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Apple Releases ‘Best of 2018’ Lists for iOS and Mac Games

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Apple revealed its games of the year across its iOS, Mac, and Apple TV devices alongside lists for the top games of 2018 on iPhone and iPad.

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Publisher Annapurna Interactive earned two awards this year with physics-based puzzle game Donut County winning Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year and Gorogoa, a puzzle game with hand-drawn illustrations, winning iPad game of the year. The Gardens Between won Mac Game of the Year and Alto’s Odyssey won Apple TV Game of the Year.

Apple also published lists for the top free and paid games of 2018 for iPhone and iPad listed below. Epic Games’s Fortnite took the top spot for both devices under the free category, while Minecraft continues to sell after releasing in 2011 on iOS 8 with first place in paid iPad games and second place for paid iPhone games.

Top Free iPhone Games

  1. Fortnite
  2. Helix Jump
  3. Rise Up
  4. PUBG MOBILE
  5. Hole.io
  6. Love Balls
  7. Snake VS Block
  8. Rules of Survival
  9. ROBLOX
  10. Dune!
  11. Subway Surfers
  12. Episode – Choose Your Story
  13. Word Link – Word Puzzle Game
  14. Toon Blast
  15. Color Road!
  16. HQ Trivia
  17. Twisty Road!
  18. 8 Ball Pool
  19. Kick the Buddy
  20. Sniper 3D Assassin: Gun Games

Top Paid iPhone Games

  1. Heads Up!
  2. Minecraft
  3. Plague Inc.
  4. Bloons TD 6
  5. Pocket Build
  6. Bloons TD 5
  7. Geometry Dash
  8. The Game of Life
  9. Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
  10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  11. Trivia Crack (No Ads)
  12. Getting Over It
  13. Monument Valley 2
  14. Alto’s Odyssey
  15. True Skate
  16. The Room: Old Sins
  17. Terraria
  18. Exploding Kittens
  19. Five Nights at Freddy’s
  20. The Escapists: Prison Escape

Top Free iPad Games

  1. Fortnite
  2. ROBLOX
  3. Kick the Buddy
  4. Love Balls
  5. Helix Jump
  6. Color by Number Coloring Game!
  7. Bowmasters – Multiplayer Game
  8. Hole.io
  9. Rise Up
  10. Rules of Survival
  11. Subway Surfers
  12. Rolling Sky
  13. PUBG MOBILE
  14. Toon Blast
  15. Snake VS Block
  16. Granny
  17. Piano Tiles 2
  18. Slither.io
  19. Run Sausage Run!
  20. Pixel Art – Color by Number

Top Paid iPad Games

  1. Minecraft
  2. Geometry Dash
  3. The Game of Life
  4. The Room: Old Sins
  5. Heads Up!
  6. Bloons TD 6
  7. Goat Simulator
  8. Five Nights at Freddy’s
  9. LEGO Jurassic World
  10. Terraria
  11. The Escapists: Prison Escape
  12. Bloons TD 5 HD
  13. Monument Valley 2
  14. Plague Inc.
  15. Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location
  16. Goat Simulator PAYDAY
  17. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
  18. Teeny Titans – Teen Titans Go!
  19. Teen Titans Go! Figure
  20. Scribblenauts Unlimited

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