“Minecraft,” which got here out over 12 years in the past, remains to be dominating the cellular gaming market with gamers of all ages — it is primary in each the highest paid iPhone video games and high paid iPad video games lists for 2023. “Heads Up!,” “Geometry Dash,” “Bloons TD 6,” and “Monopoly” make up the remainder of the highest 5 iPhone paid video games listing, whereas the highest 5 paid iPad video games listing is barely completely different: “Geometry Dash,” “Bloons TD 6,” “Stardew Valley,” and “Monopoly” are in positions two by way of 5. This is smart, although — “Heads Up!” is hard to play when you have to shortly flip a 12.9-inch iPad to your brow.

While “Minecraft” topped the paid video games lists, “Roblox” is doing practically the identical without cost video games. It’s within the quantity two spot for the highest free iPhone video games of 2023 and essentially the most downloaded free iPad recreation of the 12 months. “Roblox” was overwhelmed by “Monopoly Go!” for the highest spot without cost iPhone video games, and “Royal Match,” “Subway Surfers,” and “Gardenscapes” took the quantity three, 4, and 5 positions, respectively. “Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game,” “Subway Surfers,” “Royal Match,” and “Among Us!” fill out the highest 5 listing of free iPad video games of 2023.

Apple additionally listed essentially the most downloaded titles from its Apple Arcade service, which lets you play any of its video games if you’re a paid subscriber. The high 5 Apple Arcade video games within the U.S. for 2023 had been: “NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition,” “Cooking Mama: Cuisine!,” “Bloons TD 6+,” “Angry Birds Reloaded,” and “Sneaky Sasquatch.”