Apple told which games of 2015 it considers the best

Today, on December 9, Apple presented its own selection of the best games of the outgoing year. Nuance. Each of the regions has its own selection and its own game of the year.

In each case, the selection is a top of 25 games. Tops differ from each other, but not very significantly. Local color in each – the cat cried. Mostly the difference between most of them comes down to the difference in rotation. That is, in one top, a certain game becomes the game of the year, and in another region it sits in the last – 25th place.

I suggest looking at the Top 5 in the USA, Russia, Germany, China and Japan. I chose such regions based on this: the US market, as a rule, “orders music”, the Russian market is interesting for us, Germany is the largest market in western Europe, but also seriously different from English-speaking ones, as for China and Japan, these regions themselves are not only one of the most profitable, but also the most specific.

So, let’s go.

The best games of 2015 according to the American App Store

A very interesting selection has been picked up here. The title of the game of the year was awarded to the indie game Prune about sakura.

The second position is for the recently released Rayman Adventures.

The expensive technogenic role-playing slasher Implosion – Never Lose Hope received the third place.

The fourth position marked “the most innovative” received… I don’t even know what to call it properly. A video puzzle? Adventure game? In general, the game is Her Story. Also, by the way, indie.

The fifth place in the USA is behind the French game Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey, which reminds that the JRPG genre is very popular. Apple, by the way, called the project the best game on the iPad Pro.

The best games of 2015 according to the Russian App Store

The only common game in the American and Russian Top 5 is Rayman Adventures. By the way, she is also in second place here.

The title of the game of the year in the Russian App Store has gone to Shadowmatic.

The third position for the very funny, but never translated into Russian Does not Commute.

Without any special awards and marks, the 4th place went to the card World of Tanks Generals.

The cyberpunk ballad Transistor closes the top five.

The best games of 2015 according to the German App Store

It’s a strange situation here, since the top partly resembles both Russian and American. From the first he has Prune in the games of the year, from the second – the presence of Transistor in the top. Well, yes, there is Rayman Adventures.

About the features.

In the top five there is (and takes second place) the minimalistic (and creepy) Dark Echo, in which, recall, the player is guided by the local analogue of echolocation.

The fifth position in the top is for the excellent Lara Croft Go, which took all the best from Hitman Go.

The best games of 2015 according to the Japanese App Store

Unexpectedly, Vainglory became the game of the year in the Japanese store.

Hearthstone acted as a catch-up.

The Prune mentioned a couple of times already sits in third place. Behind it is Implosion. Closes the top five with Her Story.

The Chinese Top 5 is completely without color: Vainglory, Implosion, Rayman Adventures, Lara Croft Go and Shadowmatic.

In fact, it is not entirely clear why it was necessary to split the tops on a regional basis, given the small difference between them. Plus, all this led in part to the devaluation of the title of the game of the year according to the App Store version, since each region has its own game of the year.