Apple kicked off App Store Indie Games Week on October 12, 2026, with seven acclaimed indie games making their App Store debut on iPhone and iPad. According to Apple, the lineup includes Sifu, Vampire Crawlers and No Man’s Sky, and the games are available for download or pre-order now.
The App Store is backing the event with daily features and curated collections throughout the week. The other four games are Little Kitty, Big City, 9 Kings, Dome Keeper and Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall, all of which Apple says are available now to download.
The seven games in the lineup
Apple lists each game with its developer and publisher. Six are out now, and one is a pre-order.
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| Game | From | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sifu | Sloclap and Kepler Interactive | Third-person kung fu brawler | Available now |
| Vampire Crawlers | poncle and Nosebleed Interactive | Gothic card battler | Available now |
| No Man’s Sky | Hello Games | Space exploration and survival | October 28 |
| Little Kitty, Big City | Double Dagger Studio | Open-world cat adventure | Available now |
| 9 Kings | Sad Socket and Playdigious | Strategic kingdom builder | Available now |
| Dome Keeper | Bippinbits and Raw Fury | Alien mining simulator | Available now |
| Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall | Brave At Night and Noodlecake Studios | Story game built on moral choices | Available now |
Apple did not list prices or any discounts for the games in its announcement.
Sifu gets a proper mobile rework
Sifu is the headliner for anyone who likes a challenge. Apple describes it as a stylish third-person brawler that follows a young kung fu student on a relentless path of revenge.
The fights are built to punish sloppy play. Enemies attack at the same time, so you have to parry strikes, chain combos and use whatever is lying around as a weapon.
This is not a straight port. Apple says Sifu arrives fully adapted for iPhone and iPad, with custom-tuned touch controls, a reworked camera system and full controller support.
Vampire Crawlers swaps bullets for cards
Vampire Crawlers comes from poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors, and Nosebleed Interactive. Apple calls it a spin-off of the smash hit that trades dodging bullets for tactical deck building.
You fight skeletons, bats and other creeps in a gothic card battler with a streak of dark humor. Each run is a chaotic dungeon crawl where you discover card combos, uncover secret relics and try to manage the luck of the draw.
It is pitched at players who want short bursts of strategy, which makes it a good fit for a phone.
No Man’s Sky lands on October 28
No Man’s Sky from Hello Games is the one title you cannot play yet. It makes its mobile debut on iPhone and iPad on October 28, with every major content expansion to date, including the recent Cosmos update. We covered the details when No Man’s Sky was confirmed for iPhone and iPad.
Four more games to try now
The rest of the lineup covers a wide spread of genres:
- Little Kitty, Big City lets you guide a curious cat through an open-world city. It comes from Double Dagger Studio.
- 9 Kings is a strategic kingdom builder where you assemble card armies to take on royal rivals. It comes from Sad Socket and Playdigious.
- Dome Keeper is an alien mining simulator where you dig deep and fend off attackers. It comes from Bippinbits and Raw Fury.
- Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall asks you to make agonizing moral choices to save a crumbling empire. It comes from Brave At Night and Noodlecake Studios.
Apple says all four will be featured throughout Indie Games Week.
What Apple says about indie games
Carson Oliver, Apple’s head of App Store Worldwide, framed the event as a nod to studios that take creative risks.
“Indie games are constantly pushing the boundaries of creativity to deliver unique gameplay experiences to Apple users, and we wanted to take a moment to celebrate these games and the teams that take creative risks to push gaming forward,” Oliver said.
He added that “the App Store gives bold ideas a global stage,” whether a game comes from a solo developer or a growing studio.
Where to find them
All seven games appear in the App Store’s Indie Games Week features on iPhone and iPad. Apple also points to an App Store editors’ overview of indie games, and a separate indie games guide for players who want to browse standout indie titles on Mac.
You can read the full lineup in Apple’s Indie Games Week announcement.
