And there are a lot of games out there featuring microtransactions, but which also have Apple Arcade versions which don't have microtransactions. It's pretty great to be able to grab a game that looks fun and know that you can just sit down and play it, rather than having to tap through seven different pop-up windows trying to sell you on the battle pass, buying boosts, buying more coins, spending the coins you already have so that you'll have to buy more coins next time you need coins, three different currencies, are you sure you want to restart the level you can just keep playing for only a buck!, and so on.

Not all the conversions are good enough: there are Apple arcade games where you can feel the grind of the free-to-play mechanisms, only now there's no money involved.

Oh, I did not know this! Can you confirm if microtransactions are prohibited amongst Apple Arcade games? This would be a big selling point for me.

They are indeed prohibited as far as I know and experienced, which makes it a great selling (and gifting) point of me as well!

They are. Apple Arcade is about at the point where it has enough great games that it might be worth it. Certainly it’s well worth paying for a few months to try them all out.

Not who you are replying to, but I can confirm it!

They are 100% IAP and ad free.

One of the reasons I got Apple One, the kids can install an endless amount of decent to excellent games from there and I don't need to worry about them wasting money on them or getting predatory ads.

Sneaky Sasquatch is the hidden gem in there. It starts off simple, but it's a really cool and complex world you can explore