Apple Arcade’s headline addition on Thursday, October 1, 2026 is Pusheen’s Place, an exclusive built around the cartoon cat Pusheen. The same day, Terraria+ receives an update Apple calls Bigger & Boulder, which adds crossover content from Dead Cells and Palworld. Apple named both, along with three other titles, in a newsroom post dated September 8, 2026, one day before Apple announced the iPhone Duo and the rest of its September hardware.
Apple has not published a review, a rating or a hands-on impression of either addition, because nobody outside Apple has played them yet. What follows is what Apple itself has announced, not an assessment of how either plays.
Pusheen’s Place, Apple’s newest Arcade exclusive
Apple’s release describes Pusheen’s Place, developed by Lively, as exclusive to Apple Arcade and as the first officially licensed game starring Pusheen the Cat. Apple’s own description of the game is that players will “build a cozy Pusheen paradise and collect more than 100 adorable kitties.” Apple has not published a genre label, a price beyond the standard Arcade subscription, or a list of supported devices for the title specifically.
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Terraria+’s Bigger & Boulder update
Terraria+ is not a new arrival to Arcade; it is one of what Apple calls its “App Store favorites” receiving new content. Apple’s release names the update version 1.4.5, titled Bigger & Boulder, and says it brings a Dead Cells crossover and Pals from Palworld into Terraria+. The developer is credited as 505 Games. Apple’s post does not describe what the crossover content changes about gameplay beyond naming the two properties it draws from. Terraria+ was already part of the Arcade catalog before this update, which is why Apple’s own copy calls it a returning favorite rather than a new arrival, unlike Pusheen’s Place.
| Key facts | Detail |
|---|---|
| Pusheen’s Place developer | Lively |
| Pusheen’s Place status | Exclusive to Apple Arcade; first officially licensed Pusheen game |
| Terraria+ developer | 505 Games |
| Terraria+ update | Version 1.4.5, “Bigger & Boulder” |
| Terraria+ crossover content | Dead Cells and Palworld |
| Arrival date | Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
Apple’s own words for both
Apple’s newsroom post frames the two together with three other titles in a single quote: “Whether players want to unwind in Pusheen’s Place, dive into the adrenaline-pumping chaos of River City Survivors, or revisit App Store favorites like Terraria+, Touchgrind BMX 2+, and 4 Pics 1 Word+, there’s plenty to discover, download, and play.” That sentence is the extent of Apple’s own editorializing about either title; everything else in this piece is drawn from the specific game descriptions in the same release.
| The other three October 1 titles Apple named | Developer |
|---|---|
| River City Survivors | Arc System Works |
| Touchgrind BMX 2+ | Illusion Labs |
| 4 Pics 1 Word+ | Lotum |
What a subscriber has to do to get either
Both additions arrive inside the existing Apple Arcade subscription, priced at $6.99 a month in the US with a one-month free trial, per the same September 8 post. There is no separate purchase, no in-app charge named for either title, and no mention of a limited-time or region-specific rollout. A subscriber with the app installed on a device such as an iPhone 18 Pro does not need to do anything beyond waiting for October 1 and updating the Arcade app when it appears. Anyone already paying for the subscription gets both the new exclusive and the updated favorite at no additional cost, since Apple’s release treats them as part of the same monthly catalog rather than as separate purchases.
Apple’s own software calendar puts iOS 27 four days before this batch of Arcade additions, on Monday, September 14, 2026, and neither Apple’s iOS 27 page nor its September 9 keynote mentioned either game, which supports treating this as a separate, non-event announcement rather than part of the hardware cycle.
What Apple has not said
- What genre either Pusheen’s Place or the Bigger & Boulder update belongs to, beyond Apple’s own descriptive phrases.
- Which specific devices or operating system versions either title requires.
- Whether the Dead Cells and Palworld crossover content changes Terraria+’s difficulty, story or mechanics, beyond naming the two properties involved.
Today is Saturday, September 12, 2026, nineteen days before both arrive. Apple’s Arcade app, not this post, will confirm the exact rollout time on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
