2022 年，很难相信第一款Apple Watch是在五年多前发布的，但Apple Watch系列现在已经很成熟，毫无疑问是你今天能买到的最好的智能手表设备之一。
Apple Watch也已经存在了足够长的时间，以至于有数量惊人的优秀视频游戏可供它使用。在本文中，我们列出了一些您可以玩的最佳Apple Watch 游戏。(Apple Watch Games)这些游戏没有最先进的图形或控件，但是，嘿，总比只盯着表盘好！
如何在Apple Watch上获取(Your Apple Watch)游戏(Games)
如果您不熟悉在 Apple Watch 上安装应用程序(installing apps on your Apple Watch)，让我们回顾一下如何将游戏从App Store下载到Apple Watch上。
第一步是访问 iPhone 上的App Store并在其他(App Store)Apple Watch应用程序中搜索您的游戏。购买或下载有问题的应用程序，然后等待它完成安装。许多Apple Watch游戏也是一般的 iOS 游戏。因此，您也可以在 iPhone 或 iPad 上播放它们。您只能在Apple Watch上玩一些游戏。如果您不确定，请查看应用说明。
购买或认领该应用后，请在 iPhone 上打开Watch 应用。(Watch app)然后向下滚动到“我的手表”(My Watch)选项卡的“可用应用程序(Available Apps)”部分。您的应用购买应列在此处。为每个应用选择安装选项以将它们安装到您的手表上。(Install)
如果您想自动安装应用程序，请在 Watch 应用程序中选择App Store并打开(App Store)自动下载(Automatic Downloads)。
现在，让我们玩最好的Apple Watch游戏吧！
1.生命线(Lifeline)（1.99 美元）
生命线(Lifeline)是一个开创性的互动叙事，它可能不符合游戏的条件。尽管如此，这是同类应用中最受好评的应用之一，尤其适用于 Apple Watch 的小屏幕。
生命线(Lifeline)的前提是一位名叫泰勒(Taylor)的宇航员坠毁在外星球上。不幸的是，他是唯一幸存的船员，他的通讯器只能接通你。
您将收到来自Taylor(Taylor)的实时消息和通知，在您的帮助和建议下，也许他可以度过难关。故事有多种路径，您可以返回并做出不同的选择，看看事情会如何发展。
虽然它已经存在了几年，但现在是尝试Lifeline的好时机，因为它收到了更多的故事内容，包括额外的尾声。这也是一个很好的起点，因为Lifeline(Lifeline)系列现在有额外的八场比赛，包括Lifeline 2和广受好评的Lifeline : Whiteout。
如果您喜欢Trivial Pursuit之类的游戏，那么您一定会喜欢Trivia Crack。我们不知道琐事游戏的名称是否与其令人上瘾的性质有关，但是很容易被您手腕上无穷无尽的琐事问题列表所吸引。
游戏比仅仅用琐事挑战自己更深入一点。你可以和其他人一起玩，甚至可以和你的对手聊天。第一个收集到六个皇冠的玩家赢得游戏。您也可以创建自己的琐事问题，但有成千上万的问题，我们看不出您为什么需要这样做！
Tiny Armies是一款策略游戏和征服游戏。它使用简单而有吸引力的图形来表示地形、部队和敌人。这几乎让人感觉像是回到了Atari(Atari)游戏的早期，在那里你必须运用你的想象力来为世界和战斗赋予生命。除了主战场之外，还有各种小游戏来完成战场上的动作，所以玩法也很丰富。此外，您还可以通过 iMessage 与其他用户进行多人游戏来挑战自己。
尽管视觉上很简单，但游戏本身却有相当多的深度。如果您喜欢需要提前考虑几步的策略游戏，那么Tiny Armies是您的绝佳选择。(Armies)
4.口袋强盗(Pocket Bandit)（0.99 美元）
Apple Watch的一些最佳游戏不使用微型触摸屏。相反，他们充分利用了Apple Watch闻名的高品质数字表冠。
Pocket Bandit结合了数字表冠和Apple Watch的触觉，创造了一款与众不同的破解游戏。你需要专注和稳定的手才能成功完成抢劫，破解保险箱以获取里面的好东西。这是Apple Watch(Apple Watch)上的游戏展示，应该出现在每个可穿戴设备上。
5. Arcadia Arcade 手表游戏(Arcadia Arcade Watch Games)（1.99 美元）
还记得当年那些 100 合 1 盗版NES墨盒吗？还是那些装载了 100 多个简单游戏的廉价非名字掌上游戏机？Arcadia有点让人联想到这一点，它收集了一系列 8 位风格的复古街机游戏，这些游戏没有激发他们灵感的瓷砖的名称或许可证。然而，在这里提供的游戏中不难发现“Outrun”或“Space Invaders”。
图形具有复古风格，但比它们要唤起的 8 位游戏更好。游戏玩法也很简单，可以在Apple Watch屏幕上正常运行。因此，如果您需要消磨几分钟并且不能（或不想）拿出您的 iPhone，这可能是您需要购买的唯一Apple Watch游戏合集。(Apple Watch)
6.宇宙戒指(Cosmos Rings)（9.99 美元）
虽然大多数Apple Watch游戏的价格还包括普通的 iOS 版本，但Cosmos Rings是少数需要Apple Watch的游戏之一。该游戏由JRPG大型发行商Square Enix创建，具有涉及您的手机和手表的独特演示。如果您先在Watch(Watch)上启动该应用程序，它会要求您首先在 iPhone 上运行该应用程序以查看故事介绍并允许游戏运行所需的权限。
时间(Time)女神(Goddess)深陷困境，由你来拯救她。完成手机上的初始设置后，您可以加载Watch应用程序并在与敌人的战斗中磨练。Cosmos Rings将(Cosmos Rings)JRPG(JRPGs)中的经典碾压战斗机制转移到了您的可穿戴设备上，但您可以随时打开手机应用程序来查看故事（也在手表上提供）或查看您已解锁的技能。
还不如玩最新的完整版最终幻想(Final Fantasy)。不过，喜欢RPG的(RPGs)Apple Watch拥有者应该尝试一下，这仍然是一种有趣且独特的体验。它可能比此列表中的其他应用程序更昂贵，但在内容方面它也更加丰富。
与Lifeline一样，KOMRAD 与其说(KOMRAD)是一款游戏，不如说是一种交互式叙事体验，但它也因此而变得很酷。它有一个梦幻般的前提，让人想起电影WarGames。
你正在与一个已经训练了 30 年的苏联 AI 说话，而无人知晓。它不知道冷战(Cold War)已经结束，它可能仍然与庞大的核武器库有关。希望(Hopefully)您能说服它不要使用它们！
KOMRAD不仅仅是一个分支叙事；这个头衔的创造者是IBM 的Watson AI的前(Watson AI)首席设计官(Chief Design Officer)。所以要准备好让它有时变得有点太真实了。除了酷炫的前提，我们也很喜欢KOMRAD拥有的 80 年代(KOMRAD)CRT美学。只有一美元，这是一个必须拥有的头衔。
8.提升(Elevate)（应用内购买免费）
自从 Kawashima 博士在任天堂的游戏机上进行大脑训练(Brain Training)以来，大脑训练游戏的类型一直很受欢迎。这个想法是通过测试记忆、阅读理解、解决问题和一些数学知识的小游戏来刺激你的灰质。
大脑训练游戏是否让你更聪明尚无定论，但毫无疑问，它们可以带来很多乐趣，也没有人可以指责你玩“无脑”视频游戏来打发时间。
早期的乒乓球（或“乒乓”）视频游戏使用带有旋转轮的桨。所以令人惊讶的是，没有更多的Apple Watch游戏与这种经典的控制方案和Watch上的数字表冠相连。
Apple Watch版Ping Pong是一款免费游戏，可为您提供类似Pong的体验以及主题的一些变化，例如分组模式。虽然该应用程序可以免费试用，但它本质上是一个演示，您必须支付 1.99 美元的适度费用才能解锁好东西。考虑到这可能是Apple Watch(Apple Watch)上最好玩的动作游戏，我们认为它非常值得。
现在，世界已经为文字游戏Wordle疯狂了，但Apple Watch拥有一款非常棒的文字益智游戏。最重要的是，您不必为一个新词等待一天！
Snappy Word从(Word)Scrabble中获得一些灵感，并让您使用杂乱的字母拼写单词。只需(Simply)滑动字母即可拼写单词。一旦你在混乱中找到了所有可能的单词，你就会进入下一个级别。
总共有 400 个关卡，随着您的进步，挑战会不断增加。为了让它更令人兴奋，你有时间限制来找到它们。
您还可以查看喜欢竞争的人的每日排行榜，以了解您在其他玩家中的排名。
11.复古扭曲(Retro Twist)（0.99美元）
Retro Twist是另一个与(Retro Twist)Arcadia 风格(Arcadia)相同的编译游戏应用程序。尽管如此，它并没有试图密切模仿街机经典的游戏玩法，而是尝试重新混合这些游戏，使它们新鲜，最重要的是，利用智能手表上玩的独特性。
例如，Circle Invaders是Space Invaders ，但有一个转折，用圆形设计重新构想了游戏。魂斗罗 Pang(Contra Pang)将硬核射击游戏魂斗罗(Contra)与泡泡爆破游戏Pang混合在一起。Circle Break混合了Pong、Breakout和圆形设计。你明白了！
Retro Twist的一个突出特点是图形有多好。这是迄今为止我们见过的最好看的复古风格的Apple Watch游戏，如果你怀念 8 位和 16 位时代，那么这个标题会很受欢迎。(Apple Watch)
我们输掉的 Apple Watch 游戏
如果您阅读其他最佳Apple Watch游戏列表，您可能会遇到一些您无法找到的游戏。与许多移动应用程序一样，不能保证开发人员会不断更新并永远支持它们。如果没有人再在游戏上花钱，那么更新您的Apple Watch游戏以使用最新版本的WatchOS就没有多大意义了。
在我们对本文的研究中，我们发现了一些经常被推荐但不再可用的游戏：
- 符文之刃
- 泡泡糖英雄（仍在 iPhone 上）
- 迷你手表游戏 24 合 1
如果您过去已经购买了这些游戏，您的手表上应该仍然有它们，但是一旦它们与最新版本的WatchOS不兼容，您将无法再玩它们。这可能发生在移动设备上的任何游戏上，所以一定要尽可能享受它们！
The Best Apple Watch Games in 2022
In 2022, it’s hard to believe that the first Apple Watch was released more than five years ago, but the Apple Watch series is now well established and is undoubtedly one of the best smartwatch devices you can buy today.
The Apple Watch has also been around long enough that there are a surprising number of good video games available for it. In this article, we’ve listed some of the best Apple Watch Games you can play. These games don’t have the most cutting-edge graphics or controls, but hey, it’s better than just staring at the watch face!
How to Get Games on Your Apple Watch
If you’re new to installing apps on your Apple Watch, let’s review how to get a game from the App Store onto your Apple Watch.
The first step is to visit the App Store on your iPhone and search for your game among the other Apple Watch apps. Purchase or download the app in question and then wait for it to finish installing. Many Apple Watch games are also general iOS games. So you can play them on your iPhone or iPad too. You can only play some games on an Apple Watch. Check the app description if you aren’t sure.
Once you’ve purchased or claimed the app, open the Watch app on your iPhone. Then scroll down to the Available Apps section of the My Watch tab. Your app purchases should be listed there. Select the Install option for each app to install them on your Watch.
If you want to install apps automatically, select App Store in the Watch app and toggle Automatic Downloads on.
Now, let’s play the best Apple Watch games!
Lifeline is a groundbreaking interactive narrative, which perhaps doesn’t qualify it as a game. Nonetheless, this is one of the most acclaimed apps of its kind, and it’s especially suitable for the Apple Watch’s small screen.
The premise of Lifeline is that an astronaut named Taylor has crash-landed on an alien planet. Unfortunately, he’s the only surviving crew member, and his communicator can only get through to you.
You’ll get real-time messages and notifications from Taylor, and with your help and advice, perhaps he can make it through. The story has multiple paths, and you can go back and make different choices to see how things would have turned out.
While it’s been around for a few years, this is a great time to try Lifeline since it’s received more story content, including a bonus epilogue. It’s also an excellent place to start since there are now an extra eight games in the Lifeline series, including Lifeline 2 and the acclaimed Lifeline: Whiteout.
If you like games like Trivial Pursuit, you’ll love Trivia Crack. We don’t know if the trivia game’s name has anything to do with its addictive nature, but it’s far too easy to get sucked into the endless list of trivia questions available right there on your wrist.
The game goes a little deeper than just challenging yourself with trivia. You can play with other people and even chat with your opponents. The first player to collect six crowns wins the game. You can also create your own trivia questions, but with hundreds of thousands of them, we can’t see why you’d need to!
Tiny Armies is a game strategy and conquest. It uses simple yet attractive graphics to represent the terrain, forces, and enemies. It almost feels like a throwback to the early days of Atari gaming, where you had to use your imagination to give life to the world and battles. Apart from the main playfield, there are also various mini-games to accomplish actions on the battlefield, so there’s gameplay variety too. In addition, you can play multiplayer against other users via iMessage to challenge yourself.
Despite being visually simplistic, the game itself has a fair bit of depth. Tiny Armies is a great addition to your options if you like strategy games where you need to think a few steps ahead.
Some of the best games for the Apple Watch don’t use the tiny touchscreen. Instead, they take full advantage of the high-quality digital crown the Apple Watch is known for.
Pocket Bandit combines the digital crown and the Apple Watch’s haptics to create a safecracking game like no other. You’ll need focus and a steady hand to successfully pull off your heists, cracking safes to get to the goodies inside. This is a showcase for gaming on Apple Watch and should be on every wearable.
Remember those 100-in-1 pirate NES cartridges back in the day? Or those cheap non-name handheld consoles ore-loaded with 100s of simple games? Arcadia is a little reminiscent of that, with a collection of 8-bit style retro arcade games that don’t bear the names or license of the tiles that inspired them. However, it’s not hard to spot “Outrun” or “Space Invaders” among the games on offer here.
The graphics have a retro twist but are better than the 8-bit games they’re meant to evoke. The gameplay is also simple enough to work well on an Apple Watch screen. So if you need to kill a few minutes and can’t (or don’t want to) whip out your iPhone, this might be the only Apple Watch game collection you need to buy.
While most Apple Watch games also include a regular iOS version in the price, Cosmos Rings is among a few titles requiring an Apple Watch. Created by JRPG mega-publisher Square Enix, this game has a unique presentation involving your phone and watch. If you start the app on the Watch first, it will ask you to run the app on your iPhone first to see the story intro and allow the necessary permissions for the game to work.
The Goddess of Time is in deep trouble, and it’s up to you to save her. Once you’ve gone through the initial setup on your phone, you can load up the Watch app and grind in the battle against enemies. Cosmos Rings has moved the classic grinding battle mechanic from JRPGs onto your wearable device, but you can open up the phone app at any time to review the story (also delivered on the watch) or to look over the skills you’ve unlocked.
It’s not as good as playing the latest full-blown Final Fantasy. However, it’s still a fun and unique experience that Apple Watch owners who love RPGs should try. It might be more expensive than the other apps on this list, but it’s also far meatier when it comes to content.
Like Lifeline, KOMRAD isn’t so much a game as an interactive narrative experience, but it’s no less cool because of it. It has a fantastic premise that’s reminiscent of the film WarGames.
You’re speaking to a Soviet AI that’s been training for 30 years unbeknownst to anyone. It doesn’t know that the Cold War is over and it’s possibly still connected to a massive arsenal of nuclear weapons. Hopefully, you can convince it not to use them!
KOMRAD is more than just a branching narrative; the creator of this title is a former Chief Design Officer for IBM’s Watson AI. So be ready for it to get a little too real at times. Apart from the cool premise, we also quite like the 80s CRT aesthetic KOMRAD has. At only a dollar, this is a must-own title.
8. Elevate (Free With In-App Purchases)
Ever since Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training on Nintendo’s consoles, the genre of brain-training games has remained quite popular. The idea is to stimulate your grey matter with mini-games that test memory, reading comprehension, problem-solving, and a little mathematics to boot.
The jury is out on whether brain-training games make you smarter or not, but there’s no question that they can be heaps of fun, and no one can accuse you of playing a “mindless” video game to pass the time either.
Early table tennis (or “ping pong”) video games used a paddle with a rotating wheel. So it’s surprising that there aren’t more Apple Watch games that connect with this classic control scheme and the digital crown on the Watch.
Ping Pong for Apple Watch is a free game that offers you a Pong-like experience and a few variations on the theme, such as breakout mode. While the app is free to try, it’s essentially a demo, and you’ll have to pay over the modest $1.99 fee to unlock the good stuff. Considering that this is probably the best-playing action game on the Apple Watch, we think it’s well worth it.
10. Snappy Word (Free With In-App Purchases)
Right now, the world has gone crazy for the word game Wordle, but the Apple Watch has a fantastic word puzzle game all of its own. Best of all, you don’t have to wait a day for a new word!
Snappy Word takes some inspiration from Scrabble and tasks you with spelling words with a jumble of letters. Simply swipe the letters to spell words. Once you’ve found all of the possible words in the jumble, you’ll move on to the next level.
There are 400 levels in total, with the challenge going up as you progress. To make it even more exciting, you have a time limit to find them all.
You can also see a daily leaderboard for those who like competition to see how well you rank among other players.
Retro Twist is another compilation game app in the same vein as Arcadia. Still, rather than trying to emulate the gameplay of arcade classics closely, it tries to remix those games so that they are fresh and, most importantly, take advantage of the unique nature of playing on a smartwatch.
For example, Circle Invaders is Space invaders, but with a twist that reimagines the game with a circular design. Contra Pang mixes the hardcore shooter Contra with the bubble-popping game Pang. Circle Break mixes up Pong, Breakout, and a circular design. You get the idea!
One standout feature of Retro Twist is how good the graphics are. This is the best-looking retro-inspired Apple Watch game we’ve seen so far, and if you’re nostalgic for the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, this title hits hard.
The Apple Watch Games We Lost
If you read other lists of the best Apple Watch games, you may come across several games that you just can’t find. As with many mobile apps, there’s no guarantee that developers will keep updating and supporting them forever. If no one is spending money on the game anymore, it doesn’t make much sense to update your Apple Watch game to work with the newest version of WatchOS.
In our research for this article, we’ve found a few games that are often recommended but are no longer available:
- Runeblade
- Bubblegum Hero (still on iPhone)
- Mini Watch Games 24-in-1
If you already bought these games in the past, you should still have them on your watch, but as soon as they become incompatible with the latest version of WatchOS, you won’t be able to play them anymore. This can happen to any game on a mobile device, so be sure to enjoy them while you can!
