Ridiculous Fishing Badland Win App Stores Best of 2022 Awards

Apple today awarded Vlambeer's Ridiculous Fishing its highly sought-after iPhone Game of the year award as well as Badland, a silhouetted platformer developed by Frogmind, won the iPad award. App exposure in the store is so important for an app's success, these awards are huge successes for the two independent studios, which are made up of only two people. servers

The duos beat competition from major studios in 2K Games and EA PopCap, with runner-up spots being awarded to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Plants vs. Zombies 2. Kevin Ng's rollercoaster puzzler The Impossible Road and the clever wordplay of Simogo's Device 6 also picked up runners-up prizes.

If you thought the awards, while deserved, were a smidge predictable Be prepared for more non-raising of eyebrows: This year's most downloaded app for free (not just games but all apps) was Candy Crush Saga, while Minecraft: Pocket Edition was the top-selling paid app of 2013. It's also worth noting that while Candy Crush Saga is free-to-download, it was also the most successful app in 2013 The app that made the most money was Minecraft: Pocket Edition. Minecraft: Pocket Edition came in 11th place.

Ridiculous Fishing, Badland win App Store's Best of 2013 awards