This story is part of CNET coverage of Apple Arcade, including first exclusive previews, we’ve discovered some of the service’s top new games.
Apple firmly staked his claim in the gaming world in September with more details on its new game subscription service, Apple Arcade. Service costs $ 4.99 (£ 4.99, AU $ 7.99) per month and lets you play more than 110 new exclusive games on iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Not all games are available on all platforms – there are a few dozen on the Mac, for example.
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Apple Arcade launched earlier than expected as part of the public beta of iOS 13. Key service games include The enchanted world, Where the cards fall and Shinsekai: in the depths. It is available in more than 150 countries. You can try it free for a month.
To discover Apple Arcade, open the App Store and tap the little joystick icon at the bottom of the screen.
Here are all the games announced for Apple Arcade. They are available to play now, unless otherwise noted.
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Agent interception
Developer: PikPok Games
Play as an elite agent trying to save the world and avoid danger with your high tech spy vehicle.
The Artful Escape
Developer: Annapurna Interactive
Announced for the first time at E3 2017, this one looks like a trip to say the least. The Artful Escape talks about a musician, Francis Vendetti, who is in search of self-discovery. The trailer alludes to a mixed, wild and colorful animation and what I imagine will be an incredible soundtrack. This game is coming soon.
Assemble carefully
Developers: UsTwo Games
Originally titled Repair, this allows you to play the role of Maria, restorer of antiques. In addition to saving physical objects, Maria finds ways to solve other problems around her.
Sluggish: Heart of the elder tree
Developer: Wildboy Studios
If you are a fan of Nordic mythology, discover this hand-drawn game to explore beautifully rendered worlds, confront enemies, discover secrets and make choices to reach one of the multiple endings.
Ballistic baseball
Developer: Gameloft
In this pitcher-hitter rivalry game, baseball players will measure their opponent in a round. Ballistic Baseball allows you to put your skills and strategies to the test in online single or multiplayer modes of one, three, six or nine rounds.
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Battle Sky Brigade: Harpooner
Developers: BattleBrew
Detonate barrels and enemies from the sky in this adorable shoot-’em-up.
Beyond the blue
Developer: E-Line Media
In Beyond the blue, you play as Mirai, the principal investigator of a new team. You will dive and discover the ocean – its beauty, its mysteries and its inhabitants – with high speed technologies. The exploration is intimately linked to a story that involves choices with high stakes along the way.
Beyond a steel sky
Developer: Revolution software
This cyberpunk thriller is set 10 years after the events of Under a steel sky, the classic point-and-click game from 1994. You play the returning protagonist, engineer Robert Foster, and navigate a terrain that reminds Fall landscape. Beyond a Steel Sky has a bit of a comic book feel, but it still seems like it serves a dynamic world to explore. Coming soon.
Big Time Sports
Developer: Frosty Pop
This allows you to run, pole vault and slam-dunk without sweating.
Dark sword
Developers: Devolver and Luis Moreno Jimenez
Do not be fooled by the pixelated style, this RPG is much more complicated and dark than it seems.
Box Project
Developer: Mediocre Mel
There is no information available yet on this game, without the image of a cardboard box. We will keep you posted. It’s coming soon.
The Bradwell Conspiracy
Developers: Bossa Studios and a brave plan
The Bradwell Conspiracy is a story-based first-person game where you have to find out the truth behind the explosion that destroyed the Bradwell Electronics facility. At the start of the game, you wake up in the rubble with only a computerized voice in your “smart glasses” to guide you. The glasses guide finally connects you to another person trapped inside the establishment and you have to find a way out.
Butter Royale
Developer: Mighty Bear Games
Butter Royale is taking place in the near future, where weapons have been banned worldwide. To ease tensions, citizens subscribe to a game show called Butter Royale where they are screened on an island to let off steam with food. After upgrading expired chopsticks to nutritionally-powered machines, or NOMs, players engage in a “food fight” and try to get past the butter floods and get to safe areas in five-minute matches . Butter Royale has offline modes where you can play against a bot or online multiplayer modes. Whether you’re playing with up to 32 other players solo or as a team, like in Fortnite, the goal is to be the last one standing.
Map of darkness
Developer: Zach Gage
This is a humorous card-based puzzle game with funny characters drawn by hand.
Cardpocalypse
Developers: Evil and gambrinous Versus
In this single player game, you use card games to defeat monsters who have kidnapped students (think Yu Gi Oh back in the day). The story appears like a comic strip. I’m excited about this one because the animation reminds me of a children’s book that I reread in the 90s. I also appreciate the representation of a character in a wheelchair. It is a puzzle game about the coming of age.
Cat Quest II
Developer: Gentlebros games
I can’t promise I didn’t audibly gasp when this game was announced. As a cat owner for most of my life, I am equally excited that there is a Cat Quest II and an original Cat Quest. This open world action RPG lets you play as a cat or dog. Go on quests, defeat monsters and bring peace to your kingdom.
Charrua Soccer
Developer: Batovi Games Studio
Charrua Soccer is a fun and colorful game accessible to everyone. The caricature, almost Wii characters give the game a nostalgic feel, while capturing the roaring crowds when you score a goal. Batovi hasn’t skimped on gameplay either – you can make short and long passes, aim while shooting, and more.
ChuChu Rocket!
Developers: Universe and Sega
the classic Sega game is back two decades later, with hundreds of new 3D puzzles and multiplayer.
Cricket through the ages
Developers: Devolver and Free Lives
In this game, players trace the “lineage” of humans alongside the history of cricket. The game seems to have levels where you play variations of cricket as cavemen (watch out for dinosaurs), medieval knights, WWI soldiers, and more traditional variants (though it seems like a beach ball may be involved). There may also be astronauts and aliens along the way. Maybe not one for cricket purists.
Crossy Road Castle
Developer: Hipster whale
Crossy Road Castle is the perfect colorful game for fans of nostalgic platform games like Super Mario Bros. and Frogger. The game is one of first suites to an original iOS application, Crossy Road, to join Apple Arcade. The new game will be released later this year.
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Dead end employment
Developer: Head Games
In Dead End Job, you play Hector Plasm, a Ghoul-B-Gone cleaner. Detonate ghosts with your plasma blaster and vacuum them in your vacuum packaging. It seems that a less bloody version of Viscera Cleanup Detail meets Ghostbusters.
Dear reader
Developer: Local 12
This game turns classic literature like Pride and Prejudice into word puzzles. Unscramble anagrams, swap lines of text, and more.
Decoherence
Developer: Efecto Studios
The better you build your robot Decoherence, the more chances you have to win. You build your bot with specific tactics to reinforce your winning strategy. You can experience multiplayer and fight alongside your bot or play solo matches in Entropy Courts. Think standing up and be ready for anything.
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Discolored
Editor: Shifty Eye
Investigate a lonely roadside restaurant at the end of an abandoned road that locals say has lost its color. Solve puzzles in desolate places and restore colors to the once vibrant world. As you discover clues, you will discover that everything is not what it seems. Discolored is a first-person puzzle that mystery fans might appreciate.
Dodo peak
Developer: Moving Pieces Interactive
In this upbeat game, you play as a dodo bird who must save his eggs after they leave the nest. Take them home safely while collecting coins, avoiding obstacles like monkeys and snakes and unlocking more dodos. The game features challenges like safely retrieving all eggs in less than 30 seconds or more.
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Do not disturb me
Developer: Frosty Pop
In Do not disturb me, the Orion III crash lands on its mission to Mars. As Captain Abigail Blackwell attempts to repair the ship, local Martians cause problems.
Doomsday Vault
Developer: Flightless
In this Wall-E style puzzle game, the Earth’s climate has collapsed and you have to save the remaining plant life. Explore what’s left of the planet in your robot jumpsuit, collect plant life and safely return it to Doomsday Vault.
Bermuda
Developer: Yak & Co
A pilot by the name of Milton crashes on an apparently deserted island in Bermuda where you have to discover the secrets of the island, solve puzzles and crack codes to find a way home.
Dread Nautical
Developer: Zen Studios
Supernatural forces have taken control of the cruise liner Hope. You have to find survivors and food by hiding from the monsters.
Earth Night
Developers: Shifty Eye Games and Cleaversoft
Dodge obstacles and test your reflexes in this hand-painted 2D action game. Dragons have invaded Earth and you play as a 14-year-old photographer who has to save the world and navigate the dragon-infested sky.
The enchanted world
Developer: Noodlecake
the Enchanted world is just one of three games Noodlecake is offering at Apple Arcade this fall. The players will help a young fairy to assemble a magic world torn apart by the dark forces. CNET had an exclusive preview of the game in the video below:
Get into construction
Developer: Directive Games
Not much detail to offer on this game. The published images and videos show that it is a sci-fi first-person shooter and probably a more mature game. . It will happen soon.
Get out of Gungeon
Developer: Devolver
Get out of Gungeon, a dungeon climber, feeling like an old arcade game. You play as a “gungeoneer” armed with interchangeable weapons, means to loot and dodge and roll. Go up each level, fight the Gundead and escape through the changing rooms in your own way.
Explottens
Developer: weRplay
If Cat Quest II was not enough, see Explottens, where you play Captain K.I.T. and team up with his motley group of friends to save the world from the evil organization K.L.A.W.
Fallen knight
Editor: Fair Play Studios
Play as Lancelot, the famous knight of the Round Table, in this futuristic horizontal scrolling action platform game. Lancelot and the other knights swore allegiance to the round table to defeat a terrorist organization determined to reveal a deep secret about a city. The game has six stages and several endings.
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Fantasian
Developer: Mist Walker
The team behind Fantasian did everything with handcrafted dioramas and 3D computer graphics. There aren’t a lot of details about Fantasian, apart from the huge amount of work it took to make the graphics amazing. Creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is the brain behind several RPGs, so the game is in good hands. This game is coming soon.
Beginning heroes
Developers: Subtle boom
Take flight by playing Biscuit the Brave, a young macaw, in this tropical platform game. Tapping makes the bird fly. Too much tapping sends it too high, not enough tapping makes it go too low. You must maintain the correct altitude to avoid enemies and obstacles and collect coins. As you explore more islands, you will learn more tricks and meet different characters like Penny the Penguin, who wants to be a pirate.
A downturn
Developer: Lightning rod games
A downturn is a puzzle game about long distance relationships. The colorful characters live in a world made of origami paper. Choose the side of the couple that best represents you, and literally “unfold” the two sides of the story – like the complexity of the textual misunderstandings and the emotions that come with being separated from the people you love. Flip, fold and unfold the paper puzzles in the craft world of each character to help the couple overcome their relationship problems.
Frogger in Toy Town
Developer: Konami
In this game you have to save the lost “frogs” from inside the house of man. You will navigate a lot filled with toys – avoid being run over by toy cars, climb block buildings, collect jelly candies and save the frogs. When you save a frog, it jumps on Frogger’s back (which is just as cute as it sounds). If you liked the old fashioned Frogger, this might be a remaster that interests you.
The Get Out Kids
Developer: Frosty Pop
The Get Out Kids mixes mystery and nostalgia bringing the players back to 1984. Molly, Salim and Molly’s dog, Moses, sneak one night to watch a late screening of the film Ghostblasters at the local drive-in. Along the way, they have to navigate through frightening woods and sneak past the gruff cemetery worker. When Moses suddenly and suspiciously disappears, Molly and Salim begin an unprecedented adventure to find out what happened to their canine friend. This narrative game includes puzzles, hidden object searches and more.
Wheel
Developer: Capybara games
Test your puzzle solving skills in the Grindstone Dungeon, invaded by Creeps.
Guildlings
Editor: Sirvo Studios
In this episodic, story-driven adventure, you will embark on a digital quest with your friends to reach a mystical mountain temple. Fight goblins, ghosts and coffee makers with a conscience (you read that right: coffee makers). Remember to save the world. A magic phone is all you need to start the adventure. Guildlings is a casual fantasy tale that adds nostalgic elements of classic RPGs and old point-and-click puzzle games.
Hexaflip: the action puzzle
Developers: Rogue Games
Explore maze of hexagonal puzzles loaded with hammers, spikes, lasers and more.
Hitchhiker
Developers: Evil Versus and Crazy Pandas
Talk about a mystery road trip. Hitchhiker speaks of a driver on lost highways. You play the hitchhiker and you do not remember your identity or your destination. As you travel, the road and the driver offer clues to what’s going on. It will happen soon.
Hogwarts
Developer: Bossa Studios
In this backyard game, you can take sides with the farmer by trying to keep the farm in perfect condition or ally yourself with the pigs and try to destroy everything with mud. Hogwash is a multiplayer game that pits three players against one in a race against the clock. You can also delete or save the farm in single player or online multiplayer.
Hot lava
Developer: Klei Entertainment
Ready to get nostalgic? Now you or your kids can play what used to be called The Floor Is Lava without leaving the couch (so I guess it still counts). the the game supports up to eight players, and your whole family can run, jump, climb, surf and finally try to stay out of the lava soil.
HyperBrawl Tournament
Developers: Milky Tea Limited
These intense secret brawl sessions will determine the future of the universe. Play two against two in quick 90 second rounds.
Most of them
Developers: Hidden Layer Games and Chucklefish Games
Most of them immediately places players in a scary world. Despite the pixel art design and the little characters, the game is magnificent and immersive from the start. In the game, you can play as three different characters – a knight fighting with shadow beasts, an ordinary guy and a lonely girl. As you progress through this hidden object platform game, you will find that the characters’ stories are linked as they fight the forces of evil.
Jenny LeClue
Developers: Joe Russ and Ben Tillett
As a child, I was obsessed with Harriet the spy, so I’m happy for this game. The game takes place in the seemingly idyllic town of Arthurton, where you play as Jenny, a child detective who is eager to prove her worth as a detective. When your mother is accused of murder, you are about to prove the truth. You quickly realize that nothing, and nobody, is what it seems to Arthurton when you are looking for answers.
Jumper Jon
Editor: Ogre Pixel
In this platform adventure game, Jon is a little devil who lives in Limbo. Every 30 seconds, it dies and reappears. Jon’s friend tries to help him understand what is causing an imbalance between good and evil on earth. The game will be released in chapters, according to Apple.
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King’s League II
Developer: Kurechii
Build the perfect team, train them and lead them to victory in this simulation strategy game
Kings of the castle
Developer: Frosty Pop
In Kings of the castle, Prince Rupert was locked in a tower by the Zantorian dragon. You play as the princess, sent by Lord Baldor, to find and save the prince from a mysterious island. Outsmart enemies, avoid traps and obstacles and collect gems to pay the ransom of the prince. Play solo or team up with others in multiplayer.
Skyfish 2 legend
Developers: Crescent Moon Games and Mother Gaia Studio
In Skyfish 2 legend, Little Red Hook – a young warrior apprentice and the last of Red Hook’s keepers – must protect her world from the enemy forces of the Skyfish. Equipped with the ancient art of fishing rod combat, switch between different lures to defeat enemies, explore and collect materials for weapons and armor.
Lego Builder’s journey
Developer: Clear brick
Lego Builder’s journey, formerly Lego Arthouse, makes Lego an older audience. The game uses a narrative style to explore how, as people age, they may lose touch with the creativity they had when they were children. Lego Ambassador’s Network describes it as “an expression of the value of creativity in a story of transition to adulthood, located in a micro Lego world. “
Lego Brawls
Developers: Lego and Red Games
There are countless ways to create your character in this fast paced 4v4 multiplayer set in the Lego universe. Each stage of the game brings new challenges, objectives and original power-ups, such as a pie launcher, a cactus costume, a snake car or a hot dog stand. Lego Brawl guides you through the controls, so even those unfamiliar with the game can play. Jump into a party, a fight or continue training.
Realistic
Developer: Brother Kunabi
Lifelike is meant to be a calming gaming experience, with gameplay that centers on mysterious amoebic creatures with swarming and flocking tendencies. Enjoy playful, relaxing, almost hypnotic interactions with the creatures in this aesthetically pleasing game.
Lifeslide
Developer: Dreamteck
A paper airplane to take players on a metaphorical journey through life with challenges that require quick thinking and adaptation.
Little Orpheus
Developer: The Chinese Room
It seems the game is going to be about the ’60s-era space race, with, perhaps, some sort of journey-to-the-center-of-the-Earth twist. The developer’s Twitter account has posted a cryptic image of a telegram that refers to a drill, and there’s an image of a blueprint, showing some sort of vehicle bearing a stylized Soviet insignia incorporating a drill bit. Remember, too, that the Orpheus of Greek mythology traveled to the underworld. This game is coming soon.
Loud House: Outta Control
Developer: Nickelodeon
Based on the Nickelodeon show, Loud House, help the Lincoln Loud and his sisters Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa and Lily reach their goals and unlock new levels. Don’t crash into each other or cause sibling rivalry fights. The timer adds an extra level of mayhem as you direct Lincoln to his comic books or Lana to her mud pies. You’ll get bonus points for beating the clock. Every floor of the Loud House has new challenges waiting and special items to collect.
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Marble It Up: Mayhem!
Editor: Marble It Up
Marble It Up: Mayhem! is a fresh, digital spin on vintage marble games. Roll your marbles through challenging and elegantly rendered campaigns. Along the way, paths will get more complicated and gravity might shift – make sure you grab power-ups and gems, and blast your friends to stand a better chance of winning.
Mind Symphony
Developer: Rogue Games
Mind Symphony sets its gameplay to music for an out-of-the-ordinary gaming experience. The game is designed to impact you emotionally and mentally, with the goal of actually making you feel better. If you play in Release Mode, enemy attacks are made in time with the soundtrack. You can also play in Calm Mode for a more soothing experience, which focuses more on the melody by matching the timing of the major melodic point, according to Apple.
Mini Motorways
Developer: Dinosaur Polo Club
Draw roads to build a network and build up a busy metropolis. Adapt and think ahead to keep traffic moving smoothly and meet demands.
Monomals
Developer: Picomy
In this colorful, fun and family-friendly game, you play as an animal DJ – a Retro Rabbit, Funky Frog or Techno Tiger – whose goal is to catch underwater creatures called Monomals, by playing music into the ocean. Use your deep water fishing gear, create your own music and listen to your playlists during your fishing adventures. Play 21 courses with dozens of challenges, collectibles and power-ups.
Manifold Garden
Developer:
William Chyr
Manifold Garden lets players solve puzzles in a space where the laws of physics don’t exist. Cultivate geometric gardens in infinity itself, venture into the expanse, look at things from a new perspective, and master the rules of the universe.
Mosaic
Développeur: Krillbite Studio
Mosaic is a narrative-driven, atmospheric adventure about the repetitiveness monotony of everyday life and feeling like you’re just a cog in the machine. With no sense of meaning, your character lives in a droll, gray world where the same thing happens every day. As your days become a blur of anonymous crowds and meaningless phone notifications strange things begin to happen and suddenly everything changes.
Murder Mystery Machine
Developers: Blazing Griffin
You’re a detective out to prove yourself when a murder case comes across your desk. Explore the crime scene, collect evidence, interview suspects and make deductions to solve the case. You can get hints from your partner if you get stuck, but he’s a bit surly. The game releases mysteries in episodes and the first one is about a murdered politician. Fans of detective procedurals like Law & Order might like this game.
Mutazione
Developer: Die Gute Fabrik
Mutazione is a “mutant soap opera” set in a hand-illustrated world seen through the eyes of 15-year-old Kai. Customize your own garden to soothing musical soundscapes, attend BBQs, get to know your strange neighbors, but be ready for dramatic twists and turns too.
Neo Cab
Développeur: Chance Agency
Neo Cab is a survival game for the digital age embroiled in a mystery. You play as Lina, the last human taxi driver in a world overcome by automation. When you move to Los Ojos to reconnect with your best friend, Savy, and things don’t go as planned when she vanishes. With no other options, you must keep taking passengers to earn money and get information about Savy’s disappearance. Just keep an eye on your Feelgrid bracelet to stay in tune with your emotions and ultimately remain human in this tech-noir game.
Nightmare Farm
Developers: Hit-point Co.
This emotional game centers around a heartbroken young girl at a mysterious farm. Soon she meets others living on the land. Help take care of your new friends by giving them food, toys and growing crops in the fields.
No Way Home
Développeur: SMG Studio
No Way Home is a space shooter from SMG Studio. Players have an entire procedural universe to explore, which includes aliens to meet, monsters to destroy and loot to loot.
Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
Développeur: Cornfox & Bros.
Oceanhorn 2 is a prequel to Monster of the Uncharted Sea, according to the game’s site. So, if you’ve played that one already, you might see some places you’re familiar with but that’ve been revamped. Warlock Mesmeroth has returned with a Dark Army. Unite with the Owrus, Gillfolk, and others to save the world.
Operator 41
Développeur: Shifty Eye Games
Stealth game fans might like this game. In Operator 41, you must reach a telephone to call headquarters. The catch? There are vigilant guards patrolling the grounds that you must distract, sneak by or knock out. Strategy is key.
Outlanders
Developers: Pomelo Games
You play as the leader of a group building a small town. Every level has different challenges, townsfolk with different talents, ways to balance resources, and choices to make.
Over the Alps
Développeur: Stave Studios
This game promises action, adventure, goats, yodeling and a dash of espionage. Don’t blow your cover.
Overland
Développeur: Finji
This game is set in a postapocalyptic world where you have to gather supplies, fight creatures and rescue other survivors. It looks like there’s a dog named Chompsky in the game, and if anything happens to the dog, I’ll riot. Fans of the Walking Dead Telltale series might like this one.
Pac-Man Party Royale
Développeur: Bandai Namco
This classic arcade game is now on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. Play up to four friends with Battle Mode and eat pellets to gain speed, but watch out for Ghosts and the 265-glitch. Gobble up the Super Pellet and the Ghosts will scatter. Bandai Namco plans to release more game modes and mazes over time.
Painty Mob
Developers: Devolver
Painty Mob is a cheerful game where your goal is to douse your world in color. Not everyone is happy about it though, so make sure you stay ahead of the angry mob.
The Pathless
Developers: Annapurna and Giant Squid
A follow up to Abzu, The Pathless takes players to a misty, beautifully rendered forest. You play as an archer who must break the curse of darkness that’s plagued the land. You and your eagle companion must hunt evil spirits, explore the secretive forest, solve puzzles in the ancient ruins and fight epic battles. This game is coming soon.
Patterned
Développeur: Borderleap
Borderleap’s game aims for an aesthetic experience. Each pattern starts as a sketch and players use visual clues to solve the puzzle. As the pattern becomes more assembled, it’ll start to come to life.
Pilgrims
Developers: Amanita Design
Pilgrims is a game you don’t have to worry about beating. Meet characters and help complete their stories along your travels. There are multiple options and they game is designed to be played more than once.
Possessions
Developers: Noodlecake and Lucid Labs
This colorful, minimalist, aesthetically pleasing, 3D puzzle game is all about perspective. Lucid Labs’ site says players will look at objects from different angles until the objects appear to be in the right spot. The puzzles go alongside a calming soundtrack and a narrative of a struggling family, without any dialogue or text.
Pinball Wizard
Développeur: Frosty Pop
Frosty Pop, the game’s developers, paired a timeless game with a fun story. You play as a young apprentice who must bring peace back to your homeland by restoring a lost treasure in a high tower. Along the way, you must defeat enemies and collect keys to find the next room. The game works like a pinball game, so the higher you go, the more health you lose if you fall out of the ring.
Projection: First Light
Developers: Blowfish Studios and Shadowplay Studios
Projection: First Light is a shadow puppet adventure where players control light to solve puzzles. In the game, Greta embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the help of her heroes. It also has educational aspects about the history and art of shadow puppetry.
Proxi
Developers: Will Wright and Gallium Artists
Proxi is a new AI simulation game from Sims creator Will Wright. The game is built out of the player’s memories using them as building blocks in the 3D world. Instead of creating a city or a house, as the player would do in the Sims, Proxi models the brain. You can store memories and millions of interconnected concepts, according to the website. This is coming soon.
Punch Planet
Développeur: Block Zero
Punch Planet’s site describes it as a “Sci-Fi 2D fighter.” Play up to eight characters with multiplayer options or classic versus modes.
Rayman Mini
Développeur: Ubisoft
Rayman is another classic like Sonic. The platformer doesn’t use a timer and lets you try as many times as you need to progress. While you jump, bounce off of flowers and slide down streams of water. You gather lums (little firefly-type bugs), coins and other special prizes along the way.
Red Reign
Développeur: Ninja Kiwi Games
Prepare your troops, fortify your castle and fight your way to victory in this tactical strategy game. You can play head-to-head online and via Bluetooth multiplayer. Red Reign also works offline in AI single player mode.
Redout: Space Assault
Developer: 34 Big Things
In the 2395 Colonization of Mars, you play as Leon Barret, one of the best fighter pilots in the Poseidon Security Forces. Keep order by eliminating rebels and space pirates, help the scientists continue their research while keeping them safe, and more. Redout: Space Assault offers multiple game modes like deep gameplay, career mode and more.
Rosie’s Reality
Developer: RosieReality
Rosie’s Reality is set in 2048, where robots coexist with humans in the virtual and real world. A friendly AI Assistant named Robbie explains that the global control center has been hacked and Rosie, a rescue bot, is the only one who can help. After several training puzzles to get the hang of gameplay, Robbie and Rosie set off the fix the malfunctioning robots around the world. The missions take the duo to locations like highway construction sites, skyscraper rooftops, transport hubs, spaceports and more. The ultimate goal is to find the robot’s missing chip to reset them.
Roundguard
Developers: Wonderbelly Games
Roundguard is a dungeon crawler-style pinball game where you must fight off monsters in order to win loot. Even if you win a level, the game features unique play-through, so every game is different to keep you on your toes.
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Developers: Annapurna Interactive and Simogo
Sayonara Wild Hearts, named Apple Arcade’s Game of the Year, is an electric new take on the endless arcade runner. It centers on a woman who’s had her heart broken. Every level gets more challenging as you face lasers, motorcycle battles and the woman’s “other self” — The Fool. It’s all set to an amazing soundtrack.
Scrappers
Developer: Q-Games
Play solo or team up with a motley crew of other trash collectors in Scrappers. Fight your way through the grimy streets of Junktown and strategize your trash collection to boost your efficiency and earn rewards. Watch out for rival teams ready to attack and knock you off your schedule. Use teamwork to win street brawls, customize your garbage truck, unlock and recruit more scrappers to your team, and challenge friends in minigames.
Secret Oops!
Developer: MixedBag
In Secret Oops!, you play as Special Agent Charles from SPY Agency, who’s less-than-equipped to handle an international “crisis,” like briefcases disappearing worldwide. The robotic pigeons who lead SPY decide that Charles is the best agent for this job. The goal of the game is to make sure the bumbling Charles stays undetected.
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Développeur: WayForward
Shantae and the Seven Sirens is the half-genie hero’s fifth adventure. She gains new Fusion Energy and explores a vast sunken city, acquiring new friends, learning new magic and battling Sirens.
Shinsekai Into the Depths
Développeur: Capcom
You play as a diver in this sidescrolling action game takes place underwater. The controls let you navigate your way through the sea’s dark depths. Keep an eye on your oxygen levels and watch out for unfriendly creatures! CNET got an exclusive preview of the game in the video below:
ShockRods
Développeur: Stainless Games
This action-packed game is described as an “arena shooter with cars.” ShockRods is a six-versus-six or 12-player free for all, according to its preorder site. Customize and equip your vehicles to dominate with nitros, double jumps and more.
Skate City
Developers: Snowman and Agens
Skate City uses the touchscreen to mimic movements that a skater would in the world to do tricks — more than 32 tricks, to be exact. You can customize your character and explore the dynamic time of day and weather system so you’re always skating in perfect conditions.
Sneaky Sasquatch
Développeur: RAC7
In Sneaky Sasquatch, players are just that: a sneaky Sasquatch. But you get some help from a clever raccoon. Sneak into the campsite and fill your backpack with snacks. Sometimes the other animals, like the snoozing bear, might want some picnic leftovers, and is willing to pay for them. You can use the money at the raccoon’s shop. Just make sure you tip-toe so you don’t get caught by the surly park ranger or scare any campers.
Sociable Soccer
Éditeur: Rogue Games
Fans of FIFA and other sports video games might like Sociable Soccer. Build up your team and become a force to be reckoned with on the field by collecting 25,000 cards from 1,000 international teams. Take on other teams in multiplayer mode or play solo in a 60-hour campaign mod. Sociable Soccer also offers ad hoc friendly matches.
Sonic Racing
Developers: Sega and HardLight
Sonic is a classic. There’s a good chance you know who the speedy little hedgehog is, even if you’ve never played the games. The game is fun and the controls aren’t hard to pick up on. You’ll race on teams with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. As you level up, you can change your team to other characters like Shadow, Amy and others. Maneuver your car to grab as many rings as possible, avoid traps and win.
Spaceland
Developer: Tortuga Team
Spaceland is a turn-based hyperspace adventure from the makers of Braveland Heroes. You land on a deserted planet and have to fight your way out with your rag-tag team.
Speed Demons
Développeur: Radian Games
Ready to go fast? Speed Demons is a highway racing simulator that uses physics-based crashes. Drive leisurely, race at high speeds, or crash into everything in sight.
Spek
Développeur: RAC7 Games
Spek is a perspective puzzle game where you guide a dot through a minimalist world and collect fragments of the broken dimension. The game’s unique style will challenge how you think.
Spelldrifter
Développeur: Free Range Games
Spelldrifter combines the best parts of RPGs and deck-building games. Assemble your heroes and build your deck as you venture into into Starfall searching for the entrance to the Labyrinth.
Spidersaurs
Développeur: WayForward
In this game, IngestCorp’s plan to solve world hunger backfires and hybrid creatures– the spidersaurs– escape. Former company food testers Adrian and Victoria team up to save the day in this game reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons.
Spyder
Développeur: Sumo Digital
In Spyder, you must save the world as Agent 8 — a sophisticated miniature robot spider deployed by the British Spy Agency.
Star Fetched
Éditeur: Crescent Moon Games
Star-Fetched is about Rhys Randall, a young space-adventurer who’s teleported to a distant solar system to help defend against an oncoming alien invasion. Equipped with only his spacesuit and low-powered gun, Rhys must devise a plan to build a ship, explore nearby planets, and help save the solar system in danger. This adventure sci-fi platformer includes elements of exploration and RPG.
Stela
Éditeur: Skybox Labs
Stela is about a woman witnessing a mysterious, ancient world come to an end and learning to survive. Players will navigate treacherous terrain, outsmart dangerous beasts through puzzles, and explore haunted towns and creepy forests in this adventure.
Stellar Commanders
Développeur: Blindflug Studios
Take off into space and fight for control of distant planets in this multiplayer, real-time strategy game. Join a faction and form a team of futuristic troops. Unlock rockets, tanks, stealth generators, orbital satellites and more.
Steven Universe: Unleash the Light
Developers: Cartoon Network and Rebecca Sugar
Pick and play as your favorite Steven Universe character from the original Cartoon Network show in this RPG. Choose which Gems are in your party, unlock abilities and change costumes. If it’s anything as wonderful as the show, this will be a great game.
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Stranded Sails
Developers: Shift Eye Games
In this game, you and your crew are shipwrecked on a mysterious island. Since the captain, your father, is injured, you assume the role of leader. Take care of the survivors by farming, building a new ship and searching the island for treasures. Go on new quests, solve the mystery of the island and watch out for dangers.
Super Impossible Road
Développeur: Rogue Games
In Super Impossible Road, you can race futuristic pods on a course in space. Customize your pod and play with others, and the track is new every time. Swerve, slide and cheat your way to the finish line.
Super Mega Mini Party
Éditeur: Red Mini Games
Super Mega Mini Party is a fun way to compete with players around the world in mini-games or play against your friends in a Party. Compete in eight challenging multiplayer mini-games where you can challenge four friends or online players in party mode. You can also work on your skills and level up in solo training mode.
Takeshi & Hiroshi
Éditeur: Oink Games
Puppet animation meets RPG in Takeshi & Hiroshi. You play as Takeshi, an aspiring game designer who is building a game for his little brother Hiroshi. Hiroshi plays quickly, so Takeshi has to improvise, since the game is still in the making. As the game progresses, making sure Hiroshi enjoys the game but still finds it challenging becomes a challenge in itself.
Tales of Memo
Éditeur: Ten Days
Tales of Memo works like an old-school memory card game. Solve the memory puzzles to defeat your enemies in the game. For example, if you open two magical chests on the board — and the content matches — you can cast a certain spell and vanquish your foes. Play as Memo and accompany your friends on a journey to save your home.
Tangle Tower
Développeur: SFB Games
In this clever, colorful game, Detective Grimoire and his sardonic partner Sally are on the hunt for a murderer in the mysterious Tangle Tower. The clues are pouring in long before you cross the threshold to find that the prime suspect is a painting. Investigate, explore, gather evidence, question suspects and solve puzzles to discover the truth.
Things That Go Bump
Developers: Tinybop
In this game, the things that you might’ve heard going “bump” in the night are actually mischievous spirits called yokai. Things That Go Bump lets up to four people play and duke it out as the tiny troublesome sprites. Make your creature, escape the junk drawer, battle your friends and watch out for the other house spirits.
Tint
Développeur: Lykke Studios
In this aesthetic game, you’ll level up by mixing watercolors to match colored origami paper in your own garden studio. No rush, no timers and no one to beat. Each chapter brings something different– sounds of rain, the warm glow of sun, the chirping of birds and more. There’s also a mode for colorblind and vision impaired users.
Towaga: Among Shadows
Developers: Noodlecake and Sunnyside Games
You play as Chimù, a light-wielder who protects the temple of Towaga against hordes of evil spirits in this exciting single-player action game. You’ll fight enemies in the jungles and while soaring in the skies. Improve your chances by learning new spells and powers.
Ultimate Rivals: The Rink
Developer: Bit Fry
Ultimate Rivals: The Rink lets you assemble a dream team of athletes from the NHL, WNBA, NBA, MLB and the US Women’s National Soccer team for wild arcade style hockey. Play three-on-three in short games to learn the controls, but don’t forget about strategy.
UFO on Tape: First Contact
Développeur: Revolutionary Concepts
UFO on Tape: First Contact gives you a chance to explore how you might react if an alien spacecraft came down out of the skies. Be brave, grab your phone and start recording (minus the tinfoil hat) as you race across the countryside after the intergalactic visitors.
Various Daylife
Développeur: Square Enix
Various Daylife is an RPG set in the year 211 of the Imperial Era. Players will explore a newly discovered continent of Antoecia, while living in the city of Erebia. Your character will grow through everyday work like manual labor, honing magical skills and more. Monitor your rations and pack your daily bag accordingly– you never know what the frontier will hold.
Way of the Turtle
Développeur: Illusion Labs
Way of the Turtle is a cute, colorful, single-player platform game. In the first level, you must find Ms. Turtle on your honeymoon. Navigate a beachy obstacle course, avoid traps and gather coins. As you continue, you’ll earn shells that give you more abilities.
What the Golf?
Developer: Triband
Triband’s new parody game What the Golf? is designed for people who hate golf and made by people who don’t know n’importe quoi about it. The site says players will be able to “golf horses” and partake in “epic golf boss fights.” It also promises not to make you a better golfer. It definitely looks like it’ll be good for a laugh.
Where Cards Fall
Developers: Snowman and The Game Band
Where Cards Fall describes itself as a “dreamlike journey through youthful uncertainty.” The developers created the narrative-driven coming-of-age story using cards as a clever metaphor: what it’s like to be a teenager. The cards, which players can build or collapse, were a huge inspiration to the game’s creation. CNET got an exclusive preview of the game in the video below:
Winding Worlds
Développeur: Ko_op
the team behind Winding Worlds calls this game a colorful and dreamy puzzle-adventure about exploration, friendship and acceptance. Ko-op is the developer behind GNOG and LCGO: The Mirror of Spirits. This game is coming soon.
Word Laces
Développeur: Minimega
If you’re a fan of word puzzles and shoes, you might like Word Laces. Use the picture to find the meaning of the puzzle, lace the letters together and earn a shoe.
Yaga
Developers: Versus Evil and Breadcrumbs Interactive
In Yaga — a roleplaying game that adapts to your choices as you play — you play as Ivan, a one-handed blacksmith cursed with bad luck. Ivan takes on seemingly impossible tasks from a czar while a witch keeps an eye on him and his grandmother demands he find a wife. The game is packed with Slavic folklore and ancient Pagan beliefs set to a Romanian hip-hop soundtrack.
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