Apple Arcade is the Apple's dedicated gaming platform for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, and Vision Pro. After a video post on What is Apple Arcade?, now we want to continue to review and introduce best and most played Apple Arcade Games. If you didn't read the episode 1 of the best Apple Arcade games, just open this link and read it.

The most popular Apple Arcade games in consecutive years - Ep2

We'll introduce the top 10 other Apple Arcade games in this post.

NUTS

NUTS is one of the most famous and enjoyable games in Apple Arcade. An adventure game with a simple yet beautiful graphics developed by Joon, Pol, Muuutsch, Char & Torfi team. NUTS is published on Apple Arcade by Noodlecake Studio. In this game you prepare your research team, activate your GPS and map and head deep into Melmut Forest. Follow the squirrels' footprints and find them with your cameras to see where they hide their nuts. Watch the confusing paths they take and their strange behavior so you can collect more seeds.

Monster Hunter Stories+

Monster Hunter Stories is a game developed and published on Apple Arcade by CapCom. The game story is about 3 young friends—the hero, Lilia, and Cheval— who stumble upon a shining egg in a forest near the Riders village. The egg hatches and reveals a baby Rathalos, that's also known as "the King of the Skies." The trio affectionately name him "Ratha," and take him back to the village. After a year, Cheval and Lilia both leave the village. The hero who officially became a Rider, partners up with the cheerful Navirou, and embarks upon a new adventure into the world of hunters to find his childhood friends.

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a rhythm action video game developed by Simogo Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. This musical game is also known as a pop album video game. It tells the story of a heartbroken young woman in a surrealistic landscape. Every game level is set to a pop song. You'll guide the woman while collecting hearts, avoiding obstacles, and fighting enemies. This game was released for iOS, macOS and tvOS on Apple Arcade. Then went on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in September 2019, became available for Windows in December 2019, and got ready for Xbox One in February 2020. It received many positive feedbacks and reviews and nominated for several year-end awards.

Wonderbox: The Adventure Maker

Creativity and curiosity are the basis of Wonderbox game. An action-adventure game where you can explore, adventure and share this expanding world with your friends and family. In the game you (either alone or with your friends) pass through beautiful cities. Each city has its own story and is waiting for you with a path full of challenges, enemies, puzzles and stages. Wonderbox is almost a competitor to Minecraft that gives you the necessary tools to create a challenging environment to explore and adventure in. This game was released on April 2, 2021 by Aquiris game studio exclusively on Apple Arcade.

Cat Quest II

Cat Quest II, also known as Cat Quest II: The Lupus Empire is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by The Gentlebros and published by PQube. Previous version of this game was announced at September 19, 2019 as Apple Arcade welcome title for iOS and MacOS. In Cat Quest II you control a cat king and a dog king. They work together to reclaim their kingdoms from tyranny. This game has generally positive reviews on release.

Pilgrims

Pilgrims game is a fascinating and fun adventure game. This game has been developed and published by the wonderful Machinarium game developer team. The graphics of this game is very special and unique. A combination of intimacy, friendliness and nostalgia is beautifully implemented in the game imaging. The correct use of colors and shades has brought a beautiful autumn theme in this game.

In this game, you can roam the land as you like and find new friends. Have fun with your fellow travelers and help them solve their challenges in your own way. If you like adventure, problem solving and puzzles, this game is great for you. Unlike Machinarium, there is no any pre-defined way to solve problems in this game and everyone can play this game in their own way. This makes the Pilgrims game more challenging. Funny and occasionally animations have contributed to the beauty of this game. The soundtrack of this game is also attractive and effective.

Oceanhorn 2

One of the most beautiful action and adventure games out there is Oceanhorn 2. It's also one of the most popular Apple Arcade games, developed by the Finnish studio Cornfox & Bros and released exclusively for Apple Arcade on September 19, 2019. The gameplay and graphic design of Oceanhorn 2 is somewhat inspired by The Legend of Zelda video games. This attractive game, like all war games, tells a linear story, and in terms of artistic style, it has similarities to Breath of the Wild.

Oceanhorn 2 takes you on a magical journey across the vast world of Gaia, full of myths and legends. As a young knight, you rise to a challenge: the warlock Mesmeroth has returned with a powerful dark army. Now you must unite Oros, Gilfolk and other great warriors to fight to decide the fate of the world. Of course, you will not be alone in this journey. Taryn, the grandson of Archimedes, the leader of Arcadia, and Gener, a mysterious robot with an ancient samurai weapon, join you and fight alongside you against the dark army of Mesmeroth. You can lead your allies into battle with in-game text commands or ask them to help you solve the game's most clever puzzles!

The Pathless

This action-adventure game was developed by Annapurna Interactive Studio. The Pathless game is a mythological story about the adventure of an archer and his eagle in a big forest. He travels to a mysterious island to remove the curse of darkness. As this archer, you have battles with devils, and with your acrobatic and attractive performance, you prevent the enemies from hitting you. You have to survive through foggy forests, dark swamps, green pastures and snow-covered highways to find a way to penetrate the darkness that dominates the island by solving the mysteries hidden in ancient ruins and old forest trees. This game is extremely exciting and fun. That's why 94% of users allover the world liked it.

Sneaky Sasquatch

Sneaky Sasquatch was the best Apple Arcade game in 2020. It's an adventure game released in 2019 for iOS, Apple TV and macOS as one of the welcome titles to Apple Arcade. This game was developed exclusively for Apple Arcade and is not available on other platforms. 97% of users entire the world liked this game!

In Sneaky Sasquatch, you play as a sasquatch (a type of monkey) who lives near a camp and is friendly with domestic animals. These animals play different roles during the game (for example, the raccoon is the shopkeeper, the ducks are in the crafting and selling business, etc.). you should grow sasquatch. This starts early in the game by stealing food from camps and hiding from park rangers. After acquiring human clothes, you take Sasquatch among humans and gradually help people in human activities. From participating in daily activities to participating in sports competitions and even opening a bank account to pursuing careers such as a doctor, police officer or office manager, you can advance Sasquatch.

The Last Campfire

As the last game in this series of articles on best Apple Arcade games, let's have an action-mystery game from Hello Games Studio, which is one of the new Apple Arcade games and has gained great popularity. The Last Campfire. This game was announced on August 27, 2020 for Apple Arcade and some other platforms.

In the Last Campfire game, you take on the leadership of a spirit called Ember, whose task is to solve puzzles in different environments. You must solve puzzles and challenges to help other souls who have lost hope find their purpose. As you go on the game, new areas open up and you meet different non-playable characters and help them give you new possibilities to solve puzzles. The game can also be played in exploration mode, in which you are more adventurous in the environment than solving its puzzles.

98% of users overall the world liked and recommended this game!

Summarization

So, this was the 2nd part of the Best Apple Arcade games posts. To read the first part, tap or click here. We had strict filters on the games in order to handpick only 20 of the best from more than 250 Apple Arcade games and review them.

All of these games are free-to-play and have no in-game purchases. To get access to them you only have to activate Apple Arcade subscription. Which can be done by Apple One subscription as the best and cheapest way. To buy Apple One subscription just click this link.