Sometimes even excellent games can leave you unfulfilled. Perhaps the amount of content was on the lower side, or a minor niggle diminished your overall enjoyment of the package, or you just wanted a bit more; but whatever the reason, you wished the developers had expanded on their ideas to create a superior experience.

The following games are the perfect sequels - capitalizing on the strengths of their predecessors and eliminating their few weaknesses.

1. Jet Car Stunts 2 - this sequel is one that chooses to refine rather than overhaul the original - which is totally fine by me, given how awesome the original Jet Car Stunts is. You speed along a set of levitating tracks, using jet fuel to soar satisfyingly over large gaps. Plus, the addition of user replays lets you see how the best drivers manoeuvre their vehicles, enabling the worst to improve.

2. Touchgrind Skate 2 - when viewed in hindsight, the first Touchgrind Skate seems like a prototype for a grander experience. There were only two skate parks to choose from, and the top-down camera was archaic and annoying. Touchgrind Skate 2 retains the best aspect of the original: its excellent controls, while adding skate parks, vivid colourful graphics, and a new camera angle.

3. Flappy Golf - I don’t know if you’d consider Flappy Golf a sequel in the strictest sense of the word: rather than expanding upon an established gameplay conceit, it’s more like a remix, keeping the same levels and structure of Super Stickman Golf 2 but changing the key mechanic. Contending with the mechanic of flapping is an excellent evolution to the golf genre.

4. They Need To Be Fed 2 - there’s actually a third iteration in this sleeper series, but unless you’ve a love of frustration, I’d stick with the second. They Need To Be Fed 2 involves hopping from planet to planet, almost like a two-dimensional version of Super Mario Galaxy. Sleek abstract graphics and simple, well-executed gameplay make this one bite-sized and beautiful.

5. Bean Dreams - Bean Dreams fulfils on the promise of its sublime forebear Bean’s Quest, adding levels and mechanics to further flesh out the concept. Those in search of challenge will be captivated with discovering the secret Axolotls and trying to finish each stage within the jump limit; everyone else will stay for the inviting graphics and bouncy platforming.

What are your favourite sequels? Let us know, in the comments.