Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
18 reviewed
Featured on iOS

Enter the Gungeon
Dodge Roll
Enter the Gungeon is a masterclass in mechanical precision, proving that a punishing difficulty curve is entirely palatable when the core combat loop ...

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Crows Crows Crows
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe isn't just a remaster; it's a surgically precise and hilariously subversive critique of video games themselves. It's...

Baba Is You
Hempuli Oy
An exceptionally clever and profound puzzle game that redefines the genre by turning its own rules into playable objects, offering a brain-bending exp...

Kingdom Rush
Ironhide Game Studio
More than a decade on, Ironhide's fantasy tower defense still sets the standard—tight, funny, and ruthlessly well-designed. If you own a screen and a ...

XCOM 2 Collection
Firaxis Games
The XCOM 2 Collection isn't just a game; it's a crucible. Firaxis Games has crafted the gold standard of turn-based tactics, a masterclass in tension ...
Dream Quest
Peter Whalen
Dream Quest looks like it was drawn during a boring meeting, and it plays like the smartest card game on either storefront. This is the roguelike deck...

CloverPit
Panik Arcade
CloverPit takes Balatro's number-go-up alchemy, locks it in a rusting prison cell, and wires it to a horror story about debt and addiction. It's grimy...

Iris and the Giant
Louis Rigaud
Louis Rigaud's card-battler about fighting your own depression is one of the sharpest, most emotionally honest roguelikes of its generation — but the ...

Solitairica
Righteous Hammer Games
Solitairica welds the mindless comfort of card-clearing to the white-knuckle tension of a roguelike, and the seam barely shows. It's a small game with...

Card Crawl
Arnold Rauers
Card Crawl takes the loneliness of solitaire and weaponizes it into a taut, brutal little dungeon crawler. It's one of the finest examples of mobile g...

Vault of the Void
Spider Nest Games
Vault of the Void is a masterclass in deterministic strategy that systematically dismantles the RNG-heavy frustrations of the roguelike deckbuilder ge...

Dungeon Clawler
Stray Fawn Studio
Dungeon Clawler is a masterclass in skeuomorphic chaos, proving that the most dangerous weapon in a dungeon isn’t a magic missile, but a poorly calibr...

Luck be a Landlord
TrampolineTales
A masterclass in probability management that strips the predatory skin off slot machines to reveal a brilliant, satirical roguelike engine-builder.

Balatro
Podoba Interactive
Balatro isn't just another roguelike deckbuilder; it's a meticulously crafted addiction, a masterclass in elegant system design that elevates the humb...

Card Thief
Arnold Rauers
Arnold Rauers' **Card Thief** isn't just another mobile card game; it's a masterclass in strategic design, distilling the tension of stealth gameplay ...

Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Skullqueens Games
*Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles* masterfully redefines the roguelike deck-builder by abandoning cards for a volatile, deeply strategic dice-centric combat ...

Threes!
Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, BigGiantCircles
Threes! isn’t just a game; it’s a design masterclass. It’s a beautifully crafted, endlessly challenging puzzle box that respects your intelligence and...

MARVEL SNAP
Valve Corporation
MARVEL SNAP is a brilliantly distilled card game that respects your intelligence and your time, wrapping profound strategic depth in three-minute burs...

Cultist Simulator
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Cultist Simulator is a brilliantly infuriating puzzle box that redefines narrative gaming. It rewards intellect and patience with profound storytellin...

Hearthstone
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Hearthstone remains a masterclass in accessible strategy, blending polished presentation with deep mechanics. Yet, a decade in, its free-to-play econo...
Reigns
Nerial
Reigns masterfully distills the complex, often absurd, art of governance into a deceptively simple swipe. It's a brilliant and endlessly replayable loop of power, peril, and political satire that i...

Cultist Simulator
Weather Factory
Cultist Simulator is less a game and more a digital obsession—a masterclass in minimalist design and narrative alchemy that demands everything from its players and, for the right mindset, repays th...

Slay the Spire
Mega Crit
Slay the Spire is a masterclass in game design, blending roguelike mechanics and deck-building into an endlessly replayable and deeply strategic experience. It's a landmark title that has defined a...