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Best Games on iOS Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade is a subscription service that offers games for iOS devices devices iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and Apple TV. You cannot purchases games in this service for those devices unless you are subscribed. Some of the games come to other platforms at a later date.

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Genres: Action, Adventure, Battle, Brain Game, Collecting, Communication, Creative, Fighting, Narrative, Physically Active, Platform, Point-and-Click, Puzzle, Race, Rhythm, Role-Play, Sequencing, Shooting, Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Traversal and World Building
Era: 1997 - 2023
Total Games: 20
Total Likes: 182

Cat Quest 2

Release Date: 13/09/2019, updated in 2019

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon

Cat Quest 2 is an adventure game, the sequel to Cat Quest, about a fantasy realm of cats and dogs. You explore and talk to characters who send you on quests to kill enemies in caves or retrieve hidden items. The addition of two players in the second...

Sonic Racing

Sonic Racing (Series)

Release Date: 23/02/2010

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, Mac, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Sonic Racing is the latest kart racing game in a series featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and other Sega characters. Like Mario Kart, you control one of 15 characters in races using fantasy sports cars, while performing tricks,...

Hitchhiker

Release Date: 15/04/2021

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon

Hitchhiker is a narrative game set on lost highways. Unlike other interactive stories, Hitchhiker is intentionally dense and hard to follow. In fact, your goal is to unravel the puzzle of your own backstory.

Tangle Tower

Release Date: 19/09/2019

Out Now: PC, Switch and iPhone, iPad

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Tangle Tower is a murder mystery game, from the same developer as Snipperclips, where you explore a grand old house and its intertwining families to solve a mysterious murder. You are given the events of the murder, each...

Horizon Chase 2

Horizon Chase 2 (Series)

Release Date: 20/08/2015, updated in 2022

Out Now: Android, Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person and Day and Night

Horizon Chase 2 is the latest game in the Horizon Chase series of arcade racing games with a focus on competitive fun rather than realism; its graphics make it look like it was plucked from the nineties’ arcades, with a nod to Outrun and Lotus Turbo...

Slash Quest

Release Date: 02/10/2020

Out Now: iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead and Hand-Made

Slash Quest is a fighting game where you control a talking sword rather than the character wielding it. You move by swinging left or right and pressing run to move forward. It's a simple mechanic that is intentionally unwieldy and uses ingenious...

Lifeslide

Release Date: 19/09/2019

Out Now: Apple TV, PC, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Hand-Made and Open World

Lifeslide is an adventure where you fly a paper plane through an ever-changing landscape. It's a metaphorical journey through the stages of life as you learn to use eddies and up-drafts to soar higher and further.

Angry Birds

Angry Birds (Series)

Release Date: 11/12/2009, updated in 2021

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Amazon Fire, Android, Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PSP, Web, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Angry Birds is a series of puzzle games where you catapult cartoon birds to destroy the pigs who have stolen their eggs. The latest game, Angry Birds Reloaded, is a remake with new levels, graphics, locations, birds, and story elements. The series'...

Crashlands

Release Date: 20/01/2016, updated in 2018

Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Day and Night, Open World and Pixels

Crashlands is a world-building game where you fight monsters, craft resources, and build a base on an alien planet. As you explore, either on your own or with a friend, you encounter locals, complete quests and missions, and meet strange new enemies. It...

Inks

Release Date: 04/05/2016, updated in 2021

Out Now: Mac, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Inks is a messy pinball game that combines puzzle with platforming. It's like a traditional game of pinball, however you are aiming to splash the ball through each coloured area rather than rack up high scores.

Lego Brawls

Release Date: 19/09/2019, updated in 2022

Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On, Blocks and Cartoon

Lego Brawls is a fighting game in the vein of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but here you fight with Lego mini-figures. You play in either teams or all-against-all brawls as characters from a wide range of Lego...

Over The Alps

Release Date: 31/03/2020

Out Now: PC and iPhone, iPad

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Over The Alps is an adventure with intrigue and espionage set in 1939 Switzerland. Designed to look like retro photographs. The story unfolds as you select stamps to indicate how your character should approach interactions. Discover a secret history in...

Cooking Mama

Cooking Mama (Series)

Release Date: 23/03/2006, updated in 2022

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, Wii, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead

Cooking Mama: Cuisine! is the latest game in the long-running series of stylised cooking puzzle games where you complete recipe minigames to cook various dishes. From mixing ingredients in a bowl to deep frying the food, you mirror on-screen...

Everybody's Golf

Everybody's Golf (Series)

Release Date: 17/07/1997, updated in 2021

Out Now: PS Vita, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds

Components: 3D Third-Person

Everybody's Golf is a series of golf games that create a detailed, gentle electronic version of the game. Although there are cartoon characters the focus is on realism and positive encouragement as you make your way around the various courses. The...

Really Bad Chess

Release Date: 13/10/2016, updated in 2017

Out Now: Android, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Overhead, Grid and Text

Really Bad Chess is like chess, but with random pieces selected for each player. Try 8 Knights, 4 Bishops, and 3 pawns. Starting positions are also non-standard. It sounds like a bad idea (hence the name) but actually opens the imposing chess challenge...

Cookies Must Die

Release Date: 05/02/2020

Out Now: Android, Apple TV, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon

Cookies Must Die is a platform game where you fight mutant cookies. Your character is a genetically modified superhuman who now, thanks to the scientists, has the ability to hurl itself across the lab facility, aiming at foes and avoiding obstacles.

Takeshi and Hiroshi

Release Date: 18/08/2020

Out Now: Mac, Switch and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Takeshi and Hiroshi is a role-play adventure game about two brothers. Its unusual animation and light touch battles, where you chose your enemies rather than how to fight them, make it an ideal game to introduce the genre and for younger players.
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Tetris Beat

Release Date: 20/08/2021

Out Now: iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On

Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics. You play as you listen to a diverse range of musicians including Alison Wonderland, GARZA, Hannah Diamond, Octo Octa, Dauwd and CINTHIE.

Roundguard

Release Date: 13/03/2020

Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made

Roundguard is a dungeon adventure where your character is a pinball rather than a normal person. You work your way through different castle levels by flinging yourself around, bouncing off enemies to defeat them and into pots of gold to gain currency....

Bleak Sword DX

Release Date: 13/09/2019, updated in 2023

Out Now: Apple TV, PC, Switch, iOS and iPhone, iPad

Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds

Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels

Bleak Sword DX is a stripped-down retro fighting game where you take on vicious monsters in precise combat. Each small stage challenges you to use your sword to kill and loot monsters in a mission to end the king's 200-year reign of terror. It looks...

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Best Games on iOS Apple Arcade

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Cat Quest 2

Sonic Racing (Series)

Hitchhiker

Tangle Tower

Horizon Chase 2 (Series)

Slash Quest

Lifeslide

Angry Birds (Series)

Crashlands

Inks

Lego Brawls

Over The Alps

Cooking Mama (Series)

Everybody's Golf (Series)

Really Bad Chess

Cookies Must Die

Takeshi and Hiroshi

Tetris Beat

Roundguard

Bleak Sword DX

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Assistance Getting Started:	Clear Manual Electronic Version of Manual Electronic Version of Manual for Screen Readers Getting Started Video Digital Version Reference Aid
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Pieces:	Components are Distinguishable by Touch Components are Replaceable No Non-Standard Dice (Or No Dice) No Tiny Pieces No Paper Money No Sprawl
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