Apple Arcade: Everything you need to know!

July 2020: Apple Arcade has added several new games to its lineup this month. These new additions include: Necrobarista, Creaks, Beyond a Steel Sky, and Little Orpheus.

Necrobarista is a visual novel about a back-alley Melbourne cafe, where the dead are granted one more night to mingle with the living. Maddy Xiao is a barista, amateur necromancer, and the new owner of Terminal — things are going pretty well for her. But be careful with the Council of Death watching her every move.

Creaks is a puzzle adventure game that is packed with hand-painted visuals, beautiful animation, eerie sounds, and a fantastic score from Hidden Orchestra. You'll need to find the solutions to dozens of puzzles as you explore a mansion that is full of hidden paintings to uncover a huge secret.

Beyond a Steel Sky is a 3D adventure thriller where you play as Robert Foster. You find out that a child has been abducted in a brutal attack, and it's up to you to bring him home. The game is full of stunning cyberpunk visuals, humor, puzzles, and immersive narrative.

Little Orpheus is a technicolor side-scrolling adventure game. It's 1962, and NASA is trying to put a man on the moon. But in a small, remote corner of Siberia, a Soviet cosmonaut is going the other way. Ivan Ivanovich goes into an extinct volcano in his exploration capsule, Little Orpheus, and sets out to explore the center of the Earth. The game has tons of lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles, and many more lands of amazing beauty.

September 17, 2019: Apple Arcade has launched several days early on iPhone and iPad running the iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 betas, respectively. The Arcade tab in the App Store is active on both the iOS 13 and 13.1 betas right now. You can sign up for the 1-month free trial, after which you will be charged $4.99 a month if you do not cancel beforehand. If you cancel during the trial, you'll forfeit the remaining time left on the free trial, so set a reminder.

Apple Arcade: The Ultimate Guide

Sept. 10, 2019: Apple Arcade will launch on September 19 and will cost $4.99 a month for the entire family. It will also have a one-month free trial, and launch in 150 countries at the same time, giving players over 150 exclusive new games. Apple Arcade is accessible from the App Store in its own tab, and you can watch trailers, get personalized recommendations, and view editorial content.

Apple also showed off new demos for three games from Konami, Capcom, and Annapurna Interactive with Simogo. Konami will be releasing Frogger in Toy Town, which is like classic Frogger, but you'll be in a toy world. You'll rescue Frogger's friends, collect power-ups, and dress Frogger up in cute outfits.

Capcom unveiled Shinsekai into the Depths. It's an underwater platforming adventure, with real underwater audio and amazing console-quality graphics. It's immersive and challenging.

Annapurna Interactive unveiled Simogo's Sayonara Wildhearts, which is a mashup music rhythm and high speed racing game with battles that go along to the music. Think of it as a playable music video. The graphics and music are impressive.

June 2019: WWDC brought a whole new bunch of amazing features and updates, but one of the biggest announcements stemmed from Apple Arcade: specifically that you'll be able to use the Xbox One S and PlayStation DualShock 4 controllers with your Apple TV and iOS devices along with Apple Arcade games that support controllers.

This means that you can play all of your Arcade favorites from the comfort and care of your favorite console controller.