The goal and the controls — for all 26 games, on every device.
Every game also carries its own How to Play screen inside the app — open it from that game's menu. This page is the same information, all in one place.
Tap a game in the hub to open its menu, then Play. Filter the hub by Arcade, Shooters, Puzzle, Racing or Board, or star your favorites to pin them to the top.
Swipe right: once from gameplay to that game's menu, and again to return to the hub. Games that save your run bring it back with Continue.
BePac, Brick Buster, Neon Serpent and Tic-Tac-Toe are free forever. Everything else opens with one single purchase — plus a different locked game free every day.
High scores, favorites, your profile and your streaks sync between iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch over iCloud. Best scores also post to Game Center.
One featured game a day, the same run for everyone.
Each day one game is picked and seeded so that every player, everywhere, gets exactly the same run — the same layout, the same starting level. It changes at midnight UTC.
The daily pick is always a paid game, and you get three free plays of it that day even if you haven't bought the collection. It shows at the top of the hub with a FREE TODAY badge and the count of plays you have left. Stepping out to check a score table and coming straight back doesn't cost a play, and your first Daily Challenge run of the day is always free — a streak can never be broken by the counter.
There's no attempt limit — only your best score of the day is kept.
Play the challenge on consecutive days to grow your streak. Miss a day and it resets.
Three small goals a day — clear all three and you earn a free-play pass.
Missions are drawn from the day itself, so everyone gets the same three. Examples: play 3 different games, play today's Daily Challenge, reach a top-5 score table, beat a personal best, finish within 80% of your best.
Clear all three and one more locked game opens up for the rest of the day — a different game from the Daily Challenge pick, so you get two paid games to try.
Progress counts from any device and merges over iCloud, so a mission started on the Watch finishes on the iPhone.
Each completed mission adds XP to your Arcade Profile.
A level ring, XP and badges that track everything you play — no setup, nothing to sign into.
You earn XP for playing, for beating personal bests, for making a score table and for clearing missions. The ring on the hub shows how far into the current level you are.
Curious (5 different games) · Explorer (15) · Completionist (every game) · Sharpshooter (top 5 in 10 games) · Regular (7 days in a row) · Devoted (30 days in a row) · Daily Devotee (30 Daily Challenges) · Centurion (100 games played).
Plays on the Watch count toward the same profile. Badges are never taken away once earned.
Pair any Xbox, PlayStation or MFi controller in Settings → Bluetooth. 23 of the 26 games respond to it on iPhone and iPad. On-screen controls tuck away while a pad is connected and come back when you disconnect — touch is never switched off. You still tap the hub to pick a game.
In every game that supports a pad: Menu pauses or quits to that game's own menu, and on an end screen A replays while B backs out. Tic-Tac-Toe, Four in a Row and Solitaire aren't controller games — they need an on-screen cursor. Apple Watch doesn't support controllers at all.
BePacFreeEat every pellet in the maze to clear the board. Power pellets briefly let you eat the ghosts for bonus points — otherwise a touch costs a life.
Toad TrekGuide your toad across the road and river to the far bank. Dodge the traffic; on the water, ride logs and turtles — don't fall in. Each safe crossing scores; a splat costs a life.
Neon SerpentFreeEat the glowing food to grow and score. Don't hit the walls or your own tail — the longer you survive, the higher the score.
Smoke RallyDrive the maze and collect every flag before the fuel timer runs out. Lay smoke to spin out the chasing cars. Special flags score double; empty fuel just slows you down.
Neon VolleyPong: bounce the ball past the CPU paddle to score. Hit the ball with the edge of your paddle for a sharper angle. The run ends when the CPU scores enough against you.
Neon PinballKeep the ball alive and rack up the score across 3 balls. Roll all four top lanes to raise the bonus multiplier (×2, ×4, ×8); drop all five targets to clear the bank for 5,000 × multiplier. Hitting the skill-shot lane right after launch scores 2,500, and a drain within 3 seconds of launch is given back free.
Neon BomberBomb every enemy, then find the exit hidden under a brick. Blasts run four ways, smash bricks and chain other bombs — so outrun your own explosion. One power-up hides in each stage (bombs, fire, speed and more). Don't bomb the revealed exit: reinforcements pour out. At zero on the clock, the fastest enemies flood in.
Star SiegeBlast the incoming waves of enemy ships and survive; a hit costs a life. Clear a wave to advance — chain kills and grab power-ups for a higher score.
Vortex WingBlast the diving enemy waves and survive. Dodge their fire and their bodies; a hit costs a life. Grab power-ups and chain kills for a higher score.
Vector DriftBlast the drifting asteroids; large ones split into smaller, faster pieces. Thrust has inertia, so coast carefully — and watch the saucer. Clear the field to advance; smaller rocks score more.
Tube StormDefend the rim of the tube: shoot the enemies climbing up toward you, and never let one reach your lane. Survive each level, then warp to the next.
Dream DrifterLoop the world and destroy every glowing core, then a boss appears. Your ship auto-flies the way it faces and fires by itself. Ten worlds, each with its own skies, foes and boss — and bosses only take damage while firing, so strike when they glow GOLD. Beat world 10 and the NIGHTMARE takes the field; defeat it and the worlds loop on, tougher every lap.
Neon VantageAn isometric auto-scrolling gauntlet — your ship always drifts forward. Move freely while your gun fires, clear every wave, survive the WARNING, then beat the stage boss. Each of the 6 bosses fights differently.
Neon DropStack the falling blocks to complete full horizontal lines, which clear. Don't let the stack reach the top — and clearing several lines at once scores more.
Bubble BurstAim and shoot bubbles to form groups of three or more of a colour — they pop. Clear them all before they reach the bottom. Bigger pops and drop-throughs score more.
Brick BusterFreeClear every breakable brick with the bouncing ball and don't let it fall past your paddle. Silver bricks take several hits; gold bricks are unbreakable. Clear all levels to win.
Gem CascadeA column of 3 gems falls into the well — line up 3 or more of a colour to clear it. Matches count horizontally, vertically AND diagonally, and cleared gems drop the pile, so cascades chain with a rising multiplier (×2, ×4…). Every 25th column is the rainbow MAGIC column: it wipes every gem of the colour it lands on.
ChuteCatch tumbling tiles on your paddle, then drop them into the well. Line up 3 or more of a colour — across, down or diagonally — to clear them. Missed tiles and well overflows cost a drop; run out and it's over.
2048Slide tiles to merge equal numbers — reach the 2048 tile, then keep going for a high score. Two tiles with the same number merge into one worth double, each tile merges at most once per move, and every move that changes the board drops a new 2 (or occasionally a 4). It ends when the board is full with no moves left. No undo — plan ahead.
Turbo CircuitRace the endless circuit and get as far as you can before time runs out. Checkpoints top up the clock; crashing costs time. Pass rival cars for bonus points — gears shift automatically.
Sunset DrivePick your route at each fork and reach one of five goals before time runs out. Checkpoints top up the clock; crashing costs time, then gives you a brief immunity.
Alpine RushSki downhill as far as you can before the clock runs out. Thread the gates and dodge trees, rocks and poles. It speeds up the deeper you go — and a crash costs you time, not a life.
Police ChaseChase the suspect down a fixed 3-stage route — one clock, no checkpoints. Get close to start the fight, then ram his car from any side to damage it, and destroy it before time runs out. Five levels, three continues per run.
Tic-Tac-ToeFreeGet three of your marks in a row — across, down or diagonally. Three in a line wins; a full board with no line is a draw.
Four in a RowDrop discs to get four of your colour in a row — across, down or diagonally. First to line up four wins; a full board with no four is a draw.
SolitaireKlondike: build all four foundations up from Ace to King, one per suit. In the tableau, stack cards DOWN in alternating colours (red on black, black on red), and move a whole descending alternating run together. Only a King — or a King-led run — goes onto an empty column. Tap the deck to turn cards to the waste; it recycles when empty.
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