100 Best iOS Games: #10 – #1

The goal in Fruit Ninja is simple -- slice up as much fruit as you can. That is it. A simple game can go so far on the iOS as long as its concept is sound. Fruit Ninja is a game that remains fun no matter how much you play it. Maybe it is the satisfying squelch when you separate the two halts of a watermelon. It might be the frustration you feel after slightly nicking a bomb when you were going for a kiwi. Whatever it may be, you'll spend hours slicing and dicing fruit with your finger and you won't regret a minute of it.

Pinball is an age old arcade game that is just as much fun now as it was 50 years ago. Making the leap to the iOS wasn't a surprising one, but none have done it better than Pinball Arcade. What other pinball games forgot was the variety of real world pinball machines, themes, and flashy graphics available. Why bother making new, weird tables when there are plenty of real world weird ones? The Pinball Arcade lovingly recreates the machines you grew up playing. This is one of those apps that sticks around on your home screen long after the others have been deleted.

Farming games are addictive, but they all feel a bit too similar. The creators of Tiny Tower built their game outside of the box and allowed you to build up instead of out. You can create a whole living and breathing community within the walls of your tiny little tower. You can watch the little 8-bit people go about their day as you strive for that extra floor or room to make your tower that much better. Tiny Tower is addictive like all other farming games, but it is well worth your time because of the delightful graphics and the fact that it puts a new spin on a tired and old idea.

Contre Jour is a masterpiece of physics puzzling fun. The visuals are awe inspiring and when paired with the sparse soundtrack, you're playing the equivalent of the Mona Lisa in the iOS world. Everything you thought you knew about physics puzzles just got turned upside down. On your quest for that blue glowing orb, you have to stretch, bulge, and swing your way across levels and black holes. Contre Jour has everything a good physics puzzler should have and then some. Don't even get us started on the beautiful score.

Two guys have created one of the most clever, fun, and original games imaginable in World of Goo. They've managed to take a physics puzzler and attached so much personality to it, that you start thinking those little balls of goo are your friends. The signs left around the world only serve to draw you in further. What are these little goo balls? What is their purpose? All of these questions will be answered if you just take some time to play one of the most enjoyable games you're liable to find in the App Store.

That little Om Nom has become a mobile gaming icon. That hungry lizard thing has weaseled his way into the hearts of millions and they're happy to feed the tiny guy. The title of the game says it all. You have to cut the rope to get a bit of candy into Om Nom's mouth. How and when you cut the rope is completely up to you. With an insane number of levels and a three star rating system that actually makes sense (we're looking at you Angry Birds), Cut the Rope is a hell of a lot of fun. It is more fun than you're liable to have with an actual piece of rope, a lizard, and a piece of candy. Well, maybe not. We know our readers are creative.

Angry Birds Star Wars is the culmination of every Angry Birds game. It has the classic gameplay of Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons that is seamlessly married to Angry Birds Space. Take all of this, sharpen up the level design, add some Star Wars paraphernalia, and you have a recipe for one of the greatest games you'll find in the App Store to date. There are birds with lightsabers, birds that use the force, and pigs in stormtrooper armor. What more could you want? A giant Chewbacca bird? It has that too.

Gators sometimes need a shower. After a long day of romping around in the sewer, Swampy needs to clean himself off. Where's My Water? features some of the most realistic water physics every put into a game paired with the charm you'd expect from Disney. Directing the water through all of the game's numerous levels will get challenging, but never impossible. Where's My Water? is one of the most original and enjoyable games you're likely to find. Could you imagine the scandal if an alligator was caught being dirty? The shame!

We know you're tired of the zombie apocalypse, but you'll want to sit up and take note of this little gem that has taken the gaming world by storm. It may be on every platform under the sun, but Plants Vs. Zombies really finds it's home on the iPad. From your vantage point above your yard, you have to use your agricultural buddies to stave off the undead. With tons of plants for you to choose from, there's always the right shrub for the job. It is a deceptively simple game that requires a lot of strategic thinking and assessment of the backyard battlefield. If the plants aren't going to defend you in the apocalypse, then who will? The crazy guy selling you the upgrades? Ya, good luck with that.

Here you have it people. Our number one iOS game is Infinity Blade II. With some of the most incredible graphics around, engrossing story, addictive gameplay, and tight controls, Infinity Blade II will provide you with hours of hackey-slashey fun. The formula remains the same from the original, but it has been distilled to a fine essence. The graphics are leaps ahead of the already gorgeous original and the game play is even more frantic, strategic, and tactile. Each little swipe delivers devastating blows against your foes. The infinite nature of the game means that you could play it as long as you liked. That is the beauty of Infinity Blade II. It never has to end, and why would you want it to?