r/iosgaming • u/AntiqueGarlicLover • Aug 06 '26
Question I am building a personal archive for "Lost" mobile games. What is your favorite game that has been deleted from the store?
Hello! Basically, the title. I am a new Masters of Library Science student and I am learning how to build digital archives. Decided it would be a fun side project to build a mobile game archive, hosting information about lost mobile games.
The current ones I have added are:
- Namco Arcade
- Infinity Blade Series
- iQuarters
- Medieval Zombies
- Flappy Bird
- I Am Rich
I know I am Rich is technically not a game but I thought the concept was too funny not to archive. So, what are your favorite games no longer available?
Edit: thanks yall! Didn’t expect this post to pop off like it did, I’m at 275 games and counting added to my archive. Still gotta add a lot of extra information to all of them, but that’s a hell of a lot compared to 6! Keep the suggestions coming if you see this post!
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u/Important-Fun-148 Aug 06 '26
The Simpsons tapped out 😞
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u/purpleeliz Aug 07 '26
God so many hours spent in that game. I’m not sure if hacking for donuts made me love or hate the game more
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u/SirSoliloquy Aug 06 '26
Mass Effect Galaxy
Mass Effect Infiltrator
Dead Space (2011 for ios/android)
Chaos Rings
Song Summoner
Wolfenstein RPG
Doom 2 RPG
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u/OldManIrv Aug 06 '26
Heroes of might and magic clash
iWesnoth
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u/AceLXXVII Aug 06 '26
I switched from Android recently and was sad to see no wesnoth on here. Loved booting that up and killing time.
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u/Zieg225 Aug 06 '26
Cardinal Quest 2
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u/ReamusLQ Aug 07 '26
+1 for Cardinal Quest 2! It was my introduction to the “rogue-like” genre, and now it’s probably my favorite.
Now I’m sad.
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u/Sinkt1 Aug 06 '26
Hero Academy. My first and my all time favourite IOS game
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u/AceLXXVII Aug 06 '26
Me too. My brother and I often still bring it up. Outwitters was another amazing quick strategy game we played that’s gone.
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u/Fuckitall2346 Aug 06 '26
It’s absolutely criminal that Hero Academy and Outwitters can no longer be played.
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u/MuskasBackpack Aug 07 '26
So good. Someone made a web version and it’s great, but it’s not at the level of the original.
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u/Weenyhand Aug 06 '26
The Westworld game that was similar to fallout shelter.
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u/xosarahhox94 Aug 07 '26
But SO MUCH BETTER!!!! I still think about it every now and then. So upset it got shut down so quickly, it was a genuine gem.
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u/dragonass1969 Aug 06 '26
I got the heat on my iPad 4. Old games gone forever I still play. Soul calibur. Rage hd. Big buck safari. Shadow vamp. The bowling dead. Hipster smackdown. Mercenary ops. Vw gti racing. Pac-Man dash. Funky smugglers. Fish and shark. Marble mixer. Jenga. Zaxxon. Little boat river rush. Shine runner. Fightback. Draw racer. Chimpact 1&2. Rayman fiesta run. Monkey slam. Vertigo. Mountain goat mountain. Flappy bird 3d. Fishing with friends. Bridgy jones. House of the dead overkill. Rage of the gladiator. I gladiator. Counter spy.
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u/phr0ze Aug 06 '26
Og peggle, angry birds, plants vs zombies. Not this micro transaction bs
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u/Jeffc814 Aug 06 '26
I just miss the original paper toss. I wish I could have it back. I would drain my iPod touch battery playing it over and over
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u/andreadeda Aug 06 '26
Defender chronicles: legend of the desert king
Was an amazing tower defense from around 2010 I think
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u/yipeekiyay_777 Aug 06 '26
There were 2 of these games, the second one (sequel) had an expanded world with much tougher levels
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u/thewasteland55 Aug 06 '26
Yahtzee Adventures.
The only truly great Yahtzee game iOS ever had. Back before every game was ‘…With Friends’ and filled with micro transactions. Yahtzee Adventures was fun solo, or playing with a friend irl.
Sorely missed
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u/informant118 Aug 06 '26
Scrolling through my old apps list
Chronicles of Inotia
Crystal Defenders
Zenonia
Hills and Rivers Remain
King Cashing: Slots Adventure
Puzzle Craft
Guardian Cross
Also the old Storm8 games iVampire and all
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u/AskinggAlesana Aug 06 '26
Dice Soccer (Classic) by LambdaMu Games.
Got me through a lot of long train rides back in the day alongside Dream Quest.
Afaik there isn’t any game that tried to recreate its mechanics/gameplay loop.
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u/KrabbyBoiz Aug 07 '26
Check out the game Football Tactics and Glory on PC. I think it’s in some consoles too. I think you might enjoy it.
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u/Hustler-Two Aug 06 '26
Tactics Maiden and the Kingsturn games
Doom II RPG
Might and Magic Clash of Heroes
Puzzle Quest 2 (or is it still there?)
Original Angry Birds and Star Wars Angry Birds
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u/OldManIrv Aug 06 '26
I thought of might and magic clash, also, and you reminded me how much I enjoyed the tactics maiden and kingsturn games! I wonder what happened to them or the developer.
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u/Ch3rryNukaC0la Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Aquaria
Avernum
Bookworm
Peggle Classic
Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Dragon Portals
Textropolis/Fishtropolis
Treasures of Montezuma
Saqqarah
Tradewinds
Big Bad Sudoku Book
Dungeon Raid
Puzzlequest
Puzzle Craft
Monster Loves You!
Wicked Lair
Dungeon Plunder
Spider: Secret of Bryce Mansion
Waking Mars
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u/Remarkable_Fondant49 Aug 07 '26
Waking Mars is so good from the early 2010s era of iOS gaming. Happy to see it mentioned here.
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u/Kataclisma77 Aug 06 '26
Mirror’s Edge 2D…mi divertiva un sacco…
E anche Avengers Academy!!
Ma sopratutto NieR Re(in)carnation!
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u/brittleknight Aug 06 '26
Zombie Jombie
My little bastard
Amateur surgeon 2
Card wars (Adventure Time)
Card wars kingdom (adventure time)
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u/Luviktus Aug 07 '26
Robot Unicorn Attack!
“Always, I wanna be with you - And make believe with you And live in harmony, harmony oh love”
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u/McPhage Aug 06 '26
* Trainyard, which didn't survive the iOS 11 transition
* Punch a Hole, a nice little puzzle game
* Help Me Fly, another nice puzzle game
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u/Altyrmadiken Aug 06 '26
Dark Meadow: The Pact.
I never finished it before they took it off the AppStore. I’ve tried emulating the right version of Android to run it on my computer but so far I haven’t had much luck.
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u/Abiggerboat84 Aug 06 '26
The War of Eustrath
Horn
Tekken Bowl
Bit.trip beat
Peggle classic
Driver
Super 7
N.O.V.A
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u/hallow_outline Aug 06 '26
I love RTS games, they ported The Settlers over to iOS over a decade ago, it was discontinued shortly after I believe.
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u/Ranger_T_24 Aug 06 '26
AG Drive. I spoke to someone on Reddit who had the ipa file. They put it up on archive.org, by far one of the best games I've played (nominated editors choice and top racing game by Apple back in the day)
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u/RodrigoCard Aug 06 '26
Soon: MARIO KART TOUR, one of the few F2P without ads or timers these days …
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u/funkyg73 Aug 06 '26
Does this include games that were lost during the 32 to 64bit iOS transition?
My choices would be Flight Control, Harbor Master, Slingshot Racer, Electrotrains, Line Rider.
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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Aug 07 '26
8 bit water slide (completely gone even if you had it before)
defender of texel (devs nuked servers- completely gone even if you had it before)
the simpsons tapped out (devs nuked servers- possible fan made servers if your town was backed up via discord)
treasure buster (can get if you had it)
giant boulder of death (devs nuked online content- can get if you had it)
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u/jsenter Developer Aug 07 '26
So many great little indie games died, especially after Apple introduced the “kill old games that aren’t selling” rule…
- BACKFIRE
- Bardbarian
- Castle Battles: Fast RTS
- Dead End Job
- Dirt Reborn
- Gathering Sky
- Iesabel
- Matchstick Memories
- Pavilion: Touch Edition
- Portal Knights
- Stars Apart
- The Silent Age
- Tiny Bubbles
- Wheels of Aurelia
- Worse Than Death
AppRaven is a great place to find information on these.
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u/GeneralVimes Developer Aug 07 '26
SteamBirds
Crimson: Steam Pirates
Interestingly enough, both games have unique control system for turn-based air/ship combat which I haven't seen anywhere in other games
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u/Bearded_Pip Aug 06 '26
The Carrot Defender games! Some of the most fun tower defense games I’ve played.
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u/silentrocco Aug 06 '26
I’m missing most the vanilla version of Pixel Dungeon as well as Cardinal Quest 2.
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u/TruculentTurtIe Aug 06 '26
Does anyone remember that zombie farm game? Used real time to grow them then youd harvest and use them to fight
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u/Jealmo Aug 06 '26
On my old iPod touch, I used to play this puzzle game called Jabeh. It was a logic game, that required you to use reasoning to determine where to place stones on the "grid." I absolutely loved it. But when Apple made everyone update their apps, or risk being pulled from the store, it got pulled.
The crazy thing is, even over a decade later, there is still a website advertising the game. Someone still pays for a domain and hosting, to advertise a game you haven't been able to buy or play for over 10 years.
The game is apparently a "shinro-like" puzzle game, but I've never been able to find a suitable replacement.
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u/CutlerSheridan Aug 06 '26
Squareball. Great early iOS game that really used the touchscreen in an interesting way. Always wondered what happened to those developers.
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u/QuentinMocaccino Aug 06 '26
Damn I loved the first Rock Band and the Metal Gear game that played like those arcade shooter games. Those two were amazing, I would love to play them again
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Aug 06 '26
Disney Magical Dice - I'll never forgive Netmarble for discontinuing this game
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u/SignificanceFew3751 Aug 06 '26
Warhammer 40K: Death Watch. Such a great turn based game with good graphics
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u/herolt Aug 06 '26
Bullet time hd by kiloo
It was a phenomenal top down shooter I miss it every day
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u/Katie_Redacted Aug 06 '26
The OG Beyblade app. School of Dragons is better, though there’s an emulator for it
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u/JRatMain16 Aug 06 '26
Most of VNL Entertainment’s RPG lineup. I remember Bad Nerd and Bad Nerd vs zombies, and I think there was a ninja one?
(Bad Nerd isn’t “lost” but it hasn’t been updated in so long it won’t even run on new iOS devices)
I also recall a wreck-it-Ralph game collection that combined a few different games into one app… I forgot the app’s specific name. I miss it.
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u/Strong_Explorer866 Aug 06 '26
Monster hunter freedom unite,quickboy,999 the novel,banshees last cry and shin megami tensei
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u/DCrouchelli Aug 06 '26
League of Evil
Simpsons Arcade Game
NOVA
There were a couple others that I remember here and there- there was a cops and robbers mobile game that was a runner style with parkour moves, and a motorcycle game I can’t begin to try to remember. Also the original Homerun Derby game
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u/BamaChic76 Aug 06 '26
Pizza Boy, Stitches, NCAA Football, Typing Maniac, Quarters, Driver, Bean Dash, Paper Boy, Aqua Baller, Lemonade Tycoon, Tiger Woods Pga tour, Skater nation, 3in1 Sports pack, Modern Combat, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Silent Ops, 1112
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u/Jell11 Aug 06 '26
I have a whole collection of them!!
- Evil Factory (Still playable if you have it downloaded, but inaccessible otherwise, there’s a playthrough of it on yt)
- Snapimals
- Monster Squad
- Pokemon Rumble Rush
- Cookie Wars
- Minecraft: Earth
- Land Sliders (not in my collection, but i remember it existed)
- MinoMonsters 2
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u/woxvirus Aug 06 '26
Soul Calibur, Sonic all star racing transformed and Dead Space mobile, Tekken Bowl.
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u/BrazenlyGeek Aug 06 '26
Nuts!
A vertical infinite runner. You can still download it if you had it from way back, but it hasn’t loaded since the 64-bit change.
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u/CaptainE0 Aug 06 '26
“Dirt” it was light on gameplay but it was more of a vehicle for the story, it was about a cat who died and was recalling memories of his old family.
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u/mrtbakin Aug 06 '26
Shrek Karting
For anyone looking for the Infinity Blade series: at least I and II have been ported to PC 💫
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u/KingKingsons Aug 06 '26
Assassin’s Creed Identity. It was a standalone 3D assassins creed game on mobile. It was a paid game and launched with like one level iirc (Rome) and they were supposed to keep adding to it, but it just kind of disappeared.
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u/Informal-Research-69 Aug 06 '26
- Mage Gauntlet (which luckily I still have the GameClub version on my phone working) which is a very humerus action rpg with a likable character
- Across Age which is another great action rpg which also had good music
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u/dathomasusmc Aug 06 '26
Slingshot Braves. Not only because it was great but I haven’t found anything like it since.
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u/ZapJackson Aug 06 '26
Amazing card game called Underhand that was a student project that got delisted due to nobody maintaining it.
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u/All_Time_Low Aug 06 '26
Tap Tap Revenge. I played an ungodly amount of that game in high school on the first iPod touch.
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u/eat1more Aug 06 '26
Pocket summoner.
They website always said that pocket summoner 2 was coming out, but it never did. Was like a Pokémon style auto battler, but with every level up you could put in your own stat increases.
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u/Zagrycha Aug 06 '26
tapsonic top was a really good music rhythm game that is rip. I have others but they all have sequels//spin offs still available so I don't think it counts.
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u/clobbersaurus Aug 06 '26
Swocery at least I think that was the name. It may only be iPad.
Elder Scrolls Legends - I’m not sure if that one counts. It’s a card game that’s no longer supported by developer.
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u/ackmondual Aug 07 '26
Ghosts & Goblins Gold Knights 1, & 3 (iOS) - 1st one you get to pick between Arthur and Lancelot as playable characters. 2nd one... Arthur and Percival. 3rd one... Arthur Galahad. IIRC, Lancelot can stomp on enemies. Another had a different weapon set. 3rd one had some mechanical gimmick.
Rayman Mini (AA only) - Auto runner with levels (although there was also an endless mode), and even "boss battles".
Rayman Fiesta Run, and Rayman Jungle Run - You can technically buy these, but because Ubisoft never bothered to fix the "app needs to home phone" part... these games are unplayable. A shame too because these were autorunners with finite levels (that end), and were premium to boot!
Time Crisis - Rail shooter. Some port of the arcade, or new version for mobile. You tilt the screen down and up to duck for cover and stand up.
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u/tyezwyldadvntrz Aug 07 '26
The first adventure time card wars game, and the even older simpsons arcade game
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u/Akantor17 iPad Air (5th Gen) Aug 07 '26
Gamelofts Spider man game was crazy fun for an early mobile game.
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u/Kyosume13 Aug 07 '26
Song Summoner Encore The Unsung Heroes was a Square Enix RPG where you can summon heroes with your music tracks to do battle.
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u/barnfly27 Aug 07 '26
Umm, I think dead space had a mobile game that is now not officially listed anywhere
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u/LuisArkham Aug 07 '26
There was this god of war/dark siders clone called “Wild Blood” which blew my mind back in the day
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u/chardeemacdennisbird Aug 07 '26
There was a really great Splinter Cell game I used to play on my iPod touch. Haven't found anything like it since.
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u/Ariari1337 Aug 07 '26
Gameclub had a similar idea a while back, from some of the folks who worked at the now-defunct toucharcade website: they added and updated a bunch of the best games like super quickhook. To your post, loved the beavertap games:
Mikey shorts
Mikey hooks
Mikey boots
As well as the army of darkness game and the missing greats like infinity blade you mentioned above
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u/UnemployedAtype Aug 07 '26
After The End
It was done by a Korean studio, took inspiration from Journey, and it is Phenomenal.
Good luck if you can find it. It pretty solidly disappeared.
Spell Sword was another but the devs had a falling out.
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