Apple’s Arcade service is like Netflix, but for Games. Offering a wide-variety of titles to “play all you want” for a $4.99 per month subscription. Apple Arcade was a place for what Apple called ‘originals’ otherwise known as exclusives in the gaming market, but now Apple has decided to bring 3rd party games to the service, now without ads.

Apple has not only added 35 games to the service but also added new categories called ‘Timeless Classics’ and ‘App Store Greats.’

New original titles launched on Apple Arcade:

Fantasian

Wonderbox

World of Demons

NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition

The Oregon Trail

Star Trek: Legends

Simon’s Cat – Story Time

Cut the Rope Remastered

• Clap Hanz Golf
• SongPop Party
• Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat

Classic titles available now without ads:

• Tiny Crossword+
• Threes!+
• The Room Two+
• Sudoku Simple+
• Spell Tower+
• Solitaire by MobilityWare+
• Reigns+
• Really Bad Chess+
• Monument Valley+
• Mini Metro+
• Mahjong Titan+
• Good Sudoku+
• Fruit Ninja Classic+
• Flipflop Solitaire+
• Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition+
• Chess – Play & Learn+
• Checkers Royal+
• Chameleon Run+
• Blek+
• Badland+
• Backgammon+

Upcoming titles include:

• Frenzic: Overtime
• Legends of Kingdom Rush
• Leo’s Fortune+

We all know the problem with mobile games these days, constant adds, in-app purchases and games sole reason for existing to get you to buy extras in game. This model is 180 degrees different from the classic console gaming model. With console gaming you buy a game and play it, some modern titles offer in-game purchases but do not show adds like mobile gaming does.

Apple Arcade seeks to set right the problem they essentially help create by giving users a console like gaming experience without the need to buy any games or own a console.

• Available on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
• “Play all you want” subscription model
• Titles are exclusive to Apple Arcade
• $4.99 per month
• Subscriptions can be shared via Family Sharing
• No in-app-purchases, no advertisements
• Over 100 games available
• Available in over 150 countries
• Wide selection of genres

With over 100 game titles available, Apple’s Arcade is a compelling option for those firmly inside Apple’s hardware eco-system. Apple recently announced that iOS is now compatible with a wide variety of gaming controllers including the Xbox Wireless Controller, the PlayStation DualShock 4, SteelSeries Nimbus and Nimbus+ and others.