Apple has unveiled its editorial selections for the best apps of the year across its various devices, including game selections on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. They include some pretty well known names, particularly in the mobile space.
Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year is Donut County, the wondrously weird game that riffs on the legacy of Katamari Damacy. Rather than grow an ever-larger ball of junk, though, you control a growing hole that swallows up everything around it. The iPad Game of the Year is Gorogoa, the image manipulation puzzler. On Mac, the award goes to The Gardens Between. Finally, the Apple TV Game of the Year is Alto’s Odyssey.
The announcement also included chart data for the most popular games of the last year. The top free iPhone and iPad game alike was Fortnite. Other top contenders on iPhone included Helix Jump, Rise Up, PUBG Mobile, and Hole.io. Many of those ranked high in the free iPad chart as well, joined by others like Roblox.
The top paid game on iPhone was Heads Up!, the party game, followed by Minecraft and Plague Inc. Minecraft also ruled the roost on iPad, followed by Geometry Dash and The Game of Life. Check below for all the game charts.
Top Free iPhone Games
- Fortnite
- Helix Jump
- Rise Up
- PUBG MOBILE
- Hole.io
- Love Balls
- Snake VS Block
- Rules of Survival
- ROBLOX
- Dune!
- Subway Surfers
- Episode – Choose Your Story
- Word Link – Word Puzzle Game
- Toon Blast
- Color Road!
- HQ Trivia
- Twisty Road!
- 8 Ball Pool™
- Kick the Buddy
- Sniper 3D Assassin: Gun Games
Top Paid iPhone Games
- Heads Up!
- Minecraft
- Plague Inc.
- Bloons TD 6
- Pocket Build
- Bloons TD 5
- Geometry Dash
- The Game of Life
- Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Trivia Crack (No Ads)
- Getting Over It
- Monument Valley 2
- Alto’s Odyssey
- True Skate
- The Room: Old Sins
- Terraria
- Exploding Kittens®
- Five Nights at Freddy’s
- The Escapists: Prison Escape
Top Free iPad Games
- Fortnite
- ROBLOX
- Kick the Buddy
- Love Balls
- Helix Jump
- Color by Number Coloring Game!
- Bowmasters – Multiplayer Game
- Hole.io
- Rise Up
- Rules of Survival
- Subway Surfers
- Rolling Sky
- PUBG MOBILE
- Toon Blast
- Snake VS Block
- Granny
- Piano Tiles 2™
- slither.io
- Run Sausage Run!
- Pixel Art – Color by Number
Top Paid iPad Games
- Minecraft
- Geometry Dash
- The Game of Life
- The Room: Old Sins
- Heads Up!
- Bloons TD 6
- Goat Simulator
- Five Nights at Freddy’s
- LEGO® Jurassic World™
- Terraria
- The Escapists: Prison Escape
- Bloons TD 5 HD
- Monument Valley 2
- Plague Inc.
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
- Goat Simulator PAYDAY
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
- Teeny Titans – Teen Titans Go!
- Teen Titans Go! Figure
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