Games that won't kill your battery before lunch

A great game is less great when it drains 20% of your battery in a session. Since we test on real phones, we pay attention to this, and some genres are far kinder than others.

Casual games like Big Bass Slot barely register — simple visuals and no heavy 3D mean you can play for ages. Racers and 3D adventures are the thirsty ones, so I save those for when I'm near a charger.

A few practical tips: drop the brightness, mute if you don't need audio, and close background apps. It sounds obvious but it genuinely doubles how long you can play some titles.

We'll keep noting battery behavior in reviews, because a game you can't finish on the way home isn't really pocket-friendly, whatever the trailer promises.