Games for when you only have five minutes

Not every gaming moment is a long evening on the couch. Sometimes you have a train stop or a queue, and you want something that fits into five minutes.

Pixel Pit Crew nails this. A round is over in a couple of minutes, but chasing a better pit-stop chain pulls you back for one more try. It's the arcade formula done cleanly.

Big Bass Catch works here too, in a completely different way. One quick cast, one catch, and you can put the phone away feeling weirdly calm. Short doesn't have to mean frantic.

The best short-session games have a clear start and stop. Avoid anything that guilt-trips you into staying longer with energy bars and daily countdowns.