Riddlemoji - simple emoji puzzle game, no ads

any supercell game besides hay day

Magical cat rescue

Wordjazz

Traffic jam 3d nitro

I hope you like one of them :)

Try Triglav

Pixel Dungeon! I find myself hopping on whenever I have 5 minutes, and sometimes end up getting involved for hours.

if you enjoyed vampire survivors, 20 Minutes Till Dawn is similar but rounds are only 20 minutes. So you could give yourself one or two rounds and then get back to work

If you haven't played it then vampire survivors itself is very fun but more compulsively addicting since you can play for a LONG time, so I would recommend it in general but not for your purposes haha

Slay the Spire for sure

A lot of roguelites can be played in about an hour but without knowing your game preferences, I would say Slice & Dice Has a solid mobile version and the runs are usually about an hour, but you can pause a run at anytime.

me personally I love playing Balatro on my phone during breaks at work, although it may be difficult to stop if you do have the option to just keep going, though it may just be my inner gambling addict in denial

Came to say exactly this. Love the game but I end up playing 15-45 minutes at a time.

Capital Kings - If you like Monopoly but want something edgier. It's a darker, real-world empire builder where you buy real businesses around the globe (without the dice rolling), just strategy and power plays.
get.capitalkings.app

https://metalderby.mistyfrog.studio

Or

https://dbworld.mistyfrog.studio

Summoners War

Grand Cross

If you're just looking for a casual game to kill 10–30 minutes a day, I'd recommend Pixel Puzzle! It's a chill logic puzzle game where you tap tiles to reveal a hidden image — easy to pick up, no stress, and perfect for short sessions.

It’s free and currently ad-free, so no interruptions either.

Here’s the Android link if you want to try it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.garajprojeleri.pixelpuzzle&utm_source=emea_Med

Great for quick brain breaks without any grind!

Not exactly puzzle, but I been having fun with Polytopia. Perfection mode is only 30 turns, so hopefully that's short enough.

My list of premium Android games.

The Puzzle section will pretty much all work.

For non-puzzles that are quick (load quickly, and can either suspend and save, or played in very small bites)....

Age of Rivals, One Deck Dungeon, Encore, Bravo

Toe-II-Toe, Retro Abyss, INKS, Badland

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection

Baba Is You might be worth checking out.

I'm not familiar with the other games you mentioned so it might be a little different if you're looking for something specific.

The professor Layton games are really good. They are mystery stories that you solve by playing smaller games.

Maybe check out "Shapeshifter" or "RotatoR" by Wolfpit Games.

Definitelly, U need try:
-Solaris(and/or Subterfuge)
Conquest! (Please note - the exclamation mark is part of the title)
Also Spacecom are very interesting game, premium, but really nice

Lucky Luna, Katana Zero

Do you want to try mobile puzzle games?

any single player open world game, i can just chill and relax

Diablo 2. Mindless, Cathartic, repetitive, rewarding. It’s like gambling every time you kill a monster but you aren’t spending any real money.

Stardew Valley

Fallout 76. Run around, shoot dudes, grab loot, store at base, rinse and repeat

My go-to game might not be the same as your go-to game. I like Donkey Kong Country on the Gameboy Pocket. The old black and white version.

I've passed it many times but I still like playing it because it's still fun, challenging, and relaxing. I like the music. Plus I like the fact that I can play it somewhere in public if im bored or waiting.

You can try Hades. I play it for 30-60 mins daily after office. Doesn't requires too much effort and gameplay is good too. You can try r/ShouldIbuythisgame for better recommendations.

RimWorld. New update version is releasing on Tuesday. The game has a day/night cycle. So it's easy to play a day or two at a time. It's basically like Sims in space. You have to keep track of their hunger, rest, comfort, recreation, beauty surroundings. All to contribute to their overall mood.

But there's much more to it than Sims. And honestly, despite much lower-end graphics/budget, I find RimWorld to be a superior game. Since you get survival and combat aspects. You crash land on an outer rim planet. So it's like a frontier world with scattered settlements similar to cowboys (outlanders) and indians (tribals). There will be friendlies and hostiles among them. There is also an empire who is interested in the planet, as well as the presence of a dangerous alien species. So quests come up once in awhile regarding what is going on. But all the while, the main thing is taking care of your sims, surviving, and building up your settlement. While keeping up moods. Gathering resources from the environment, chopping wood, foraging berries, hunting, mining, farming, building up your main settlement, setting up a safe base, furniture, trading with other settlements, crafting (clothes, weapons, gear), research to unlock better tech for better living standards, travel across the planet in a caravan, etc.

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EDIT: Just to address some of the responses here. Yes, just like Sims, this game is extremely addictive. The day/night cycle is convenient. You can set the schedule for when your sims sleep, wake up, do recreation, and get to work on their tasks. So an example of playing this game will be to get on, and go through a few days of game time. When you're about to finish, wait till night when all your sims are in bed. You can save the game, and exit. Then pick up next time to continue when your sims wake up the next morning. This is what I do. However, since this game is addictive, most users just continue, and lose their real life. Sometimes hours and hours of playing can go by like it's nothing. And before you know it, a few days just went by in the real world.

I think that you are describing FTL. You can play 5 hours or three minutes and you are going to have fun.

And is a hugely wonderful game

Hand of Fate 2

One of the biggest suprises I've ever come across. It was given away for free on Epic a while back and I booted it up just to see what it was like. It was a little confusing at first but before long I was hooked!

I don't think there really is anything else like it on the market, but it's perfect for short burst gaming. It has multiple little campaigns and you can just stop part way through a longer campaign and carry on later.

It's a fantastic game.

Never heard of it before, but I just tried it and I LOVED it.
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Slay the Spire has roughly 10-minute-or-under battles. It's turn-based and saves after each battle, so you can always walk away to do something important.

Noita lets you save anywhere, anytime, so that's another "walk away when real life calls" game that may fit your needs.

I know Book of Demons has mission/run length settings, and if I'm not mistaken, they could be set to pretty short times.

Here's a list of the best rogue-lites in my opinion:

• Hades - Probably the best in the genre, great combat and different weapons you can choose for each run. Tons of different upgrades and collectibles to gather. Great story and characters. Fantastic artstyle.
• Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - Also one of the best in the genre, much more simplistic in nature, but every run is different. Tons of randomly generated rooms, bosses, weapons and upgrades.
• Enter the Gungeon - Very similar to Binding of Isaac but with a bit more advanced and action-filled combat. Difficuilt but addictive.
• Rogue Legacy - A mix of a rogue-lite and a metroidvania. You play descendents for every hero that dies and you get more powerful with every new run.
• Void Bastards - Really fun mix of FPS and space travel. You play a prisoner who travels through space, you explore space stations and try to get enough resources to stay alive. When you perish, you play a new prisoner who continues the quest of getting specific materials etc.
• FTL - This is a classic for a reason, you travel through space and manage your crew members while trying to survive. You basically assign different crew members to different jobs and try to defend yourself against space pirates.

Vampire survivors on steam is £4 and worth a shot

Katana Zero. And Dead Cells, maybe.

Slay the spire. It's a good game to take up a 20-30 minute chunk of time, and it's easy to slide back into an ongoing run. It's a Rouge like deck builder dungeon game, currently has 3 characters, but the devs are adding a 4th soon

Stardew Valley

Banished might be up your alley

A roguelike would be perfect for your situation, since any individual run typically takes about 5-15 minutes (depending on the game). The one that I think you would work well for you (as well as being one of my favorites) is FTL: Faster Than Light.

It’s easy to stop at any moment and you have to think ahead to make strategic decisions. There is real-time combat with other spaceships, but the game lets you pause at any moment to make tactical decisions, change around the weapons you have equipped, and manage power to the carious systems. There is also a windowed mode.

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