Time pass games
Time pass is its own category. You are not trying to get good at anything, you are trying to make ten minutes go away without thinking too hard about it. The games here ask for one thumb and no instructions.
They open in the browser on any phone, so a slow connection and a full storage bar are both fine. Play one, play twenty, stop whenever the thing you were waiting for arrives.
Easy to start, easy to stop
- Bubble WrapInfinite, calming, deeply satisfying. Just pop.
- Whack-a-MoleBonk moles, dodge bombs. 20s.
- OrbitTap when the dot crosses green.
- TunnelStay inside as it narrows.
- Knife HitThrow. Don't hit a knife. Clear the log.
- Keep It UpTap the ball. Don't let it drop.
Which one for which kind of waiting
Bubble Wrap asks nothing of you at all, which is the point when you are tired. Whack-a-Mole and Knife Hit want a bit of attention and give it back as a score. Orbit, Tunnel and Keep It Up are the ones that quietly turn into a hundred goes, because a run ends fast and starting again is a single tap. None of them need sound, so they work in a lecture or on a bus.
Questions people ask
- Do these work without internet?
- You need a connection to open a game. Once it has loaded, a patchy signal is usually fine.
- Do I need to download anything?
- No. They run in the browser on any phone.
- Is there an ending?
- No. These are score games, so a run ends and you start again. Stopping is the only ending.
- Do they need sound?
- No. Everything here works fine on mute.