Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games

A genuinely clever strategy game that smuggles a college-level genetics course inside a pack of huggable creatures — brilliant on PC, compromised on c...

A morally corrosive spy simulator that turns snooping into gut-wrenching arithmetic — brilliant, oppressive, and occasionally so punishing it forgets ...

A staggeringly deep colony sim that welds RimWorld's survival math to Taoist mysticism—brilliant, obsessive, and almost hostile to newcomers. If you s...

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 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...

A Sokoban puzzler wearing a rubber Halloween mask, *Slayaway Camp* smuggles genuinely brutal spatial-reasoning challenges inside a gleefully tasteless...

Infinitode 2 is a mathematically dense, fanatically fair tower defense marathon that rewards obsessives and punishes the impatient. It's one of the be...

Gordian Quest is a brilliantly complex hybrid of deckbuilding and tactical grid combat that occasionally buckles under the weight of its own mechanica...

A brilliant, uncompromising spreadsheet-style simulation that transforms simple catnip gathering into a sprawling, multi-hundred-hour space odyssey. I...

Planet Coaster offers an incredibly deep, piece-by-piece digital construction set that redefines park customization but struggles to deliver a compell...

Nova Drift is what happens when you cross-breed the frantic DNA of *Asteroids* with the obsessive depth of an ARPG skill tree. It is a masterclass in ...

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

Lichess remains the gold standard for digital chess, offering a powerful, ad-free, and uncompromisingly free platform that puts commercial rivals to s...

A masterclass in spatial reasoning disguised as a fantasy battler, Backpack Battles transforms the mundane act of tidying a bag into a high-stakes tac...

A brutal, uncompromising examination of social determinism that proves the most terrifying weapon in an RPG isn't a sword, but a ledger of your own fa...

A masterclass in tactical economy that ditches random dice rolls for high-stakes, information-driven tension. It is the thinking person’s heist simula...

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...

Shogun Showdown is a masterclass in tactical restraint, proving that a single dimension is all you need for a deep, punishing, and utterly addictive s...

A chilling, masterfully paced descent into algorithmic madness that transforms a simple clicker into a profound meditation on the existential risks of...

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

Amplitude Studios’ **Dungeon of the Endless** is a genre-bending tour de force, merging the unforgiving brutality of a roguelike with the tactical dem...

Exiled Kingdoms masterfully resurrects the spirit of classic isometric RPGs, delivering a sprawling, uncompromising adventure that prioritizes player ...

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

Forager presents an intoxicating initial loop of discovery and rapid progression, but its clever mechanics ultimately buckle under the weight of late-...