Five Nights at Freddy's is an indie horror game that has built a surprisingly huge fanbase — enough people paid to download it in the United States that it spent 44 days on the top of the paid charts. It costs $2.99.
Trivia Crack is free now, but it was a paid app when it was first released. It spent 44 days atop the paid charts. Download it from Apple.
This puzzle game spent 47 weeks in the top spot. It costs $1.99.
An Angry Birds spinoff, this game spent 60 days on the top of the paid charts. Now it's free with in-app purchases.
Here's a great example of an indie app that's made money from the App Store. Face Swap Live, which lets you make face swap images, spent 55 weeks in the top spot. It costs $1.99.
This officially licensed Angry Birds spinoff spent 60 days on top of the paid charts. Now it's free.
WhatsApp is free now, but before Facebook bought it, it cost $1 to download, plus the same again per year for unlimited free messaging. It spent 98 days on top of the paid charts.
Heads Up!, a party game, spent 225 days on top of the U.S. App Store paid charts. It costs $1.
One of the first viral games on the iPhone, Angry Birds spent 311 days on top of the paid iPhone apps chart. It's free now with in-app purchases, but used to cost $1.
Minecraft spent 847 days on top of the paid iPhone apps chart. It costs $6.99.
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