The news comes from data conducted by mobile analytics group mobclix, which also reports that a total of 20,421 applications are available for the device.
The data means that games represent around a third of the total apps for the iPhone, a figure that would – in some ways – support Apple’s ongoing declaration that the device is a serious games platform.
Mobclix adds that three quarters of the games available for the iPhone require payment, while the remaining 1,516 titles are free of charge. The most crowded genre of game is puzzle, with 2147 games of that nature, while only around 200 racing titles are available on the system.