Games app screenshots with a command headline

The headline is a command: Track your sleep, Start a session. A command starts with a verb, so the first word is what the reader can do with the app.

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

74% 74 of 100

Screenshots that do it

43% 243 of 567

The top ten

9 of 10 against 65 of the other 90

243 of the 567 Games screenshots read (43%) do this, across 74 of the top 100 apps (74%). 9 of the top ten do it (90%), against 65 of the other 90 (72%): the top ten do it more than the rest. Of the 23 categories read so far, Games is 17th for this. It is most common in Health & Fitness (95% of apps) and least common in Weather (45%).

12 examples from the chart.

12 of the 243 Games app screenshots with a command headline, one from each app, the highest on the chart first.

Meowdoku! App Store screenshot 1, headline “Find the Cats”. Tells you to do something. — **Meowdoku!**#1 in Games · screenshot 1“Find the Cats”

Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle App Store screenshot 1, headline “CLEAR THE BOARD!”. Tells you to do something. — **Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle**#2 in Games · screenshot 1“CLEAR THE BOARD!”

Rotate Rings App Store screenshot 1, headline “TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”. Tells you to do something. — **Rotate Rings**#4 in Games · screenshot 1“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”

CubeAway - 3DPuzzle App Store screenshot 1, headline “Remove Arrows!”. Tells you to do something. — **CubeAway - 3DPuzzle**#5 in Games · screenshot 1“Remove Arrows!”

Smash Fest! App Store screenshot 1, headline “KNOCK EM' ALL!”. Tells you to do something. — **Smash Fest!**#8 in Games · screenshot 1“KNOCK EM' ALL!”

All Dubs App Store screenshot 2, headline “SPIN FOR YOUR SQUAD”. Tells you to do something. — **All Dubs**#10 in Games · screenshot 2“SPIN FOR YOUR SQUAD”

Block Blast！ App Store screenshot 3, headline “COLLECT!”. Tells you to do something. — **Block Blast！**#12 in Games · screenshot 3“COLLECT!”

All 243 on the wall

Real headline examples, word for word.

The words on 40 of the 243 that carry any, as each app wrote them.

“Find the Cats”Meowdoku! · #1 · screenshot 1
“CLEAR THE BOARD!”Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle · #2 · screenshot 1
“SORT WATER!”Magic Sort! · #3 · screenshot 1
“TWIST ALIGN UNLOCK”Rotate Rings · #4 · screenshot 1
“Remove Arrows!”CubeAway - 3DPuzzle · #5 · screenshot 1
“Train Your Brain”Vita Mahjong · #6 · screenshot 3
“KNOCK EM' ALL!”Smash Fest! · #8 · screenshot 1
“Explore millions of experiences”Roblox · #9 · screenshot 1
“SPIN FOR YOUR SQUAD”Draw a team and a decade, then draft a legend.All Dubs · #10 · screenshot 2
“HARVEST!”Township · #11 · screenshot 1
“COLLECT!”Block Blast！ · #12 · screenshot 3
“Clean the dormitory”02:48Brain Puzzle 3: Crazy Mind · #13 · screenshot 1
“PLAY EPIC LEVELS”Amaze GO! · #14 · screenshot 2
“RELIVE THE EXCITEMENT!”Disney Solitaire · #15 · screenshot 1
“Helo Them”Gossip Harbor®: Merge & Story · #17 · screenshot 1
“TRAIN YOUR BRAIN”Bus Traffic Fever! · #18 · screenshot 1
“ROLL!”MONOPOLY GO! · #19 · screenshot 2
“Match”Mahjong Blast · #20 · screenshot 1
“AIM, FIRE DESTROY!”Royal Smash! - Physics Puzzle · #22 · screenshot 1
“ENJOY PREMIUM EXPERIENCE”Tang Luck: Casino Slots · #24 · screenshot 3
“Explore and Collect”Whiteout Survival · #25 · screenshot 2
“DEFEAT ENEMIES”Kingshot · #26 · screenshot 1
“ENJOY THE PUZZLES”Sand Blocks: Drop Puzzle · #28 · screenshot 1
“SHARPEN YOUR MIND”Solitaire Associations Journey · #29 · screenshot 1
“DROP INTO A NEW SEASON OF BATTLE ROYALE”Fortnite · #30 · screenshot 1
“Collect”Tasty Travels: Merge Game · #31 · screenshot 6
WAGER IN GAMES“Play and win cash.”Triumph Arcade · #32 · screenshot 2
“ROLL”Dice Dreams™ · #34 · screenshot 1
“PLAY DELUXE SONGS”Magic Tiles 3™: Piano Game · #37 · screenshot 4
“DESTROY ENEMY CASTLE!”Castle Busters · #38 · screenshot 1
“DEFEND THE BRIDGE!”Warline: Sniper Strike · #41 · screenshot 4
“Challenge Yourself”Word Tiles - Relaxing Puzzle · #42 · screenshot 1
“PLAY”Chess.com - Play and Learn · #44 · screenshot 2
“JOIN EVENTS WIN REWARDS”Mahjong Rumble: Win Real Cash · #45 · screenshot 3
“Play Now”Candy Crush Saga · #48 · screenshot 1
“RELAX & PLAY!”Word Search Explorer® · #49 · screenshot 2
“TRAIN YOUR BRAIN!”Pixel Flow! · #50 · screenshot 2
“Enjoy Classic Sudoku”Sudoku.com - Number Games · #51 · screenshot 2
“SPIN & BIG WIN”Jackpot Nights · #53 · screenshot 4
“CHOOSE WISELY!”Mob Control · #54 · screenshot 2

Top ten Games apps that do it.

#1Meowdoku!3 of its 6 screenshots
#2Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle4 of its 6 screenshots
#3Magic Sort!6 of its 6 screenshots
#4Rotate Rings3 of its 6 screenshots
#5CubeAway - 3DPuzzle3 of its 5 screenshots
#6Vita Mahjong1 of its 6 screenshots
#8Smash Fest!4 of its 5 screenshots
#9Roblox5 of its 6 screenshots
#10All Dubs4 of its 6 screenshots

The same tactic in other categories.

Category	Apps that do it	Screenshots	Top ten
Health & Fitness	95% 95 of 100	60% 342 of 574	10 of 10
Food & Drink	93% 93 of 100	55% 295 of 540	10 of 10
Productivity	93% 92 of 99	54% 299 of 551	10 of 10
Finance	90% 90 of 100	54% 311 of 581	7 of 10
Lifestyle	88% 88 of 100	58% 322 of 556	10 of 10
Shopping	88% 88 of 100	50% 281 of 562	9 of 10
Travel	85% 85 of 100	48% 267 of 561	9 of 10
Entertainment	84% 84 of 100	45% 245 of 544	9 of 10
Music	83% 83 of 100	52% 287 of 550	8 of 10
Social Networking	83% 83 of 100	50% 279 of 554	9 of 10
Business	82% 82 of 100	51% 282 of 554	9 of 10
Sports	82% 82 of 100	45% 249 of 558	9 of 10
Navigation	82% 81 of 99	48% 269 of 566	8 of 10
Graphics & Design	81% 80 of 99	39% 221 of 564	7 of 10
Education	80% 80 of 100	49% 274 of 555	8 of 10
Reference	78% 78 of 100	45% 255 of 566	8 of 10
Games	74% 74 of 100	43% 243 of 567	9 of 10
Medical	73% 73 of 100	49% 268 of 548	9 of 10
Utilities	73% 73 of 100	39% 214 of 549	8 of 10
News	72% 71 of 98	48% 248 of 517	10 of 10
Photo & Video	72% 72 of 100	40% 224 of 566	8 of 10
Developer Tools	56% 56 of 100	31% 158 of 507	5 of 10
Weather	45% 45 of 100	19% 106 of 555	5 of 10

Tells you to do something, across all categories

Often on the same screenshot

Has a headline100% of these screenshots, against 76% of all Games screenshots
Headline under five words92% of these screenshots, against 69% of all Games screenshots
Headline in capitals65% of these screenshots, against 47% of all Games screenshots
Words at the bottom62% of these screenshots, against 47% of all Games screenshots
Headline readable at thumbnail size56% of these screenshots, against 44% of all Games screenshots
Exclaims32% of these screenshots, against 21% of all Games screenshots

Questions, answered from the chart.

How many top Games apps have App Store screenshots with a command headline?

74 of the top 100 Games apps (74%) have at least one, and 243 of their 567 screenshots (43%) 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 command headline?

In the top ten: Meowdoku! (#1), Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle (#2), Magic Sort! (#3), Rotate Rings (#4), CubeAway - 3DPuzzle (#5), Vita Mahjong (#6), Smash Fest! (#8), Roblox (#9) and All Dubs (#10). Further down the chart: Township (#11), Block Blast！ (#12), Brain Puzzle 3: Crazy Mind (#13), Amaze GO! (#14) and Disney Solitaire (#15), and 60 more.

Should my Games app have App Store screenshots with a command headline?

The chart shows who does it, not whether it would work for your app. 9 of the top ten Games apps do it (90%), against 65 of the other 90 (72%), so the top ten do it more 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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