If you¡¯re looking for the very best free games you can play on iOS right now, look no further. This collection of accessible, deep and endlessly entertaining titles will keep you coming back for more. You won¡¯t lose money on these seven games, but you might lose a whole lot of time.?
Not just the best card game on your mobile device, but one of the best mobile games full-stop. In Marvel Snap, you¡¯ll take on a human opponent as you aim to rise up the ranks. The rules are simple: play your cards over six turns in a bid to score the most points. There are three lanes to use, so winning two or more ensures victory. With it comes a bounty of cubes that ultimately unlock new and powerful cards with unique abilities, like Nightcrawler who can freely move across a lane once, to Ultron who floods all available spaces with his bots.?
Marvel Snap has an intriguing hook: you can choose to gamble your cubes by ¡®snapping¡¯, which doubles the amount you can win - or the amount you can lose. You might snap when you¡¯ve got a good hand to scare off your opponent or snap as a bluff to cover up your weak hand. With over 260 cards to collect, and new ones added regularly, you don¡¯t have to pay a penny to get more or less the full Marvel Snap experience - although you will have to play regularly in order to stay competitive.?
The augmented reality title Pok¨¦mon Go was a cultural phenomenon when it launched in 2016, and it¡¯s still a beast of a title today. In this free iOS game, you use your phone¡¯s camera to find wild Pok¨¦mon out in the real world. The wonder of augmented reality populates your playing space with virtual creatures, whether it¡¯s a Koffing roaming around your local park, or a Squirtle hanging outside the cinema.?
Catching and collecting them is a matter of launching an on-screen pok¨¦ball, and the whole process is as addictive as ever, but since 2016 developer Niantic has added a range of fun features. For starters, the 150 launch Pok¨¦mon has increased to 700 in 2023. There are also monthly events that increase the appearance rates of specific Pok¨¦mon; legendary Pok¨¦mon like Groudon; and even mythical Pok¨¦mon like Meltal.?
You can play Pok¨¦mon Go as a lone trainer, or team up with others in Raid Battles. These see groups of players confront a single, powerful gym Pok¨¦mon to beat and then catch it. In 2018 and 2019, Niantic added 1v1 battles against human opponents and NPCs respectively, so however you want to play Pok¨¦mon Go, there¡¯s always something to keep you logging in.?
The best-selling game on Nintendo Switch is entirely free on iOS. Everyone knows how to play Mario Kart by now given the series has been going since 1992, but in case you need a refresher, you¡¯ll pick an iconic Nintendo character and race to the finish line in your vehicle of choice, picking up items as you go to unleash an assortment of race-changing powers.?
Where Mario Kart Tour differs from its console cousin is the forgiving handling. By necessity of the simplistic phone interface, it¡¯s a whole lot easier to manoeuvre around courses without crashing into the sides or losing your speed on a slow patch. Courses themselves are more simplistic in design, funnelling you down towards the finish with little room for error. That makes Mario Kart Tour the most accessible game in the series, but it also means even babies might beat you.?
Among Us is a multiplayer murder-mystery party set aboard a spaceship. In each match, one player is cast as the Imposter. This person must roam around the ship blending in with the crew while secretly picking off as many players as possible. They can sneak through vents, trap victims in rooms, and sabotage the ship.?
The crew, meanwhile, have to fill a gauge by completing tasks. If one crew member spots a dead body, they can call an emergency meeting, at which point all crew members can have a chat and vote on which suspicious member to eject from the airlock. The decision, however, isn't always the right one. This endlessly entertaining social dynamic makes Among Us stand out amidst the rank and file of mobile games.?
The endless runner that¡¯s taken TikTok by storm. In this simple but addictive iOS game, you play a graffiti artist on the run from a security guard. Swipe left to hop into the left lane, right to move right, up to jump, and down to duck. The aim is to run for as long as possible before either smacking into a wall, hitting your head on a low beam, or getting run over by an oncoming train.?
Along the way, you¡¯ll collect coins. These can buy you hoverboards in the shapes of crocodiles and manta rays, new riders such as dinosaurs and robots, and power-ups like a magnet that attracts nearby coins. It¡¯s easy enough to play while watching a movie or chatting with a friend, but challenging enough to spur you on to the next milestone. The more you play Subway Surf, the harder it is to stop playing it.?
Forget FIFA. The best football game on iOS is this arcade sports experience that focuses all its efforts on the only part of the match that matters: scoring. You¡¯ll use your finger to trace the path of the ball on the screen and then watch as it follows that path straight into the net. The challenge comes with increasingly tricky lines to trace, defenders blocking your path, and goalies diving cat-like to catch your shot with spectacular saves.?
There are also tasks to achieve, like boot the ball in the top corner, or pick out a powerful header. Scoring feels satisfying, and with each scenario no more than ten seconds long, Score! Hero best performs in bite-sized sessions on the train or in a queue. Perfect for if you¡¯ve not got the time to delve into FIFA¡¯s FUT mode or tinker endlessly with your squad¡¯s tactics.?
Since debuting in 2019 with one of the biggest mobile game launches in history, generating 270 million downloads in its first year alone, Call of Duty Mobile continues to impress. This online FPS is one of the best-feeling shooters on mobile, with its tap-to-shoot controls and responsive on-screen thumbstick meaning you rarely feel restricted.?
As you¡¯d expect, you can use Operator skills and unlock Scorestreaks as you go (a nuke for anyone who gets 20 kills in a row), and even customise your weapon with the Gunsmith system, just as you would on PC or Xbox. There are plenty of ranked and unranked modes here, whether Frontline, Team Deathmatch, Domination, Hardpoint, or Search and Destroy. Updates adding in the likes of PvE mode Undead Siege, the 20 vs 20 Warfare, and a fully-fledged battle royal, give Call of Duty Mobile impressive parity with its console and PC versions.?
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