Apple Arcade highlights the top 30 ‘essential’ games of 2023 that it recommends users play before it begins releasing new titles and updates in the new year. Divided across five categories, for kids to adults, solo to multiplayer, and more, here are the top five you should consider trying.
Sneaky Sasquatch
The Apple Arcade Game of the Year winner lets you be a sasquatch and have all the adventures in the game with different activities like sneaking around campsites, disguising yourself in human clothes, playing a quick nine holes at the golf course, and much more.
Bloons TD 6+
Bloons will let you craft your ideal defense from a combination of powerful Monkey Towers and awesome Heroes, then pop every last invading Bloon! The Tower defense game requires you to save people from balloons called ‘bloons’ with towers to pop them before they escape.
Solitaire by MobilityWare +
This original maker of solitaire, lets you play the classic game for free on iPhone and iPad. By simply dragging the cards across the screen in descending order with alternating colors to sort all of the suits from Ace to King. For a more relaxing game you can draw one card at a time, or three for a more challenging game.
Football Manager 2024 Touch
This game is the world’s greatest soccer management simulation, introduces new features and gameplay upgrades to elevate your team’s performances this season, shape a title-winning culture and inspire your players on the biggest stages. With soccer’s most dominant tactical styles at your fingertips, you can build your dream squad, developing the next generation of football.
Slay the Spire+
Play this roguelike deckbuilder IGN named the Best Strategy Game of 2019, which has a fusion of card games and roguelikes together to make the best single-player deckbuilder they could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire! With four different characters, enter the Spire and battle to defeat enemies by playing cards from your deck. Battle your way to victory.
