It’s nearly impossible to compare games from different genres to determine which is better. How do you compare a game like 'Tropico' to one like 'I’m King Ping Pong' without giving the edge to the game that offers dozens of hours of gameplay through multiple modes and menus over the game with one mode and one style? The answer is to compare by the genre standard. It’s kind of like what the Academy Awards or The Wesminster Dog Show does in evaluating diverse movies or dogs based on the standard of its genre or breed. How well does game X fit its genre and compare to others in its genre? With that in mind, you have a basis for what we at AppAdvice are looking for in ranking the best iOS games of 2018. We also like to focus on originality, made for iOS, how well it defines its genre, graphics, sound, interface, replay factor, and more. Now, we present the 50 best games of 2018, according to AppAdvice.
Through all of the release of 2018, check out what stood above the rest to capture the crown of the 2018 iOS Game Of The Year.
Slide through solution scenarios
Swipe vertically across panels to introduce new elements that work towards a solution. In each level, you need to figure out the right combination of panels for Polo to traverse the danger filled level.
These two outstanding games just missed out on the title of 2018 Game of The Year.
Puzzling over Final Destination
Death Coming is a puzzle game about death and claiming souls so you can live again. It's dark, charming, and harder than you think.
An Ornate 3D Platformer
Help Suzy Cube recover the stolen gold as you run and jump through 40 fun filled levels. The game emphasizes tight touch controls to let you fully enjoy a 3D platformer on your iOS device.
The top 10 games of 2018 are simply amazing. You can't go wrong with any one from here on up.
Victory to Valhalla
Oddmar, an action-adventure platformer from the developers of Leo's Fortune, is beautiful, humorous, and challenging. The gorgeous action-adventure platformer that keeps you entertained while you prove your worth in Valhalla.
Hack and Slash
The fast-paced combat game will test your skills with a journey through a dark realm filled with stunning landscapes and dungeons.
AppAdvice's Best Game of 2018: Donut County
In the unique physics-based puzzler, trash is king as you’ll attempt to devour everything in Donut County with a hole that keeps on growing. Combining the quirky story with fun gameplay, Donut County will definitely suck you in. Make sure to check it out.
Play cards for an RPG adventure
Meteorfall is an exciting and challenging roguelike card game that packs quite a punch.
A side scrolling action packed challenge.
Grab your sword, and get ready to build massive combos as you take on a variety of enemies across the kingdom. The game delivers buttery smooth controls to allow you to swiftly slice and dice anything that satnds in your way.
Outrun the Cops
Tree Men Games is back with PAKO 2, a deeper and more challenging sequel to the original car chase simulator. The new game features more action and expansive locations.
We're almost to the top 10, and these games just missed the cut.
The World of Darkness
A mobile adventure puzzle game, players will guide an old man who discovers a lantern in the forest for one last journey. There are eight different worlds with unique personality and secrets.
Build, Build, Build
The full-featured simulation game allows players to create their own unique city.
An arcade golf game set in a post apocalyptic landscape.
Play golf through abandoned buildings, past wrecked cars, and through the wasteland that Earth has become in the game's storyline. There's a beautiful visual style with a subtle storyline that lets you jetpack around holes.
AppAdvice's Game of the Year Runner-Up: Alto's Odyssey
Alto and his friends have moved from snowboarding mountains to sandboarding dunes. Alto’s Odyssey breaks the sequel mold continuing what made Alto’s Adventure great, and subtly build upon it. It's a beautiful and compelling game choice that can be enjoyed by any level of gamer.
The Curious Case of Rusty Lake
The developers over at Rusty Lake have an interesting sense of style, and its even present in their games. Their latest point and click adventure delivers the familiar style, but with an all new storyline that is bound to intrigue you.
A Unique Version of the Final Fantasy Series
The story of Final Fantasy XV has been redone for mobile devices. Final Fantasy XV is now pocket-sized for your convenience.
The Teen Titans Return
A sequel to Teeny Titans, the new game sees a mysterious figure ring to put the superheroes out of business. You’ll need to help get to the bottom of the mystery. Featuring 3-on-3 figure battles, there are more than 90 different figures to collect in the sequel to Teeny Titans.
A Powerful and Unique Game of Exploration
Be prepared for a unique experience as you’ll head back to 1995 and unravel a mystery by exploring what a family has left behind.
Play as a guy in a bear suit tasked with taking out different realms.
Barbearian presents a hack 'n' slash challenge with jam packed waves of enemies to defeat. This is a grand scale challenge with literal hundreds of enemies spawned in a given level.
The developer of Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire has a new take on pool for you to try.
A single player game of pool that emphasizes an arcade scoring system. Each pocket has a different multiplier, so that you try to aim your shots to maximize your score across multiple game modes.
Now, we're getting to the point of some true stand outs. It's like splitting hairs to rank all of these amazing games from 2018.
Antihero is a fantastic addition to anyone's strategy game collection.
Antihero, the digital strategy board game where you're a master thief and run a thieves guild to plunder the city, is now on iOS.
A beautifully rendered 3D survival horror adventure.
Get lost in a 1930s era animation studio in which the characters have come to life. Get ready to survive creepy ink filled nightmares.
Find Your Rhythm
A fun musical puzzle game from the team behind Old Man’s Journey, you’ll need to find the rhythm to solve each level.
A New 3D Adventure
The fourth installment in The Room series revolves around a disappearance, a strange artifact, and peculiar dollhouse. The gameplay style returns as you interact with ornate 3D objects, and uncover the mysteries within the transforming dollhouse.
An Interactive Storybook
Experience an endearing and heartfelt story in Florence as you witness a young girl go through the various stages of first love.
Dandara takes your idea and expectations of a metroidvania platformer and turns it upside down with a fresh new experience.
Dandara is a vast metroidvania platformer game that will turn your world upside down.
A Comedy Adventure
The creators of Machinarium, Botanicula, and Samrost, Chuchel should definitely make you smile. You’ll join Chuchel and Kekel to retrieve a precious cherry on a road full of challenges.
A sequel to the 2015 original, you’ll need to be creative and use as many letters possible to spell different words to earn more points.
A sequel to the 2015 original, you’ll need to be creative and use as many letters possible to spell different words to earn more points.
Lone Warrior
Toss spears at all kinds of crazy creatures in ancient Germanic future. You're a lone wolf warrior equipped with just the Lichtspeer — how many penguin vikings, hipster ice giants, and burst zombies can you take out before you fall?
Moving on up. The games keep getting better as we reveal the next ten in our reverse countdown to the game of the year.
A challenging game in which you ride a unicycle, and try to throw objects long distances.
Check out this challenging game in which you ride a unicycle, and try to throw objects long distances.
Pedal to the Metal
The newest arcade racing game in the series features dream cars from Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, W Motors, and many more.
BMX Bike Tricks Return
Put two fingers on screen to ride the bike, and get ready to pull off a ton of tricks. The sequel maintains the Illusion Labs style, and enhances it in every way.
All Hail El Presidente!
The humorous building simulator allows players to transform the small island country while playing politics and ruling the residents.
A tactical strategy game that emphasizes stealth.
Every president in history has been kidnapped, and it's up to you to take on the crazy band of adversaries. There are procedurally generated bases to sneak through to keep the missions fresh.
An Action-Packed RPG from Nintendo
The freemium action RPG focuses on a special bond between humans and dragons.
Flip a strip of bacon on to all kinds of crazy items.
A quick action arcade game in which you try to flip a slice of bacon from a frying pan on to a stationary object. The objects include a salad, a pineapple, and even Kevin Bacon.
A fast paced version of stickman table tennis.
Play through 16 stickman rivals in a fast paced version of table tennis. It's all about rhythm based quick reaction to hit the ball back.
The unique new game is backed by a mysterious story. An anonymous source informs you that The Company is evil and needs to be stopped. You’ll do that by solving each of the puzzles in each level.
A puzzle game for mystery fans, the new title offers a number of AR levels to solve.
An inverted brick breaker with all new strategy elements.
Shoot balls downward to try to take out numbered blocks in an inverse brick breaker. Aim is important as you're sending multiple balls at once that can ricochet around to do the most damage for a successful descent.
The top 50 begins with the unveiling of numbers 41 to 50 on the list. When you see some great games this far down the list, you can't help but be excited for what's to come.
Get Sneaky
In this fun strategic action game stealth is key as you’ll attempt to sneak through each level without getting caught.
The makers of I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator have a new crazy concept game for you to try.
Cat Island is full of felines, both wild and domesticated, and now you can date them while uncovering the island's dark secrets.
A frenetic online multiplayer shooter with dogs piloting planes.
Thunderdogs is built upon the .io mold for quick connecting massive online multiplayer set-ups. The game itself stands apart with the sheer pace of action with every player vying to take you out in a compact arena.
A pure action game in which a chicken takes on demons.
Simple one touch controls to tap to fly to guide the chicken to bomp demons' heads. There are procedurally generated levels to move your way through with a fluid style.
Tower Power
The hugely popular tower defense series is back with Kingdom Rush Vengeance. There are 16 new towers with unique abilities and special power and much more.
A grand scale board game with fantastical card based elements.
Your ultimate goal is to become king or queen of Armello as you'll quest, scheme, hire agents, explore, vanquish monsters, cast spells and face off against other players. There's an ornate 3D depiction of the world of Armello to be immersed in the fantasy RPG style, while still connecting with...
A top down dual stick shooter with a fictional take on historical individuals.
Control Nikola Tesla with various weapons at his disposal to take out waves of creatures from the mind of H. P. Lovecraft. It's not stop action as you try to pick up upgrades to handle the unrelenting horde.
A modern twist on Solitaire with an infusion of board game mechanics.
Get ready for a Samurai themed card based board game with elements of turn based strategy. Place cards to add warriors to your team to try to take out the main enemy before they take you out. It's a roguelike adventure with increasing difficulty.
A retro inspired platformer with a horror theme.
The game delivers a familiar retro platformer vib of running, jumping, and interacting with the environment. The structure is accented with creepy surprises throughout the adventure.
Watch Your Step
In this fun game, you’ll attempt to navigate 12 unique settings without getting tripped up, literally. You’ll need to spin the phone to reveal the path ahead.
