The 53 Best iPhone Games

Scouring the App Store for the best games is a full time job. Luckily, it's a job held by the guys over at Touch Arcade. Here are their picks for the best games—and only games—available on the iPhone.

While the App Store had clearly been a huge success in 2008, the continued growth and explosion of iPhone game releases in 2009 was beyond everyone's expectations. The number of apps in the App Store soared past 100,000 with hundreds of new games being released every day.

We sat down trying to figure out the best iPhone games of 2009 and found the task of narrowing down the list to a select few to be near impossible. Instead, we've organized our year in review into categories with what we feel is an excellent cross section of games from 2009. If you just got an iPhone or iPod Touch for Christmas, this list is an excellent starting place to catch you up.


2009 iPhone Game of the Year
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor

Classics
Doodle Jump
Flight Control
iDracula

Only on iPhone
Zen Bound
Eliss
Sway
Space Ninja

Arcade
Meteor Blitz
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Pac Man CE
I Dig It / I Dig It Expeditions

Platformer
Rolando 2
Soosiz
Hook Champ

Retro Games
Saucelifter
Rogue Touch
Sword of Fargoal
Beneath a Steel Sky

Racing
Real Racing
Need for Speed Shift
2XL ATV Offroad
Jet Car Stunts

Puzzle
Toki Tori
Bobby Carrot Forever

Casual
Canabalt
Boost 3D
Harbor Master
Labyrinth 2

First Person Shooters
Eliminate Pro
N.O.V.A.
Word
Bookworm
Words with Friends

Weird/Funny Games
Enviro-Bear 2010
Must Eat Birds
Hi, How Are You
Battle Bears

Cult Classics
Minigore
Pocket God

Strategy
geoDefense / geoDefense Swarm
Defender Chronicles
Chess with Friends

Role Playing
Zenonia
Underworlds
Inotia: A Wanderer of Luone
Ravensword

Physics
Peggle
Ragdoll Blaster
iBlast Moki

Sports
Baseball Superstars 2010
Homerun Battle 3D
Backbreaker Football
Let's Golf

If you want to read description of each game, click here