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If you’re like me, you only play Android games that don’t require any commitment. However, finding such games is surprisingly difficult, so I’ve rounded up fifteen of my favorite games that you can just jump right in and play for a couple of minutes at a time.
1QS Monkey Land: King of Fruits
QS Monkey Land: King of Fruitsis essentially aSuika(Watermelon Game) clone. It’s an endless puzzle game where fruits drop into a container. Your goal is to match two of the same fruits to get a larger fruit. The largest fruit is the watermelon, and you can combine two watermelons to make them disappear and free up some space.
Although there’s no time limit, you’re able to time your fruit drops because the container is affected by gravity. This deceptively simple game involves a lot of skill and thinking. I still haven’t matched two watermelons, even after two months of playing.
2Alto’s Adventure
There are many endless runners perfect for quick sessionson the toilet, but my favorite isAlto’s Adventure. Its gorgeous, minimalistic graphics and interface are a breath of fresh air compared to other endless runners, such asSubway Surfers. Your character automatically snowboards to the right, and you control the character by tapping and holding to jump or maneuver.
UnlikeSki Safari, where you’re trying to escape an avalanche, in Alto’s Adventure, you lose when you fall. This means that most runs are short. You progress by doing fun mini-challenges to level up.
3Horizon Chase – Arcade Racing
Horizon Chasepays homage to old-school Nintendo and Sega arcade racers likeLotusandTop Gear. This modernized retro racer has you blazing through tracks at neckbreak speeds, so most races are incredibly short. Although the cars aren’t licensed, they look just like the real deal.
4Fallout Shelter
I playedFallout Shelterback when it was first released in 2015 (shortly beforeFallout 4), and it’s been my favorite base-building simulator on mobile ever since. The goal is simple—keep your dwellers nourished and protected while simultaneously growing your base. It’s the type of game where you check in for a couple of minutes per day to be rewarded with steady progression.
If you’ve watched the Fallout TV series recently and can’t get enough of the Fallout universe, now is the perfect time to jump into Fallout Shelter because they recently added characters and locations from the show.
5Egg, Inc.
If Fallout Shelter sounds too involved,Egg, Inc.is the perfect alternative. It’s an adorable idle clicker where you click a big red button to spawn chickens, which lay money-making eggs. As you progress, you get more money to upgrade your base to earn more money, and the cycle repeats. The most efficient way to play it is to open the app a few times per day to upgrade your base, so it’s ideal for two-minute sessions.
6Crossy Road
Why did the chicken cross the road? To unlock new characters, of course.Crossy Roadsis a fun little arcade platformer where your goal is to get as far across the road as possible without dying. Just likeFloppy Bird, individual sessions are incredibly short and entirely depend on how good you are. My favorite part is unlocking new characters. Some of them even change the environment, which is pretty cool.
7Mars: Mars
Mars: Marsis an endless platformer that involves jumping between platforms, but instead of starting from the beginning, when you fail, you go back to the previous platform. Just like in Crossy Roads, you can unlock new characters that completely change the environment. Many of them are based on historical figures, like Marilyn Monroe and Jimi Hendrix.
8Don’t Touch The Spikes
Don’t Touch the Spikesis a dead simple game. You tap on the screen to make a bird fly, and you score points by hitting the side walls without touching the spikes. You can unlock new birds, but that’s about all there is to this game—it’s simple, addictive, and fun.
9Bike Race: Motorcycle Games
Bike Raceis all about completing bite-sized levels to earn one to three stars, depending on how fast you finish the track. It’s more of a platformer than a racing game, though. There’s also a healthy level of competition against other players in the form of leaderboards.
10Minesweeper
Do you remember that oneold-school Windows gamethat nobody knew how to play?Minesweeperis a logic puzzle game that requires you to think. Your goal is to uncover all squares without tripping any mines that hide under the squares. The numbers tell you how many mines are adjacent to that square in a 3x3 pattern. You can find a few tricks online to get better at the game, but even without any “game knowledge,” it’s a lot of fun, and you’ll hardly spend more than five minutes per session.