The perfect Apple Arcade video games for 2025

It’s been almost six years since Apple Arcade launched, and whereas the service hasn’t absolutely delivered on Apple’s promise again in 2019, it might probably nonetheless be price paying for. In fact, that’s offered you’re keen to hunt by means of the 200-ish video games at present out there on the service. I’ve been taking part in Apple Arcade video games because it launched and these are only a few of my favorites which have stood the take a look at of time.

Finest Apple Arcade video games of 2025

What’s Apple Arcade?

Apple initially launched Apple Arcade with the promise of high-quality, unique video games which might be playable throughout principally each gadget the corporate makes. That features the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV (although you want a controller for the latter). Over time, Apple began permitting video games initially launched within the App Retailer as effectively, offered that they met sure standards. All Apple Arcade video games are ad-free and don’t have any in-app purchases, one thing that basically helps differentiate its choices over the flood of low-quality video games within the App Retailer.

Whereas Apple Arcade launched with a fairly wonderful lineup, further video games have sadly been fewer and farther between in recent times. Apple has additionally pulled numerous video games from the service, together with among the finest ones you could possibly get like Sayonara Wild Hearts, Cozy Grove, Assemble with Care, Shinsekai: Into the Depths and quite a few others. It’s a reminder that with a subscription service, issues can go away at any time.

Whereas we’re not seeing the identical cadence of high-quality unique video games on Apple Arcade as we did a couple of years in the past, I nonetheless suppose the service is well worth the $7 per thirty days or $50 per 12 months subscription in the event you do lots of gaming in your cellphone. Among the finest video games within the historical past of the App Retailer are right here (something with a “plus” image denotes a sport that was initially offered within the App Retailer after which dropped at Apple Arcade), and there are nonetheless numerous wonderful originals price taking part in. It’s price noting that the “plus” video games weren’t designed with Mac or Apple TV playback in thoughts and thus solely work on an iPhone or iPad. These 16 video games are among the finest you possibly can play, and there are a bunch extra I need to strive for future inclusion on this checklist. Within the meantime, this ought to be greater than sufficient to get you began.

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