Watch: The best tvOS games for Apple TV 4K
Equipped with Apple's A10X Fusion chip, the new Apple TV 4K packs some serious processing power, transforming the set-top streaming box into a decent gaming platform. We sifted through the tvOS App Store to find the best free games that show off the new device's capabilities.
Our top 15 game picks for tvOS:
Our top 15 game picks for tvOS:
- Asphalt 8: Airborne
- Modern Combat 5
- Rayman Adventures
- Sky Force Reloaded
- Dungeon Hunter 5
- Hungry Shark World
- Beach Buggy Racing
- Crossy Road
- Minion Rush
- Real Racing 3
- King of Thieves
- Jetpack Joyride
- Solid Soccer
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Lego Batman Movie Game
Comments
%100 of those games were available last gen for the A8 professor. Nothing new.
This means %0 of games are gonna show odd the power of this new device.
Any games supporting native 4k HDR? Is the upcoming Sky at least supporting it? They never said it would or wouldn’t.
Apple really should have made deals with developers to release native 4k HDR versions of their games.
Sorry guys we’re not gonna see 4k upgrades on games anytime soon.....
This article could have came out in 2015 with the headline:
“The best tvOS games for Apple TV 4”
with an identical list.
Real Racing was the benchmark for iPhone when they’d release a new version every generation. Real Racing 3 is still hanging onto iPhone 5 visuals.
BTW with all of the mentions of old games for ATV I’m not sure why “oddworld” was left out. I haven’t played it much, but it looks like a great port and a great game overall. The rails are finally being removed and really, that’s the important hurdle for ATV games imo. We need expanse. For games like RR3 a 4k update would be kinda awesome if possible though.
its a console whether we admit it or not. It plays games.
Of course but with 4k and HDR native, Apple should put the hammer down on developers and require 4k Native for Apple TV 4k. They don’t have to make a whole new game just adopt the standards.
It’s ridiculous how many games are missing on Apple TV.
forget RR3, that game was optimized for iPhone 5.
They should release Real Racing 4 with 4k HDR. That game would be on Xbox One Levels.
just noticed Asphalt the number one game on the list because of graphics is from 2013!!!!
But all that has nothing to do with your point that as soon as the HW launched all the games should be updated, so to that I wonder what games were actually supporting 4K+HDR for those console models when they launched? I can't seem to find any and yet you've been very adamant that Apple should follow in their footsteps.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s not helping the situation.
It’s just sad that the best visual game according to owners and this article is a game from 2013.
Of course things take time but at this pace we may only have ONE game in 2017 that takes advantage of the Apple TV 4Ks abilities(even then there’s no confirmation it’s 4k HDR). Like an earlier poster said, what’s the point in the horsepower if it won’t be used?
oh and P.S. if Apple and developers went all in on 4k HDR utilizing the A10x to its fullest potential I would drop my desire for a new PS4 Pro and Xbox One X in an instant.
2) Specifically regarding gaming, it sounds like you and this "earlier poster" are conflating "won't be used," a contraction of will not with not being used right now, less than a month after launch. This 5th Apple TV is going to be around for a long time and if all you care about is gaming then stick with the 4th gen or go with a console designed around gaming.
Personally, I love how much better everything looks on my Apple TV 4K over my 4th gen Apple TV.
Originally I said why buy all this horse power when a crap $99 Amazon box can do 4k and HDR?
why so many excuses for Apple?
Of course more games are coming but Imagine if PS4 launched and a month later all you could play were ps3 games? Sony would have been charred by flaming fans.
Wii U got roasted to hell for offering around 20 games during launch month. Apple TV 4k will get one current gen game in 2017; Sky. ONE GAME.