Apple Arcade's first wave for November is now locked in. Apple's own App Store listings show four games arriving on the subscription service on November 5: NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition from 2K, Crossy Road Rush from Hipster Whale, KAMI 2+ from State of Play Games and Food Stylist – Design Game+ from Zeste. All four are already up on the App Store as upcoming titles, so subscribers can tap "Get" now and have them download automatically on launch day.
It is a typical Arcade mix: one annual sports heavyweight, one brand-new exclusive from a studio with a huge mobile hit behind it, and two "+" versions of established App Store games. The "+" tag is Apple Arcade's naming convention for existing App Store titles brought into the service without ads or in-app purchases.
NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition adds the WNBA
The headline change in this year's Arcade version of 2K's basketball series is the arrival of the WNBA. 2K's listing says all 15 WNBA teams and 180 active WNBA players are in the game, playable in Quick Match and in Blacktop, the street-basketball mode where you go 1v1, 3v3 or 5v5 with a friend in real time. 2K calls the addition "a long-time coming" for the Arcade Edition.
MyCAREER is also being reshaped. Instead of grinding a low-rated rookie upward, your MyPLAYER now starts their first season at 80 overall, and the season is condensed to 12 key matchups on the way to the NBA Playoffs. The idea, by 2K's description, is to get you into meaningful games faster on a device you might only play for a few minutes at a time.
The Neighborhood, the series' social hub, picks up four new locations: a Center Terminal for events, quests and seasonal content; a Gym where training grants temporary buffs; and a Barbershop and Tattoo Studio for customizing your player's look. The rest of the mode list carries over: The Association for running a franchise as GM and head coach, NBA Eras for managing classic dynasties such as the '90s Chicago Bulls, online multiplayer against other Arcade players, and NBA Quick Match.
The timing is a little later than last year. NBA 2K26 Arcade Edition arrived on Apple Arcade in mid-October 2025; this year's version follows a few weeks later, in the first week of November. Progress syncs through iCloud across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
Crossy Road Rush is a new Apple Arcade exclusive
Hipster Whale announced Crossy Road Rush earlier this month as an Apple Arcade exclusive, and it now has its date. Rather than hopping across lanes of traffic one tap at a time like the 2014 original, Rush turns the series into a platforming runner. The Crossy Road crew rides skateboards, hoverboards and other odd vehicles down twisting island tracks, swerving, wall-riding and bouncing past obstacles and sea creatures.
There is a light story to frame it. An angry Octoboss has taken over Crossy Cove, covering the island in goo and trapping your friends, and each run clears more of it out. The listing stresses flow: keep your line clean and your combo going, or wipe out spectacularly.
Crossy Road has a long relationship with Arcade already. Crossy Road Castle was one of the service's earlier exclusives, and the original game came to the service as Crossy Road+. Rush is the first all-new Crossy Road game Hipster Whale has brought to the service since Castle.
KAMI 2+ and Food Stylist+ round out the month
KAMI 2+ brings State of Play Games' 2017 paper-folding puzzler to the service. The goal in each of its more than 100 handcrafted puzzles is to flood the whole board with a single color in as few moves as possible, with a "Perfect" sticker for hitting the minimum. On top of that is a global Daily Challenge with win streaks, thousands of user-made puzzles uploaded daily, and a Puzzle Builder for making and sharing your own.
Food Stylist – Design Game+ is the Arcade version of Zeste's cozy plating game, first released in 2022. You play a food stylist arranging dishes, cutlery and table decor across more than 2,000 design challenges, covering cuisines from around the world, and collect new tableware as you go. It is the most relaxed game of the four and the one most likely to appeal to people who already play design and decorating games.
When and how to play
All four games are listed for November 5. The App Store shows that date as midnight Pacific, so they should unlock on the evening of November 4 in the Americas and through the day on November 5 elsewhere. They are included with an Apple Arcade subscription, which is also part of every Apple One plan, and you can pre-order them now from each game's App Store page so they install automatically on release.
Apple often adds more games later in a month, so November's lineup may yet grow. For now, NBA 2K27 Arcade Edition and Crossy Road Rush are the two to watch.
