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25 essential games to start your iOS collection
Updated April 7, 2020: Minor Text Tweaking
Games are great. But as is the case with most things in life, they can be a lot more fun with other people.
Whether you're stalking strangers online (wait, that sounds weird) in a tense Battle Royale, clobbering your buddies in a local multiplayer brawler, or teaming up on the same device for a an RPG adventure, playing with others takes things to the next level.
As that last paragraph suggests, multiplayer games aren't a genre in themselves. Rather, they incorporate all other genres.
But they all draw on the desire to congregate in virtual worlds and share our love for our common hobby. Or, y'know, blast a bunch of dummies into smithereens. Whatever floats your boat.
The following list of iOS multiplayer games is an eclectic thing. We dare say there's something for everyone to enjoy, regardless of how social - or antisocial - you're feeling.
Is your favourite mobile multiplayer game nowhere to be seen? Sorry. There are too many shining examples out there. But you can let us all know about it in the comments below.
Hearthstone
Yes, Hearthstone is a great CCG. The best, even. But moving beyond that, it's a superb multiplayer game, as you engage endless real life opponents in tactical turn-based battle.
Guns of Boom
Guns of Boom has overtaken all pretenders to become the undisputed multiplayer FPS on mobile. It's got tight maps, meaty weapons, and - most importantly - slick, streamlined controls.
Fortnite Battle Royale
You all know about Fortnite by now. It's the Battle Royale game that's taken over the internet. What's surprising is just how beautifully this multiplayer arena shooter-builder looks and plays on mobile.
PUBG Mobile
The game that kicked off the whole Battle Royale craze comes to mobile, and it's surprisingly faithful to the source. Whether you're flying solo or riding shotgun with a crew of four, this is a brilliant multiplayer shooter.
Death Squared
Death squared is a slick 3D puzzler that's been designed for cooperative play. One of you takes control of a blue block and the other a red block as you flip switches, block lasers and more.
Spaceteam
There's no multiplayer experience quite like Spaceteam. It turns four Bluetooth-linked iOS devices into the malfunctioning control panels of a doomed spaceship, and you must cooperate with your friends to to fly the thing.
Golf Blitz
Take the 2D fantasy-golf trappings of Stickman Golf and cram them into an online multiplayer first-to-the-flag contest. That's Golf Blitz, and it's precisely as awesome as it sounds.
Antihero - Digital Board Game
Antihero is one of the slickest, most immediately entertaining digital boardgames on mobile. That it can also be played with others locally or online in casual or ranked PvP is a massive bonus.
Call of Duty Mobile (2019)
A team-based online FPS that makes a series of ingenious concessions for mobile play. That includes a crisp, colourful palette and a hefty dash of Clash Royale's mobile MOBA structure.
Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 2
Take to the skies and blow the opposition away in a series of visually opulent dogfights. Storm Raiders 2's generous multiplayer options really help it sing.
Wild Beyond
What initially seems to be yet another Clash Royale clone turns out to be a really interesting and engrossing mobile MOBA. In fact, it makes its inspiration look a little dull by comparison.
PGA Golf Tour Shootout
A game that treads the fine line between arcade accessibility and sim-like precision, PGA Golf Tour Shootout makes for a brilliant online putt-off. And it's online that this game's true heart is.
Clash Royale
Part MOBA, part CCG, all brilliant. There's simply no other PvP strategy game on iOS that's as intuitive yet tactically rewarding as Clash Royale.
Cat Quest II
A second slice of charming action-RPG romping comes with the potential for couch co-op multiplayer. Needless to say, it's even more fun with two people.
Dreii
Dreii is a beguilingly odd game that gives you a range of physics puzzles that must solved by dragging around a bunch of shapes behind your little craft. Many of these puzzles will need the silent assistance of other players, who will be scooting around the same levels.
Clash of Clans
Clash of Clans is the ultimate freemium world-building game on mobile, but it's also a great multiplayer game. You can forge allegiances with other players, but the main appeal is in the well-calibrated matchmaking and battle system.
Sociable Soccer
Sociable Soccer offers both couch and online multiplayer, which makes its old school Sensible Soccer-like footy gameplay really sing.
LEGO Brawls
Smash Bros-tinged casual violence, but with little toy figures in place of Nintendo stars and a 4v4 team-based structure. Great fun for you and your buddies.
Butter Royale
Apple Arcade gets its own Battle Royale game. Butter Royale lightens things up with a simple top-down control scheme and compact, colourful arenas.
Kalimba
Kalimba is a delightful platform-puzzler with a demanding co-op element for iPad users. You'll need to be on the same wavelength as your partner as you coordinate your every move.
Mucho Party
The developer of Mucho Party, GlobZ, understands what makes a great same-handset multiplayer title. It's a series of one-on-one mini-games that utilise the touchscreen brilliantly - and will probably have you fighting your opponent here in the real world too.
Kings and Assassins
A brilliant asynchronous board game with an irresistible cat and mouse structure. Whether you're on the royal team or that of the assassins, what follows is an intricate dance of death.
Vainglory
Another mobile MOBA effort, Vainglory might be a much trickier beast to play than Call of Champions, but vitally it has the hardcore vote. This means you'll never be short of some serious online competition. It looks stunning, too.
Hot Lava
Hot Lava is a first person speed run game with a tactile parkour-inflected control system. As well as going up against their times, you'll encounter your fellow players' ghosts from time to time.
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The beloved first-person survival game comes to mobile more or less intact. It's big and extremely unforgiving, but few other mobile multiplayer games are as rewarding.