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Games app screenshots with a highlighted word

One word of the headline is coloured or highlighted. Colouring one word tells the reader which word matters if they read only one.

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
47% 47 of 100
Screenshots that do it
24% 136 of 567
The top ten
3 of 10 against 44 of the other 90

136 of the 567 Games screenshots read (24%) do this, across 47 of the top 100 apps (47%). 3 of the top ten do it (30%), against 44 of the other 90 (49%): the top ten do it less than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Games is 12th for this. It is most common in Education (56% of apps) and least common in Medical (31%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 136 Games app screenshots with a highlighted word, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

Magic Sort! App Store screenshot 1, headline “SORT WATER!”. A word in a different colour.
Magic Sort!#3 in Games · screenshot 1“SORT WATER!”
Rotate Rings App Store screenshot 3, headline “BRAIN AND RELAXING”. A word in a different colour.
Rotate Rings#4 in Games · screenshot 3“BRAIN AND RELAXING”
CubeAway - 3DPuzzle App Store screenshot 2, headline “ASMR with Satisfaction!”. A word in a different colour.
CubeAway - 3DPuzzle#5 in Games · screenshot 2“ASMR with Satisfaction!”
Township App Store screenshot 1, headline “HARVEST!”. A word in a different colour.
Township#11 in Games · screenshot 1“HARVEST!”
Block Blast！ App Store screenshot 2, headline “ADDICTIVE!”. A word in a different colour.
Block Blast！#12 in Games · screenshot 2“ADDICTIVE!”
Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story App Store screenshot 5, headline “Design”. A word in a different colour.
Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story#17 in Games · screenshot 5“Design”
Bus Traffic Fever! App Store screenshot 2, headline “SOLVE PUZZLES!”. A word in a different colour.
Bus Traffic Fever!#18 in Games · screenshot 2“SOLVE PUZZLES!”
MONOPOLY GO! App Store screenshot 1, headline “MONOPOLY GO!”. A word in a different colour.
MONOPOLY GO!#19 in Games · screenshot 1“MONOPOLY GO!”
Mahjong Blast App Store screenshot 1, headline “Match”. A word in a different colour.
Mahjong Blast#20 in Games · screenshot 1“Match”
Royal Smash! - Physics Puzzle App Store screenshot 1, headline “AIM, FIRE DESTROY!”. A word in a different colour.
Royal Smash! - Physics Puzzle#22 in Games · screenshot 1“AIM, FIRE DESTROY!”
Royal Match App Store screenshot 5, no headline. A word in a different colour.
Royal Match#23 in Games · screenshot 5No headline
Tang Luck: Casino Slots App Store screenshot 5, headline “FAST & SECURE WITHDRAWALS”. A word in a different colour.
Tang Luck: Casino Slots#24 in Games · screenshot 5“FAST & SECURE WITHDRAWALS”

All 136 on the wall

What these screenshots say, word for word.

The words on 40 of the 129 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

  • “SORT WATER!”Magic Sort! · #3 · screenshot 1
  • “BRAIN AND RELAXING”Rotate Rings · #4 · screenshot 3
  • “ASMR with Satisfaction!”CubeAway - 3DPuzzle · #5 · screenshot 2
  • “HARVEST!”Township · #11 · screenshot 1
  • “ADDICTIVE!”Block Blast！ · #12 · screenshot 2
  • “Design”Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story · #17 · screenshot 5
  • “SOLVE PUZZLES!”Bus Traffic Fever! · #18 · screenshot 2
  • “MONOPOLY GO!”MONOPOLY GO! · #19 · screenshot 1
  • “Match”Mahjong Blast · #20 · screenshot 1
  • “AIM, FIRE DESTROY!”Royal Smash! - Physics Puzzle · #22 · screenshot 1
  • “FAST & SECURE WITHDRAWALS”Tang Luck: Casino Slots · #24 · screenshot 5
  • “RELIEVE STRESS”Sand Blocks: Drop Puzzle · #28 · screenshot 2
  • “Merge”Tasty Travels: Merge Game · #31 · screenshot 2
  • “$15M+”in payoutsTriumph Arcade · #32 · screenshot 1
  • “ROLL”Dice Dreams™ · #34 · screenshot 1
  • “OFFICIAL LICENSED MUSIC GAME”Magic Tiles 3™: Piano Game · #37 · screenshot 1
  • “Challenge Yourself”Word Tiles - Relaxing Puzzle · #42 · screenshot 1
  • “265M+ PLAYERS”Chess.com - Play and Learn · #44 · screenshot 1
  • “AMAZING!”LEARN NEW WORDS!Word Search Explorer® · #49 · screenshot 3
  • 100%“BONUS GAME!”Paper.io 2 · #52 · screenshot 3
  • “WIN!”Solitaire Cash: Win Real Money · #55 · screenshot 1
  • “500+ VIRTUAL SLOTS TO ENJOY”Cider Casino - Real Money · #58 · screenshot 3
  • “Drama”Hollywood Merge · #60 · screenshot 1
  • “Merge”Hotel Legacy: Merge Game · #61 · screenshot 2
  • “Open Real Card Packs VALUED UP TO $100,000!”CrownCards - Trading Cards · #64 · screenshot 1
  • “Prove your Skills”Woodoku Blast: Block Puzzle · #68 · screenshot 1
  • “SKILL-BASED MAHJONG”Mahjong Clash: Win Real Cash · #69 · screenshot 1
  • “Live in 46 States”Bingo Cash - Win Real Money · #71 · screenshot 3
  • “Collect All the Items!”Search It - Hidden Objects · #72 · screenshot 1
  • “WIN MAX BATTLES”Pokémon GO · #73 · screenshot 2
  • “Many Mini Games Only one App”Everyday Puzzles: Mini Games · #74 · screenshot 1
  • “UNLOCK YOUR DAILY REWARDS”Grand Fortune Club · #78 · screenshot 2
  • “CLEAR BOARDS!”Toon Blast · #79 · screenshot 1
  • “OPEN PACKS”Pokémon & Sports Cards Worth Up To $25,000Packz · #80 · screenshot 1
  • “RAID!”Coin Master · #81 · screenshot 2
  • “So long, Summer Scald!”1/10 05:20Brain Puzzle 2: Logic Twist · #82 · screenshot 3
  • “TWO WAYS TO PLAY”Classic with full stats, or pure HoopIQ from memory.82-0.com · #86 · screenshot 1
  • “GET READY BIG REWARDS!”Cash Avalanche:Casino Slot · #87 · screenshot 5
  • “EAT!”Hole.io - Original Hole Game · #91 · screenshot 1
  • “SAFE PLAY, SMOOTH REDEEM”Victory Blast Casino · #93 · screenshot 1

Top ten Games apps that do it.

  1. #3Magic Sort!6 of its 6 screenshots
  2. #4Rotate Rings1 of its 6 screenshots
  3. #5CubeAway - 3DPuzzle1 of its 5 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

CategoryApps that do itScreenshotsTop ten
Education56% 56 of 10029% 160 of 5556 of 10
Shopping56% 56 of 10024% 133 of 5625 of 10
Finance53% 53 of 10027% 154 of 5813 of 10
Food & Drink53% 53 of 10028% 153 of 5407 of 10
Reference53% 53 of 10030% 167 of 5665 of 10
Graphics & Design53% 52 of 9927% 153 of 5646 of 10
Utilities52% 52 of 10027% 148 of 5498 of 10
Entertainment51% 51 of 10029% 156 of 5444 of 10
Sports50% 50 of 10028% 154 of 5585 of 10
Photo & Video48% 48 of 10021% 119 of 5665 of 10
Productivity47% 47 of 9926% 141 of 5513 of 10
Games47% 47 of 10024% 136 of 5673 of 10
Music47% 47 of 10023% 125 of 5503 of 10
Social Networking46% 46 of 10021% 115 of 5544 of 10
Lifestyle43% 43 of 10019% 106 of 5563 of 10
News43% 42 of 9819% 97 of 5175 of 10
Navigation40% 40 of 9923% 130 of 5663 of 10
Health & Fitness39% 39 of 10021% 120 of 5744 of 10
Developer Tools38% 38 of 10017% 84 of 5073 of 10
Weather38% 38 of 10014% 79 of 5553 of 10
Business37% 37 of 10020% 112 of 5543 of 10
Travel37% 37 of 10012% 70 of 5613 of 10
Medical31% 31 of 10017% 92 of 5485 of 10

A word in a different colour, across all categories

Related tactics.

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Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Games apps have App Store screenshots with a highlighted word?
47 of the top 100 Games apps (47%) have at least one, and 136 of their 567 screenshots (24%) 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 highlighted word?
In the top ten: Magic Sort! (#3), Rotate Rings (#4) and CubeAway - 3DPuzzle (#5). Further down the chart: Township (#11), Block Blast！ (#12), Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story (#17), Bus Traffic Fever! (#18) and MONOPOLY GO! (#19), and 39 more.
Should my Games app have App Store screenshots with a highlighted word?
The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 3 of the top ten Games apps do it (30%), against 44 of the other 90 (49%), so the top ten do it less than 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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