Games app screenshots with a top-cropped phone

The device runs off the top edge. Cropping the device at the top shows the lower part of the screen larger: tab bars, buttons, keyboards.

From the top 100 free Games apps on the US App Store, read on October 9, 2026. Screenshots are the developers’ own, shown from Apple’s servers with a link to each app.

The numbers

Apps that do it

3% 3 of 100

Screenshots that do it

1% 4 of 567

The top ten

0 of 10 against 3 of the other 90

4 of the 567 Games screenshots read (1%) do this, across 3 of the top 100 apps (3%). 0 of the top ten do it (0%), against 3 of the other 90 (3%): the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Games is 23rd for this. It is most common in Finance (30% of apps) and least common in Games (3%).

All 4 examples from the chart.

Every one of the Games app screenshots with a top-cropped phone on the chart, the highest app first.

All 4 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on all 2 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

“REVIEW”Chess.com - Play and Learn · #44 · screenshot 5
“Improve with WordleBot.”NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword · #66 · screenshot 6

Top ten Games apps that do it.

None of the top ten do. The highest app on the chart that does is Chess.com - Play and Learn, at #44.

The same tactic in other categories.

Category	Apps that do it	Screenshots	Top ten
Finance	30% 30 of 100	7% 43 of 581	2 of 10
Food & Drink	26% 26 of 100	6% 35 of 540	2 of 10
Music	25% 25 of 100	5% 26 of 550	2 of 10
Business	24% 24 of 100	6% 33 of 554	2 of 10
Travel	24% 24 of 100	6% 33 of 561	4 of 10
Health & Fitness	23% 23 of 100	5% 31 of 574	2 of 10
Lifestyle	23% 23 of 100	5% 26 of 556	3 of 10
Sports	22% 22 of 100	4% 25 of 558	0 of 10
Utilities	22% 22 of 100	5% 28 of 549	2 of 10
Navigation	21% 21 of 99	5% 26 of 566	1 of 10
Entertainment	20% 20 of 100	5% 27 of 544	0 of 10
Productivity	19% 19 of 99	4% 23 of 551	3 of 10
Reference	19% 19 of 100	5% 26 of 566	1 of 10
Education	18% 18 of 100	4% 23 of 555	2 of 10
Social Networking	18% 18 of 100	4% 24 of 554	2 of 10
News	16% 16 of 98	4% 21 of 517	2 of 10
Graphics & Design	13% 13 of 99	3% 15 of 564	1 of 10
Developer Tools	12% 12 of 100	3% 15 of 507	1 of 10
Medical	12% 12 of 100	2% 13 of 548	1 of 10
Photo & Video	12% 12 of 100	2% 14 of 566	1 of 10
Shopping	9% 9 of 100	2% 9 of 562	3 of 10
Weather	7% 7 of 100	2% 9 of 555	1 of 10
Games	3% 3 of 100	1% 4 of 567	0 of 10

Phone cut off at the head, across all categories

Often on the same screenshot

Phone drawn100% of these screenshots, against 20% of all Games screenshots
Illustration or mascot100% of these screenshots, against 88% of all Games screenshots
Screen fills the picture100% of these screenshots, against 95% of all Games screenshots

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Games apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?

3 of the top 100 Games apps (3%) have at least one, and 4 of their 567 screenshots (1%) do it. Counted from the US App Store’s top free chart on October 9, 2026.

Which Games apps have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?

None of the top ten do. The highest on the chart: Chess.com - Play and Learn (#44), NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword (#66) and Shoot & Hide (#75).

Should my Games app have App Store screenshots with a top-cropped phone?

The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 0 of the top ten Games apps do it (0%), against 3 of the other 90 (3%), so the top ten do it about as often as the rest. Ten apps is a small group, so read that as a description of this chart and not as a rule.

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