AppUnwrapper’s Favorite iOS Games of 2020 (GOTY List)

Appunwrapper.com will turn 10 this coming year and, for the past few years I've been highlighting my favorite games. I started my Game of the Year lists in 2015, and continued with 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. 2020 has been a crazy year, but that didn't stop developers from releasing some phenomenal iOS games. Between Apple Arcade and standalone apps, there were so many strong contenders. But I finally narrowed my GOTY…

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My Week Unwrapped: October 10, 2020 – unmemory, 9th Dawn III, I Am Dead, 1-800 SUPER, Sine, Beankind and More

Hi everyone, and welcome back to My Week Unwrapped, where I discuss all the games I've been playing over the last seven days. I spent some more time with Genshin Impact and 1-800 SUPER, but for most of the week I've been immersed in the upcoming narrative puzzle game, unmemory. There were also some exciting content updates from some of my favorite Apple Arcade games. And on top of all that, there's…

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My Week Unwrapped: September 26, 2020 – Terafyn, Ministry of Broadcast, Empty., Rip Them Off and More

Hi everyone, and welcome back to My Week Unwrapped, where I discuss all the games I've been playing over the last seven days. Apple Arcade took a week off, so I had more time to focus on regular App Store releases. Terafyn was the highlight of my week, but there are several other games very much worth your attention. I also continued some games from last week and revisited older ones. There's…

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Kavel: Walkthrough Guide, Tips and Tricks

Kavel By: Jerry Verhoeven Kavel is a match-four high score-chasing puzzler that I've been pretty obsessed with since its release. When I reviewed it, I still hadn't figured out it's deepest darkest secrets that lead to the truly high scores. But since then, I've managed to not only destroy my own high scores, but I topped the iOS leaderboards with a score of over 200,000,000 points! So I thought I would take…

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My Week Unwrapped: August 29, 2020 – Krumit’s Tale, Unit 404, My Exercise, Senna’s Journey, Kavel and More

Hi everyone, and welcome back to My Week Unwrapped, where I discuss all the games I've been playing over the last seven days. I knew this would be a busy week, but I still wasn't prepared for just how many great games we got. There isn't a single bad one in the bunch, which is making it hard to decide what to play and cover first. But I've spent some time with…

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‘Kavel’ Review: Vámonos, Tetrominoes!

Kavel By: Jerry Verhoeven Followers of this site might know by now that I always like to have a high score chaser on my phone to play during down time between other games. Often this ends up being a match-three game, whether it's Six Match or High Rise or Swap Sword or a number of others that have no IAPs or ads. There's something meditative about them, so I'm always looking for…

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My Week Unwrapped: August 22, 2020 – The Bonfire 2, Kavel, Ord., renal summer, Otherworld Legends and More

Hi everyone, and welcome back to My Week Unwrapped, where I discuss all the games I've been playing over the last seven days. This has been a fairly busy week, though I spent much of it playing one game. I still found time for a few others that are worth checking out. I also played some of the latest Apple Arcade game, which I'll touch on just a bit. Anyway, I have…

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