Apple doubles down on premium indie games on the App Store

Carson Oliver, Apple's new head of App Store Worldwide, said in his first interview that gaming remains central to the store, citing the launch of Indie Games Week with seven new iOS titles including Sifu and Vampire Crawlers, plus an upcoming No Man's Sky port. Premium mobile game sales rose 77% in 2025, according to GamesIndustry.biz.

• Indie Games Week brought seven indie titles to iOS, including Sifu and Vampire Crawlers
• No Man's Sky hits iPhone and iPad this month with 10 years of updates in 5GB
• Premium mobile game sales grew 77% in 2025
• Apple pushes Game Porting Toolkit 4, Metal and open-source Unity plug-ins