Best iOS Games of All Time
Jumping head first into the App Store without much of an idea what to look for can be a bit like Scrooge McDuck leaping off the diving board into his fortune. There’s so many great games, but how do you know which are the real gems?
Unless the game you’re looking for has been in the Top 20 ever since it launched, it’s nearly impossible to find. Apple doesn’t do a great job of helping users find what they’re looking for on the marketplace, that’s why we’ve put together a list of the absolute best in touchy, tilty and slidey games that the mobile space has to offer.
From Temple Running or Candy Crushing, there’ll be something here for you to enjoy. For new iPhone owners, the games on this list are an absolute must, and for the long-serving Apple owners, maybe there’s a classic here that you missed along the way.
- All Genres Action Action Adventure Action RPG Adventure Arcade Battle Royale Beat 'em Up Board Games Card Casual City Builder Collection Combat Dance Educational Family Fantasy Fighting First Person First-Person Shooter Fitness Flight Football Horror Indie Management Massively Multiplayer Massively Multiplayer Online Metroidvania Mini Game MOBA Multiplayer Music Open World Party Pinball Platformer Puzzle Quiz Racing Real-time Retro Roguelike Roguelite RPG Science Fiction Shoot 'em Up Shooter Side-scroller Simulation Singing Soccer Space Sport Sports Stealth Strategy Survival Survival Horror Tactical Third Person Turn Based Virtual Pet Virtual Reality Visual Novel Wrestling
- All Platforms 3DO Android Apple II Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Atari Lynx Atari ST Atari XEGS Classic Macintosh Commodore / Amiga Dreamcast Game Boy Game Boy Advance Game Boy Color Game Gear Gameboy Advance GameCube Genesis Google Stadia iOS Jaguar Linux macOS Neo Geo NES Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 64 Nintendo DS Nintendo DSi Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 PS Vita PSP SEGA 32X SEGA CD SEGA Master System SEGA Saturn SNES Test Platform Web Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series S Xbox Series S/X Xbox Series X
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101
The Witness
Who'd have thought a game about lines would be so utterly brilliant?Reviewed on: 13 September 2016
Platforms: Android, iOS, macOS, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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102
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Take me for a ride.Reviewed on: 19 October 2009
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, PS Vita, PSP
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93
Game Dev Story
So meta It hurts.Reviewed on: 22 October 2010
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
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94
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
Competition is king in Criterion's superb racer.Reviewed on: 31 October 2012
Platforms: iOS, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360
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95
What Remains of Edith Finch
Scattered memoriesReviewed on: 02 May 2017
Platforms: iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
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Platforms: iOS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
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910
FEZ
Ultimately, Fez is a game about tinkering around in a labyrinthine world while wearing a funny hat. Maybe you'll stubbornly insist on gathering every collectible, maybe you'll just want to cruise through its cubist countryside.Reviewed on: 12 April 2012
Platforms: iOS, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox 360
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-11
Alien: Isolation
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Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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-12
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913
Bastion
Bastion is the perfect game to kick off Microsoft's Summer of Arcade. For 1200 Microsoft Points you'll be rewarded with an experience just as memorable as any retail release this year.Reviewed on: 19 July 2011
Platforms: iOS, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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914
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Fine-tunedReviewed on: 18 September 2019
Platforms: iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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915
Company of Heroes
Relic cements its place into the pantheon of exceptional RTS developers with this brilliant World War II offering.Reviewed on: 31 October 2006
Platforms: iOS, PC
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-17
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut
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Platforms: iOS, Nintendo DS, PC, Wii
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918
Minecraft
4J Studios has played its part in one of gaming's grandest success story with affable competence, allowing console owners to grab their tools and build something in Mojang's intricate and lovable world.Reviewed on: 07 May 2012
Platforms: Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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919
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921
Shadow Blade
Entertaining from start to finish, Shadowblade is one of the best mobile games in recent memory.Reviewed on: 16 January 2014
Platforms: Android, iOS
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922
Necrobarista
It's bean niceReviewed on: 21 July 2020
Platforms: iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
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923
Psychonauts
Psychonauts finally arrives in Europe and it was most certainly worth the waitReviewed on: 12 February 2006
Platforms: iOS, Linux, macOS, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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925
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn't do anything new, but it also doesn't do anything wrong.Reviewed on: 07 November 2011
Platforms: iOS, macOS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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926
Injustice 2
The hero game we need right now.Reviewed on: 17 May 2017
Platforms: Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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927
The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 5 No Going Back
Who is Clementine?Reviewed on: 26 August 2014
Platforms: iOS, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox 360
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928
Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the Cursed King
Sometimes sticking to what you do best is a good idea.Reviewed on: 15 May 2006
Platforms: iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 2
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929
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930
Doodle Jump
One of the most addictive games on the App Store.Reviewed on: 23 November 2009
Platforms: Android, iOS
