Лучшие бесплатные игры для iPhone 2021 года

Should discs of matching numbers end up next to each other, they link. If the linked disc count matches their numbers, they disappear, freeing up space. With us so far? Хорошо. We're not done.

At the top of the screen is a level-up bar. When that fills, the screen expands and you end up contending with larger numbers. Eventually, you must string together chains of eights, nines and tens — which is an awful lot harder than getting threes and fours together.

10TM would be easy to dismiss, but it warrants a closer look. Although it's a touch reliant on luck — we'd love to see a 'next disc' display — you can work up strategies to increase your score, such as building towards the centre to keep the edges all free. In all, it's a cracking freebie puzzler that shouldn't be missed.

IAPs: There are three IAPs, ranging from 99p/$0.99 to £4.99/$4.99, solely to support the game's creator. So if you like 10TM, you know what to do.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download 10TM

19. Kitty Letter

When you hear a word game has been unleashed by the unhinged minds behind Exploding Kittens, you should expect the unorthodox. And, sure enough, Kitty Letter smacks conventional with an angry paw, and then throws you into the maw of deeply weird battles that combine Boggle, tower defence, detonating moggies and a dysenteric deer.

Bar a whirling colourful vortex, the bottom of the screen at least borders on normal. You drag between letter tiles to make words. However, on completing a word (of at least two characters), your cats march up the screen. Should they reach your opponent's house, they explode, robbing your foe of health.

The other player's trying to do the same to you — and you can't just make words as quickly as possible either, because the route cats take is based on the first letter of the word that spawned them. That's not ideal when a dozen are stomping your way with a floating J above them and you're all out of J words.

All this plays out in a deranged story mode, a solo arcade game that quickly ramps up in difficulty, or in online two-player. And that deer? It poops power-ups you can collect, because of course it does.

IAPs: A bunch of avatars (99p/$0.99 each) are hidden behind a house button, almost like the creators are embarrassed about charging money. They're not essential to play.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download Kitty Letter

20. Code Racer

Time-attack racers and stunt games usually pit your feeble reactions against snake-like courses that would make even Lewis Hamilton sweat. Not Code Racer. Here, success instead relies on basic programming skills.

You examine your course and add commands (forward; turn right; brake) to a list, stating how long you want each to run and how powerful it should be. Then you prod the Run Simulation button and hope for the best.

It's likely your pristine car will end up a smoking wreck, due to you sending it flying off an overpass or smashing into a wall. There's a timer to contend with as well, so even if your car reaches the end in one piece, you won't be drowning in plaudits.

At first, this results in busywork as you tweak settings to see how they affect the outcome. That might sound tedious, but it always feels like an achievement when you complete a level within the allotted time and moves limit.

As things become more complex — performing stunts or taking down a fleeing criminal with a cop car — you'll begin to master the game's physics, take risks, and grasp how alternative vehicles can aid success. In all, this is a smashing mobile title — in more ways than one!

IAPs: Extra level packs are available for 99p/$0.99. Individual vehicles can be purchased and are priced from 99p/$0.99 up to £2.99/$2.99. Each vehicle is unique, yet none are essential. However, any purchase removes the ads — which makes the cheapest one a bargain.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download Code Racer

21. Rowdy City Wrestling

If you're reading this list in order, you'll have earlier spotted Knight Brawl, Colin Lane's bonkers take on medieval sword fighting. He's arguably best known for demented brawlers, though, including Wrassling and Rowdy Wrestling. These games ramp up the absurdist nature of the sport, featuring wrestlers with whirling arms battling each other in a world of bouncy physics.

Rowdy City Wrestling takes the latter title and plays it straight — or as straight as it's possible for a Colin Lane game to be. The wrestlers are still cartoonish and hurl themselves about with merry abandon. But you now feel like you're in full control, with the crazy physics dialled down to something more manageable.

As with Knight Brawl, there's plenty of silliness here, too, in the visuals and script — and also plenty of depth. Career mode features your newbie wrestler trying to earn the cash needed to improve their stats and become world champion. But to get there requires everything from dodgy fights at the nearby docks to lugging chairs around. If there's a downside, it's that the endless mode is insanely tough until you've worked your way through a good chunk of career mode; still, the original always exists for one-off brawls until you make it that far.

IAPs: You can hurl pop-up ads out of the ring for a one-off and very reasonable £1.99/$1.99.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download Rowdy City Wrestling

22. Golf Skies

Golfers hope for clear blue skies, to remain dry when tackling the back nine. Golf Skies instead has you direct balls in the sky, having decided traditional courses are boring. Here, they're deconstructed and wrapped around tiny floating planetoids, each exerting its own gravitational pull.

Fortunately, you gain control over your ball in a manner that would make golfing pros green with envy. After smacking your ball skywards by dragging an arrow to set power and direction, left and right buttons allow you to steer it, aiming for tiny spots of fairway dotted about the hovering orbs.

The twisty-turny nature of your path obliterates any realism left in the game, and yet the soul of golf remains at the heart of Golf Skies. Despite its surreal presentation, the game's challenge still centres on committing courses to memory, figuring out the best route, and not messing up shots.

You get six courses, bought using collectable coins; these can also net you more powerful balls with which to hack away at your scores. In all, something of a hole-in-one, then, even if Golf Skies makes you think real-world golf would be a lot more fun if participants had to weave balls through windmills poking out of tiny planets hanging in the air.

IAPs: Smack the adverts into the rough and out of sight forever for £2.99/$2.99. You can also buy coins to speed up unlocks: 100 for 99p/$0.99; 500 for £2.99/$2.99; 1000 for £3.99/$3.99.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download Golf Skies

23. Doodle Jump 2

If you're an iPhone gaming veteran, you might recall how the original Doodle Jump took over countless iPhones in 2009 as people grappled with helping its strange four-legged protagonist leap into the infinite. This sequel is more of the same, spruced up for modern high-res devices.

The aim is to bound ever upwards, until your inevitable demise. You tilt your device left and right, directing the hopping hero to floating platforms. Along the way, you grab collectables that include a temporary shield and various contraptions that give you a handy boost of speed.

In your path are various hazards, such as spiked traps and lurking enemies. The latter can be blasted by tapping the screen, or bonked on the head, Mario-style. There are also stars to collect, which unlock new levels, each with unique features.

The first is a prehistoric world, full of angry dinosaurs. Then there's a desert-themed level, where sandy platforms disintegrate as soon as you jump off them. The variety is welcome, although the grind necessary to unlock the later stages is not. Still, it's notable that Doodle Jump doesn't come across as a relic — despite merely polishing up an idea that's more than a decade old, the game remains as annoyingly compelling as ever.

IAPs: There's only one IAP — £4.99/$4.99 removes the ads forever.

For iPhone only | Download Doodle Jump 2

24. Look, Your Loot!

If you've played Arnold Rauers's superb Card Thief, you'll know a 'living' grid of cards and a smattering of role-playing elements makes for a tense and exciting gaming experience. But if you're emptier of wallet than the bling-hunting heroes in that kind of title, Look, Your Loot! represents an excellent alternative.

The hero this time is a mouse keener on gold than cheese, and armed with spear and shield alongside disarmingly cute whiskers. The game takes place on a grid, most slots of which are filled with something dangerous and violent. The remainder then contain the odd power-up, or barrels you hack to bits, in order to see what's inside.

You slide your tile to move, and the mouse's life force depletes on attacking foes, but can be replenished with elixirs, or defended with shields. As you duff up monsters, new cards enter the grid. You must force an optimum path to stay alive. Best the boss that appears after a set number of turns and you get to choose a permanent skill before continuing your quest.

It's simple stuff, but captivating — and nerve-racking when you know everything can go wrong on a careless swipe. Varied modes will further cement the game to your Home screen, ensuring the rodent hero can get all stabby for many months to come.

IAPs: Three £1.99 IAPs exist — one removes the ads (and gives you a free booster per game), and is well worth grabbing. The others are a bling starter kit (100,000 gold and 60 gems) and a 50 per cent price cut for boosters. Either's fine for big fans but not necessary for enjoyment.

For iPad & iPhone (Universal) | Download Look, Your Loot!

25. Тройки! Free

Every platform needs its perfect puzzle game, and on release Threes! made its claim to be the iPhone's. As with all brilliant examples of the genre, Threes! has at its heart a simple mechanic, which in this case involves merging cards within a tiny four-by-four board. But it's the details that propel Threes! beyond the competition.

The idea is to match numbers. Slide a blue '1' into a red '2' and they combine to become a single '3' card. Two 3s make a 6. Two 6s make a 12. And so on. The snag is every move you make slides every non-blocked tile on the board as well. If you're fortunate or have planned ahead, this can result in several merges in one move; if not, you end up with a mess to clear up. And since after every turn a new card enters the board in a random spot on the edge you swiped from, planning is key.

It takes a few games for Threes! to click, but once it does, it never lets go. You'll be dying to see new cards (each is infused with a unique personality), and will soon spot how reaching higher-numbered cards boosts your score substantially. The free-to-play aspect is also generous: watch a video ad and you get three more games in the bank, which can be built up into a substantial reserve.

This gives the game a fighting chance against a raft of inferior Threes! clones (most of which have 1024 or 2048 in their names) that litter the App Store, and sucked life out of the paid version of Threes! Our advice: stick with the original; you've no excuse now you can play for free.

IAPs: Threes! Free has no IAPs.

For iPhone and iPad (Universal) | Download Threes! Free

26. Sky: Children of the Light

The aim in Sky is for the titular children to spread hope through a desolate kingdom by returning fallen stars to the heavens. A big ask for a kid, you might think, but you're not alone. And that's because Sky plays out as a massive multiplayer adventure, where you and others tackle puzzles together — while also spending quite a bit of time just larking about in the seven dreamlike realms.