Games built for tablets.

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   FTL: Faster Than Light

   Subset Games · 2014 · Strategy

   97

   score

   The landmark space roguelike, built for iPad — monitoring every room of your ship at once requires the larger screen.

   $6.99

   4.5iOS· 827

   App Store
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   Civilization VI

   Aspyr Media / Firaxis · 2016 · Strategy

   96

   score

   Full desktop 4X experience rebuilt around touch — pinch to zoom, drag to pan, native-feeling unit commands.

   $0.00

   3.3iOS· 1.4k1.8Play· 21.5k

   App Store Play Store
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   Slay the Spire

   Mega Crit / Humble Games · 2020 · Strategy

   94

   score

   Deckbuilder roguelike where the tablet form factor feels better than mouse — cards meet your thumb naturally.

   $9.99

   4.2iOS· 3.1k4.3Play· 28.8k

   App Store Play Store
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   Balatro

   LocalThunk / Playstack · 2024 · Strategy

   93

   score

   The poker roguelike phenomenon that reviewers say feels better on iPad than on PC thanks to tactile card handling.

   $9.99

   5.0iOS· 99.8k

   App Store
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   Total War: MEDIEVAL II

   Feral Interactive · 2022 · Strategy

   93

   score

   Creative Assembly's 2006 strategy epic, completely redesigned for touch on the expanded screen of a tablet.

   $14.99

   4.9iOS· 7.0k

   App Store
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   Into the Breach

   Subset Games · 2022 · Strategy

   92

   score

   Puzzle-perfect turn-based mech tactics from the FTL team with a touch UI rebuilt for tablet grid warfare.

   $0.00

   4.8iOS· 5.1k4.8Play· 27.4k

   App Store Play Store
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   Hearthstone

   Blizzard Entertainment · 2014 · Strategy

   91

   score

   Card-slinging on a tablet is how Hearthstone was always meant to be played — the board is a tabletop.

   $0.00

   4.2iOS· 119.5k4.2Play· 2.0M

   App Store Play Store
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   XCOM 2 Collection

   Feral Interactive · 2021 · Strategy

   90

   score

   Full XCOM 2 + expansion tuned for iPad Pro — touch-first unit selection, gesture camera control.

   $14.99

   4.1iOS· 720

   App Store
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   Kingdom Rush Vengeance

   Ironhide Game Studio · 2018 · Strategy

   89

   score

   Tower defense where a tablet's size makes fast tower swaps and hero placement actually readable.

   $4.99

   4.8iOS· 39.4k

   App Store
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    Wildfrost

    Deadpan Games / Chucklefish · 2024 · Strategy

    88

    score

    A tactical deckbuilding roguelike whose iOS port is praised as superb and responsive, with 120fps on iPad Pro.

    $0.00

    4.1iOS· 4893.5Play· 1.6k

    App Store Play Store
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    Control Ultimate Edition

    Remedy Entertainment PLC · 2025 · Strategy

    85

    score

    A corruptive presence has invaded the Federal Bureau of Control… Only you have the power to stop it. The world is now your weapon in an epic fight to annihilate an ominous enemy through deep and unpredictable environments. Containment has failed, humanity is at stake. Will you re

    $4.99

    4.4iOS· 60

    App Store
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    Kingdom: Two Crowns

    Noio / Raw Fury · 2020 · Strategy

    85

    score

    A minimalist side-scrolling strategy/base-builder whose 2D parallax landscape fills the iPad's widescreen beautifully.

    $6.99

    4.5iOS· 801

    App Store
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    Monument Valley 3

    ustwo Games Ltd · 2025 · Strategy

    85

    score

    – Try Before You Buy! –

    $0.00

    4.9iOS· 3.0k

    App Store
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    Inkulinati

    Yaza Games / Daedalic · 2024 · Strategy

    84

    score

    A turn-based tactics game drawn in medieval manuscript style, served on Apple Arcade and beautifully legible on iPad.

    $0.00

    4.3iOS· 1.1k
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    The Bard's Tale

    inXile Entertainment · 2011 · Strategy

    67

    score

    #1 RPG in 75 countries, including USA, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Japan, and China!

    $2.99

    4.5iOS· 653

    App Store