PlayShelf

A little game console for the whole family

Same game.
Every age.
Your way.

PlayShelf is a shelf of original retro games for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Everyone plays the same levels, from a preschooler to a grown-up, each with just the help they need.

Coming soon to theApp Store
  • Free
  • No ads
  • No accounts
  • No tracking

Sprig Platformer · 1–2 players

Run, jump and plant springy bloom pads across five worlds, from the Meadow to the sky isles of Thistledown Heights.

The big idea

One level.
Four ways to play.

Each player picks a tier. The level stays the same. The help changes. Here's the same missed jump in Sprig, four ways.

Missed the jump? A bloom pad pops up and bounces Sprig across, in a slower, gentler game.

Really stuck? On Sprout and Explorer, a friend from the game flies in to lend a hand. And grown-ups can fine-tune any of it, for any player.

Two looks

Retro or Modern.
Flip it mid-jump.

Every cartridge comes in crisp pixel art and a smooth, hand-drawn redraw. Switch any time from the pause menu. It plays exactly the same.

Sprig level 1-6 in the Modern look: soft, hand-drawn hills, and a giant purple beetle chasing Sprig to a pit. The same moment in the Retro look: crisp pixel art. Retro Modern

Sprig, level 1-6. The same frame in both looks, giant beetle and all.

Play together

Pass a controller.
Everyone's in.

Up to four can play at once, and every player keeps their own tier. A five-year-old and a grown-up, same game, same couch.

1–2 players

Bring a buddy

Player two flies along as Buzz the bee and carries Sprig over the tricky gaps. In Nightvine, Lumen the moth lights Kit's way.

1–4 players

Race side by side

Ramp Rascals splits the screen for up to four riders. On Sprout, the bike lands itself and never tumbles.

1–4 players

Take turns

Hole Sweet Hole passes the putter around, up to four players, each with their own ball.

Everyone gets their own player. Pick a critter, pick a tier, and your saves stay yours.

Touch or controller

Play it your way.

The on-screen controls are built in and made for small thumbs. Prefer real buttons? Any game controller works.

Controller connected

Apple TV

Big screen.
Whole room.

The same shelf, the same games and every player's tier, big enough for the whole couch. Pair any Bluetooth game controller, or pick up your iPhone: the PlayShelf app turns it into one.

Your phone is a controller for the TV today. Coming soon Playing on your phone? Tap Play on TV and the game beams up to the big screen, right where you left off.

Bring a controller

Games on Apple TV play with a game controller, and any Bluetooth gamepad works. The Siri Remote runs the menus.

Coming soon

Beam it to the TV

Start a game on your phone, tap Play on TV, and it jumps to the big screen right where you were.

Phones are controllers

No gamepad? Open PlayShelf on an iPhone or iPad on the same Wi-Fi and tap Controller for your TV. Now everyone can join in.

Coming soon

One family, every screen

Players and progress follow you between iPhone, iPad and Apple TV through your own iCloud. We never see any of it.

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Made for families.
We collect nothing.

No ads, no tracking and no accounts. Players and their saves stay on your own devices, PlayShelf plays offline, and grown-up settings sit behind a parental gate.

More on the way

New cartridges,
all the time.

Five games on day one, and the shelf keeps growing. New cartridges slide in with updates.

Coming soon to theApp Store

For iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.