Apple’s App Store highlights seven indie games for iPhone and iPad, with No Man’s Sky arriving on mobile for preorder and other titles available now.
Apple kicked off App Store Indie Games Week, spotlighting seven indie titles for iPhone and iPad. The lineup includes No Man’s Sky, which will be available on mobile as a preorder starting Oct 28, along with other games like Sifu mobile and Vampire Crawlers, which are already available or up for preorder. This event highlights smaller studios and gives players a chance to discover fresh experiences on iPhone and iPad.
What to know for you: if you like space sims, No Man’s Sky on mobile could expand how you play on the go. For others, several games offer bite-sized experiences that fit shorter sessions. What happens next is simple: check the App Store, pick a title, and decide if you want to preorder No Man’s Sky for mobile when it goes live on Oct 28.
Apple has kicked off its App Store Indie Games Week, a celebration of independent developers and their creations for iPhone and iPad. Over the next few days, seven titles are being spotlighted as either available now or up for preorder, with an emphasis on inventive controls and broad content.
The standout release is No Man’s Sky from Hello Games, which Apple says will arrive on iPhone and iPad on Oct 28 as a preorder. The mobile version will include every major content expansion released so far, plus the Cosmos update that lets you command your own space station. It’s a long-awaited mobile port that aims to bring the expansive space sim to touch screens with mobile-friendly features.
Beyond No Man’s Sky, the lineup includes Sifu, a martial-arts action title originally built for other platforms and adapted for mobile with touch controls, a reworked camera, and full controller support. Vampire Crawlers continues the vampire-survivor vibe as a gothic card battler with deck-building mechanics for handheld play. The other four games cover a feline-themed city builder, a larger town-building experience, a kingdom-management strategy, a space mining sim, and a wintery sequel in a familiar saga, all either playable now or available for preorder.
Apple’s head of App Store Worldwide, Carson Oliver, says indie developers are continually pushing creative boundaries, and Indie Games Week gives teams a global stage to turn daring visions into worldwide hits. The week-long event is meant to spotlight smaller studios and expose players to new experiences on iPhone and iPad.
Apple highlights seven titles in total. No Man’s Sky is the marquee arrival set for late October, available for preorder. The other six games span genres from action to strategy and card games, each offering a distinct vibe for mobile players.
Bringing No Man’s Sky to iPhone and iPad means fans can explore a vast universe on a phone or tablet, with content expansions included and a space-station twist in Cosmos. The mobile edition is tuned for touch controls and offers optional controller support, which could make longer exploration sessions feasible on a commute or break.
Indie Games Week gives smaller studios a broader audience without needing a separate storefront. For players, it’s a chance to try experimental titles at typically lower prices than big-budget releases. Apple’s feature-driven approach can also help new developers reach curious players who might not discover a game through normal browsing.
No Man’s Sky lands on mobile as a preorder on Oct 28, with the rest of the seven-title lineup available now or soon. If you’re curious, you can browse the Indie Games Week collection on the App Store to see which games fit your taste and which ones are getting updates or discounts in the coming days.
A short, curated event on Apple’s App Store highlighting seven indie titles for iPhone and iPad, with some available now and others on preorder.
No Man’s Sky is the headline title, coming to mobile as a preorder on Oct 28.
Prices vary by title; Apple emphasizes new releases and preorder options rather than a blanket price change. Check each title in the App Store for exact pricing.
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