‘Tis the season to stock up on iTunes cards and totally splurge on all the excellent iPhone and iPad games that are celebrating the holiday season by going on sale! And this year is without a doubt one of the best ever in terms of massive titles getting heavily discounted, with the likes of the Infinity Blade trilogy, Transistor, Oceanhorn, XCOM, Lara Croft GO, and loads more now available for a fraction of their usual prices. But maybe you’re strapped for cash after buying your family and friends Christmas pressies? Well, not to worry, there are some absolutely fantastic festive freebies in there too!
In the hopes of putting together the definitive round-up of this Christmas’s best iOS game sales, we’ll be updating this post on a daily basis right up until the annual iTunes holiday freeze goes into effect. And we’d love your help in making it happen — so whether you’re a reader or a game developer, please feel free to use the comments section below to let us know about any deals you think we may have missed and should include. (Or, if you prefer, you can e-mail us or get in touch on Twitter.)
Anyway, without further ado, here’s the list:
Free
HappyTruck: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Attack the Light – Steven Universe Light RPG: Was $1.99 » Now Free
God of Light: Was $1.99 » Now Free
.NOON.: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Rune Gems: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Pig Shot: Was $0.99 » Now Free
W.E.L.D.E.R.: Was $2.99 » Now Free
Virtual Life: Was $1.99 » Now Free
33rd Division: Was $1.99 » Now Free
8bitWar: Apokalyps: Was $1.99 » Now Free
BIT.TRIP RUN!: Was $3.99 » Now Free
Pixel Boat Rush: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Superfall Pro: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Buddyman: Kick 2 HD (by Kick the Buddy): Was $2.99 » Now Free
Buddyman™ Kick 2 (by Kick the Buddy): Was $0.99 » Now Free
Slide Tetromino Premium: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged to Kill™ (Full): Was $4.99 » Now Free
Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged to Kill™ HD (Full): Was $6.99 » Now Free
Fish Heroes: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Calculords: Was $2.99 » Now Free
Tesla Wars HD: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Tesla Wars: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Golden Trails: Hidden Object Adventure Western (Premium): Was $4.99 » Now Free
Game About Flight 2: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Starborn Anarkist: Was $2.99 » Now Free
Gangster Granny: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Monorace: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Moto Race: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Perfect Cut: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Battle Tap Tap Pro: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Aqueduct 101: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Hack Time: Was $1.99 » Now Free
HUEBRIX: A Twisted Puzzle of Space, Time and Color: Was $1.99 » Now Free
Amigo Pancho: Was $1.99 » Now Free
The Idiot Test 3: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Warship Solitaire: Was $0.99 » Now Free
Glow Puzzle: Was $0.99 » Now Free
$0.99
Hitman: Sniper: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Waking Mars: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Infinity Blade: Was $5.99 » Now $0.99
Infinity Blade II: Was $6.99 » Now $0.99
Infinity Blade III: Was $6.99 » Now $0.99
To-Fu Fury: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Sneaky Sneaky: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Thomas Was Alone: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Bastion: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Scribblenauts Remix: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Surgeon Simulator: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Twelve a Dozen: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Little Inferno: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
QuestLord: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Card Crawl: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Small World 2: Was $6.99 » Now $0.99
Skip-Bo™ – The Classic Family Card Game: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Krashlander – Ski, Jump, Crash!: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Joe Danger: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Joe Danger Infinity: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Crow: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Abducted: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Broken Sword 5 – the Serpent’s Curse: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
About Love, Hate and the other ones: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
OTTTD: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
har•mo•ny 3: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Splendor™: Was $6.99 » Now $0.99
Globosome: Path of the Swarm: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
The Shadow Sun: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Hitman GO: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
The Martian: Official Game: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
A Day In The Woods: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Blendimals: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Costume Quest: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Divide By Sheep: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Dropchord: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Anomaly Defenders: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Anomaly Warzone Earth HD: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
Anomaly Warzone Earth: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
Anomaly Korea: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
Anomaly 2: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Goat Simulator: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Reiner Knizia’s Medici HD: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Buddy & Me: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Tikal: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Alto’s Adventure: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Ski Safari 2: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Leo’s Fortune: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Loco Train: Christmas Edition HD (Full): Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Danmaku Unlimited: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Reiner Knizia’s Ra: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
Knightmare Tower: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Super Lemonade Factory: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Tiny Guardians: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
DuckTales: Remastered: Was $9.99 » Now $0.99
Duet Game: Was $9.99 » Now $0.99
Le Havre (The Harbor): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Trick Shot: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Door Kickers: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
I am Bread: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Hyper Square: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Blek: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Danmaku Unlimited 2 – Bullet Hell Shmup: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
A Brief History of the World: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
Trainz Simulator: Was $6.99 » Now $0.99
Trainz Driver – train driving game and realistic railroad simulator: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Five-O Deluxe: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Sparkle HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Tennis in the Face: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Asteroid Dust: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Space Inversion 2.: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Sparkle the Game: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Azkend 2 HD – The World Beneath: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Space Inversion: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Trouserheart: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
King Oddball: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
ALONE…: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
PUK: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Red Crow Mysteries: Legion (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Inbetween Land (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Stand O’Food® (Full): Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Spirit Walkers: Curse of the Cypress Witch (Full): Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
The Island: Castaway 2® (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Paranormal Agency (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Brightstone Mysteries: Paranormal Hotel (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Worms Crazy Golf HD: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Worms™ 4: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
The Minims – A New Beginning: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
… and then it rained: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Luxor HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Luxor: Amun Rising HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Luxor 2 HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Unlikely Suspects HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
7 Wonders: Magical Mystery Tour HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Glowfish HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
7 Wonders 2 HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Pickers HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Midnight Mysteries: Haunted Houdini (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Luxor Evolved HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Glowfish (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Midnight Mysteries: Devil on the Mississippi (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Xenowerk: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Kometen: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
7 Wonders HD: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Elder Sign: Omens: Was $3.99 » Now $0.99
R.B.I. Baseball 14: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge (Full): Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Critter Panic!: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Lili™: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Kingdom Rush Origins: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
Kingdom Rush Frontiers: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
R.B.I. Baseball 15: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
Blood Bowl: Was $4.99 » Now $0.99
The Great Fusion: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Deemo: Was $1.99 » Now $0.99
Samurai II: Vengeance: Was $2.99 » Now $0.99
$1.99
Lara Croft GO: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Til Morning’s Light: Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Lost Within: Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Tales From Deep Space: Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Space Invaders Infinity Gene: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
Momonga Pinball Adventures: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
The LEGO® Movie Video Game: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Colin McRae Rally: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
Autumn Dynasty – RTS: Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
ARKANOID: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
New Bust-A-Move: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Proun+ A Journey Through Modern Art: Was $3.99 » Now $1.99
Goat Simulator GoatZ: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Power Hover: Was $3.99 » Now $1.99
Forever Lost: Episode 2 HD: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
Mines of Mars: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Sparkle 2: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Paranormal Agency HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Red Crow Mysteries: Legion HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Inbetween Land HD (Full): Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Spirit Walkers: Curse of the Cypress Witch HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Stand O’Food® HD (Full): Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch – Tyranid Invasion: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
The Island: Castaway 2® HD (Full): Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort HD (Full): Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Brightstone Mysteries: Paranormal Hotel HD (Full): Was $6.99 » Now $1.99
Piloteer: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
Battlestation: Harbinger: Was $3.99 » Now $1.99
Card Dungeon: Was $3.99 » Now $1.99
Descend RPG: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
Word Chums: Was $3.99 » Now $1.99
Tengami: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
Downwell: Was $2.99 » Now $1.99
SHADOWGUN: Was $4.99 » Now $1.99
$2.99
Transistor: Was $9.99 » Now $2.99
Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Prune: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
BADLAND: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Little Inferno HD: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Talisman: Was $6.99 » Now $2.99
Grim Fandango Remastered: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Broken Age ™: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Galaxy Trucker Pocket: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Galaxy Trucker: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Goat Simulator MMO Simulator: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Aralon: Sword and Shadow: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Ravensword: Shadowlands: Was $6.99 » Now $2.99
Forever Lost: Episode 1 HD: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
Ticket to Ride: Was $6.99 » Now $2.99
Galactic Keep: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
Warhammer Quest: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Ultimate General™: Gettysburg: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
Governor of Poker 2 Premium: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
TMNT: Brothers Unite: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
Sine Mora: Was $3.99 » Now $2.99
Kingdom Rush Origins HD: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
Kingdom Rush Frontiers HD: Was $4.99 » Now $2.99
$3.99
NBA 2K16: Was $7.99 » Now $3.99
FINAL FANTASY: Was $7.99 » Now $3.99
FINAL FANTASY II: Was $7.99 » Now $3.99
Secret of Mana: Was $7.99 » Now $3.99
Forever Lost: Episode 3 HD: Was $4.99 » Now $3.99
BattleLore: Command: Was $9.99 » Now $3.99
$4.99
Oceanhorn: Was $8.99 » Now $4.99
XCOM®: Enemy Within: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Civilization Revolution 2: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Baldur’s Gate II:EE: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Sid Meier’s Starships: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
The Deer God: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III – HD Edition: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
This War of Mine: Was $14.99 » Now $4.99
Implosion – Never Lose Hope: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
Sproggiwood: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
King of Dragon Pass: Was $9.99 » Now $4.99
$5.99
Record of Agarest War: Was $12.99 » Now $5.99
$6.99
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS: Was $13.99 » Now $6.99
FINAL FANTASY III: Was $13.99 » Now $6.99
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Was $9.99 » Now $6.99
$7.99
FINAL FANTASY IV: Was $15.99 » Now $7.99
FINAL FANTASY VI: Was $15.99 » Now $7.99
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS for iPad: Was $15.99 » Now $7.99
FINAL FANTASY V: Was $15.99 » Now $7.99
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS: Was $15.99 » Now $7.99
$10.99
FINAL FANTASY VII: Was $15.99 » Now $10.99
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