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Apple Arcade, Sayonara Wild Hearts

Apple Releases Best iOS Games and Most Downloaded of 2019 Lists

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Apple has chosen the best games that came out for its lineup of devices and released a list of the games most downloaded during the year. Same as last year, Apple’s editors had picked one game per platform as the “best” game.

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Journey developer thatgamecompany took the iPhone Game of the Year with adventure game Sky: Children of the Light, while the action RPG Hyper Light Drifter took iPad Game of the Year.

Mac Game of the Year went to Deevolver Digital published Gris, and the remake of the Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap, called Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, won Apple TV Game of the Year.

While the subscription-based Apple Arcade launched last September, it received its own category with Annapurna Interactive’s Sayonara Wild Hearts winning.

Apple mentioned several original games released by bigger publishers as a trend of 2019, such as Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour and Activision’s Call of Duty: Mobile.

The company also published the lists of the most downloaded free and paid games from the App Store of 2019 listed below.

Free

  • Mario Kart Tour
  • Color Bump 3D
  • Aquapark.io
  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • BitLife – #1 Life Simulator
  • Polysphere – art of puzzle
  • Wordscapes
  • Fortnite
  • Roller Splat!
  • AMAZE!!!
  • Paper.io 2
  • Fun Race 3D
  • Helix Jump
  • Crowd City
  • Roblox
  • Draw it
  • Words Story
  • Traffic Run!
  • Run Race 3D
  • Mr Bullet – Spy Puzzles

Paid

  • Minecraft
  • Heads Up!
  • Plague Inc.
  • Bloons TD 6
  • Geometry Dash
  • Rebel Inc.
  • The Game of Life
  • Stardew Valley
  • Bloons TD 5
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
  • True Skate
  • Pocket City
  • Terraria
  • Kingdom Rush Vengeance
  • Pocket Build
  • Trivia Crack (No Ads)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s
  • Donut County
  • Exploding Kittens

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