Apple Names Genshin Impact iPhone Game of the Year; Releases Most Downloaded Lists

Apple has announced its best games of 2020 awards across its suite of devices and services including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Arcade.

MiHoYo’s free-to-play action RPG Genshin Impact was picked for the iPhone Game of the Year. It also won Google Play’s Best Game of 2020 earlier this week.

Riot Games’ free-to-play collectible card game Legends of Runeterra won the iPad Game of the Year. Disco Elysium, which released on the Mac last April, won Mac Game of the Year.

Apple TV Game of the Year went to 2D platformer and metroidvania game Dandara Trials of Fear, while Sneaky Sasquatch won Apple Arcade Game of the Year.

Pokemon GO also appeared as part of the “App Trends of 2020” for shifting its normally outdoor gameplay to work better at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Apple also released the lists for the top free and paid games on the App Store for 2020:

Free App Store games

• Among Us!
• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Roblox
• Subway Surfers
• Ink Inc. – Tattoo Drawing
• Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game
• Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles
• Brain Out
• Coin Master
• Cube Surfer!
• Woodturning 3D
• Homescapes
• Johnny Trigger
• Tangle Master 3D
• Mario Kart Tour
• Fishdom
• Sort It 3D
• Rescue Cut – Rope Puzzle
• Park Master
• UNO!

Paid App Stores Games

• Minecraft
• Plague Inc.
• Heads Up!
• Monopoly
• Bloons TD6
• Geometry Dash
• NBA 2K20
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• The Game of Life
• True Skate
• Clue: The Classic Mystery Game
• Terraria
• Five Nights at Freddy’s
• Stardew Valley
• Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
• Bloons TD 5
• Exploding Kittens
• Farming Simulator 20
• Rebel Inc.
• Arcadia – Arcade Watch Games