Another success story in the making, Archetype has managed to garner 160,000 players within a week of launch according to TUAW. Amidst a massive advertising campaign, Archetype has become somewhat of an behemoth in mobile gaming, delivering a “big budget” experience Apple’s mobile devices, directly competing with titles like Nova and ngmoco’s Eliminate.

TUAW has a pretty great overview:

And it lives up to the hype. The controls will take some getting used to, even if you’re a WASD veteran. In just 30 seconds on Wi-Fi, I was loaded up and playing a 5v5 deathmatch FPS game. Even on an Edge connection, I was able to play smoothly, and even pull off a kill – I don’t know what kind of code witchery makes that possible, but it works.

For $2.99, it supposedly offers the definitive FPS experience on an Apple device. If you’re an Apple gamer, let us know how you think Archetype compares in the comments: Is it an awesome frag fest? Or is it a cool idea, but still not polished enough to make for a superior experience?

[via TUAW]