Work means something different to all of us, but to many of us, the work day involves some periods of down time. If you find yourself with nothing to do in between meetings, or if a coworker is taking their sweet time to respond to you, you might think about picking up your Switch for a brief gaming session. But a story-heavy game will only lead to disappointment when that coworker calls you back in the middle of a cutscene. Instead, you need a game that’s easy to pick up and play for a few minutes, like one of these 12 titles.
This list is inspired by Redditor Certain-Ad-2118. Their job essentially involves talking on the phone, with two to three minutes in between each call. They took to r/NintendoSwitch looking for games that could fill those short bursts of time, and the subreddit answered their call. I picked what I thought were 12 of the best suggestions for the situation, but let us know in the comments if you have a favorite you don’t see here.
Of course, you could play any game at work, thanks to the Switch’s sleep mode: You might play two to three minutes of, say, Breath of the Wild, get a call, put the Switch to sleep, and start it up again when the call is over. It’s doable, and fine, but not the same. What OP was looking for, and what this list focuses on, are games with mechanics that lend themselves to quick sessions, whether that’s because they play in short rounds, or because you can make a lot of progress in only a few minutes’ time.
