I downloaded a few.

I'm still not getting the hang of the Sayonara controls, and unskippable intros is a big no for me.

What the Golf - I got quite addicted to this. It's very quirky and fun, and now it's starting to get quite challenging on some of the later levels.

Possessions - I guess this is more story than game. I played for a little bit, but got quickly bored of the "puzzles." I don't recommend.

Way of the Turtle - Played for maybe 20 minutes. Seems like a decent platformer so far, but has the potential to get quite frustrating. Still building the control muscle memory since you press one side of the screen to stop, a different side to jump, and then you swipe to switch directions.

The Enchanted World - This has nice graphics, but it's basically one of those puzzle games with the sliding pieces mechanic. I didn't enjoy it.

Assemble with Care - It's a story based puzzle game. The puzzles are easy, but the story/music etc make it worth a quick playthrough.

I got a new iPad yesterday and I activated Apple Arcade for the free 1 month trial.

Kind of a pain in the ass to download the entire game for everything you want to play. I only downloaded the new Frogger and played a little of it. Pretty slick update. I'll have to look around more and see what else catches my eye.

I really like Assemble with Care (made by the Monument Valley people) and Patterened (which is just a mindless jigsaw puzzle thing, but is great for the toilet).

Mainly I'm loving no in app purchases or forced video ads and all that toxic crap.

Agree, that might entice me to keep it. $5 per month and you get to play and download as many games as you want without the ads or stupid upgrades/in-app purchases. It's a fantastic time waster for your iPad or you can even use it at home and make your Apple TV a mini game console.

I've been obsessed with Card of Darkness. It's a card-based puzzle/dungeon game, and one of the creators made Adventure Time, and the game is very much in that style. It gets pretty damn challenging later on, but it doesn't feel unbeatable. I think I'm close to the end.

just be aware that if you cancel the free trial, it ends the trial immediately, not at the end of your month. I hope they send out reminders right before they charge the $5 monthly fee.

I might keep it past the free month.

I doubt I will. The games are neat, but I still find myself wasting most of my time playing the different candy crush games. I wonder if they'd create a match-3 game with no in app purchases or ads for Arcade?

I found my new Apple Arcade addiction, Grindstone. I highly recommend it. It's another dungeon/puzzler, but not card based this time. It can get pretty tough.

What the Golf has been getting a lot of my time

A new shameless Animal Crossing ripoff featuring Hello Kitty and friends just dropped in Apple Arcade.
My daughter is already obsessed.

Ha! My partner bought the apple one+ family deal, so I get a free subscription to this. They actually do have a couple of nice match 3 games now. Garden Tails is pretty good, although they seemed to stop adding new mechanics to the puzzles so it's gotten kind of repetitive.

I'll def check out that hello kitty game!