdom sells for $1.99. Drive Hard Taxi (Windows Phone 7 and 8) Regular price: $1.99 Sale price: $.99 Download size: 47 MB Store Link

I bet you didn’t know Windows Phone had a Crazy Taxi clone. Oh, but it does – and it drives hard. Being a Windows Phone 7 game, the graphics are kind of basic. But where else on the platform are you going to find the thrill of picking up passengers and transporting them to their destinations in 3D? Nowhere, unless SEGA ever returns to the platform and gives us the real Crazy Taxi that iOS users have been playing for a year. Official description: “Drive Hard Taxi is ultimate 3D driving experience for Windows phone. Amazing 3D graphics with real life 3D physics engine running the world. Total freedom of movement in the city area. Please read the driving lessons from the ingame help.” Jack Hale (Windows Phone 7 and 8) Regular price: $2.99 Sale price: $.99 Download size: 11 MB Store Link

Remember that Tom Cruise movie Jack Reacher? Neither do I. But Jack Hale uses the same naming convention, which proved to be box office poison in 2012. If this ever gets made into a movie, the developer (who uses our forums) needs to change the name to be more descriptive than just some dude's name. Anyway, Jack Hale is a sci-fi themed overhead shooter with polygonal graphics. A good choice for Windows Phone 7 users who've already beaten Extraction: Project Outbreak and can’t play flashier games like Dredd vs. Zombies or Halo: Spartan Assault. Features: Play in full 3D: unique levels, numerous enemies, a variety of weapons and special effects are waiting for you.

Try the cool shooter in the best traditions of “kill them all” games, you never see so many enemies on one screen on Windows Phone. Toilet People (Windows Phone 7 and 8) Regular price: $1.99 Sale price: $.99 Download size: 62 MB Store Link

I still don’t get the name on this one. Are the people made of toilets? Do you play it on a toilet, or in one? Or are they just saying that all of the struggles in our lifetime will be flushed away at the end? No one really knows. But our own George Ponder says this one “isn’t a bad game” in his write-up. That’s good enough for me. And hey, the graphics aren't bad. Features: Beautiful fully 3D visuals with 60 fps.

Simple enough to understand rules in few minutes yet complex enough to keep your interest.

Play with up to 4 friends on the one device or with bots.

Use phone camera to make avatars for you and yours friends.

More than half an hour original soundtrack so it will never get old. Chronos Calendar (Windows Phone 7 and 8) Regular price: $1.99 Sale price: $.99 Download size: 1 MB Store Link