Here Are The Games Kids Are Actually Playing In 2024

Apple has released lists revealing the most downloaded and popular free and paid games on iPhone and iPad. The company also shared data on the most popular Apple Arcade games. Balatro sickos might be surprised!

The end of 2024 approaches, which means we all look back at a bunch of lists and go “Wait, that was the most popular game on iPads? Really?” Yes, Apple is the latest company to provide us with some end-of-year lists to look at while we stroke our chin. It’s also an interesting glimpse at what people under the age of 19 are actually playing in 2024.

Oddly, Balatro is nowhere to be found on the lists shared by VentureBeat. However, I was able to find the popular roguelike poker game in the full top paid apps list, where it sits at number 15. Sad. But it just means even more people can discover the game next year and spend far too many hours with it. Anyway, here are the lists:

1. NBA 2K24 Arcade Edition
2. Snake.io+
3. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
4. Sneaky Sasquatch
5. Bloons TD 6+
6. Sonic Dream Team
7. NFL Retro Bowl ’25
8. Disney Dreamlight Valley
9. Cooking Mama: Cuisine!
10. Solitaire by MobilityWare+

1. Block Blast!
2. Monopoly Go!
3. Roblox
4. Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile
5. Township
6. Last War: Survival
7. Royal Match
8. Brawl Stars
9. Subway Surfers
10. My Perfect Hotel

1. Minecraft
2. Heads Up!
3. Geometry Dash
4. Papa’s Freezeria To Go!
5. Bloons TD 6
6. Five Nights at Freddy’s
7. Plague Inc.
8. Monopoly: The Board Game
9. Stardew Valley
10. Red’s First Flight

1. Roblox
2. Magic Tiles 3: Piano Game
3. Monopoly Go!
4. Subway Surfers
5. Brawl Stars
6. Geometry Dash Lite
7. Block Blast! 
8. Among Us
9. My Perfect Hotel
10. Royal Match

1. Minecraft
2. Geometry Dash
3. Five Nights at Freddy’s
4. Stardew Valley
5. Bloons TD 6
6. Papa’s Paleteria To Go!
7. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
8. Poppy Playtime Chapter 1
9. Monopoly: The Board Game
10. Ultimate Custom Night