Treat Yourself
10 Best Mobile Games to Play When You’re Bored
By David
May 1, 2025
Everyone gets bored. Whether you’re waiting in line at the grocery store, riding a bus for your commute or just looking to fill the time before your next meeting, there’s a game to play when you’re bored. We’ve got 10 fun games to play when bored so you’ll have something to do besides doomscroll in your next bit of downtime.
What’s better than filling your boredom with a fun game? Getting rewarded for doing it. Fetch Play awards you points that can be redeemed for gift cards just for playing games (including our 10 best games to play when bored).
What is Fetch Play?
You hopefully already have the Fetch app downloaded on your phone (but if you don’t, get it today), and Fetch Play is another way to earn points. It’s super simple to use:
- Open your Fetch app.
- Tap the “Play” button in the top right corner.
- Tap “Play Now.”
- Find a game in the Fetch Play catalog that you want to try.
- Tap the “Play Now” button under the game.
- Download the game from your app store.
From there, the points will start to pile up. If you’re not sure which game to play, check the total points available and the max points per task to see where you might get the most bang for your buck.
Top 10 fun games to play when you’re bored
The best game to play when you’re bored is the one that cures your boredom, and that might not always be the same game. That’s why we have 10 fun games to play when you’re bored, so you’ll have a backup (or two) if your old go-to doesn’t do the trick. The best part? Every one of these games is free to play.
Monopoly GO!
Monopoly GO! is one of the best games to play when bored. The classic board game won’t leave you bored when you’re playing it on your phone. Fast-paced property battles, rapid-fire trips around the board (passing GO!, collecting your $200) and invigorating competition with friends and family will have you opening the Monopoly GO! app before any other one on your phone.
Best of all? It’s got a high points potential for our Fetch Play gamers.
June’s Journey
If you’ve got a Poirot book on your nightstand or your DVR is full of CSI, June’s Journey might be the best game for you to play when you’re bored. This 1920s era mystery is a thrilling detective story that has you uncovering secrets, searching for hidden clues and leaving you in suspense every time you need to take a break.
This combination of puzzle and adventure game is just what you need to bring a bit of mystery to those boring moments of your day.
Merge Gardens
One of the best parts about Merge Gardens is how hard it is to get bored with the game. It’s a match-3 game, but you’ve also got a garden to design and a jungle adventure to keep you busy. Simultaneously relaxing and challenging, Merge Gardens is a long-time favorite of mobile gamers and should feel both familiar and new to fans of match-3 games.
As you’re discovering the mysteries of Myrtlegrove Estate, each puzzle will put you closer to your next gift card from Fetch Play.
Empires & Puzzles
If fantasy is more your speed, you might prefer Empires & Puzzles to Merge Gardens. Another match-3 game, Empires & Puzzles uses the matching game format to resolve duels as you move through this exciting mobile RPG/fantasy battler. It’s a fantasy game about building and protecting your empire, so you’d better believe there’s a strong base-building game here, too.
Make things personal with the legendary PvP duels as you show friends, family and foes who really rules the empire.
Candy Crush Soda
Candy Crush is one of the most popular match games, and Candy Crush Soda is the latest edition to the series. Bright and colorful levels, unique mechanics like the new soda candies and a near unending series of levels ensures that Candy Crush Soda will be there when you need to fill that bored time with a fun game.
It’s easy to see why so many people are still crushing candy to this day, and that’s before your gaming earns you points through Fetch Play.
Best Fiends
If you read “Best Friends,” check again: these are your Best Fiends. The beautiful fantasy world of Minutia was thrown into chaos when a meteor struck, and now slimy slugs have taken over the world. All that’s left to save the world are some unlikely characters, fiendish little friends who will need to team up to fix it all… with your help.
This mobile game combines quirky, cute “fiends” with tile-matching gameplay and is sure to draw you back to Minutia again and again.
Travel Town
If some of the earlier games sounded a little intense, Travel Town is a bit more casual. A merge-style game, you’ll combine objects together to make better and more useful items as you travel the world.
Rebuild the town, help the friendly people of Travel Town and cure your boredom without feeling like you need to check into the app every few hours.
Jewel Quest
Like Candy Crush, Jewel Quest is a timeless mobile game with classic match-3 gameplay. Some version of it has been available on computers, the Nintendo DS and Xbox, and now you can find it on your phone.
You won’t get bored with Jewel Quest: as you progress through the game, you’ll have hard-to-reach squares, irregularly shaped grids and challenging tokens that require new strategies.
Sortago Water Sort Puzzle
This color sorting game is easy to learn but hard to master. Switch colored liquids from one container to another until you’ve combined all of one color. Challenge your mind with these unique puzzles that offer a different challenge than more traditional mobile games.
This unique and addictive game will have you thinking differently and can improve your problem-solving abilities outside of the game.
Bubble Shooter Rainbow
If you’re in the mood for something bright, colorful, and instantly satisfying, Bubble Shooter Rainbow is the game for you. This classic arcade-style game has you launching bubbles to match colors and clear the board — and there’s something so calming about watching a whole cluster pop.
Easy to play and endlessly replayable, Bubble Shooter Rainbow is perfect for short bursts of boredom-busting fun.
Cure your boredom with a game from Fetch Play and get rewarded
Were you reading our 10 best games to play when bored while you were waiting for something else? Pick one of those games to play when you’re bored next time. Download the Fetch app and head to the “Play” tab to see the games available to you and start rewarding yourself today.
Topics: family fun, fetch and gaming, Fetch Play Games, rewards
David Fairbanks is a writer, science educator and Chicagoan fueled by coffee. He's written about everything from Ferraris to handcrafted pet urns to Superman, and he genuinely loves loyalty/rewards programs.
