Puzzle games built for five-minute breaks

Some of my most-played games are ones I only touch for a few minutes at a time. Waiting for a kettle, standing in a queue, that dead time before a meeting. The trick is picking puzzles that let you drop in and out cleanly.

The ideal short-break puzzle loads instantly and doesn't punish you for closing it. PWA_allslots is a good example of the type, but the category is full of clever little games that fit the same slot in your day.

Look for games with no energy meters and no pressure to return at a set time. Those systems are designed to hook you, not to help you. A good break game is happy to wait until you actually have a moment.

My advice is to keep two or three of these installed and rotate them. Variety keeps them fresh, and since they're all offline you never have to worry about loading them wherever you are.