Unable to hear game sounds when I enable silent mode on my iPhone 16

I have an iPhone 16 and when I enable Silent Mode, I do not hear any sound during games. When Silent Mode is off, game sounds work fine. However, I want to have game sounds while still not hearing any ringtone or notification sounds for calls or alerts. I only want vibratoins.


In other words, I want the ringtone and notification sounds completely muted, but I still want to hear audio from games and other media apps. So far, I have tried volume adjustments and typical settings changes, but nothing has helped.

Could you please advise how I can configure or fix my iPhone so that Silent Mode mutes calls and notifications but does not mute game audio?


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Original Title: no game sound with silent mode on

iPhone 16, iOS 18

Posted on Aug 15, 2025 1:34 PM

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