15 Best iOS Game Templates

Have a great idea for an iOS game but are turned off by the hours of tedious work involved in bringing your concept to life? The good news is that getting started in the gaming industry has never been easier.

Mobile gaming has 60% market share. Smartphones are the leading gaming platform. Casual gaming keeps growing. New games are released into the market everyday to cater to the diverse tastes and preferences of different market segments.

You too can turn your great idea for an iOS game into a reality without having to reinvent the wheel. One way to get started is with CodeCanyon's brilliant range of iOS game templates.

Top-Selling iOS Game Templates for 2020 on CodeCanyon

In order to choose the best genre for your mobile game, familiarity with mobile game genres is important.Your choice will be determined by: popularity of the mobile genres, what new ideas you bring to a particular genre, and the cost of developing a game within a particular genre.

The best place to start is the game industry reports that breakdown popularity of each genre and sub-genre by percentage of downloads.

This list of genres is not comprehensive: Arcade, adventure, action, battler, board games, cards, casino, casual, family, sport, simulation, strategy, role playing games (RPG)

15 Best iOS Game Templates

To get you started, we’ve scoured through the almost 300 iOS game templates we have available and found the best and most current we have available today.

1.FIVES

One of the top sellers at CodeCanyon,FIVESchallenges players to create as many five-letter words as they can before the game’s timer runs out. Every time players match a word, the timer decreases its time a little, to give them a bit of a reward. Players also have the option of sharing their best scores on Facebook and Twitter.

The FIVES template uses Xcode 8.x and Swift. It supports internationalization to multiple languages and comes with a comprehensive PDF user guide to help you customise the game to suit your interests and tastes.

2. Little Snowplow

Little Snowplowis an endless type game that works like this: To clean the road, tap right or left to turn snowplow. Dodge enemies and collect coins.

The game is based on the SpriteKit engine and is written using Swift. You can share the game on social media to increase your audience andsend notifications. You can change skins easily. It comes with a game center andtutorial. To monetize your game, the template allows you to set upin-app purchases and you can also earn money fromAdmob ads.

3.Kenny the Monkey

If you´re nostalgic for arcade games theKenny the Monkeyapp template will take users backto the golden age of video games but this timeon theirmobiles. The app evokes the spirit of classic arcade and console games.It comes withmore than 100 levels to play, amazing graphics and sounds, and a Buildbox file.

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5.Hangman

Hangmanis a remake of a classic word game template where you have to guess words without hanging your stick man. It has different categories and stores your best scores for each category you play into a dynamic TableView. It’s a native XCode project built using Swift language. It's also easy to reskin.

6.Numberz

Numberzuses native XCode and Swift. It comes with a Game center leader board so you canalways update your score. You have to match as many tiles as you can within 60 seconds, or even before the game board gets full filled by tiles. Be quick and be careful to not tap the wrong tiles, or else the game will end!

It has two game modes:60 secondsandEndless. In the 60 seconds mode, you have to tap tiles within 60 seconds and collect as many points as you can.In Endless mode you have to keep matching numbers as long as you can and reach the highest score you can.

7.Catch The Monsters Geolocation Game

The goal ofCatch The Monstersis for the player to find monsters in their area or an area they're visiting. When the app locates a monster, the player needs to get within at least 50 meters of them in order to catch them, earn points, and move up the Top 10 Leaderboard. Players can also share their stats on social media, by email, or via SMS.

The Catch The Monsters template comes with an admin interface, using the Parse SDK on back4app, which allows an administrator to name the monsters and place them anywhere in the world. The app comes with a PDF user guide and PSD icons.

8.Jump Hero

If you want to make waiting for an appointment less boring, thenJump Herois the ideal template. Built with Swift on XCode 9.x project,Jump Herocomes with game center leaderboards, PSD graphics, and Admob integration.

In Jump Hero,you have to jump as many stairs as you can with your character before the timer ends. Be careful not to fall down, but be quick as well! Once you collect many stairs, you can unlock new characters and play with them.

9.2048 Rounded

The2048 Roundedgame is a spin-off of the classic 2048 number puzzle game. The aim of the game is to get one tile to the number 2048 as quickly as possible by swiping the numbered tiles up, down, left or right so that matching tiles merge and are added together.

The template is written in Swift and can be edited with Xcode. AdMob is supported for easy monetization.

10.Wordzy

Wordzyis built with Swift language on native XCode. It's very easy to customize, comes with well-commented documentation and users guide. It supports multi-language translation. In addition, it comes with Admob for monetization.

Here is howWordzyworks: you have to unscramble 4, 6, and 9-letter words arranged ina grid of buttons on the interface. You can insert your words into a simple.plistfile, start by inserting the 4-letter words, then the 6-letter ones and lastly the 9-letter ones. If you get stuck on a word, you can ask for help to your friends on social networks, email, and SMS.

11.Tap Roulette

The Tap Roulette template allows you to tap into agame whose popularity is growing. It has lightweight, cleancode that iseasy to read and understand. The appsupports up to 4 fingers at a time. It comes withsound effects and vibrates when one finger is randomly selected. For monetization, it supports Google Admob interstitial ads.

12.Four Dots

Four Dotsis an endless type game template that iseasy to customize. Users can share their scores on Twitter, Facebook, and so on. You can monetize the game using AdMob banner ads. It comes with extensive documentation and PSD files are included.

The game itself: The rose has 4 circles. Dots that fall down the screen collide with the circles. The colors of the circles turn to match the color of the dots. Dots are generated randomly. The more dots you get the more scorepoints you collect. You must be quick and tap anywhere on the screen to catch all the right dots.

13.Play It

To get you building your app immediately, Play Itcomes withwell extensive documentation wellcommented code, well organizedproject folders and files. Itis easy to customize and you can set your own skin for the game screen.

14.Dooble

Doobleis a single-touch iPhone/iPad game template where you have to reach the highest score by tapping the screen to change the color of the big dot from black to white and vice-versa.

15.Pair

When playingPairyou have to quickly tap either the left or right big button to change the color of the fired arrow and beat the highest score. You can also share your best score through social network apps, Mail and SMS.

The code is neat and clean.You can customize colors and arrow images. In addition app and buttons are stored in a PSD folder for easy image replacement. And you can get some revenue from AdMob Banner ads.

Things Consider When Choosing a Game Template

The gaming apps market is very competitive. To create an app that stands out, some thought should go into selecting the template. Here are some things you should consider:

First Impressions

More than half of gameinstallers make their decision based on first impressions. How your game interface is designed is crucial to increased conversions.

Translation is Localization

Localization widens your reach andvastly increases your audience. Users will pay for a game even if it is partially translatedin their language. It's important to translate the description of your app, the menu, and some navigation.

Popularity

You want to make a game that people will pay forConsider seriously what other users have to say.The best place to begin is to look at number of downloads and reviews of as manygame templates as possible. Also read game industry reports that breakdown popularity of each genre and sub-genre by percentage of downloads before you choose.

Social

These are not optional, they are a necessity: logging in using social media andsharing on social media.

Monetization

Look at templates that offer different ways to monetize your game

Security and Regular Updates

These are important to plug any vulnerabilities that may affectusers data exposed.

Choosing theBest Monetization Model For Your Mobile Game

Free games or paid games? It's not an easy choice. There are a lot of considerations involved.

• What are your revenue goals?
• How broad or limited is the audience youare targeting?
• What kind of game do you have?
• Does your game lenditself well to the paid game model or the free game model?
• Is it a game for casual consumption, for example puzzles?
• Is it a game that requires a lot of technical skill and has multiple advanced levels that serious gamers won't mind making in-app purchasesto unlock?

Monetizing Free Games

Free games get a lot of downloads. But how do you monetize them?

Advertising

• banner ads at the bottom
• fullscreen images between levels
• opt-in videos: if users choose to watch, the developer makes some money

But ads can be frustrating to users and may lead tobad reviews.

In-App Purchases

In this case you make your app availablefree butwith limited functionality and features. Users can unlock more featuresthroughcanin-app purchases.

Paid Games

This model works well for games designed for aspecialized audience. It focuses on technical skills. Users pay once and download the app.

You can go further and use thepaidmiummodel in which users pay to download the app and if they need to access more advanced features or game levels they pay for them as well.

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This article lists just a few of the populariOS game templatesavailable onCodeCanyon.

If you are looking for inspiration or you're building an application and need help with a particular feature, then you may find your answer in some of these templates.

Put one of these templates to use right now, or check out some of the othertemplates for complete apps available on CodeCanyon.

And if you want to improve your skills building iOS games, head on over to the site and check out some of the ever so usefulmobile development tutorials and courseswe have on offer.