UNO and More: Here’s What’s Coming to Apple Arcade in June
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Apple continues to roll out fun titles each month for its subscription gaming service, both new and old. In March, we saw an iPhone and iPad-friendly version of Atari’s RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic alongside new installments in the Katamari Damacy and Space Invaders franchises. Then, April brought What the Clash? from Triband’s “What the…” series and four other games that let you raise virtual pets, play with your LEGO Friends, and more.
Apple has also added new content to existing games, including new courses for its new PGA Tour Pro Golf and the City Town Orchards for Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
Next month, five more fun and family-friendly titles will arrive on Apple Arcade, from a Vision Pro version of What the Car? to an Arcade Edition of the ever-popular card game UNO. Here’s the rundown.
UNO: Arcade Edition
UNO isn’t new to the App Store by any stretch. It was one of a handful of games available for the iPod classic in the fledgling days of the iPhone and has been on the iPhone App Store in various forms since 2008.
Sadly, while the original UNO for iPhone was a paid title by Gameloft, with a one-time $5 purchase providing an ad-free experience, it’s since been taken back over by Mattel and turned into the irritating “freemium” model of nearly every other game on the App Store, with ads and in-app purchases for cards, and diamonds and coins.
That’s where the UNO: Arcade Edition will be a breath of fresh air. As with other classic game titles to appear on Apple Arcade, this is essentially the same game, minus all the annoying cruft. After all, that’s the promise of Apple Arcade and one of the things that makes it worth the price of admission.
Further, unlike the standalone app, UNO: Arcade Edition will be playable on the Mac and Apple TV, with new room and multiplayer modes to match. You can play solo with classic UNO rules or mix things up with new custom games like Wild Swap Hands and Color Showdown, plus big-screen family play on the Apple TV.
WHAT THE CAR? Comes to Vision Pro
What the Car? is Triband’s weird, wacky racing game, which followed What the Golf? and gave birth to an entire franchise. This month, Apple added new levels, and in June, Vision Pro users will be able to join in the fun in a whole new way. Here’s how Apple describes it:
Using a floating TV portal with legs and an extendable steering wheel, players with Apple Vision Pro will use their hands — as if holding a physical steering wheel — to maneuver an unconventional race car with constantly changing features, such as legs, wings, and even the common cold. The wacky gameplay elements leverage spatial computing to pop out of the screen, making each race an adventure full of lively twists and turns.
LEGO Hill Climb Adventures+
LEGO games are popular on Apple Arcade, and this new ad-free “plus” installment in the series will combine LEGO with the physics-based gameplay of Fingersoft’s Hill Climb Racing.
“With a cast of lovable LEGO Minifigures, upgradeable vehicles equipped with unique gadgets, and hidden secrets around every turn, the game offers a perfect mix of discovery, strategy, and action,” Apple says.
As with UNO and many other “plus” titles, this is a special edition of the standalone LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, without ads or in-app purchases.
Lost in Play+
In 2024, Lost in Play won an Apple Design Award for its “thoughtfully crafted puzzles” and “compelling gameplay that ignites a childlike sense of discovery throughout.” Now, it’s coming to Apple Arcade at no additional cost.
Unlike many other titles, Lost in Play wasn’t laden with ads or in-game currency, but it did require a $5.99 in-app purchase to unlock the game. Lost in Play+ won’t.
Players must help a brother-and-sister duo on an adventure to find their way back home, exploring enchanted forests, outwitting quirky goblins, and befriending magical creatures. The young siblings’ adventure is filled with clever puzzles, minigames, and dreamlike surprises. With no dialogue, point-and-click gameplay, and a handcrafted animation style, Lost in Play+ is a wholesome and delightful interactive cartoon where fantasy and curiosity come to life.
Helix Jump+
Voodoo’s Helix Jump was a fun and engaging game, with the only drawback being its penchant for ads and in-app purchases. You could pay $8 to remove the ads, but the “freemium” game still tried to persuade you to buy hammers and in-game cash to progress faster.
Helix Jump+ ditches all that for a much smoother experience while reworking the haptics and visual effects and adding exclusive new unlockable skins that you can’t pay real money for even if you wanted to. As with the original, you’ll need to bounce a ball through a three-dimensional landscape of twisting towers to guide it past traps and other obstacles.
More Fun with New Updates
Apple has also announced some significant updates to popular Arcade titles, as usual.
- Crayola Create and Play+ will host a seven-day interactive quest with Paddington starting June 26.
- Skate City: New York will add Queens with 20 new Free Skate goals on May 22.
- NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition has added Shaquille O’Neal to the Greatest Mode.
Apple has also announced new updates to Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE, and Space Invaders Infinity Gene Evolve only three months after their debut, plus Shovel Knight Dig, Angry Birds Reloaded, puffies., Grindstone, Fruit Ninja Classic+, and more.
Apple Arcade is available for a monthly subscription of $6.99, granting a family of up to six members access to a library of over 200 games free of ads, in-app purchases, and other hidden charges. This service is also incorporated into all Apple One subscription levels, with the majority of games compatible across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro platforms.
