Casual Games

Casual games are the ones you can open with five minutes to spare. One simple idea, one or two controls and no manual to read - cast a fishing line, play rock-paper-scissors against the clock or hop a monster up a tower. Easy to start, and surprisingly hard to put down.

Cut the Rope Cut the Rope Puzzle 468 Cut the Rope 2 Cut the Rope 2 Puzzle 183 Tiny Fishing Tiny Fishing Casual 462 Snow Rider 3D Snow Rider 3D Racing 4.1K Worms Zone Worms Zone Casual 610 Slope Racing 3D Slope Racing 3D Racing 4.3K Vegan Quest Vegan Quest Casual 3.3K Jump Monster Jump Monster Casual 2.9K Mora Rush Mora Rush Casual 2.8K Light It On Light It On Puzzle 2.7K Mini Golf Saga Mini Golf Saga Sports 2.5K Super Heads Carnival Super Heads Carnival Casual 2.4K Fish Eat Grow Mega Fish Eat Grow Mega Action 2.3K Dig This Dig This Puzzle 2.2K Watermelon Merge Watermelon Merge Puzzle 2.1K Harbor Operator Harbor Operator Simulation 1.9K Save the Panda Save the Panda Puzzle 1.8K Hungry Squirrel Hungry Squirrel Casual 1.7K Ball Drop Ball Drop Casual 1.6K Home House Painter Home House Painter Puzzle 1.5K Kids Coloring Kids Coloring Casual 1.4K Bubble Shooter Free 3 Bubble Shooter Free 3 Puzzle 873 Panda Running Panda Running Casual 860 Golf Orbit Golf Orbit Sports 836 Bouncing Egg Bouncing Egg Casual 768 Gun Fest Gun Fest Shooting 663 Basketball Fever Basketball Fever Sports 584 Live 100 Days Live 100 Days Casual 477 Cut the Rope: Time Travel Cut the Rope: Time Travel Puzzle 471 Cooking Festival Cooking Festival Simulation 374 Cat Clicker Cat Clicker Simulation 342 Swipy Basketball Swipy Basketball Sports 288 Cut the Rope: Magic Cut the Rope: Magic Puzzle 281 Ragdoll Mega Dunk Ragdoll Mega Dunk Sports 192 Bubble Shooter Pop Bubble Shooter Pop Puzzle 189 Cut the Rope: Experiments Cut the Rope: Experiments Puzzle 189 King Kong Kart Racing King Kong Kart Racing Racing 187

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Easy to start, hard to stop

A casual game explains itself within a few seconds. Tiny Fishing is the classic example: drop a line, steer the hook, sell the catch and buy a longer line so the next cast goes deeper. Mora Rush is rock-paper-scissors at speed. Super Heads Carnival bundles several mini games, some of them playable by two people on one keyboard.

Because the controls are so simple - usually a single tap, click or drag - these are also the games that work best on a phone held in one hand.

Making progress in upgrade games

Many casual games are built on a loop: play a short round, earn coins, buy an upgrade, play a slightly better round. The fastest way through is to buy the cheapest upgrade available each time rather than saving for a big one, because every small boost makes the next round pay more.

And if a game keeps earning while you are away, as Tiny Fishing does, come back later instead of grinding. A break is part of the strategy.