Favorite Apple Arcade Games of 2023
May 12 2026
Finally finished playing all the Apple Arcade games of 2023 (2024 and 2025 have way less games I guess since by then the library is fairly well built up). Nine good games which equals 2021 (2019 has 2, 2020 has 0, 2022 has 4). My favorite three:
Slay the Spire+ - A good card-based fantasy rogue-like where you can play one of four distinctly different characters.
Episode XOXO - I love the goofy romance semi-choose-your-own-adventure stories. Haven't played this much lately as I've been playing the Netflix version which has different (and for the most part spicier) stories.
Very Little Nightmares+ - Cutesy puzzle game with a bit of thriller/horror. For the most part not hard puzzles and not that long a game.
All these are available as normal apps: Slay the Spire ($10), Episode - Choose Your Story (free but rather expensive in-apps if you want to finish one story with the best choices), Very Little Nightmares ($7).
Slay the Spire+ - A good card-based fantasy rogue-like where you can play one of four distinctly different characters.
Episode XOXO - I love the goofy romance semi-choose-your-own-adventure stories. Haven't played this much lately as I've been playing the Netflix version which has different (and for the most part spicier) stories.
Very Little Nightmares+ - Cutesy puzzle game with a bit of thriller/horror. For the most part not hard puzzles and not that long a game.
All these are available as normal apps: Slay the Spire ($10), Episode - Choose Your Story (free but rather expensive in-apps if you want to finish one story with the best choices), Very Little Nightmares ($7).