Apple Arcade apps won’t open on iPad?

Apple Arcade apps won’t open on iPad? Every other app works fine, but when we try to open any Apple Arcade up this screen (attached below) pops up. I initially thought the servers were down or something, but we’ve tried 2 other devices, being an iPad mini 6th gen on iPadOS 18.0.1, and an iPhone 16 pro max on iOS 18.6.2 (same os version as the device that won’t open the apps), and they’ve both worked fine. The device in question is an iPad Air 5th gen. I’ve restarted the iPad, and it still displays the same screen. How can this be fixed without losing data?

iPad Air (5th generation)

Posted on Dec 2, 2025 8:58 PM

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Dec 4, 2025 2:37 PM in response to starfish_81

Hi starfish_81

welcome to thhis Apple (user-to-user) community.


Re: Apple Arcade apps won’t open on iPad?


Thamk you for your post to the community, and your screenshot.

We can see you are receiving a "Cannot connect" message


Apple Support have an article online (link below) that provides easy-to-follow trouble-shooting steps :

See what to do: If you can't connect to the App Store, iTunes Store, or other Apple services - Apple Support


All the best :-)

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