Mobile gaming has really come a long way—who here still remembers playing Snake on their old Nokia phones? In just a couple of decades, the hardware on mobile devices has seen such huge improvements that some mobile games aren’t seen as any lesser than if played on home gaming systems.
In late 2019, yet another shift has occurred in terms of what we can expect from gaming. Apple released Apple Arcade, its mobile game subscription service; think Netflix for gaming, with access to over a hundred games for Apple devices. Most notably, these titles are free of in-game advertisements and microtransactions.
There is also GameClub, a similar subscription service focused on resurrecting the App Store’s best classic games that have been lost to time with incompatibility issues over the years. The market is currently oversaturated with money-grubbing games that focus on tempting players with in-app purchases, so we are very excited to see how gaming subscription can yield offerings that truly bring the focus back to quality gameplay.
With the current health crisis, it’s likely you’ll want to stay safe indoors, so here are our top picks for free, paid, and subscription-based mobile games to keep yourself entertained over the next few weeks!