When you’re browsing the App Store, it can be challenging to find the best iPhone games. To help out, here’s our roundup of the games we think are worth downloading and playing this week. No matter your personal preference — whether it’s an endless hopper, a strategy game, or just a good old trivia game — we’ve got you covered.
Here are our top 5 best iPhone games you should play this week:
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is an arcade shooter developed by Lucid Games. Players control a small ship that can fire in any direction. Battle your way through waves of enemies and destroy a variety of shapes. Just make sure not to touch the shapes, otherwise you will lose a life. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions offers more than 40 adventure levels with a variety of 3D shapes, game modes, and epic boss battles.
Game of War — Fire Age is a strategy game developed by Machine Zone, Inc. Get ready to join other Heroes from the world in the ultimate battle for domination in Game of War. Build your own empire, train vast armies, and lead into battles. Players can chat with millions of other players in real-time in over 30 different languages. See if you can build the most powerful Alliance in the Kingdom.
In Crossy Road, players have to hop their character through lanes of traffic, trains, across rushing rivers, and more. Along the way, players can collect game coins, which are used to win new characters through the game’s prize machine. Crossy Road’s list of characters includes frogs, rabbits, chickens, exploding robots, and a magic-wielding wizard. If you love Frogger, you’ll absolutely love this game.
Queen fans, rejoice! The band Queen released a new app, Queen: Play the Game, that allows fans to win prizes by playing quizzes and puzzles, all while exploring the band’s history. Queen: Play the Game is the classic rock band’s first official app, created by SoshiGames, and it’s now available on the App Store and Google Play. Players can test their knowledge of the band, solve puzzles, unlock artwork, and discover new music. Players get to choose the type of puzzle and win Queen merchandise in monthly competitions. This game is the ultimate game for Queen fans.
If you’re a fan of Ellen Degeneres’ TV show, then you’ve probably seen her play Heads Up! Heads Up! Now, you can play in a group setting. Players will pick from a large selection of “decks,” which include categories like celebrities, movies, animals, accents, characters, and more. One player will place the smartphone on his or her forehead, while other players describe what the word is. If a player guesses the word, the player holding the smartphone will tip the smartphone forward, which will bring up the next word.
Motorola has built some of my favorite foldables and flagship phones. I had a great time with both the Razr Fold and last year's Signature. So when the company began teasing the Signature 27, I couldn't help be excited. The new model comes with Qualcomm's blazing-fast Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, and better still, it is finally getting a proper global release.
One of the reasons I was obsessed with the last-gen Signature was its amazing price tag. But it seems like that budget flagship dream might be officially dead. Portuguese retailer MegaPC has prematurely listed a 12GB RAM and 512GB storage Signature 27 in Pantone Coal Smoke for €1,594.90 (approx. $1,775).
Two new highly requested iCloud plugins just got added to ChatGPT, giving people who rely on Apple’s Mail and Calendar services a way to search emails, check appointments, and manage their schedules directly through the chatbot.
The integration is rolling out to all ChatGPT plans, including the free tier. You can access it on the web, desktop, and iOS.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.