Everyday play
The twenty minutes before dinner
A short evening window, and what belongs in it.
There is a specific kind of time between finishing work and eating: too short to go anywhere, too long to sit still. It is the best window in the day for a game, and the easiest one to waste.
Games that suit it share three qualities. They start quickly, they have a natural stopping point every few minutes, and they do not ask you to remember anything between sessions.
Idle and farming games are a poor fit here, however relaxing they look. They reward returning, which turns twenty minutes into a nagging thought for the rest of the evening.
A better shape is a game with rounds: a card hand, a level, a race, a puzzle. You can do three of them, feel finished, and put the phone down when the rice is ready.
If you are not sure which of your games behaves that way, the Session builder on SowSoy will lay out a short playlist for the time you actually have — which is a more reliable way to choose than scrolling while the pot boils.