| Your iPhone is a powerful game machine, capable of playing sophisticated 3D adventures as well as simple yet addictive puzzles.
There’s one problem though: There are far to many games in iTunes. Picking up the best ones is anything but trivial, but I try to do my best. This is a survey of the iPhone games that I consider to be Best of Breed. Visit me regularly to see what’s new. This site does not review iPhone productivity Apps, just games. If you’re interested in other kinds of Apps, please visit my Best iPhone Apps site. |
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Solitaire City™ (Deluxe) by Digital Smoke LLC is the most comprehensive Solitaire collection for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Numerous game rules offer over 60 solitaire variations, including FreeCell (7 variations), Klondike (12), Demon (4), Poker Squares (4), Pyramid (4), Cribbage Squares (3), Golf (4), Casket (2), Alternations (4), Eliminator (3), Yukon (3), Tri-Peaks (2), Double Klondike (3) and Spiderette One, Two and Four Suits.
Compete against players from all around the world via Wi-Fi or cellular networks and see your name and scores in lights on real-time, daily, weekly and champions leaderboards that are automatically synchronized with a central server.
ARKANOID by TAITO Corporation is a block-destroying arcade classic, now available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Use the intuitive slide controls to guide your spaceship from side to side, deflecting the energy ball and destroying the space wall, brick by brick. Broken bricks release a wide variety of power-up items, each adding a unique spin to game play.
The game system changes as the story progresses, revealing a new craft, new gimmicks, and new stages.
MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition by Electronic Arts is the game you know and love going global.
Build an empire with the world’s most coveted real-estate properties like Paris, Rome and Barcelona.
Use innovative touchscreen controls to buy, trade and upgrade your properties for profit. Shake to roll the dice & swipe to stack your cards.
Shrek Forever After™: The Game by Gameloft lets you become a “Real Ogre” as you explore, fight, scare, race and fly through 11 visually-stunning 3-D levels as Shrek, Donkey and Puss In Boots! It’s an epic tale of Love, War, & Sketchy Contracts.
Longing for the days when he felt like a “real ogre,” Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumplestiltskin. He finds himself in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Help Shrek undo all he’s done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his True Love!
Azkend by 10tons Ltd is a mystical puzzle game polished to near perfection.
The relic your archaeological team found in Far Asia was more powerful than you thought. Now your mission is to reach the Temple of Time and return the Relic to lift the curse. Earn all the eight powerful talismans and unleash their helpful power.
You will come across breathtaking sceneries on your journey. The rich and relaxing atmosphere will draw you in and keep you there. Two game modes will keep you entertained for hours.
Call of Atlantis by Playrix is an exciting tile-swapping journey around the ancient lands of Rome, Greece, Troy, Phoenicia, Babylon, Egypt and Carthage to acquire seven mysterious crystals of power. Once collected and put together, they are able to restore the Altar of Poseidon and save the fabled sunken continent.
Fully optimized for the touch screen with both landscape and portrait display, featuring Facebook Connect, the game sets new quality standards for iPhone puzzle games with fantastic graphics and superb sound effects.
Drop7 by Area/Code may seem like a very simple game at first look, but don’t be fooled… it’s complex and super addictive!
Tetris meets Sudoku in this original, deceptively simple abstract puzzle game. Master the unique gameplay twist in seconds – but fine-tune your strategies forever. Choose from three modes of play: the more relaxed Normal Mode, the fast-paced Hardcore Mode, or the mysterious Sequence Mode.
THE GAME OF LIFE Classic Edition by Electronic Arts is a new spin on the classic board game.
The Game of Life allows you to live an alternate life. At the beginning, you decide whether you want to go down the education or work route. You’ll then get married, have children, change careers, invest in the stock market, buy a house and go through life with little upset apart from going bankrupt.
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge by LucasArts lets you relive the second hilarious misadventure of the wannabe-pirate Guybrush Threepwood with new and unique signature Special Edition features.
Lucasarts’ unmatched humour along with superb production values and a real sense of swashbuckling heroism make Guybrush Threepwood’s romps hugely enjoyable, and endlessly repeatable, even once you’ve done the puzzles a dozen times.
The Simpsons Arcade by Electronic Arts is a hilarious chase through Springfield in pursuit of a top-secret doughnut.
Join Homer on a hilarious chase through Springfield in drooling pursuit of frosted fried dough. Clueless and hungry, he has no idea that his desired doughnut is the key to a devious scheme hatched by sinister Springfield forces…
Earn and activate “Family Frenzy” power-ups to summon help from Marge, Maggie, Lisa and Bart, who can come to Homer’s rescue. He’s gonna need it!
SimCity™ Deluxe by Electronic Arts is a new adaptation of the classic city-building simulation game, specially designed for the iPhone.
Designed for dedicated and casual fans, you can build and manage your dream city with an updated iPhone experience. Let your inner urban planner run wild with easier controls, optimized performance, improved visuals, starter cities, and exciting new scenarios.
Enjoy vastly improved zooming capability and watch the image of your city be smoothly displayed when you scroll.