The 50 Best iOS Games of 2019

2019 AppAdvice Game of the Year

You'll decide the truth in Telling Lies. In the game, you’ll sit in front of an anonymous laptop with a stolen NSA database of video footage. The secretly recorded footage is of four people linked by a shocking incident. You’ll explore the database of video, taken over two years, by typing in search terms. You can watch the clips where those words are spoken. It's directed by Sam Barlow, the force behind the classic Her Story. And Telling Lies offers that same intrigue and more.

A Social Adventure

From developer thatgamecompany, the team behind the iconic Flower, the new game is billed as a social adventure. Featuring seven different dreamlike realms to explore, players need to spread hope through the desolate kingdom and return fallen Stars to their constellations.

One Awesome Avacado

In the game, you’ll be playing as Avo, a crime-fighting avocado that’s come to life thanks to inventor Billie.

A Visual Masterpiece

In the anonymous adventure, you’ll travel on a life’s passage and can even connect with others while on the journey.

The Hit Indie Game Arrive on the App Store

Described as a roguevania action platformer, get ready for a lot of combat. The 2D game has been redesigned with a great interface for both your iPhone or iPad. You’ll play as a failed alchemic experience and try to explore a huge castle that always changing.

A Breakout Hit

The second game in the series features five unique prisons to escape from with more coming free in the future.

Combining a Puzzler and Compelling Narrative

The game features five distinct stories in different times and locations. Each story features more progressively difficult puzzles. And each of the parts the story - dioramas, photographs, sounds, voices, and puzzles - help tell the narrative story.

A Beautiful and Captivating Puzzler

A captivating adventure, the game touches on memories, friendship, and time. It focuses on two friends – Ariana and Frendt. They are transported into a series of vibrant islands with ordinary objects that hold a special meaning to the pair. There are more than 20 different islands to explore while playing.

A Beautiful Journey

A young girl’s sorrow is manifested in her dress with gives new abilities to navigate the reality.

Brick Building in the Real World

Minecraft Earth takes the popular brick-building game to the real world thanks to augmented reality technology. You can build in tabletop mode at home and then place the creations in the real-world at life-size. Friends can join together to also create communal buildings. Builds can be populated with unique mobs like the muddy pig and moobloom.

Join a Battle

The new game features multiplayer maps from Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Race Time!

Taking the classic and popular franchise to the iPhone and iPad, the game features a one-finger control system to steer and drift. That also means the game will only be available to play in vertical mode. Mario and friends race on courses inspired by real-world cities along with other classic courses.

A Full-Featured MMORPG

Players can select from one of five available character classes and then take on quests and more.

A New Adventure

In the new game, you’ll explore the new island of Pasio, the home of the Pokémon Masters League. To battle, you’ll need to create a sync pair. That is a team with three familiar trainers and their Pokémon. You’ll then send them into 3-on-3 battle against other teams in real-time.

Enter a Dark World

Paying homage the classic 16-bit gaming, the RPG features 120fps gameplay on an iPad Pro.

A Magical Use of AR

Niantic’s follow-up to the wildly successful Pokémon GO brings players into the world of Harry Potter with augmented reality.

A Smashingly Scary Casual Horror Game

You’ll need to help save all the poor souls who have been trapped in the dream demon’s porcelain nightmare. Just don’t smash the fragile figurines along the way. Some of the different figurines you’ll help save include a little girl Georgina, a drunken pirate Jack Parrot, and others.

The Iconic Creature in a Different Light

In The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Monster, you’ll be playing as the creature on a journey throughout Europe. The creature is netter good or evil and is wanting to lean more about its origins and humanity.

A Different Kind of Game

A decidedly different take on what a game is, you’ll being playing as Talma who maintains her simple way of life in her final days.

Choose Your Words Wisely

In the puzzle platformer, the words you craft can help alter the environment for better or worse in a dark and hostile world.

Step Into a Unique World

You’ll become an apprentice to the iconic genus and explore a world full of puzzles, gadgets, and more.

Explore the Red Planet

The popular sci-fi board game has made its way to iOS devices with both solo and multiplayer options.

A Unique Sequel

The sequel to the 2016 game features more swiping action along with beautiful visuals and a great soundtrack.

Watch Things Grow

Featuring more than 60 levels, you’ll try to bring wildflowers to life as you head down a beautiful mountainside.

An Explosively Fun Party Game

Test your puzzle solving and communication skills while trying to disarm a bomb in time.

More Realistic Racing Action

The latest entry in the popular rally simulation feature more than 72 different stages with a number of different surfaces types like snow and more.

A Surprise Entry onto the App Store

The RPG focuses on a world with four different races at war and mysterious, powerful objects called Remnants.

A Challenging Puzzle Game

The game combines the familiar Tetris tile matching with a fun and challenging block siding feature.