Best iOS games of 2009
The 25 best iOS games released in 2009, ranked from 7,525 critic and player ratings.
The best iOS game of 2009 is Street Fighter IV, with a critic score of 91/100 — updated August 2026.
Machinarium
Machinarium is award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost and Botanicula. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.
88
/100
05
STEINS;GATE
87
/100
06
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
84
/100
07
Flower
ESCAPE TO A DREAMLIKE WORLD From the studio behind the genre-bending titles Journey and flOw comes Flower, a unique gaming experience that lets you soar through a dreamlike world of luscious fields and rolling hills. Control the wind to carry a stream of flower petals around each landscape and watch as it comes to life. Every level has its own unique aims and little mysteries – but you don’t have to worry about them if you don’t feel like it. Flower is about doing what you want, when you want. Freedom is everything.
83
/100
08
The Sims 3
In The Sims 3, you can create Sims with unique personalities, fulfill their desires, and control their lives within a customizable living neighborhood. Unlock all-new Karma Powers and unleash them on your Sims: help your Sim get lucky with the power of "love connector", bless them with the power of "age defiler" or "instant beauty" or curse them with an "instant enemy". Use these powers wisely, because they may have unexpected results! As you guide your Sims through life, you can complete challenges to unlock additional items, new buildings and landmarks.
83
/100
09
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Minecraft
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.
83
/100
10
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director's Cut is an enhanced remake and director's cut of the classic 1996 point-and-click adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. Unlike in the original game, where George Stobbart is the only playable character, Nicole Collard is controllable for selected game sections. While certain puzzles from the original segments were simplified, new first-person puzzles were also added. Hotspots are highlighted, and a hint system is added, along with a diary in which the player character takes notes. Some of the original game's dialogue and cutscenes were removed, with the blood edited out of retained cutscenes.
83
/100
11
Osmos
80
/100
12
Angry Birds
80
/100
13
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
14
Worms 2: Armageddon
80
/100
15
Mushroom Wars
80
/100
16
Zuma's Revenge!
78
/100
17
Ace Attorney Investigations - Miles Edgeworth
78
/100
18
Might and Magic Clash of Heroes
76
/100
19
And Yet It Moves
75
/100
20
Cogs
73
/100
21
Plants vs. Zombies
71
/100
22
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
65
/100
23
James Cameron's AVATAR: The Game
60
/100
24
Way of the Samurai 3
56
/100
25
Agarest: Generations of War
45
/100
What is the best iOS game of 2009?
Street Fighter IV currently tops the ranking with a score of 91/100 across 213 ratings. Ranking updated August 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.