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Apple Arcade Adding These Four Games in March

Apple today announced four new games coming to Apple Arcade in March, along with three major updates to existing titles on the service.

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The four new games heading to ‌Apple Arcade‌ next month are as follows:

  • Oceanhorn 3: Legend of the Shadow Sea: A new 3D action-adventure RPG set nearly 1,000 years after Oceanhorn 2, featuring island exploration, titan battles, puzzles, and cross-platform play on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro.
  • Pocket Love!+: A wholesome life simulator where players decorate a home and build a cozy life with their partner and pet.
  • Flow Free+: A puzzle game centered on connecting matching colors with pipes to complete increasingly complex grids.
  • Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story+: A shop management game starring manga character Doraemon where players run and grow a sweetshop.

All of the new games will be available on March 5, 2026. Three games are also set to receive updates this month:

  • Disney SpellStruck: A Star Wars crossover arriving February 19 adds levels inspired by Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and introduces Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca as playable characters.
  • Crayola Create and Play+: A limited-time Snowy Day event featuring Paddington is available on ‌Apple Arcade‌ until February 18.
  • NFL Retro Bowl 26: A new challenge lets players relive Super Bowl LX by competing as the Seattle Seahawks or New England Patriots and comparing leaderboard scores with friends.

‌Apple Arcade‌ is a subscription service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, ‌iPad‌, Mac, ‌Apple TV‌, and ‌Apple Vision Pro‌. All of the games are free of ads and in-app purchases. In the U.S., ‌Apple Arcade‌ costs $6.99 per month, and it is also bundled with other Apple services in all Apple One plans. ‌Apple Arcade‌ can be accessed through the App Store and the Apple Games app.

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6 weeks ago
Well Oceanhorn 3 is an unexpected surprise!
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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6 weeks ago
Hopefully we'll get some good GPUs this year so we can actually play some graphically intensive games like No Man's Sky (for example).
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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6 weeks ago
hmm I may have to subscribe to Apple Arcade again for a bit for Oceanhorn 3... I haven't been a subscriber since 2 released other than a brief trial when the vision launched lol
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
6 weeks ago

Apple today announced ('https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/oceanhorn-3-legend-of-the-shadow-sea-launches-march-5-on-apple-arcade/') four new games coming to Apple Arcade in March, along with three major updates to existing titles on the service.




The four new games heading to Apple Arcade next month are as follows:


* Oceanhorn 3: Legend of the Shadow Sea ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oceanhorn-3/id1539411904/'): A new 3D action-adventure RPG set nearly 1,000 years after Oceanhorn 2, featuring island exploration, titan battles, puzzles, and cross-platform play on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro.

* Pocket Love!+ ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-love/id6745787291/'): A wholesome life simulator where players decorate a home and build a cozy life with their partner and pet.

* Flow Free+ ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flow-free/id6746876060/'): A puzzle game centered on connecting matching colors with pipes to complete increasingly complex grids.
* Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story+ ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doraemon-dorayaki-shop-story/id6751190902/'): A shop management game starring manga character Doraemon where players run and grow a sweetshop.


All of the new games will be available on March 5, 2026. Three games are also set to receive updates this month:



* Disney SpellStruck ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disney-spellstruck/id1616724721%20Disney%20SpellStruck'): A Star Wars crossover arriving February 19 adds levels inspired by Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope and introduces Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Chewbacca as playable characters.

* Crayola Create and Play+ ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/crayola-create-and-play/id1576250960/'): A limited-time Snowy Day event featuring Paddington is available on Apple Arcade until February 18.

* NFL Retro Bowl 26 ('https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nfl-retro-bowl-26/id6476767864/'): A new challenge lets players relive Super Bowl LX by competing as the Seattle Seahawks or New England Patriots and comparing leaderboard scores with friends.


Apple Arcade is a subscription service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. All of the games are free of ads and in-app purchases. In the U.S., Apple Arcade costs $6.99 per month, and it is also bundled with other Apple services in all Apple One plans. Apple Arcade can be accessed through the App Store and the Apple Games app.

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Nice, for Oceanhorn 3 alone I’m gone to resubscribe!
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6 weeks ago

hmm I may have to subscribe to Apple Arcade again for a bit for Oceanhorn 3... I haven't been a subscriber since 2 released other than a brief trial when the vision launched lol
I signed up for the 3 month trial in order to mess with retrocade. Brought me back to my paper route days and blowing quarters on a Saturday afternoon.
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6 weeks ago
Oceanhorn 3 is good. Flow Free+ also might be good. Will try these out.
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