When the iPhone launched it didn't have an app store, and there weren't any games to be found besides showing your friends how cool the pinch-to-zoom feature was. Now, there are hundreds of thousands of games available, with dozens more added every day- and though the library of titles was humble at first, it has expanded to include massive, AAA games.

We've put together a list of the ten best iOS games currently available, giving you everything you need to pack your phone full of sweet, sweet gaming goodness you can download right now.

Drop7 might not look like much, but this numbers puzzle game has the same addictive feel as Tetris or Lumines. With some seriously entrancing music and a simple concept, it can make minutes pass like seconds. Essentially a direct port (rip-off?) of Chain Factor, the name of the game is depositing numbered circles into rows that contain that many circles. It sounds harder than it is; once you get the hang of it, you’ll be chaining combos like nobody’s business.

This is the perfect thinking person’s game – with no time limits or twitch reflexes to worry about, it’s all down to your planning and logic skills. Like Sudoku, it’s a jumble of digits that’s initially perplexing but sucks you in the more you play.

Tactical RPG? Player-versus-player combat? Asynchronous turns? Hero Academy is everything we want from a mobile game, playing like a hybrid of Final Fantasy Tactics and Words with Friends. You're able to toss a few units on the battlefield and march them around, fighting your opponent while attempting to destroy their crystal (and defend your own). It's free to start, but it's not until you start purchasing the different factions that the game's depth really shows.

From the Tribe's powerful combination attacks to the Dwarves' awesome area-of-effect abilities, the different races (or "Heroic teams," as they're officially called) add some fantastic variety, and make each PvP battle a thrilling tactical war.

Eat it, chess.

Swampy the alligator just wants to take a shower and be clean. The power to help this poor, dirty, alligator is at your fingertips as you swipe at dirt in an underground sewer system to bring fresh water into Swampy’s squeaky-clean bathtub. A silly premise to be sure, but Where’s My Water? features excellent animation that Disney is known for, and clever physics-based puzzles to keep you hooked.

Its adorable cartoon visuals will stand out against the dozens of other apps you likely have on your phone, and you can’t help but replay each level over and over until all the cute rubber duckies and other fun items are collected. There’s an immediate sense of satisfaction when you’ve finally reworked the underground plumbing - avoiding algae and other hazards - so that Swampy can gleefully scrub himself clean. Even if you’re not sure if this is the right game for you, a lengthy demo is available for free until you decide to fork over $0.99 (which includes access to future, free updates).

Pirates and ninjas. Robots and dinosaurs. Now, plants and zombies. Popcap’s classic game of vegetation versus undead invented a hilarious new rivalry and put a colorful spin on the dime-a-dozen tower defense genre. Snow-peas, Magnet-shrooms, Wall-nuts - these guys give a whole new meaning to the phrase “victory garden.”

PvZ may have started as a PC game, but it found its true home on iOS. The sun grabbing and defense planting gameplay was absolutely perfect for a touch screen, and keeping up with the game’s frantic pace is the best thumb workout this side of iTunes. It’s a big game too, with day, night, roof and pool levels. Plus, Popcap keeps adding more content, assuring you're never quite done with the zombies on your lawn. Like a horde of ravenous zombies, PvZ beat down the door to hearts, and devoured the tender goodness inside.

Popcap's Peggle blew away puzzle gamers when it released on PC, proving to be an exceptionally entertaining experience. Still, for as good as the earlier versions were, it wasn't until the game came out on the iPhone that it went from amusing distraction to life-ruining addiction. Seriously, like, completely messing up everything. We still haven't recovered.

From the bright, vibrant visuals to the stellar touch controls (which are perfectly suited to the iOS device), Peggle is simply a whimsical experience. The gameplay is just plain fun, and the different unlockable characters are all amazing and unique, giving us reason to go back time and time again. Oh, and it's almost unfair how awesome it is that "Ode to Joy" kicks in and rainbows start shooting everywhere when you hit the last peg. It's like pandering to the parts of our brain that freak out like children when we see unicorns. It's like they read our minds.

Scoff all you want, but there's a reason Angry Birds is as popular as it is. The bird-flinging simulation is immediately accessible, with controls that anyone, gamer or not, can grasp in a few seconds. And that's not because they're overly simplified or anything - it's thanks to the design, which is intrinsically basic. You have a slingshot, it throws different types of birds, and you need to launch the birds at structures to destroy pigs. The sequel, Angry Birds Space, takes that idea a few steps further, adding in the concept of planetary pull and zero gravity - which, as you could expect, has large implications in game based entirely around... well, gravity.

The inclusion of planets and space allowed the developer to create varied puzzles that had us completely hooked, trying time and time again to find the perfect angle to launch our birds in order to take down the pigs. It's not the highest of all concepts, but it's fun, simple, and can make a six-hour flight go by in the blink of an eye - or the toss of a bird, as it were.

From its cryptic tweets that only people who are playing will understand, to its quirky combination of retro adventure game and modern chic, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is undoubtedly one of the best experiences you can enjoy on iOS. Its striking art design wonderfully complements an excellent juxtaposition between combat and exploration, largely rooted in the ability to tilt your iPhone 90 degrees to fight. Also, it's touchscreen functionality evokes the best of yesteryear's point-and-click adventure titles, and works exceptionally well within the handheld medium.

We won't spoil too much, but your adventure as the Scythian and your acquisition of the Megatome are absolutely worth playing, if you haven't already. Although Superbrothers and Capybara tend to do one-day price drops to coincide with the solstices and equinoxes, we wouldn’t recommend that you delay playing this one any longer than you have...

One the first breakaway iOS games, and still one of the best, Cut the Rope’s a physics-puzzler with all the charm of a Pixar movie and gameplay akin to PC classic The Incredible Machine. No need for a complex plot here - the adorable green critter Om Nom is hungry, and it’s up to you to feed him his favorite dish: candy. Using touchscreen swipes in place of scissors, you’ll slice ropes with just the right timing to deliver the circular sweets to Om Nom’s gaping mouth.

The responsive controls and whimsical premise captivate kids and adults alike, and completionists will go nuts trying to nab three cleverly-placed stars within each level. Developer ZeptoLab has almost tripled the amount of content with humongous free level packs, each with their own theme and new gimmick – all this despite their work on the also-excellent spin-off Cut the Rope: Experiments. CTR’s astronomical dollar-to-fun ratio is a rare breed, even in the world of iOS games.

With roots tracing back to Canabalt (and even those crappy Helicopter Flash games), Jetpack Joyride is the epitome of the “run to the right and don’t hit stuff” genre. Barry Steakfries, the Sylvester Stallonian star of such Halfbrick classics as Age of Zombies and Monster Dash, is back to wreak havoc through a top-secret science facility – one that seems keen on gold coin research. Using your hijacked jetpack, you’ll hover and weave through spinning zappers and heat-seeking missiles while snagging gold doubloons and Spin Tokens for the ingeniously-implemented slot machine. Play it once, and you’ll be hooked.

We love loading up JJ (not Abrams) for five minutes or fifty; as with any addicting app, beating your buddies’ records is always reason enough for just one more run. It’s not a flash-in-the-pan download, either: medal challenges, nifty unlockable gadgets, and awesome power-ups (like a teleportation device and a metal dragon) provide near-infinite replay value. It’s an iOS game that we’ve, perhaps ashamedly, sunk 15 hours of our lives into – and we’re not done playing yet.

Epic's games are known for being some of the prettiest around, and Infinity Blade 2 is no different. The visuals stand toe-to-toe with console releases, easily outclassing anything on handhelds and making most iOS games look several generations old by comparison.

Oh, and it's got amazing gameplay. That's important, too.

Infinity Blade 2 has a different feel than most other action games on the iPhone. It's slick, with outstanding controls that feel perfectly suited for the phone. Swipes translate to slashes on the screen, and taps allow your on-screen avatar to dodge out of the way of oncoming attacks. It's essentially a medieval, grown-up version of Punch-Out!!, with infinite replayablity thanks to the design, which rewards players for going through the adventure mode in an unending loop. And trust us, you will go through the adventure mode over and over again.

While we're pretty confident that we've hit on ten of the best apps on the iPhone, we're sure that this list will be always updating as new, inventing games come out on the app store. Be sure to check back from time to time to see if anything has changed, or to get a recommendation on a new app to download.

Or, obviously, you can come back to tell us why we're wrong, which is totally fine. Let us know which games you'd put on the top ten in the comments below!

And if you're interested in more mobile recommendations, check out the best 3DS games and the best PS Vita games.