Cards
Classic card games with a decent offline opponent and no forced online play.
★★★★☆ 4.0
What is actually worth playing this month
No press releases, no scores out of ten without an explanation. Just what the game is like to live with. Big Bass Splash.
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Cards · 4.0★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
Why us
Ads and purchases, measured
We count how often ads interrupt play and what the paid version actually removes.
Offline first
Every review says plainly whether the game works on a plane or a train without signal.
Battery and size
How much space it takes and how quickly it drains a phone — both are in the review.
We finish what we start
A review only goes up after at least a week with the game, not after ten minutes of the tutorial.
Games
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Adventure
A short story game about a night shift in a small town. Two evenings long.
★★★★★ 4.5
Simulation
Run a small bakery through one night. Short shifts, warm art, no energy bar.
★★★★☆ 4.0
Strategy
Build a small outpost and defend it. Thoughtful, slow, and fair with your time.
★★★★☆ 4.1
Editor’s pick
Adventure
Lantern Street
★★★★★ 4.5
Lantern Street is a story you finish in two evenings, which is a compliment. You walk a night shift, talk to people at bus stops and decide how much to involve yourself.
- Around four hours long
- No in-app purchases
- Full text in six languages
- Works offline
Latest articles
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Twelve months after the reviews, only four survived on our phones.
Everything here can be paused mid-level without losing anything.
What still works on a plane, a train or a basement flat.
Where we stop recommending a game, no matter how good it is.
What readers say
«Classic card games with a decent offline opponent and no forced online play.»
Pavel · Big Bass Splash
«A short story game about a night shift in a small town. Two evenings long.»
Tomas · Lantern Street
«Run a small bakery through one night. Short shifts, warm art, no energy bar.»
Bruno · Night Bakery
Questions & answers
How do you choose what to review?
Readers suggest most of them by email. The rest come from what we see people playing around us.
Do you review paid games?
Yes, and we prefer them. A game you pay for once usually treats your attention better than a free one.
Do you accept payment for reviews?
No. We buy every game and every in-app purchase we write about, and we do not run sponsored posts.
Can I republish your reviews?
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