At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled the Apple Games app, an all-in-one app to find games, track game progress, be notified of major events and updates, compete with friends, and access Apple Arcade games and subscriptions. This app keeps track of all games downloaded from the App Store across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.
Apple Games app Features
- Manage games and connect any compatible game controller for easy navigation around the app.
- Players can explore personalized recommendations based on games they’ve played, games their friends are playing, and games supporting Game Center features, which can be played together.
- Let’s players stay up to date with new games and editorial collections.
- Players can challenge friends on a particular game, play together, and track progress as a group.
- As a group, users can see their shared gaming history, compare achievements, and send friends invite links and party codes using any messaging app, bringing them right into a competition or multiplayer match.
- Notifies players of in-game events.
- Users can manage Apple Arcade Games and subscriptions in the app itself.
Availability
Developers can test it now through the Apple Developer Program, starting today. A public beta arrives next month via the Apple Beta Software Program. Stable rollout of the Games App will begin this fall (starting in September) along with iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26.